Asian Studies (ANS)
ANS 301M Introductory Topics in Asian Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discussion of various problems involving language, history, and culture in Asia. Three lecture hours a week for one semester; additional hours may be required for some topics.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
Topic 1: Introduction to the Visual Arts. Function and meaning of the visual elements in Western and Asian art. Primary focus is on the art of Western countries, with a secondary focus on the art of Asia.
Topic 2: Introduction to Music in World Cultures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one laboratory hour a week as required.
Topic 3: History of East Asia to 1800. A survey of the traditional history and culture of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Same as: HIS 305K
Topic 4: History of East Asia since 1800. A survey of the modern history of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Same as: HIS 305L
Topic 5: Introduction to the Study of Religion. Introduction to scholarly methods in the study of religion. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic 5), Religious Studies 310, Sociology 313K.
Topic 6: Asia's Futures. Current issues, visible trends, and projections for Asia's future. Same as: GOV 314.5
Topic 7: World Philosophy. Basic issues of philosophy in Western and non-Western traditions, such as the nature of philosophy, its relation to religion and science, the self, knowledge, and virtue. Asian Studies 301M (Topic 7) and Philosophy 302 may not both be counted.
Topic 8: Ideas and Images in Japanese Culture.
Topic 9: Asian American Experiences. American Studies 315 (Topic: The Asian American Experience) and Asian Studies 301M (Topic 9) may not both be counted. Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history.
Topic 10: Introduction to Korean Culture and History. Introduction to Korea's history, culture, and civilization from antiquity to the present.
Topic 11: Introduction to Buddhism. A structural and historical overview of Buddhism through the examination of various schools, doctrines, biographical narratives, and contemporary ethical issues. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic 11), Religious Studies 312 (Topic: Introduction to Buddhism), 312C. Same as: R S 312C
Topic 12: Introduction to Hinduism. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic 12), Religious Studies 312 (Topic: Introduction to Hinduism), 312D.
Topic 13: Forbidden Romance in Modern Chinese Literature. Introduction to modern Chinese literature from the late Qing Dynasty (latter half of the nineteenth century) to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Forbidden Romance in Modern Chinese Literature), 301M (Topic 13), Comparative Literature 305 (Topic: Forbidden Romance in Modern Chinese Literature), 305 (Topic 1). Same as: C L 305.1
Topic 14: East Asian Martial Arts Films. Explores the concept of "East Asian" from the cinematic perspective, focusing on the martial arts film genre. Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Everybody is Kung Fu Fighting) and 301M (Topic 14) may not both be counted. Additional hours required for film screenings.
Topic 15: Introduction to Islam. The beliefs, theology, history, and main social and legal institutions of Islam, including the concept of God and society, the role of women, and Islamic government and movements. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic 15), History 306N (Topic 7), Islamic Studies 310, Middle Eastern Studies 310D, Religious Studies 319. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 306N.7, MES 310D, R S 319
Topic 16: Introduction to Japanese Film. Broad survey of Japanese cinema, including silent films, feature films, documentaries, and anime, that covers the basic history of Japanese cinema. Background in Japanese not required, all films are subtitled in English. Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Introduction to Japanese Film) and 301M (Topic 16) may not both be counted. Additional hours may be required for film/media screenings.
Topic 17: Introduction to Politics in East Asia. Introduction to politics and political systems of Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, and South Korea. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Introduction to Politics in East Asia), 301M (Topic 17), Government 314 (Topic: Introduction to Politics in East Asia), 314 (Topic 11). Same as: GOV 314.11
ANS 301M.11 Introduction to Buddhism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A structural and historical overview of Buddhism through the examination of various schools, doctrines, biographical narratives, and contemporary ethical issues. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic 11), Religious Studies 312 (Topic: Introduction to Buddhism), 312C.
Same as: R S 312C
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 301M.13 Forbidden Romance in Modern Chinese Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to modern Chinese literature from the late Qing Dynasty (latter half of the nineteenth century) to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Forbidden Romance in Modern Chinese Literature), 301M (Topic 13), Comparative Literature 305 (Topic: Forbidden Romance in Modern Chinese Literature), 305 (Topic 1).
