Tools for Transformation

Funded Proposals

Asian Studies BA

Jackson School of International Studies

The Jackson School is in the process of a major curriculum revision, involving reorganization and consolidation of five individual area degrees focused on Asia into a single Asian Studies BA curriculum. The Tools for Transformation funding will help the Jackson School implement their plans to develop of a core course on 20th Century Asia, "The Rise of Asia." Funds were used this summer to support five faculty, four of whom will teach the course over the next five years, to plan for Autumn 1998.

PROGRESS REPORT
March, 1999

Tools for Transformation funds helped launch both the course SISA 210 and the new Asia major.

SISA 210
In Fall Quarter 1998, the Jackson School of International Studies offered SISA 210, The Rise of Asia, for the first time. It had an enrollment of 89 students, and 5 formal auditors. SISA 210 is a required course, and it is hoped, the first course, for undergraduates in the Asia major. It provides an overview of the history, culture, economics, politics, and international relations of more than half of the world's population over five thousand years, with the greatest emphasis put on the last 50.

The Asia Major
The Asia major came into existence in the spring of 1998. As of early Spring, 1999, there were 46 declared majors in the Asia major. There is every reason to believe that, due in part to our extensive state and local ties to Asia, the Asia major will emerge as a highly successful program at the University of Washington.

Tools for Transformation Funded Proposals

The Provost's Office
provost@u.washington.edu
Modified: March 16, 2000