Unit 1: Introduction to Daoism and Healing
Required Readings:
ID: Introduction
DBC: Introduction

Unit 2: Daoism 101
Required Readings:
ID Ch. 1, 2
Practice:
Emily Wu “Duanwu Festival” (pdf in File)

Unit 3: What is the Daoist idea of “Healing”?
Required Readings:
CMH Ch. 1, 2, 3
Emily Wu “Ecology and TCM” (pdf in File)
Practice: 

ID: Ch 8

Unit 4: Cultivation and Refinement of Qi
Required Readings:
DBC: Ch. 3 “Ingestion, Digestion, and Regestation: the Complexity of Qi Absorption”
Emily Wu “The Spirituality of Qi” (pdf in File)
Practice:

DBC Ch.2 “The Six Healing Breaths

Unit 5: The Hermit’s Diet, Inner-Alchemy, and Immortality
Required Readings:
ID: Ch 3 “From Health to Immortality”
DBC Ch.4 Life Without Grains: Bigu and the Daoist Body”

Unit 6: Ancestors and the Healing of Self and Community
Required Readings:
Emily Wu “Ancestral Worship” (pdf in File)

Unit 7: Deities, Ghosts, and the Balancing of Cosmic Forces
Required Readings:
ID: Ch. 4, 6, 7, 9

Unit 8: Traditional Medicine
Required Readings:
CMH: Ch. 5-6
"Body and Mind: The Chinese Perspective" (pdf in File)
Recommended reading:
DBC Ch 1 “Acupuncture and Spiritual Realization”
Practice:
DBC Ch 5 “Yoga and Daoyin”

Unit 9: Contemporary Folk Healing Practices
Required Readings:
CMH: Ch 8
ID: Ch. 10
Recommended reading:
CMH Ch 7
Practice:
DBC: Chapter 7 “Taiji Quan: Forms, Visions, ad Effects”

Unit 10: Student Final Presentations and Peer Reviews
No Readings!

In order to receive full score (25 points) for each discussion, please be sure to demonstrate the following:

1) Share your thoughts that directly address the prompt questions of the particular discussion. 

2) Be sure to cite from the readings when appropriate, especially in the follow-up discussion at the end of the week.  

3) Provide at least 1 respectful, constructive feedback to one of your classmates during each discussion.  If you are so inclined, maybe engage with 2-3 in each session, and rotate to provide feedback to different people each week.  Of course, please try to follow all the threads!

4) Raise other questions you might have for the video and/or the assigned reading, that you'd like me to elaborate on, or for the class community to have a discussion.

To receive full score (25 points) for a Quest, please demonstrate the following:

1) Provide succinct yet thoughtful response to all questions and prompts in the Quest.  

2) Include at least 1 textbook reference in each response, and cite the page number properly.  

3) Briefly document the experience practicing the method of the week, and reflect on the experience with at least one citation from the assigned readings (doesn't have to be from the particular week).

1) Write a 15-25 page research paper on a topic of your interest that is related to Daoist ideas and/or practices of body and healing.

2) Design a program applying Daoist ideas and/or practices of body and healing for a clearly-specified audience, e.g. after-school program activities for kids, enrichment program for differently-abled, interfaith training for youth group, etc.

3) Write a 15-25 page experiential reflective essay on one of the Daoist cultivation or healing practices that engages and dialogues with at least 5 references (could be course texts) on one or more Daoist key concepts.

4) Create artistic or multimedia expressions or presentations of 5 key Daoist concepts related to body and healing that helps to communicate and educate a wider audience that may not have previous exposure to the Daoist tradition or Chinese culture.  Make sure to be conscientious of making fair, respectful, and authentic (references to academic and classical sources are helpful) representations of the concepts, and be able to explain and curate for the class and the target audience via a 5-10 page write-up or equivalent.

Final Project Components and Due Dates (total 200 points)

1) Propose your topic and format, with a brief outline and list of references (25 points)

=> Due Friday, July 20 (please submit no later than July 27).  Proposal must be approved before proceeding.

2) 3-5 minute class video presentation (50 points)

=> Upload by Monday, August 13, 11:59pm

3) Peer Review Survey on all presentations (25 points)

=> Finish by Friday, August 17, 11:59pm

4) Submission of Final Project (100 points)

=> No later than August 22, 11:59pm

A grading rubric for the final project will be posted later in the term.

Incompletes:  If incompletes is NOT ALLOWED for this course.

Pass/Fail:  Masters students wishing to take the class pass/fail should discuss this with the instructor by the second class session. Students must complete enough assignments to attain at least a C grade in order to pass the course.

Academic Integrity and Community Covenant:  All students are expected to abide by Iliff’s statement on Academic Integrity, as published in the Masters Student Handbook, or the Joint PhD Statement on Academic Honesty, as published in the Joint PhD Student Handbook, as appropriate.  All participants in this class are expected to be familiar with Iliff’s Community Covenant.

Core Values: As a community, Iliff strives to live by this set of Core Values.

Accommodations:  Iliff engages in a collaborative effort with students with disabilities to reasonably accommodate student needs.   Students are encouraged to contact their assigned advisor to initiate the process of requesting accommodations.  The advising center can be contacted at advising@iliff.edu or by phone at 303-765-1146. 

Writing Lab:  Grammar and organization are important for all written assignments.  Additional help is available from the Iliff Writing Lab, which is available for students of any level who need help beginning an assignment, organizing thoughts, or reviewing a final draft. 

Inclusive Language:  It is expected that all course participants will use inclusive language in speaking and writing, and will use terms that do not create barriers to classroom community.