Same as: C L 305.1
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 301M.14 East Asian Martial Arts Films 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the concept of "East Asian" from the cinematic perspective, focusing on the martial arts film genre. Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Everybody is Kung Fu Fighting) and 301M (Topic 14) may not both be counted. Additional hours required for film screenings.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 301M.15 Introduction to Islam 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The beliefs, theology, history, and main social and legal institutions of Islam, including the concept of God and society, the role of women, and Islamic government and movements. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic 15), History 306N (Topic 7), Islamic Studies 310, Middle Eastern Studies 310D, Religious Studies 319. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 306N.7, MES 310D, R S 319
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 301M.16 Introduction to Japanese Film 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Broad survey of Japanese cinema, including silent films, feature films, documentaries, and anime, that covers the basic history of Japanese cinema. Background in Japanese not required, all films are subtitled in English. Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Introduction to Japanese Film) and 301M (Topic 16) may not both be counted. Additional hours may be required for film/media screenings.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 301M.17 Introduction to Politics in East Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to politics and political systems of Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, and South Korea. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Introduction to Politics in East Asia), 301M (Topic 17), Government 314 (Topic: Introduction to Politics in East Asia), 314 (Topic 11).
Same as: GOV 314.11
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 301M.3 History of East Asia to 1800 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A survey of the traditional history and culture of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
Same as: HIS 305K
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 301M.4 History of East Asia since 1800 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A survey of the modern history of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
Same as: HIS 305L
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 301M.6 Asia's Futures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Current issues, visible trends, and projections for Asia's future.
Same as: GOV 314.5
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 301R History of the Religions of Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Eastern religions: an introduction to the basic forms and the historical development of the religious traditions of India, China, and Japan. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301R, Core Texts and Ideas 304 (Topic: History of Religions of Asia), 306D, 310 (Topic: History of Religions of Asia), Religious Studies 302. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: CTI 306D, R S 302
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 302C Introduction to China 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to Chinese civilization, past and present, including religion, literature, arts, philosophy, and history. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 302C, History 302C, 306N (Topic: Introduction to China). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 302C
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 302D Introduction to Korean Culture and History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to Korea's history, culture, and civilization from antiquity to the present. Asian Studies 301M (Topic 10) and 302D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 302E Female Voices in China 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction (in translation) to the most important texts and other sources by, for, and about women in Chinese intellectual, political, social, and cultural history. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Female Voices in China), 302E, History 302F, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 33). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 302F, WGS 301.33
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 302J Introduction to Japan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to Japanese civilization, past and present, including religion, literature, arts, philosophy, and history. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 302K Introduction to South Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to Indian and south Asian civilization, past and present, including religion, literature, arts, philosophy, and history. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic 5), Asian Studies 302K, History 306N (Topic: Introduction to India).
Same as: ANT 310L.5
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 303D Introduction to the Asian Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the global dispersal of Asian populations from the mid-1800s to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 303, Asian Studies 303D, Sociology 303S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 303, SOC 303S
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 304C Popular Culture in Modern Japan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the history of popular culture in modern Japan focusing on works of literature, film, and visual culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Pop Culture in Modern Japan), 304C, History 302P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 302P
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 305C Korean Literature and Film 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the literature and film of Korea from earliest times to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Korean Literature and Film), 305C, Comparative Literature 305 (Topic 5), History 305C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 305.5, HIS 305C
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 307C Introduction to the History of India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of the history of the Indian subcontinent from prehistoric times to the present. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 307C
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 307D Yoga Past and Present 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey yogic practices in South Asian civilization and trace the development of yogic thought and embodied practices in Hindu, Buddhist, and tantric traditions from early history to the modern-day's social and legal complexities and controversies. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Yoga Past and Present), 307D, Religious Studies 312E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 312E
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 307E Bangladesh: History, Culture and Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the general aspects of history, culture, and politics in Bangladesh. Examine late colonial and post-colonial history to evaluate the dynamics of national identity formation. Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Bangladesh: Hist/Cul/Polit) and 307E may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 307F Gods and Goddesses of India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore a variety of gods and goddesses who have dominated the sacred landscapes of India and beyond, especially North America, from the past until now. Examine various issues relating to patriarchy, power, gender, sexuality, social hierarchy, and devotion. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 310 (Topic 7), Asian Studies 301M (Topic: South Asian Gods and Goddesses), 307F, Comparitive Literature 305E, Religious Studies 307F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AHC 310.7, C L 305E, R S 307F
