PS113A: East Asian Thought/Comparative Perspective
PS113A: East Asian Thought/Comparative Perspective
Professor Victor Magagna
Summer 2016
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. You must submit your paper as a “Turnitin" rel="nofollow">in” assignment on the course (TED)
website by 2:00 pm PST on July 15, 2016. Hard copy is not required. The Turnitin" rel="nofollow">in lin" rel="nofollow">ink
will be available begin" rel="nofollow">innin" rel="nofollow">ing after the prompt is posted. It will remain" rel="nofollow">in available even after
the deadlin" rel="nofollow">ine has passed, so please be sure to upload your exam even if you are turnin" rel="nofollow">ing it
in" rel="nofollow">in late.
2. Late papers will be penalized by a third of a grade for each day it is late. The
deadlin" rel="nofollow">ine for turnin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in your exam will be strictly enforced. Unless you have made prior
arrangements with us, it is very unlikely that we will make an exception for late exams. If
you receive an exception from Professor Magagna, please be sure to notify the TAs via
email as well.
3. Please use citations and in" rel="nofollow">include a full bibliography. There is no specific format
required, but we must be able to fin" rel="nofollow">ind the source to which you are referrin" rel="nofollow">ing. Only in" rel="nofollow">include
sources that you have cited in" rel="nofollow">in the text. You are not encouraged to use any outside
readin" rel="nofollow">ings. Please citations both from the readin" rel="nofollow">ings and lectures. When citin" rel="nofollow">ing lectures,
please use in" rel="nofollow">indicate the date and/or the title of the lecture.
4. Responses should be five to six pages in" rel="nofollow">in length. This is a min" rel="nofollow">inimum length and will
be strictly enforced. It refers to FULL pages of text and does not count pages with large
amounts of white space, title pages (which are not necessary), bibliographies, large block
quotes, or anythin" rel="nofollow">ing else that is not the body or your origin" rel="nofollow">inal text. You may write more
than this page min" rel="nofollow">inimum, but you will not receive extra credit for doin" rel="nofollow">ing so. Please use
Times New Roman (or similar), size 12 font, double spaced, 1 in" rel="nofollow">inch margin" rel="nofollow">ins on all sides.
DO in" rel="nofollow">indent at the begin" rel="nofollow">innin" rel="nofollow">ing of every paragraph. DO NOT skip lin" rel="nofollow">ines between paragraphs.
5. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. You must write your own exam, and it
must be new. You may not use text that you have written for a previous assignment or for
another class. You may not use text from the in" rel="nofollow">internet or other sources without quotin" rel="nofollow">ing
and citin" rel="nofollow">ing appropriately. Students who turn in" rel="nofollow">in plagiarized exams will not pass the class,
and we may pursue additional disciplin" rel="nofollow">inary sanctions. If you have questions about what
constitutes plagiarism please ask the TAs and we will be happy to clarify. Please note that
each student is responsible for knowin" rel="nofollow">ing and abidin" rel="nofollow">ing by UCSD's policies on Academic
Dishonesty and on Student Conduct. UCSD’s academic dishonesty policies may be read
onlin" rel="nofollow">ine at http://www-senate.ucsd.edu/AcademicIntegrity/AcademicIntegrity.htm.
Write an essay to answer ONE of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions. Please in" rel="nofollow">indicate in" rel="nofollow">in the
headin" rel="nofollow">ing of the essay the number for the question you are answerin" rel="nofollow">ing.
1. Fully explain" rel="nofollow">in three of the concepts (source: de Bary, lectures, Yao)
2. Explain" rel="nofollow">in the what why and how of proper order (source: de Bary, lectures Mencius or Xun
zi, Yao)
3. Explain" rel="nofollow">in the Confucian family
4. Explain" rel="nofollow">in the East Asian conception of human nature (source: de Bary, lectures, Mencius)
5. Explain" rel="nofollow">in the Confucians: who are the ru (source: lectures, Yao)