Asian Studies - Course of Study

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Asian Studies

AN 301 Independent Study
AN 310 Asian Studies Seminar

Communication

CO 241 Communication and Culture: East and West

Economics

EC 120 Environmental Economics
EC 230 Comparative Economic Systems: Asian Economies
EC 235 Economic Development of Third World Nations

History

HI 279 China to the 1800s
HI 285 Modern China: 1800 to Present
HI 286 Rise of Modern Japan: 1800 to Present
HI 366 Gender, Culture, and Representation: Women in China and Japan, 1600 to Present
HI 367 East Asia in 20th-Century American Wars

Modern Languages and Literatures

CI 110-111 Elementary Chinese
CI 210-211 Intermediate Chinese
CI 220 Advanced Chinese
CI 250/EN 118 Modern China Through Fiction and Film
CI 251 New Chinese Cinema
CI 252/EN 119 The City and Modern China
JA 110-111 Elementary Japanese
JA 210-211 Intermediate Japanese

Philosophy

PH 233 Introduction to Asian Philosophies
PH 245 Confucianism
PH 247 Philosophical Daoism and Zen Buddhism

Politics

PO 12 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PO 145 Asian Politics
PO 146 Three Giants in Asia
PO 148 Political Violence

Religious Studies

RS 10 Introduction to Religious Studies: Asian Religions
RS 284 Buddhist Thought in India
RS 287 Hinduism
RS 288 Buddhism
RS 289 Tantrism
RS 290 Religions of China
RS 292 North Pacific Tribal Religion
RS 388 Buddhist Spirituality
RS 389 Seminar on Tibetan Religions

Visual and Performing Arts

AH 12 Introduction to the Art History of Asia, Africa, and the Americas (by petition and pre-approval only)
AH 100 Arts of India, China, and Japan
TA 122 Asian Theatre