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
ANS 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Asian Studies 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Asian Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
ANS 320C Genji to Godzilla: Adaptations of the Japanese Classics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how premodern, modern, and contemporary classics of Japanese literature, film, and theater get adapted over the centuries, and how culture, politics, gender, genre, and medium influence the adaptation process. Asian Studies 320 (Topic 2) and 320C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 320D Classical Indian Literature in Translation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore narrative literature and poetry composed in the three classical languages of India (Old Tamil, Sanskrit, and Prakrit). Asian Studies 320 (Topic: Classical Indian Literature) and 320D cannot both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 320E Myth, Legend, and Folklore in China 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction (in translation) to a selection of the most important myths, legends, and folktales in China's various storytelling traditions. Asian Studies 320E and 361 (Topic: Myth/Legend/Folklore China) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 320F Classical Chinese Philosophy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction (in translation) to thinkers, texts, and ideas from the golden age of Classical Chinese philosophy (circa sixth-second centuries BCE), including how to apply their teachings to current sociopolitical issues. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 320F, 361 (Topic: Clascl Chi Phil Contemp Times), Philosophy 348C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: PHL 348C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 320G Chinese Language Cinemas from People's Republic of China and Taiwan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey contemporary Chinese language cinemas from Taiwan and the People's Republic of China. Asian Studies 320G and 361 (Topic: Chi Lang Cinemas PRC/Taiwan) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 320J The Bhagavad Gita: Interpretation and Ethics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore one of the most influential books in Indian and global contexts, the Bhagavad Gita, through interpretations, commentaries, and scholarly materials. Navigate ethical dilemmas in the Bhagavad Gita and real-life situations. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 320J, 361 (Topic: The Bhagavad Gita: Int and Eth), Comparative Literature 323O, Philosophy 348G, Religious Studies 320J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323O, PHL 348G, R S 320J
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 320K Korean Cinema 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore Korean cinema, film history, and theory from the early twentieth century to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Intro to Korean Film), 320K, Comparative Literature 323P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323P
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 320L Indian Cinemas: Bollywood and Beyond 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on Indian cinema, primarily Hindi popular cinema--many times known as Bollywood. Examine major works of Hindi cinema and explore independent film making and regional cinema. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 320L, 361 (Topic: India Cin: Bollywood/Beyond), Radio-Television-Film 347F (Topic: India Cin: Bollywood/Beyond), (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: RTF 347F.1
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 321C Representing Disaster in Japan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore a range of human-made conflicts and natural disasters in Japan from earliest times to the present through literature, film, and new media to consider questions of history, representation, and mourning and memorialization. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 321C, 361 (Topic: Representg Disaster in Jpn), Comparative Literature 323D. Three lecture hours a week for one semeseter.
Same as: C L 323D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 321D The Environment and East Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the relationship between humans and the environment through the literature, film, and media of East Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 321D, 361 (Topic: Environment in East Asia), Comparative Literature 323E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323E
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 321E Arts of the Avant-Garde in Modern Japan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore avant-garde works of modern Japanese literature, film, and visual culture. Focus on how these works advanced global trends in avant-garde theory and practice by rebelling against tradition and searching for radically new ways of imagining the purpose and practice of modern art. Asian Studies 321E and 361 (Topic: Avant Garde Arts in Japan) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 321M Politics in Japan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of postwar Japanese politics; the occupation, governmental institutions, interest groups, protest movements, industrial policy, the government-business relationship, and political and economic reform. Asian Studies 321M and Government 321M may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 321M
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 322M Politics in China 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of twentieth-century China: historical trends; 1911 revolution; Warlord-Nationalist period; Communist revolution; post-1949 issues; new social and political institutions. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 322M, 361 (Topic: Politics in China), Government 322M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 322M
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 323C Biomedicine, Ethics, and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines ethical questions such as the allocation of medical resources, stem cell research and cloning, organ transplantation, abortion, human experimentation, prolonging life and the right to die, suicide, euthanasia, and diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, explored from a global perspective. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323N, 324L (Topic: Biomedicine, Ethics, & Culture), Asian Studies 323C, 361 (Topic 29), Religious Studies 373M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 323N, R S 373M
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 324C Musics of India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the musical traditions of India, with emphasis on Hindustani and Carnatic musical styles, but including examination of other traditions. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 13), Asian Studies 324C, 361 (Topic 11), Music 342 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.13, MUS 342.3
