Featured Courses - Offered Spring 2010

ASIA 218 Introduction to Classical Chinese[3]

ASIA 225 Sex and Gender in Premodern Chinese Culture[3]

HART 122 History of Asian Architecture[3]

HART 252 Art of China[3]

HIST 107 Modern China [3]

HIST 212A India and the Indian Ocean[3]

PHIL 103 Introduction to Asian Philosophy[3]

PSCI 216 The Chinese Political System[3]

 

 

ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM RECOMMENDED COURSES

ASIAN STUDIES
115F Hollywood Hanoi: Narrating the Vietnam War [3] (Pending approval)
211 Popular Culture in Modern Japan [3]
212 Explorations of Japanese Animation [3]
219 Premodern Chinese Novels [3]
220 Modern Chinese Fiction [3]
225 Sex and Gender in Premodern Chinese Culture [3]
226 Martial Arts Literature and Film: Traditions and Transformations [3]
240 Current Japan-U.S. Relations [3]
294a-294b. Special Topics [Variable credit: 1-3 each semester]

CHINESE
201-202 Elementary Chinese [5-5]
214-216 Intermediate Chinese [5-5]
225-226 Chinese for Heritage Learners [3-3]
231 Chinese Calligraphy [1]
241-242 Advanced Chinese [3-3]
251-252 Readings in Modern Chinese Media [3-3]
255-256 Business Chinese [3-3]
289a-289b Independent Study [1-3]

HISTORY OF ART
115 House, Temple, City: Sacred Geographies of China [3]
120 Arts of Asia [3]
246 Religion and Politics in South and Southeast Asian Art [3]
247 Himalayan Art [3]
251 Asian Architecture and Gardens [3]
252 Arts of China [3]
253 Arts of Japan [3]
254 Japanese Painting and Prints [3]
289 Independent Research [1-3]
HART 295-01 Advanced Seminar: Women and South Asian Art [3]

JAPANESE
200ab Introductory Modern Japanese [3-3]
201-202 Beginning Modern Japanese [5-5]
211-212 Intermediate Modern Japanese [5-5]
241-242 Third-Year Japanese [3-3]
251-252 Fourth-Year Japanese [3-3]
289a-289b Independent Study [1-3]

PHILOSOPHY
103, 103W Introduction to Asian Philosophy
203 Advanced Asian Philosophy

POLITICAL SCIENCE
214 The Japanese Political System [3]
216 The Chinese Political System [3]
287-288 Seminars in Selected Topics [3-3]

RELIGIOUS STUDIES
130 Introduction to Asian Traditions [3]
132 Religion and Culture in Japan [3]
231 Women in Buddhist Traditions [3]
244 Buddhist Traditions [3]
249 Zen Buddhism [3]

*Certain courses offered in the Rikkyo exchange program and the CIEE program in Japan, China, or Taiwan can also be counted toward the major:
SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY: Contemporary Japanese Society: History, Culture, Institutions.
BUSINESS/ECONOMICS: The Japanese Firm in Its Domestic Economic Context; The Japanese Business Firm in Its Global Economic Context; Managing Globalization: Japan in Asia-Pacific Region.
POLITICAL SCIENCE: Politics and Policy in Contemporary Japan; Japan's International Relations; Japan in Asia.
HUMANITIES: Traditional Japanese Arts and Culture; Japanese Popular Culture.
HISTORY: 20th Century Japan and Korea Relations.