Required Components (complete in the order presented):
Component 1:
The Physical Geography of East Asia
Component 2:
East Asian History
Component 3:
East Asian Philosophy and Religion

Component 4
East Asian Literature
Component 5
East Asian Art
Component 6
Contemporary East Asia
Component 7
East Asian Economic History

Component 8
East Asian Economies

Component 9
Demographic Challenges and Human Capital Issues

Component 10
Exports and Economic Development Across the Region


Lucien Ellington Component 7 (optional)

East Asian Economic History

Introduction and Instructions

You may choose this component as one of the two optional components required to complete the seminar. Please follow these instructions completely, and when you send me your work and I approve it, this component will be completed.

This optional component has three lessons about East Asian economic history before 1945. When you finish the three assignments Imperial China and Economic Prosperity, China, Europe, and Modernity, and Japan's Economies: 1600-1945, send your answers to me in an email or as an email attachmentPlease use the title of this component as your email subject header. Answer only the assignment questions you find in the component instructions.


For more information, please contact

Peggy Creswell
UTC Asia Program
Email: edast@utc.edu
phone: 423-425-2118
fax: 423-425-5441