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Major & Minor Requirements

Courses--Current Year

Course Descriptions

Asian Studies Faculty

FALL 2007

Anthropology                   

ANTH 3701  Topics in Anthropology:  Shamanism in East Asian Archaeology, TR 12-1:50 pm (4 cr)

Chinese Language

CHIN 1001(1)   Elementary Chinese, MTWR 8:00-8:50 am (4 cr)

CHIN 1001(2)   Elementary Chinese, MTWR 9:00-9:50 am (4 cr)

CHIN 1001(3)   Elementary Chinese, MTWR 1:00-1:50 pm (4 cr)

CHIN 1001(4)   Elementary Chinese, MTWR 2:00-2:50 pm (4 cr)

CHIN 2001(1)   Intermediate Chinese, MTWR 11:00-11:50 am (4 cr)

PREREQ: CHIN 1003 or permission of instructor

CHIN 2001(2)  Intermediate Chinese, MTWR 12:00-12:50 pm (4 cr)

PREREQ: CHIN 1003 or permission of instructor

CHIN 3101    Advanced Conversation & Composition I, MTWR 3:00-3:50 pm (4 cr)

PREREQ:  CHIN 2003 or permission of instructor

History

ASIA 2406  Modern China: Search for Change, MW 10:00-11:50 am (4 cr) \

HIST 2390  History of Modern India, MW 12:00-1:50 pm (4 cr)

Japanese Language

JAPN 1001(1)  Elementary Japanese, MTWR 11:00-11:50 am (4 cr)

JAPN 1001(2)  Elementary Japanese, MTWR 12:00-12:50 pm (4 cr)

JAPN 2001     Intermediate Japanese, MTWR 12:00-12:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: JAPN 1003

JAPN 2100    Conversation and Composition I, MTWR 11:00-11:50 am (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: JAPN 2003

JAPN 3300    Advanced Japanese, MTWR 9:00-9:50 am (4 cr)

                    PREREQ:  JAPN 3100

JAPN 3991    Independent Study

Political Science

PLSC 2260   Politics of Japan, TR 12:00-1:50 pm (5 cr)

                    (incorrectly titled “Politics of China and Japan” on Registrar’s website)

AHUM & SOCS Foundations and Core Courses

Asian Studies majors & minors:  You can take Asia-related AHUM and SOCS Foundations and Core courses for EITHER Asian Studies elective credit OR Foundations/Core credit, but not both.  If you wish, you may sign up for the courses below as regular Foundations or Core courses, then have the credits transferred into Asian Studies later.

AHUM 1216(2)  History: Gandhi's India, MW 4:00-5:50 pm (4 cr)

AHUM 1416(1)  Postwar Japan:  Changing Perspectives in Fiction & Film, MTWR 9:00-9:50 am (4 cr)

CORE 2532      Death & Dying in Hindu Traditions, TR 8:00-9:50 am (4 cr)

CORE 2564      Zen Buddhism and the Fine Arts, MW 12:00-1:50 pm (4 cr)

CORE 2646      Dance in India, MW 10:00-11:50 am (4 cr)

WINTER 2008

Art History

ASIA 2101     Survey of Asian Art, TR 12:00-1:50 pm (4 cr)

Asian Studies

ASIA 3901    Asian Studies Directed Readings (4 cr)

First part of senior thesis sequence, required for the major in Asian Studies

Chinese Language

CHIN 1002(2)  Elementary Chinese, MTWR 9:00-9:50 am (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: CHIN 1001 or permission of instructor

CHIN 1002(3)  Elementary Chinese, MTWR 10:00-10:50 am (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: CHIN 1001 or permission of instructor

CHIN 1002(4)  Elementary Chinese, MTWR 2:00-2:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: CHIN 1001 or permission of instructor

CHIN 2002(1)  Intermediate Chinese, MTWR 11:00-11:50 am (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: CHIN 2001 or permission of instructor

CHIN 2002(2) Intermediate Chinese, MTWR 12:00-12:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: CHIN 2001 or permission of instructor

CHIN 3102   Advanced Conversation & Composition II, MTWR 3:00-3:50 pm (4 cr)

PREREQ: CHIN 2100 or permission of instructor

CHIN 3991   Independent Study

History

ASIA 2417   Imperial Encounters, 1757-1947, MW 2:00-3:50 pm  (4 cr)

Must be at least sophomore standing to enroll.

