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Courses Conducted in English

These courses are approved for the area studies components of the East Asian Languages and Area Studies major and the Asian Studies minor:

Anthropology
Art
Asian Studies
Chinese
Comparative Literature
Economics
East Asian Languages and Area Studies
Geography
Hindi
History: General/Comparative
History: African, Asian, and Latin American
Japanese
Korean
Philosophy
Political Science

Religion


Anthropology

01:070:244  Anthropology of South Asia (3)
01:070:246  Anthropology of Southeast Asia (3)

01:070:248  Anthropology of China (3)
01:070:318  Reading Ethnographic Writing (3)
    [when the topic is focused on Asia, as "Gender in Asia" offered Fall 2001]


Art

01:082:109  East Asian Art (3)
01:082:321  Art of Early China (3)
01:082:322  Survey of Japanese Art (3)
01:082:323  Buddhist Art of Asia (3)
01:082:324  Japanese Painting (3)
01:082:325  Chinese Painting (3)
01:082:326  Chinese Sculpture (3)
01:082:480  Buddhist Cave Temples of China (3)
01:082:481  Seminar on Buddhist Religion and Art of China (3)
01:082:483  From Text to Image in Japanese Art (3)



Asian Studies

01:098:241  East Asian Civilizations: Traditional Era (3)
01:098:242  East Asian Civilizations: Modern Era (3)
01:098:321  Interdisciplinary Topics in South Asia (3)
01:098:322  Selected Interdisciplinary Topics in East Asia (3)
01:098:444  Seminar on Asian Societies (3)


Chinese

01:165:111, 112  Chinese Calligraphy (2, 2)
01:165:125  Introduction to Chinese Civilization (3)

01:165:210  Characteristics of the Chinese Language (3)

01:165:220  Chinese Classic and Thought: I-Ching, Taoism, and Confucianism (3)

01:165:241  Chinese Literature in Translation I: Prose and Poetry (3)

01:165:242  Chinese Literature in Translation II: Popular Fiction and Drama (3)

01:165:262  The Chinese Cinema (3)

01:165:264  Chinese Drama and Performing Arts (3)

01:165:310  Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature in Translation (3)

01:165:341, 342  Major Traditions in Chinese Thought
(3, 3) 


Comparative Literature

01:195:243  Introduction to the Literature of India (3)
01:195:329  Modern Japanese Novel and the West (3)

01:195:331  The Novel, East and West (3)

01:195:332  Love, Honor, and Suicide in Japanese Literature (3)

01:195:333  Modern Writers and East Asia (3) 


East Asian Languages and Area Studies

01:214:241  East Asian Civilizations:  Traditional Era (3)
01:214:242  East Asian Civilizations:  Modern Era (3)

01:214:338  Religious Themes in East Asian Literature (3)


Economics

01:220:358  Economics of Japan (3)
01:220:359  Economics of Asia (3)


Geography

01:450:341  South Asia and the Middle East (3)
01:450:342  East Asia (3)

11:559:308  Chinese Environment: Elements in Landscape Evolution and Change (3)


Hindi

01:505:101, 102  Elementary Hindi (4, 4)


History: General/Comparative

01:506:363  Imperialism (3)
01:506:365  The Emergence of the Third World (3)
01:506:366  Asia and Africa in the Postcolonial Era (3)


History: African, Asian, and Latin American

01:508:240  Classical Asia (3)
01:508:242  Modern East Asia (3)

01:508:244  China and the United States (3)

01:508:330  History of Indian Civilization (3)

01:508:340  Late Imperial Chinese Culture and Society (3)

01:508:342  China, 1800 to the Present (3)

01:508:344  China's Socialist Revolution (3)

01:508:346  Women in Chinese History (3)

01:508:350  Traditional Japan (3)

01:508:352  Japan's Rise to World Power (3)

01:508:392  Historical Studies (3)
    [when the topic is focused on Asia, as "Philippines & the U.S." offered Spring 2001]

01:508:442  China's Foreign Relations (3)

01:508:450  Society and Culture in Japan (3)


Japanese

01:565:241  Japanese Literature in Translation (3)
01:565:242  Modern Japanese Literature in Translation (3)

01:565:250  Language and Society in Japan (3)
01:565:315  Japanese Literature and the Atomic Bomb (3)
01:565:317  Love, Honor, and Suicide in Japanese Literature (3)

01:565:350  Japanese Film (3)

01:565:360  Japanese Women Writers (3)

01:565:370  Community and Difference in Japanese Literature and Film (3)
01:565:460  Seminar in Japanese Film (3)

01:565:483  From Text to Image in Japanese Art (3)

01:565:495, 496  Independent Study (3, 3)


Korean

01:574:210  Introduction to Korean Culture (3)
01:574:220  Korean Literature in Translation I (3)
01:574:221  Korean Literature in Translation II (3)
01:574:250  Korean Language in Culture and Society (
3)


Philosophy

01:730:368  Hindu Philosophy (3)
01:730:470  Buddhist Philosophy (3)


Political Science

01:790:353  Government and Politics of Southeast Asia (3)
01:790:354  Southeast Asia in World Affairs (3)

01:790:386  Political Change in China (3)

01:790:454  Political Development of Asia (3)


Religion

01:840:204  Hindu Scriptures (3)
01:840:205  Buddhist Scriptures (3)

01:840:211  Religions of the Eastern World (3)

01:840:321  Women in Eastern Religion (3)

01:840:322  Hinduism (3)

01:840:323  Buddhism (3)

01:840:324  Chinese Religions (3)

01:840:335  Buddhist Meditation Traditions (3)

01:840:338  Religious Themes in East Asian Literature (3)
01:840:350  Women in Eastern Religions (3)
01:840:411  Historical Studies in Eastern Religion (3)
01:840:481  Seminor on Buddhist Religion and Art of China (3)


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