Spring 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 142 | FIRST YEAR ARABIC II | Elsherbiny, Hossam | MWF 9:00-9:50 AM |
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| ARAB 264 | D1 | SECOND YEAR ARABIC II | 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 205 |
D1 | EAST ASIAN FOOD HISTORY | Schoenberger, Casey | MWF 10:00-10:50 AM |
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ASIA 210 |
D1 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE | Suzuki, Mamiko | MW 4:00-5:15 PM |
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ASIA 214 | D1 | EAST ASIAN ART & WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES Approved for the HART major and minor, MDEM major and minor, and MUCH minor |
Huang, Susan | TTh 1:00-2:15 PM |
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ASIA 237 |
D1 | JAPANESE POETRY AND PERFORMANCE | Schoenberger, Casey | MWF 2:00-2:50 PM |
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ASIA 242 | D1 | CHINA'S FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1500 - PRESENT | Kim, Jaymin | MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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ASIA 260 |
D1 |
ASIAN RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTS |
Huntington, Eric | TTh 4:00-5:15 PM |
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ASIA 295 | D1 | INTRODUCTION TO TRANSNATIONAL ASIAN STUDIES |
Lu, Sidney |
TTh 2:30-3:45 PM |
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ASIA 296 | ASIAN STUDIES LAB | Ryang, Sonia | Tues 4:30-5:30 PM |
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ASIA 306 |
CLASSIC CHINESE NOVELS | Schoenberger, Casey | MW 4:00-5:15 PM |
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ASIA 310 |
ASIAN BORDERLANDS | Kim, Jaymin | MW 2:00-3:15 PM |
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ASIA 357/557 | D1 | ALGORITHMIC CULTURES IN ASIA | Visweswaran, Kamala | Mon 6:30-9:00 PM |
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ASIA 358 | D1 | FILM AND SOCIETY IN SOUTH ASIA | Visweswaran, Kamala | Wed 6:30-9:00 PM |
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ASIA/HART 371 | D1 | HOW TO READ CHINESE PAINTING | Huang, Susan | TTh 2:30-3:45 PM |
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ASIA/POLI 377 | CHINESE POLITICS | Lewis, Steven W. | Wed 7:00-9:50 PM |
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| CHIN 141 | FIRST YEAR CHINESE I | Hsu, Wei-Li | MWF 4:00-4:50 PM |
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| CHIN 142 2 Sections |
FIRST YEAR CHINESE II | Yeh, Meng Yeh, Meng |
MWF 9:00-9:50 AM MWF 10:00-10:50 AM |
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| CHIN 264 | D1 | SECOND YEAR CHINESE II | Fu, Liang | MWF 10:00-10:50 AM |
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| CHIN 302 | D1 | THIRD YEAR CHINESE II | Fu, Liang | MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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| CHIN 311 | D1 | ACCELERATED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I | Hsu, Wei-Li | MWF 1:00-1:50 PM |
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| CHIN 319 | D1 | SPECIAL TOPICS: MEDICAL CHINESE | Fu, Liang | MWF 2:00-2:50 PM |
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| CHIN 402 | D1 | FOURTH YEAR CHINESE II | Hsu, Wei-Li | MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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HIST 219 | D1 | MONGOL EMPIRE | Balabanlilar, Lisa | Tues 6:00-8:30 PM |
| JAPA 142 3 Sections |
FIRST YEAR JAPANESE II | Takayama, Hiromi Suzuki, Mamiko Suzuki, Mamiko |
MWF 9:00-9:50 AM MWF 10:00-10:50 AM MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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| JAPA 264 2 Sections |
D1 | SECOND YEAR JAPANESE II | Ozaki, Naoko Ozaki, Naoko |
MWF 9:00-9:50 AM MWF 10:00-10:50 AM |
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| JAPA 302 2 Sections |
D1 | THIRD YEAR JAPANESE II | Takayama, Hiromi Takayama, Hirom |
MWF 10:00-10:50 AM MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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| JAPA 402 | D1 | FOURTH YEAR JAPANESE II | Ozaki, Naoko | MWF 11:00-11:50 AM |
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| KORE 142 3 Sections |
FIRST YEAR KOREAN II | Oh, Eun Young Oh, Eun Young Oh, Eun Young |
MWF 11:00-11:50 AM MWF 1:00-1:50 PM MWF 2:00-2:50 PM |
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| KORE 264 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 402 | D1 | BUSINESS KOREAN | Choi, Jaesu | MWF 10:00-10:50 AM |
Non-Department Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor(s) | Day/Time | |
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| ENGL 372 | ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | Srinivasan, Ragini | MWF 9:00-9:50 AM |
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| FWIS 257 | TRAVEL AND MODERN ASIA | Kim, Jaymin | MWF 1:00-1:50 PM |
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| FWIS 277 | STORYTELLING IN BUDDHISM | Huntington, Eric | TTh 1:00-2:15 PM |
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| FWIS 286 | MINORITIES AND SUBCULTURES | Lu, Sidney | TTh 10:50 AM-12:05 PM |
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| HIST 112 | MODERN PALESTINIAN HISTORY | TBD | MW 2:00-3:15 PM |
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| HIST 345 | THE U.S. AND ASIA | Shimizu, Sayuri | MWF 10:00-10:50 PM |
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| HIST 378 | MODERN ARAB HISTORY | TBD | MW 4:00-5:15 PM |
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| RELI 332 | ADVANCED TIBETAN LANGUAGE & CULTURE | Klein, Anne | TTh 4:00-5:15 PM |
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| RELI 442 | ARABIC TEXTS | Cook, David | TBD | |
| RELI 470 | BUDDHA WISDOM: WHAT OF LOVE? | Klein, Anne | TTh 2:30-3:45 PM |