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- China: Then & Now
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Fee: $99.00
Item Number: 42798
Dates: 10/31/2023 - 11/28/2023
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Building: CLCTC
Room: Columbia Tech Cnt 0338 - ECD
Instructor: Liang Chang
Time, space, and identity - enduring issues in Chinese history, are explored. Study China's early dynasties to understand how physical geography impacted its inhabitants and how the many ethnicities within the country affected Chinese identity. Learn about China's origins as told in ancient texts and through modern archeology. Explore the first dynasties during the Chinese bronze age, the many facets of Confucianism and his Analects, and the competing schools of thought that followed.
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- Steel Sharks of the Silent Deep : A History of Submarines
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Fee: $99.00
Item Number: 42782
Dates: 11/1/2023 - 11/29/2023
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 5
Building: CLCTC
Room: Columbia Tech Cnt 0338 - ECD
Instructor: Gunnar Abramson
Learn the historical outlines of the inter-related technologies by which submarines were made a reality: propulsion, materials, control elements, navigational aids, weapons, and related naval and maritime infrastructure.
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- The Taiwan Strait
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Fee: $99.00
Item Number: 42783
Dates: 10/30/2023 - 11/27/2023
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 5
Building: CLCTC
Room: Columbia Tech Cnt 0338 - ECD
Instructor: Gunnar Abramson
Growing tensions across the Taiwan Strait between the Peoples Republic of China on the Asian mainland, and the Republic of China on Taiwan have given rise to many questions as to how and why this area of the world has developed into one of the pre-eminent geopolitical ¿hot-spots¿ today. Track the parallel development of the PRC and ROC on Taiwan, examine the military, political, and diplomatic situation that informs the impasse between the two governments and the other great powers of the world, and suggest ways the Taiwan conflict could be resolved.
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- Social Justice in the Media
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Fee: $105.00
Item Number: 42785
Dates: 9/28/2023 - 10/26/2023
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Building: CLCTC
Room: Columbia Tech Cnt 0338 - ECD
Instructor: Ronnie Mars
This class is in session. For more information please call Registration at 360-992-2939.
Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and human rights and opportunities. Social justice is fairness as it manifests in society. That includes fairness in healthcare, employment, housing, and more. In a socially-just society, human rights are respected, and discrimination is not allowed to flourish.
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