Asian Studies Courses

Anthropology

• ANTH 016 PZ - Intro to Nepal
• ANTH 025 SC - Anthropology of the Middle East
• ANTH 087SC - Contemporary Issues: Gender and Islam
• ANTH 088 PZ - China: Gender, Cosmology and the State
• ANTH 099 PZ - China in the 21st-Century
• ANTH 119 SC - East Asia and Global Futures
• ANTH 130 PO - Sexual Politics of the Modern Middle East
• ANTH 152 PO - Ethnic Nationalism
• ANTH 157 PO - Anthropology of Chinese Society

Arabic

• ARBC 001 CM - Introductory Arabic
• ARBC 002 CM - Continuing Introductory Arabic
• ARBC 033 CM - Intermediate Arabic
• ARBC 044 CM - Continuing Intermediate Arabic
• ARBC 130 CM - Modern Arabic Prose and Poetry
• ARBC 166 CM - Modern Arab Culture and Thought

Arabic in Translation

• ARBT 110 CM - Modern Arabic Poetry in Translation
• ARBT 190 CM - Trends/Movements in Mod Mid-East

Art History

• ARHI 150 SC - The Arts of China
• ARHI 151 SC - The Arts of Japan
• ARHI 152 SC - Arts of Late Imperial China
• ARHI 154 SC - Japanese Prints
• ARHI 155 SC - History of Gardens, East and West
• ARHI 158 HM - Visualizing China: Chinese Art
• ARHI 186CSC - Seminar: Topics in Asian Art

Asian Languages and Literatures: Chinese

• CHIN 001A PO - Elementary Chinese
• CHIN 001B PO - Elementary Chinese
• CHIN 002 PO - Accelerated Elementary Chinese
• CHIN 011 PO - Conversation: Contemporary Chinese Language and Culture
• CHIN 013 PO - Chinese Conversation, Advanced
• CHIN 051A PO - Intermediate Chinese
• CHIN 051B PO - Intermediate Chinese
• CHIN 051H PO - Intermediate Chinese for Bilinguals
• CHIN 111A PO - Advanced Chinese
• CHIN 111B PO - Advanced Chinese
• CHIN 125 PO - Modern Chinese Literature
• CHIN 127 PO - Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
• CHIN 131 PO - Intro to Classical Chinese
• CHIN 145 PO - Survey of Classical Chinese Literature

Asian Languages and Literatures: Chinese Literature and Culture in Translation

• CHNT 164 PO - Poetry and Poetics
• CHNT 166 PO - Chinese Fiction, Old and New
• CHNT 167 PO - Urban Imaginations: The City in Chinese Literature and Film
• CHNT 168 PO - Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese Literature

Asian Languages and Literatures: Japanese

• JAPN 001A PO - Elementary Japanese
• JAPN 001B PO - Elementary Japanese
• JAPN 011 PO - Conversation: Contemporary Japanese Language and Culture
• JAPN 012A PO - Japanese Kanji Class I
• JAPN 012B PO - Japanese Kanji Class I
• JAPN 013 PO - Advanced Conversation
• JAPN 014A PO - Japanese Kanji Class II
• JAPN 014B PO - Japanese Kanji Class II
• JAPN 051A PO - Intermediate Japanese
• JAPN 051B PO - Intermediate Japanese
• JAPN 111A PO - Advanced Japanese
• JAPN 111B PO - Advanced Japanese
• JAPN 124 PO - Readings in Current Japanese
• JAPN 125 PO - Readings in Modern Japanese Literature
• JAPN 131 PO - Introduction to Classical Japanese

Asian Languages and Literatures: Japanese Literature and Culture in Translation

• JPNT 170 PO - Pre-Modern Japanese Literature in English: Courtiers and Warriors
• JPNT 173 PO - Japanese Images of the Foreign: Xenophilia, Xenophobia and National Identity
• JPNT 174 PO - Modern Japanese Literature in English Translation: Literary Reconfigurations of Japanese Identity, 1868 to Present
• JPNT 176 PO - Time and Space in Modern Japan
• JPNT 177 PO - Japanese/Japanese American Women Writers
• JPNT 178 PO - Japanese and Japanese American Autobiography
• JPNT 179 PO - Graphically Speaking: Japanese Manga and Its Buds

Asian Languages and Literatures: Korean

• KORE 001 CM - Introductory Korean
• KORE 002 CM - Continuing Introductory Korean
• KORE 033 CM - Intermediate Korean
• KORE 044 CM - Advanced Korean

Asian Languages and Literatures: Korean Literature and Culture in Translation

• KORE 100 CM - Readings in Korean Literature and Culture
• KORE 130 CM - Korean Cinema and Culture

Cultural Studies

• IIS 038 PZ - Nature, Movement, Meditation: Qigong
• IIS 075 PZ - Intro to Postcolonial Studies
• IIS 109C PZ - Chinese Phil, Culture and Trad Med
• IIS 110 PZ - (Mis)Representation: Near East and Far East
• IIS 128 PZ - The War on Terror
• IIS 167 PZ - Resistance to Monoculture

Dance

• DANC 150C PO - Music and Dance of Bali
• DANC 150D PO - Indian Classical Dance
• DANC 150E PO - Cultural Styles: Middle East

Economics

• ECON 123 PO - International Economics
• ECON 126 PO - Economic Development
• ECON 141 PZ - The Chinese Economy
• ECON 142 CM - Pol/Econ of Nat Resource Policy

