Fall 2024
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 offered outside of our department 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, Sonia Ryang, to have it approved for ASIA credit. Some courses already approved are listed under "Non-department Courses" below. This list will be updated periodically, so check back often.
Department Courses
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| ARAB 141 | FIRST YEAR ARABIC I | Elsherbiny, Hossam | MWF 9:00-9:50 AM |
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| ARAB 263 | D1 | SECOND YEAR ARABIC I | Elsherbiny, Hossam | MWF 10:00-10:50 AM |
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| ARAB 354 | D1 | CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF MEDIA ARABIC | Elsherbiny, Hossam | MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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ASIA 213 | D1 | TRANSNATIONAL ART AND CULTURE IN ASIA Approved for the MDEM major and minor |
Huang, Susan | TTh 2:30-3:45 PM |
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ASIA 219 | D1 | MODERN JAPAN Approved for the HIST major and minor |
Lu, Sidney | TTh 2:30-3:45 PM |
| ASIA 222 ENGL 222 |
D1 | WORLD AND SOUTH ASIA | Srinivasan, Ragini Tharoor | TTh 9:25-10:40 AM |
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ASIA 243 | D1 |
PREMODERN CHINA |
Kim, Jaymin | MW 4:00-5:15 PM |
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ASIA 244 | D1 | KOREA AND EMPIRES Approved for the HIST major and minor |
Kim, Jaymin | MW 2:00-3:15 PM |
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D1 | MARTIAL ARTS FICTION AND FILM | Schoenberger, Casey | MWF 10:00-10:50 AM |
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| ASIA 315 RELI/SWGS 315 |
GENDER AND ISLAM | Mohamed Hussin, Sabariah | Wed 3:00-5:29 PM |
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| ASIA 328 HIST/SWGS 384 |
MODERN GIRL AND ASIA IN THE WORLD | Barlow, Tani | TTh 9:25-10:40 AM |
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| ASIA 355 HART/FILM 336 |
D1 | CINEMA AND THE CITY | Oukaderova, Lida | Tues 1:00-3:30 PM |
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 ASIA 368 HIST 368 |
THE AGE OF ISLAMIC EMPIRE Approved for the MDEM major and minor |
Balabanlilar, Lisa | TTh 2:30-3:45 PM |
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ASIA 372 | D1 | CHINESE ART AND THE WORLD Approved for the HART major and minor |
Huang, Susan | TTh 4:00-5:15 PM |
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ASIA 378 MUSI 378 |
D1 | CLASSICAL, CONTEMPORARY, AND CROSS-CULTURAL ASIAN MUSIC | Chen, Shih-Hui | Thurs 4:00-6:20 PM |
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ASIA 380 HIST 380 |
D1 | ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY | Lu, Sidney | TTh 10:50 AM-12:05 PM |
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ASIA 383 | UNDERSTANDING NORTH KOREA | Ryang, Sonia | TTh 2:30-3:45 PM |
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ASIA 422 CHIN 422 |
D1 | THE ORIGINAL BEAUTY OF CHINESE LITERATURE | Schoenberger, Casey | MW 4:00-5:15 PM |
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ASIA 495 | ASIAN STUDIES RESEARCH SEMINAR | Ryang, Sonia | TTh 4:00-5:15 PM |
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| CHIN 141 2 Sections |
FIRST YEAR CHINESE I | Yeh, Meng Yeh, Meng |
MWF 10:00-10:50 AM MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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| CHIN 142 | FIRST YEAR CHINESE II | Hsu, Wei-Li | MWF 4:00-4:50 PM | ||
| CHIN 206 | D1 | ACCELERATED SECOND YEAR CHINESE FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS | Hsu, Wei-Li | MWF 3:00-3:50 PM | |
| CHIN 263 | D1 | SECOND YEAR CHINESE I | Fu, Liang | MWF 10:00-10:50 AM | |
| CHIN 301 | D1 | THIRD YEAR CHINESE I | Fu, Liang | MWF 11:00-11:50 AM | |
| CHIN 311 | D1 | ACCELERATED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I | Fu, Liang | MWF 1:00-1:50 PM | |
| CHIN 401 | D1 | FOURTH YEAR CHINESE I | Hsu, Wei-Li | MWF 2:00-2:50 PM | |
| JAPA 141 4 Sections |
FIRST YEAR JAPANESE I | Takayama, Hiromi Takayama, Hiromi Suzuki, Mamiko Suzuki, Mamiko |
MWF 9:00-9:50 AM MWF 10:00-10:50 AM MWF 11:00-11:50 AM MWF 2:00-2:50 PM |
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| JAPA 263 2 Sections |
D1 | SECOND YEAR JAPANESE I | Ozaki, Naoko Ozaki, Naoko |
MWF 9:00-9:50 AM MWF 10:00-10:50 AM |
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| JAPA 301 2 Sections |
D1 | THIRD YEAR JAPANESE I | Takayama, Hiromi Suzuki, Mamiko |
MWF 11:00-11:50 AM MWF 10:00-10:50 AM |
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| JAPA 401 | D1 | FOURTH YEAR JAPANESE I | Ozaki, Naoko | MWF 11:00-11:50 AM | |
| KORE 141 2 Sections |
FIRST YEAR KOREAN I | Oh, Eun Young Oh, Eun Young |
MWF 11:00-11:50 AM MWF 2:00-2:50 PM |
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| KORE 263 2 Sections |
D1 | SECOND YEAR KOREAN I | Choi, Jaesu Choi, Jaesu |
MWF 9:00-9:50 AM MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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| KORE 301 | D1 | THIRD YEAR KOREAN I | Oh, Eun Young | MWF 1:00-1:50 PM | |
| KORE 302 | D1 | THIRD YEAR KOREAN II | Choi, Jaesu | MWF 10:00-10:50 AM |
Non-Department Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor(s) | Day/Time | |
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| FWIS 108 | FROM THE CHINA DESK: CHINA ANALYSIS AND REPORTING ON CHINA | Lewis, Steven W. | TTh 4:00-5:15 PM |
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| FWIS 176 | DRAMATIC PAUSES: INTRODUCTION TO EAST ASIAN PERFORMANCE STUDIES | Schoenberger, Casey | MWF 1:00-1:50 PM |
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| HART 221 | INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE: CITIES, MOSQUES, PALACES | Emami, Farshid | MW 4:00-5:15 PM |
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| HIST 275 | MODERN MIDDLE EAST | Citino, Nathan | MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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| HIST 408 | THE JAPANESE EMPIRE | Barlow, Tani | Wed 4:00-6:30 PM |
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| RELI 223 | QUR'AN AND COMMENTARY | Cook, David | MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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| RELI 333 | KNOWING BODY/GLOWING MIND: BUDDHIST ARTS OF CONTEMPLATION AND ANALYSIS | Klein, Anne | Tues 2:30-4:50 PM |
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| RELI 442 | CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ARABIC TEXTS | Cook, David | TBD | |
| RELI 470 | BUDDHIST WISDOM TEXTS | Klein, Anne | Thur 2:30-4:50 PM |