Independent Study
The Independent Study requirement at Wooster provides a chance for students
to pursue in depth a topic of their own choosing, with the one-on-one
guidance of a faculty member from their chosen home department and
subject area. The China-related topics on which students did research
include
American missionaries in China
( Jonathan Seitz, ’98 History), the impact of American presidential debates
on Taiwan independence movement
(Elizabeth Gill, ’00 Cultural Area Studies), the effect of the Internet
on Chinese democracy movements (Jeffrey
Dickson, ’03 Political Science), Japanese atrocities during the rape of
Nanjing (Meghan Roberts, ’03 History), illegal Chinese immigrants in the
U.S. (Amy Lam, ’01 History),
the silence of women in China (Brittany Wellner, ’05 Art), or Zen poetry
and Chinese Buddhism (Ted Burger, ’98
Religious Studies). |