Japanese Language

JAPN 1002 (1)  Elementary Japanese, MTWR 11:00-11:50 am (4 cr)

                    PREREQ:  JAPN 1001

JAPN 1002 (2)  Elementary Japanese, MTWR 12:00-12:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ:  JAPN 1001

JAPN 2002    Intermediate Japanese, MTWR 12:00-12:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: JAPN 2001

JAPN 2600     Conversation and Composition II, MTWR 11:00-11:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: JAPN 2100

JAPN 3991    Independent Study

Political Science

PLSC 2701   Topics in Political Science, TR 10:00-11:50 am (5 cr)

Religious Studies

ASIA 2703   Modern Hinduism, TR 2:00-3:50 pm (4 cr)

AHUM & SOCS Foundations and Core Courses

Asian Studies majors & minors:  You can take Asia-related AHUM and SOCS Foundations and Core courses for EITHER Asian Studies elective credit OR Foundations/Core credit, but not both.  If you wish, you may sign up for the courses below as regular Foundations or Core courses, then have the credits transferred into Asian Studies later.

AHUM 1416(2)  Foundations in World Cultures:  Postwar Japan, MW 8:0-9:50 am (4 cr)

SOCS 1610(2)   Foundations in Political Science:  Power and Justice, MW 12:00-1:50 pm (4 cr)

CORE 2622   Modernity in Japanese Film, MW 12:00-1:50 pm (4 cr)

CORE 2643   Comparative Democratization, MW 4:00-5:50 pm (4 cr) Writing Intensive

 

SPRING 2007

Art History

ARTH 2842  Topics in Japanese Art, TR 12:00-2:20 pm (5 cr)

Asian Studies

ASIA 3902    Asian Studies Senior Thesis (4 cr)

                    PREREQ:  ASIA 3901

Chinese Language

CHIN 1003 (1)  Elementary Chinese, MTWR 8:00-8:50 am (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: CHIN 1002 or permission of instructor

CHIN 1003 (2) Elementary Chinese, MTWR 9:00-9:50 am (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: CHIN 1002 or permission of instructor

CHIN 1003 (3)  Elementary Chinese, MTWR 1:00-1:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: CHIN 1002 or permission of instructor

CHIN 1003 (4) Elementary Chinese, MTWR 2:00-2:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: CHIN 1002 or permission of instructor

CHIN 2100   Conversation and Composition, MTWR 12:00-12:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: CHIN 2003 or permission of instructor

CHIN 3991  Independent Study

History

ASIA  2404 Contemporary Japan, TR 2:00-3:50 pm (4 cr)

Japanese Language

JAPN 1003 (1)  Elementary Japanese, MTWR 11:00-11:50 am (4 cr)

                    PREREQ:  JAPN 1002

JAPN 1003 (2)  Elementary Japanese, MTWR 12:00-12:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ:  JAPN 1002

JAPN 2003     Intermediate Japanese, MTWR 12:00-12:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: JAPN 2002

JAPN 3100  Advanced Conversation and Composition, MTWR 11:00-11:50 pm (4 cr)

                    PREREQ: JAPN 2600

JAPN 3991   Independent Study

Political Science

PLSC 2704   Topics:  Chinese Politics, MW 4:00-5:50 pm (5 cr)

Must be at least sophomore standing to enroll.

ASIA 2602   Advanced Seminar:  International Relations of East Asia, MW 2-3:50 pm (5 cr)

AHUM & SOCS Foundations and Core Courses

Asian Studies majors & minors:  You can take Asia-related AHUM and SOCS Foundations and Core courses for EITHER Asian Studies elective credit OR Foundations/Core credit, but not both.  If you wish, you may sign up for the courses below as regular Foundations or Core courses, then have the credits transferred into Asian Studies later.

AHUM 1716(2)   Foundations in Religion: Religions of East Asia, MW 10:00-11:50 am (4 cr)

CORE 2646 (1)  Dance in India, MW 10:00-11:50 am (4 cr)

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