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 | |
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ASIA 221 | THE LIFE OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD Cook, David |
I | MWF 11:00-11:50am | |
ASIA 251 | SEX, MONEY, AND POWER Shehabbudin, Elora |
TTh 1:00-2:15pm | ||
ASIA 282 | TRANSNATIONAL ASIAN FOOD Ryang, Sonia |
I | TTh 2:30-3:45pm | |
ASIA 301 | THE JAIN WORLDVIEW Bothra, Shivani |
I | MWF 10:00-10:50am | |
ASIA 302 | STUDIES IN ASIAN PHILOSOPHY Huntington, Eric |
I | Fri 2:00-4:30pm | |
ASIA 304 | HUMAN 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 | BUDDHIST AND DOAIST ART IN CHINA Huang, Susan & Huntington, Eric |
Wed 1:00-3:30pm | ||
ASIA 330 | INTRODUCTION TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE POETRY Qian, Nanxiu |
TTh 4:00-5:15pm | ||
ASIA 372 | CHINESE ART & VISUAL CULTURE Huang, Susan |
I | Mon 2:00-4:30pm | |
ASIA 378 | CROSS-CULTURAL ASIAN MUSIC Chen, Shih-Hui |
I | Thur 4:00-6:30pm | |
ASIA 381 | SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORAS Shehabuddin, Elora |
Mon 1:00-3:30pm | ||
ASIA 382 | RUTH BENEDICT AND JAPAN Ryang, Sonia |
TTh 10:50-12:05pm | ||
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 |
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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 |