Spring Online

Taoism

CLWR 341--Five Quarter Hours

Dr Gene Blocker
220K Ellis Hall
Ohio University--Athens Campus
blocker@ohio.edu

Please refer to the complete final course syllabus available on the course Website once the course begins.

Course
Description

Examination of the main ideas in the history of Taoism

Prerequisites

None

Methods of Course Instruction

All course content is presented on the World Wide Web; e-mail is used for submission of assignments, as well as for the instructor's evaluation and comments.

General Course Requirements

  1. Questions at the end of the lessons

  2. Midcourse examination

  3. Final examination

Materials

Required

Text(s)

  • Blocker, Gene and Forrest, Taoism, 2003. To be purchased directly from www.cbsohiou.com.

  • online translations of two complete original Taoist texts, Laozi's Daodejing and Zhuangzi's Zhuangzi

    • to find these, search for:

    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (includes several good online translations -- Stan Rosenthal, Charles Muller, James Legge, J. H. McDonald), and Chuang Tzu (use Lin Yutang’s complete translation), and

  • Ohio University electronic reserve




Note: The books for the course are in stock at College Bookstore, (740) 594-3505. Click here for online ordering.

Exams
Requirements

2 exams - No proctoring required

How are exams to be taken: Online

Dates of Exams
TDB

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