Elizabeth Morrison
Professor Morrison is extremely helpful and accommodating. The class talks about different Buddhism traditions and Chinese philosophies. However, it is more of a historical approach rather than a philosophy one. The discussion is provoking and slow paced.
I had no prior knowledge of religion or Japan coming into this course - I am a STEM major who just needed the distribution requirements. However, I feel like I learned a lot and Morrison was incredibly good at teaching concepts that I didn't have a lot of experience with. There are 2 analytical papers, 1 research paper, and 2 short essays on readings, and no other graded assignments besides class participation. I did not find it super easy to stay engaged with the lecture but did still feel like I learned a lot.
I had no prior knowledge of religion or Japan coming into this course - I am a STEM major who just needed the distribution requirements. However, I feel like I learned a lot and Morrison was incredibly good at teaching concepts that I didn't have a lot of experience with. There are 2 analytical papers, 1 research paper, and 2 short e …Read more
I took this course for a distribution requirement and I was pleasantly surprised! I found the content to be so interesting and I often was able to translate ideas from class to my daily life. I will say however, some of the readings were dense and super hard to get through as a non-humanities major. Prof Morrison is very kind and accommodating, she is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about her studies.
I took this course for a distribution requirement and I was pleasantly surprised! I found the content to be so interesting and I often was able to translate ideas from class to my daily life. I will say however, some of the readings were dense and super hard to get through as a non-humanities major. Prof Morrison is very kind and acc …Read more