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 325C The Chinese in Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores narratives of migration, race, ethnicity, and a wide range of experiences of acculturation and assimilation from the perspective of a sending society--China--which has one of the longest and most diverse histories of sending people overseas. Over the last millennia, Chinese have migrated around the world and made homes under a great range of adversity and opportunity, producing many stories of human differences and commonalities. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325 (Topic 2), 325C, Asian Studies 325C, 361 (Topic 28), History 340C, 350L (Topic 65). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 325C, HIS 340C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 325D Greater China and United States Economic Relations 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore contemporary interconnections between the United States and Greater China. Examine economic frameworks (for example, state-led, market-led, mixed, etc.); the economies of the PRC including Hong Kong as well as Taiwan and the Chinese diaspora; and linkages such as investments, supply chains, tech transfer, non-profit cooperation, and the globalized workforce. Asian American Studies 325O and Asian Studies 325D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 325O
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 325E Global Economies: Asia and the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines key trends in the economies of the United States and Asia, with emphasis on the links between these two major trading blocs. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325 (Topic 11), 325L, Asian Studies 325E, 361 (Topic 48). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 325L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 326C Cultures of Southeast Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Comparative study of the peoples of Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, and other countries. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 8), Asian Studies 326C, 361 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.8
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S Topics in Asian Studies 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Asian Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
ANS 330C Anthropology of Travel and Tourism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Use the tools of cultural anthropology to understand the touristic encounter and the increasing (and decreasing) accessibility of travel and mobility. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 330C, 361 (Topic: Anthropology of Travel), Anthropology 322U. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322U
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 330D Global Markets and Local Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine contemporary theories of globalization, including materials exploring global governance, international monetary policy, migration regulation, offshoring, and cultural hybridity. Focus on case studies in Asia and elsewhere that reveal how these practices impact particular communities. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 49), Asian Studies 330D, 361 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.49
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 330E Tourism and Place in the Global South 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Debunk the myth that tourism is inherently desirable by unpacking the mechanisms of violence and inequalities of power embedded in tourism and tourism development. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 330E, 361 (Topic: Tourism/Place Global South), Geography 348E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 348E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 330F Development And Its Critics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discuss aspects of the contemporary international aid and development in Asia and beyond. Examine the decision-making within the development industry and the scope of aid as a economic and social force in the contemporary world. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 31), Asian Studies 330F, 361 (Topic 49). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.31
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 330G Food and Religion in Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Use the lens of food to approach study of religious communities, values, and identity formation in Asia's past and present, covering South Asia, China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. Explore questions involving what is eaten and what is not, taboo, hunger, anomaly, gender, food security, and recent ethical problems regarding bio-engineered foods (GMOs). Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Food and Religion in Asia), 330G, 361 (Topic: Food and Relign in Sth Asia), Religious Studies 330G, Sociology 330G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 330G, SOC 330G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 330J Asian Mobilities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore alternative research methods and spatialities, in an attempt to produce new understandings of how people live in an increasingly mobile world. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 330 (Topic 7), 330J, Asian Studies 330J, 361 (Topic 50). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330J
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 330K Culture, Medicine, and Society in Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analyze health and illness as a lens for exploring Asian cultures and societies. Discuss themes, concepts, and approaches in anthropology to interrogate the interaction between culture, medicine, and society. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Culture, Med, Society In Asia), 328N, Asian Studies 330K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 328N
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 335 Animals in Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on how historical and modern-day philosophy, religious texts, and legal systems in South and East Asia provide the framework for probing the human-animal encounter and the tensions that arise due to human-animal interdependence. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 335, 361 (Topic: Animals in Asia), Comparative Literature 323F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 336C Central Asian Politics and Economies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Relate major political and economic issues of post-Soviet Central Asia from Soviet legacy and regime types to state-business relations and investment environment. Learn about the characteristics that unite and distinguish the Central Asian region. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 336C, Government 324G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Central Asian Pol and Econ), 335 (Topic 43). Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Same as: GOV 324G, REE 335.43
