Fall 2021 Courses

Fall 2021

The Department of Transnational Asian Studies offers a comprehensive selection of courses designed to give our undergraduates an overview of the geography, history, people and their movements, and cultures of Asia. Many of our courses are also cross-listed with other departments and/or offer distribution credit, making our courses strong choices even if you aren't majoring or minoring in Asian Studies.

Did you know that courses not listed as ASIA might still count toward the Asian Studies major and minor? If you are interested in a course covering Asia-related topics being offered in another department, reach out to our Director of Undergraduate Studies, Steven W. Lewis, to have it approved for ASIA credit. Some courses already approved are listed under "Non-ASIA Courses" below.

ASIA Courses

Course Title and Instructor(s) Distribution Day and Time
ASIA 221 THE LIFE OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD
Cook, David		 I MWF 11:00-11:50am
ASIA 251 course flyer ASIA 251 SEX, MONEY, AND POWER
Shehabbudin, Elora		 TTh 1:00-2:15pm
ASIA 282 flyer ASIA 282 New Course starburst stickerTRANSNATIONAL ASIAN FOOD
Ryang, Sonia		 I TTh 2:30-3:45pm
ASIA 301 flyer ASIA 301 Online Only starburst stickerTHE JAIN WORLDVIEW
Bothra, Shivani		 I MWF 10:00-10:50am
ASIA 302 course flyer ASIA 302 New Course starburst stickerSTUDIES IN ASIAN PHILOSOPHY
Huntington, Eric		 I Fri 2:00-4:30pm
ASIA 304 course flyer ASIA 304 Online Only starburst stickerHUMAN MOBILITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
Cheuk, Ka-Kin		 TTh 9:25-10:40am
ASIA 322 INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM
Klein, Anne		 I MW 2:00-3:15pm
ASIA 323 course flyer ASIA 323 BUDDHIST AND DOAIST ART IN CHINA
Huang, Susan & Huntington, Eric		 Wed 1:00-3:30pm
ASIA 330 course flyer ASIA 330 Hybrid course starburst stickerINTRODUCTION TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE POETRY
Qian, Nanxiu		 TTh 4:00-5:15pm
ASIA 372 course flyer ASIA 372 CHINESE ART & VISUAL CULTURE
Huang, Susan		 I Mon 2:00-4:30pm
ASIA 378 course flyer ASIA 378 CROSS-CULTURAL ASIAN MUSIC
Chen, Shih-Hui		 I Thur 4:00-6:30pm
ASIA 381 course flyer ASIA 381 SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORAS
Shehabuddin, Elora		 Mon 1:00-3:30pm
ASIA 382 course flyer ASIA 382 New Course starburst stickerRUTH BENEDICT AND JAPAN
Ryang, Sonia		 TTh 10:50-12:05pm
ASIA 495 course flyer ASIA 495 ASIAN STUDIES RESEARCH SEMINAR
Lewis, Steven W.		 Wed 7:00-9:50pm

Non-ASIA Courses

Course Title and Instructor(s) Distribution Day and Time
FWIS 118 ISLAM AND POLITICS
Rikab, Waleed		 TTh 2:30-3:45pm
FWIS 125 YOUR ARABIAN NIGHTS
Sanders, Paula		 TTh 1:00-2:15pm
FWIS 157 TRAVEL AND MODERN ASIA
Kim, Jaymin		 MWF 11:00-11:50am
HIST 219 MONGOL EMPIRE
Balabanlilar, Lisa		 I TTh 1:00-2:15pm
HIST 278 MODERN ARAB HISTORY
Makdisi, Ussama		 I MWF 11:00-11:50am
HIST 342 MODERN CHINA
Barlow, Tani		 I MWF 3:00-3:50pm
HIST 436 AMERICA IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Citino, Nathan		 Wed 1:00-3:30pm
MUSI 125 SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORIC MUSIC
de Souza, Chelsea A.		 I MWF 10:00-10:50am
RELI 332 ADVANCED TIBETAN LANGUAGE & CULTURE
Klein, Anne		 I MW 4:00-5:15pm
RELI 356 MAJOR ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM
Cook, David		 MWF 2:00-2:50pm
RELI 378 BUDDHIST ART & LITERATURE
Foote, Learned		 I TTh 2:30-3:45pm
RELI 442 ARABIC TEXTS
Cook, David B.		 TBA