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Final Exam POLI 113A: East Asian Thought in Comparative Perspective

Due Friday, 14 December 2018, at 12:00 noon

Directions

• The final exam is due Friday, 14 December at 12:00pm.

• You will be required to submit a digital copy of your paper to the Turnitin link on TritonEd. Please retain a copy of your submission confirmation, in case there are any technical issues with your submission.

• All responses must be 5 to 6 pages in length.

• Use standard formatting with:

– Double spacing,

– 11 or 12 point font (Times, Helvetica, Calibri, etc.),

– 1 inch margins,

– No more than 1 inch of space dedicated to title and header,

– No extraneous space between paragraphs or headers.

• Please include the number of the prompt you are responding to.

• Cite lecture and class readings where appropriate;

– Include a bibliography and in-text citations,

– You may use any standard citation style, (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.),

– Please do not use outside sources,

– Plagiarism will not be tolerated.

• Please do not include pictures, charts, or figures in your responses. Please do not copy / paste lecture notes into the text of your response.

• Please stay on topic.

• You must turn your exam in by the deadline to receive full credit. Any late exams (even by 1 minute late) will incur a penalty.

– Papers will be penalized by 1 3

of a letter grade for each day late (e.g., A– −→ B+, etc.), – The system will not accept late submissions. If you need to turn your paper in after the deadline,

please email a .pdf copy to [email protected],

– Due to grade submission deadlines set by the university, we will not be able to accept any late papers after 12:00 noon on Monday, 17 December. If you do not submit a paper by this time, you will be issued a zero for your final exam.

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Prompts

Choose and respond to one of the prompts below.

1. Explain the Neo Confucian renovation with an emphasis on the Buddhist challenge. (Sources: lectures, Yao)

2. Explain either East Asian law or political economy. (Sources: lectures, Yao)

3. Explain “proper order.” (Sources: lectures, Yao, de Bary)

4. Explain the basis of Confucian international relations. (Sources: lectures, Yao)

5. Compare Mencius and Confucius. (Sources: lectures, Yao)

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