Fall 2025
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 301 | D1 | THIRD YEAR ARABIC I | 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 215 |
D1 | KOREAN WAVE | Kim, Jaymin Ryang, Sonia |
Wed 2:00-4:30 PM |
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ASIA 217 |
ASIAN AMERICAN MEMOIRS | Ryang, Sonia | Mon 2:00-4:30 PM |
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ASIA 220 |
D1 |
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA |
Xu, Chang | TTh 10:50 AM-12:05 PM |
| ASIA/RELI 221 | D1 | THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD | Cook, David | MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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ASIA/ENGL 222 | D1/AD | THE WORLD AND SOUTH ASIA | Chatterjee, Sourav | TTh 4:00-5:15 PM |
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ASIA 224 | D1 | A HISTORY OF THE SILK ROADS Approved for the HIST major and minor and the MDEM major and minor |
Balabanlilar, Lisa | TTh 9:25-10:40 AM |
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ASIA 255 | D1 | MARTIAL ARTS FICTION AND FILM | Schoenberger, Casey | TTh 9:25-10:40 AM |
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ASIA 302 | D1/AD | ASIAN PHILOSOPHY IN CONTEXT Approved for the PHIL major and minor and the RELI major and minor |
Huntington, Eric | MW 4:00-5:15 PM |
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ASIA/MDHM 307 |
MEDICINE AND EMPIRE IN ASIA | Xu, Chang | TTh 1:00-2:15 PM |
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| ASIA/RELI 322 | D1/AD | INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM: ARTS FOR LIFE | Klein, Anne | TTh 4:00-5:15 PM |
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| ASIA 328 HIST 384 |
MODERN GIRL AND ASIA IN THE WORLD | Barlow, Tani | TTh 2:30-3:45 PM |
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ASIA 358 | D1 | FILM AND SOCIETY IN SOUTH ASIA | Chatterjee, Sourav | Wed 3:00-5:30 PM |
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ASIA/HART 372 MDEM 373 |
D1/AD | CHINESE ART AND THE WORLD | Huang, Susan | TTh 4:00-5:15 PM |
| ASIA/MUSI 378 | D1 | CLASSICAL, CONTEMPORARY, AND CROSS-CULTURAL ASIAN MUSIC | Chen, Shih-Hui | Thur 4:00-6:20 PM |
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ASIA 495 | ASIAN STUDIES RESEARCH SEMINAR | Kim, Jaymin | Mon 2:00-4:30 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 12:00-12:50 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 2:00-2:50 PM | |
| CHIN 401 | FOURTH YEAR CHINESE I | Hsu, Wei-Li | MWF 2:00-2:50 PM | ||
| JAPA 141 3 Sections |
FIRST YEAR JAPANESE I | Ozaki, Naoko Ozaki, Naoko Ozaki, Naoko |
MWF 9:00-9:50 AM MWF 10:00-10:50 AM MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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| JAPA 238 | SPECIAL TOPICS: VOICES THROUGH MEDIA | Suzuki, Mamiko | MW 4:00-5:15 PM | ||
| JAPA 263 2 Sections |
D1 | SECOND YEAR JAPANESE I | Takayama, Hiromi Takayama, Hiromi |
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 | Suzuki, Mamiko Suzuki, Mamiko |
MWF 10:00-10:50 AM MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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| JAPA 401 | FOURTH YEAR JAPANESE I | Takayama, Hiromi | 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 10:00-10:50 AM MWF 2:00-2:50 PM |
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| KORE 301 | D1 | THIRD YEAR KOREAN I | Oh, Eun Young | MWF 1:00-1:50 PM | |
| KORE 332 | D1 | COLLOQUIAL KOREAN THROUGH VISUALS | Choi, Jaesu | MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
Non-Department Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor(s) | Day/Time | |
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| ENGL 372 | D1 | ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | Wood, Alden | TTh 8:00-9:15 AM |
| ENGL 376 | D1 | SOUTHEAST ASIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | Wood, Alden | TTh 9:25-10:40 AM |
| FWIS 108 | FROM THE CHINA DESK: POLICY ANALYSIS AND REPORTING ON CHINA | Lewis, Steven W. | TTh 4:00-5:15 PM |
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| FWIS 176 | AD | DRAMATIC PAUSES: INTRODUCTION TO EAST ASIAN PERFORMANCE STUDEIS | Schoenberger, Casey | TTh 4:00-5:15 PM |
| FWIS 177 | STORYTELLING IN BUDDHISM | Huntington, Eric | MW 2:00-3:15 PM |
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| HART 324 | PERSIANATE BOOK ARTS | Emami, Farshid | Wed 1:00-3:30 PM |
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| HIST 112 | D1 | MODERN PALESTINIAN HISTORY | Takriti, Abdel Razzaq | TTh 4:00-5:15 PM |
| HIST 408 | THE JAPANESE EMPIRE | Barlow, Tani | Wed 4:00-6:30 PM |
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| POLI 478 | US-CHINA: CONFLICT AND COOPERATION | Fang, Songying | Wed 2:00-4:30 PM |
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| RELI 333 | KNOWING BODY/GLOWING MIND: BUDDHIST ARTS OF CONTEMPLATION AND ANALYSIS | Klein, Anne | TTh 1:00-2:15 PM |
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| RELI 442 | ARABIC TEXTS | Cook, David | TBD |