Gender and Women’s Studies

Government

• GOVT 132E CM - Pol/Econ of Nat Resource Policy
• GOVT 133 CM - India in Asia: Democracy/Development
• GOVT 136 CM - Intl Relations of South Asia
• GOVT 142 CM - Government and Politics East Asia
• GOVT 142A CM - Regionalism in East Asia
• GOVT 142E CM - Chinese Politics
• GOVT 145 CM - Globalization and East Asian Capitalism
• GOVT 146 CM - Chinese Foreign Policy
• GOVT 151 CM - The U.S., Israel and the Arabs
• GOVT 152 CM - U.S. Policy in Asia
• GOVT 156 CM - The Korean War
• GOVT 159I CM - Politics of Divided Korea and the United States

History

• HIST 042 PO - Worlds of Islam
• HIST 043 PO - Middle East and North Africa Since 1500
• HIST 051 CM - Modern South Asian History thru Literature
• HIST 052 CM - New Indian Civilazations: Orig to Mughuls
• HIST 053 CM - Everyday Life in South Asia
• HIST 055 CM - Middle East: Muhammad-Mongols
• HIST 056 CM - Middle East: Ottomans to Present
• HIST 059 CM - Civilizations of East Asia
• HIST 060 PO - Asian Traditions
• HIST 061 CM - The New Asia: China, Japan, India and Indonesia in the Modern Era
• HIST 062 PO - Modern East Asia: China, Japan and Korea in 20th Century
• HIST 100ACPO - East Asian Popular Culture
• HIST 100AIPO - Indian Ocean World
• HIST 110AKPO - Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals
• HIST 100B PO - Colonialism and Modernities in East Asia
• HIST 100CDPO - The Chinese Diaspora
• HIST 100F PO - Food, Culture and Power in Asia and the Pacific
• HIST 100M PO - Rethinking Modern Asian History
• HIST 110J PO - State, Citizen, Subject: Modern Japan
• HIST 110V PO - Gender, Sexuality and Feminisisms in Modern East Asia
• HIST 140 PO - Empire and Colonialism in the Middle East and North Africa
• HIST 141 PO - Environmental History of the Middle East and North Africa
• HIST 154 CM - Gandhi’s India
• HIST 155 CM - Utopianism in East Asia
• HIST 158 CM - Japanese Empire
• HIST 161 CM - Modern Korean History
• HIST 162C CM - China: Warring States-First Emperor
• HIST 163 CM - Modern Chinese History
• HIST 164 CM - Mao’s China
• HIST 165 PO - 20th Century China
• HIST 166 PO - Contemporary Issues in Chinese History
• HIST 167 PO - Early Modern Japan
• HIST 168 PO - Modern Japan
• HIST 189B PO - The Qing Empire and Early Modern China

Literature

• LIT 103 HM - Third Cinema

Media Studies

• MS 094 PO - Transnational Asian Cinema
• MS 160 PO - Japanese Film: Canon to Fringe
• MS 179C HM - Special Topics in Media Studies: Modern China Through the Lens

Music

• MUS 041 PO - Balinese Gamelan Ensemble
• MUS 065 PO - Introduction to World Music
• MUS 070 PO - Ethnomusicology in Theory, Method and Practice
• MUS 076 PO - Performing the Sacred: Toward a Theology of Sound
• MUS 126 SC - Music in East Asia and Diaspora

Philosophy

• PHIL 084 PZ - Islamic Philosophy

Politics

• POLI 114 SC - Politics of Southeast Asia
• POLI 115 SC - Ballots, Bullets, and Identities: South Asia and the Shadow of Gandhi
• POLI 116 SC - Mobs,Crowds and Citizens in India
• POLI 118 SC - The Politics of Korea
• POLI 163 PO - Comparative East Asian Politics

Religious Studies

• RLST 016 PO - The Life Story of the Buddha
• RLST 100 PO - Worlds of Buddhism
• RLST 101A CM - Sanskrit and Indian Epics I
• RLST 101B CM - Sanskrit and Indian Epics II
• RLST 102 CM - Hinduism and South Asian Culture
• RLST 103 PO - Religious Traditions of China
• RLST 104 PO - Religious Traditions of Japan
• RLST 107 PO - Tradition or Innovation? Buddhist Leaders in the Transition to Modern China
• RLST 116 PO - The Lotus Sutra in East Asia
• RLST 117 PO - The World of Mahayana Scriptures: Art, Doctrine and Practice
• RLST 118 CM - Hindu Goddess Worship
• RLST 119 PZ - Religion in Medieval East Asia
• RLST 128 PO - The Religion of Islam
• RLST 148 PO - Sufism
• RLST 149 PO - Islamic Thought
• RLST 161 CM - Gurus, Swamis and Others: Hindu Wisdom Beyond South Asia
• RLST 164 PO - Engendering and Experience: Women in Islamic Traditions
• RLST 166A PO - The Divine Body: Religion and the Environment
• RLST 166B CM - Religion, Politics and Global Violence
• RLST 169 CM - Christianity and Politics in East Asia
• RLST 175 CM - Visions of the Divine Feminine

Sociology

• SOC 051 PZ - Class, Caste and Colonialism: Film
• SOC 095 PZ - Contemporary Central Asia
• SOC 124 AA - Global Asia/Asian America

Theatre

• THEA 115D PO - Theatre and Dance of Asia