Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Appreciate how and why scholars produce different interpretations of or approaches to Taoism.
2. Evaluate the significance of Taoism in the contemporary world according to your own reasoned criteria.
3. Gain experience and confidence in basic life skills such as reading, thinking, evaluating, summarizing, presenting, arguing, etc.
4. Understand core texts, values, and worldviews of Taoism, China's indigenous, organized religion, as it developed over history.