Pieces from the angklung and kebjar repertories as well as dance and processional music. Meets twice a week. Performances on and off campus. Open without audition. Surveys Indonesian history, culture, society, religion, and aesthetic values through music.
Students become familiar with a variety of Indonesian musical styles and performance contexts.
Traditional as well as new musics are discussed. The development of Indian philosophy from its roots in the Vedic tradition of Hinduism. Attention will be focused on the metaphysical, ethical, and epistemological systems that grew out of the Hindu scriptures and the challenges to Hindiusm posed by Buddhism and philosophical materialism. Survey course on the development of modern politics in Japan, from the Meiji Restoration to the contemporary corporatist partnership between the state and the business and financial community. The development of Chinese politics, with emphasis on the period of reform and opening to the world after 1976, and the contemporary politics of the People's Republic of China.