Spring 2025 Courses

Spring 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 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

Course Title Instructor(s) Day/Time
ARAB 142 FIRST YEAR ARABIC II Elsherbiny, Hossam MWF
9:00-9:50 AM
ARAB 264 D1 SECOND YEAR ARABIC II Elsherbiny, Hossam MWF
10:00-10:50 AM
ARAB 301 D1 THIRD YEAR ARABIC I Elsherbiny, Hossam MWF
11:00-11:50 AM

ASIA 205 course flyer

ASIA 205 D1 EAST ASIAN FOOD HISTORY Schoenberger, Casey MWF
10:00-10:50 AM

ASIA 214 course flyer

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
2:30-3:45 PM

ASIA 216 course flyer

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ASIA/MDHM 216

D1 QUACKS AND WONDER DRUGS: A HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN CHINA Xu, Chang MWF
1:00-1:50 PM

ASIA 233 flyer

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ASIA 233
D1 LAW AND SOCIETY IN ASIA: CONFUCIAN LAW, ISLAMIC LAW, AND MODERNIZATION
Approved for the PLST minor
Kim, Jaymin TTh
2:30-3:45 PM

ASIA 237 course flyer

ASIA 237 D1 TRADITIONAL JAPANESE POETRY AND PERFORMING ARTS Schoenberger, Casey MWF
3:00-3:50 PM

ASIA 238 flyer

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ASIA 238

EAT, PREY, LOVE: HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONS IN ASIA
Approved for the ENST minor

Xu, Chang MWF
11:00-11:50 AM

ASIA 295 course flyer

ASIA 295 D1 INTRODUCTION TO TRANSNATIONAL ASIAN STUDIES

Lu, Sidney
Ryang, Sonia

TTh
1:00-2:15 PM

ASIA 296 course flyer

ASIA 296 ASIAN STUDIES LAB Ryang, Sonia Tues
4:30-5:30 PM

ASIA 310 course flyer

ASIA 310 ASIA BORDERLANDS: FROM FRONTIERS TO BORDERLANDS Kim, Jaymin TTh
9:25-10:40 AM
ASIA/RELI 322 D1 INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM Klein, Anne TTh
4:00-5:15 PM

ASIA 371 course flyer

ASIA/HART 371 D1 HOW TO READ CHINESE PAINTING Huang, Susan TTh
4:00-5:15 PM

ASIA 377 course flyer

ASIA/POLI 377 CHINESE POLITICS Lewis, Steven W. Wed
7:00-9:50 PM
ASIA/MUSI 378 D1 CLASSICAL, CONTEMPORARY, AND CROSS-CULTURAL ASIAN MUSIC Chen, Shih-Hui Thurs
4:00-6:20 PM

ASIA 488 course flyer

ASIA 488 ASIA AND ENERGY Lewis, Steven W. Thurs
7:00-9:50 PM
CHIN 141 FIRST YEAR CHINESE I Hsu, Wei-Li MWF
2:00-2:50 PM
CHIN 142
2 Sections
FIRST YEAR CHINESE II Yeh, Meng
Yeh, Meng
MWF 10:00-10:50 AM
MWF 11:00-11:50 AM
CHIN 264 D1 SECOND YEAR CHINESE II Fu, Liang MWF
10:00-10:50 AM
CHIN 302 D1 THIRD YEAR CHINESE II Fu, Liang MWF
11:00-11:50 AM
CHIN 311 D1 ACCELERATED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I Hsu, Wei-Li MWF
12:00-12:50 PM
CHIN 319 D1 SPECIAL TOPICS - MEDICAL CHINESE: CHINESE FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS Fu, Liang MWF
2:00-2:50 PM
CHIN 402 D1 FOURTH YEAR CHINESE II Hsu, Wei-Li MWF
1:00-1:50 PM

HIST 320 course flyer

HIST 320 D1 IMPERIAL PLEASURE GARDENS Balabanlilar, Lisa MW
4:00-5:15 PM
JAPA 142
3 Sections
FIRST YEAR JAPANESE II Takayama, Hiromi
Takayama, Hiromi
Takayama, Hiromi
MWF 10:00-10:50 AM
MWF 11:00-11:50 AM
MWF 2:00-2:50 PM
JAPA 238 SPECIAL TOPICS - JAPANESE VOICES ON THE MARGINS: JAPANESE LANGUAGE IN COMMUNITY, MEDIA, AND ART Suzuki, Mamiko MW
4:00-5:15 PM
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
JAPA 302
2 Sections
D1 THIRD YEAR JAPANESE II Suzuki, Mamiko
Suzuki, Mamiko
MWF 10:00-10:50 AM
MWF 11:00-11:50 AM
JAPA 402 D1 FOURTH YEAR JAPANESE II Ozaki, Naoko MWF
11:00-11:50 AM
KORE 106 ACCELERATED FIRST YEAR KOREAN Oh, Eun Young MWF
2:00-2:50 PM
KORE 142 FIRST YEAR KOREAN II Oh, Eun Young MWF 11:00-11:50 AM
KORE 264
2 Sections
D1 SECOND YEAR KOREAN II Choi, Jaesu
Choi, Jaesu
MWF 9:00-9:50 AM
MWF 11:00-11:50 AM
KORE 302 D1 THIRD YEAR KOREAN II Oh, Eun Young MWF
1:00-1:50 PM
KORE 401 CURRENT ISSUES IN KOREA Choi, Jaesu MWF 10:00-10:50 AM

Non-Department Courses

Check back soon for a list of non-departmental courses that count toward ASIA credit.