BUSGE 470 - GE: China’s New Silk Road

Credits: (3)
During the Han Dynasty (207 BCE-220 CE) and Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), an organic trade network emerged linking merchants in China, Southeast and Central Asia, the Middle East, Horn of Africa, and Europe, known as the Silk Road. Today, China is rejuvenating and vastly expanding this ancient network across the Eastern Hemisphere and beyond. How can you become a part of this unprecedented global phenomena? This course will take students on a journey along China’s modern-day One Belt One Road and explore its underlying economic, financial, cultural, commercial, and institutional elements. Research and writing intensive course. Offered to Juniors and Seniors only.
Fulfills global encounters requirement.