HIS 140B: His China 1644-1911
University of California, Santa Cruz
Introduces students to how Qing China arose, expanded, and struggled to enter the modern world. Focuses on what the Qing empire had in common with other agrarian empires across Eurasia, commercialization and communication networks, elite mobility and peasant revolts, political legitimacy of the alien rule, maintaining social order (such as merchants' control and gender segregation), massive population growth and internal migration, as well as its conflicts with the industrial West.
Average GPA: 3.02
Grade distribution records: 75 students across 3 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 1 | 1.3% |
| A | 15 | 20.0% |
| A- | 17 | 22.7% |
| B+ | 5 | 6.7% |
| B | 1 | 1.3% |
| B- | 8 | 10.7% |
| C+ | 4 | 5.3% |
| C | 3 | 4.0% |
| D+ | 1 | 1.3% |
| F | 6 | 8.0% |
| P | 3 | 4.0% |
| NP | 8 | 10.7% |
| W | 3 | 4.0% |
Based on 75 student grade records across 3 terms and 1 professor.
Instructors
- Minghui Hu 75 students, Average GPA 3.02