political science assignment

Political Science 113A: East Asian Thought / Comparative Perspective Prof. Victor Magagna, Fall 2017

Final Examination

Due at 12:00pm, 15 December 2017

The final exam is due Friday, 15 December 2017, at Noon. Please submit your papers to the Turnitin link on TritonEd. You do not need to submit a hard copy of your exam. Instructions:

• 7 to 9 pages, double-spaced • Please be sure to include your name in the document • Standard formatting with:

o 11 or 12 point font o 1 inch margins o Not more than 1 inch of space dedicated to title or header o No extraneous space between paragraphs

• Please include the number of the question you are answering in the title or header • Cite lecture and class readings as appropriate

o Do not use outside sources—please stick to course materials o Include both a bibliography and in-text citations o You may use any standard citation style (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.) o Plagiarism will not be tolerated

• 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

o Papers will be penalized by one-third of a letter grade for each day late o The system is not set up to accept late submissions. If you turn your paper in

late, please email a .pdf (not .docx, etc.) copy to [email protected] • Once you submit your paper to Turnitin, the submission is final. The TAs will not replace

your submitted paper with a new draft, even if you complete a new draft before the deadline. We will not add bibliographies / works cited pages if you forget to include them in the initial submission. Before submitting your work online, be sure that it is the final version that you want to have graded.

Paper Prompts on Next Page →

Please answer one of the following questions:

1. Explain Confucian moral theory and self-cultivation. (Sources: Yao, lectures)

2. Explain Confucian legal theory and practice. (Source: lectures)

3. Explain Confucian international relations theory and practices. (Source: lectures)

4. Explain the neo-Confucian renovation. (Sources: lectures, Yao, de Bary vol. 1)

5. Explain Confucian political economy. (Source: lectures)

6. Explain the role of ritual in proper order. (Sources: Yao)

Good Luck!