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 338L East Asian International Relations 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of Russian/Soviet, Japanese, Chinese, and American foreign policies of the twentieth century, emphasizing Pacific-region interests; historical policies; intermittent conflicts, such as China versus Japan, Korean War, Indochina Wars; China's emergence as a nuclear power. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 338L, 361 (Topic: East Asian International Relations), Government 338L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 338L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340C Japanese Religion and Western Imagination 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines Japanese religious traditions, with a focus on Zen, through the perspective of people living in non-Japanese societies since the end of World War II. Explores different ways in which non-Japanese have imagined Japanese religious and ethical ideas and both explained Japanese behavior and adopted ideas about Japan into their writings about philosophy and life. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Japanese Religion and Western Imagination), 340C, Anthropology 324D, 324L (Topic: Japanese Religion and Western Imagination), Religious Studies 352 (Topic: Japanese Religion and Western Imagination), 352D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324D, R S 352D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340D History of Hindu Religious Traditions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History of major doctrines, practices, and institutions that shaped the development of Hinduism; how religions adapt to social and cultural change and often provide the catalyst for change. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322N, 324L (Topic 23), Asian Studies 340 (Topic 4), 340D, History 364C, 364G (Topic 1), Religious Studies 321. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322N, HIS 364C, R S 321
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340E History of Indian Buddhism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The institutional, social, economic, and doctrinal history of Buddhism in India. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 340 (Topic 5), 340E, Religious Studies 322. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 322
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340F Goddesses in World Religions and Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Historical and cross-cultural overview of the relationship between feminine and religious cultural expressions through comparative examinations and analyses of various goddess figures in world religions. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322J, 324L (Topic: Goddesses in World Religions and Cultures), Asian Studies 340 (Topic 7), 340F, Religious Studies 373 (Topic 3), 373G, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322J, R S 373G, WGS 340.30
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340G Ritual and Religion in Korea 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine major religious traditions of Korea; focus on the recent history and contemporary practice, and the relation between religion and politics during Korea's colonial (1910-1945) and postcolonial eras. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Ritual and Religion in Korea), Asian Studies 340 (Topic 10), 340G, Religious Studies 352 (Topic 4), 352R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 352R
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340I Saints and Shrines in Islam 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Saints & Shrines In Islam), 340 (Topic 23), 340I, Religious Studies 358 (Topic 23), 358S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 358S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340J Jainism: Religion of Non-Violence 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of the history, doctrines, institutions, and practices of Jainism from its origins to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Jainism: Relig of Non-Violence), 340J, Religious Studies 341 (Topic: Jainism: Relig of Non-Violence), 341F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 341F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340L Post-Mao China: Change and Transformation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines in a historical context the Chinese economy, society, politics, and culture during the reform era that began in the late 1970s. Explores the transformation of rural and urban economies and related social consequences; government systems, political ideologies, and popular values; and China's integration into the global system and its impact on China's role in world politics. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 340L, 361 (Topic: Post-Mao China: Change and Transformation), History 340L, 364G (Topic: Post-Mao China: Change and Transformation). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 340L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340M Modern China 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History of China from the intrusion of the West circa 1500 to the Communist revolution. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 340M
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340P European Expansion in Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
European exploration, the commerce of the East India Companies, and the beginnings of empire in South and Southeast Asia from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 340P
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340Q Sufism: Islamic Thought and Spirituality 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore Sufism and other Islamic mystical traditions that color cultural milieus spanning four continents and fourteen centuries. Focus on the historical developments in the Islamic theosophical tradition, as well as the relationship between Sufism and poetics, colonialism, and post-colonial resistance movements. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 340 (Topic 8), 340Q, 361 (Topic: Sufism and Islam Mysticism), History 339S, 366N (Topic: Sufism and Islam Mysticism), Islamic Studies 340 (Topic 4), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Sufism and Islam Mysticism), 342 (Topic 24), 342S, Religious Studies 358 (Topic 4), 358I, 361 (Topic: Sufism and Islam Mysticism). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 339S, MES 342S, R S 358I
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340R European Empires in Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The British in India and Malaya, the Dutch in Indonesia, and the French in Indochina since 1800. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 340R
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340S The Chinese in the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History of the Chinese in the United States from their first arrival in significant numbers during the California Gold Rush of the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325 (Topic: Chinese in the United States), 325 (Topic 3), 325D, Asian Studies 340S, History 340S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 325D, HIS 340S
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340T Taiwan: Colonization, Migration, and Identity 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores issues of ethnicity, empire, and modernization in East Asia from the sixteenth century to the present, as seen through encounters between Taiwan and aborigines, Han Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese, the imperial Qing, Japanese, mainland Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), and the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325 (Topic 4), 325E, Asian Studies 340T, History 340T. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 325E, HIS 340T
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340U Devotional Literature of India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discuss the songs of major saints. Examine how holy men and women expressed their religiosity through the medium of songs and poetry over the centuries and consider the role these songs had in shaping the religious communities of India. All works will be studied in translation. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Devotional Lit Of India), 340U, Religious Studies 341 (Topic: Devotional Lit Of India), 341U. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 341U
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340V Religions in Contact 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Critically examine the theories (religious othering, conversion, reinterpretation, appropriation, etc.) of how one religion responds to contact with another. Explore the ways in which religious actors grapple with religious plurality, draw or ignore boundaries, and form religious identities. Only one of the following my be counted: Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Religions in Contact), 340V, Religious Studies 373 (Topic: Religions in Contact), 373N. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 373N
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 340W Shia Islam 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how the first century of Islamic history inaugurated debates concerning authority, piety, and justice and how these debates have continued to the present. Explore the social forces and ideologies that shaped Shiism. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Shia Islam), 340W, Islamic Studies 340 (Topic: Shia Islam), 340 (Topic 8), Religious Studies 358 (Topic: Shia Islam), 359E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 359E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 341C Piracy in East Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how pirates helped bind East Asia together into an integrated zone of economic and cultural exchange. Explore how they formed the leading edge of early modern globalization and linking diverse economies and societies together. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 341C, History 350L (topic: Piracy in East Asia), 368C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 368C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 341K Origins of Modern Japan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Japan to the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, with a focus on the culminating age of samurai rule, the Tokugawa period (1600-1867). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 341K
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 341M Imperial Japan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Japan from the Meiji transformation through war, defeat, and occupation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 341M
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 341N Postwar Japan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Japan since the war and occupation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 342C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 341P Shamanism and the Primitive 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 325W, Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 341P, Religious Studies 352 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 352G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 345 (Topic 12). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 325W, R S 352G, REE 345.12
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 341R Religion and Family in Japanese Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the structures of family, kinship, and religion in Japan since 1868 and their roles in the creation and expression of national and individual identities. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 328F, Asian Studies 341R, 361 (Topic 38), Religious Studies 352F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 328F, R S 352F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 342D Political Economy of Japan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Historical development of the Japanese economy since early modern times. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 342D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 342F Buddhist Thought and Practice 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore important themes in Buddhist thought, various ways in which Buddhists practice their religion, and the relationships between religious concepts and practices. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 342F, Philosophy 356E, Religious Studies 342F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: PHL 356E, R S 342F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 343C Gender and Translation in the Arab World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine complex politics and poetics behind the translation and marketing of Arab women's writing in the West. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 325D, Asian Studies 343C, Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Gndr and Trnsltn/ and Arab World), 342 (Topic 81), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 325D, MES 342.81, WGS 340S.1
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 343D Muslim Travelers and Traders 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to modern Middle Eastern and Islamic history in the broader context of globalization, with a primary focus on the nineteenth century to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 343D, History 343D, 366N (Topic: Muslim Travelers and Traders), Middle Eastern Studies 343 (Topic: Muslim Travelers and Traders), 343 (Topic 23), Religious Studies 343D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 343D, MES 343.23, R S 343D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 343E Cultures of Revolution in the Middle East 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the cultural production that surrounds key moments of political and social change in the Middle East. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 343E, Government 366R, History 334G, Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Cultures of Revolution), 342 (Topic 80). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 366R, HIS 334G, MES 342.80
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 343F Food History of Asia and the Middle East 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the history of food and beverages in the Middle East and Asia, including Palestine/Israel, Egypt, Iran, India, China, and Japan. Investigate themes of identity, capitalism, and globalization to reflect on the role of food consumers in an interconnected world. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 343F, History 343F, Middle Eastern Studies 343 (Topic: Eat the East), 343 (Topic 28). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 343F, MES 343.28
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 346C Ancient India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History and culture of South Asia from its protohistoric beginnings in the Indus Valley through the period of the early empires of the Mauryas and Guptas. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 346C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 346D Medieval India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History and culture of South Asia from approximately 500 to 1500, with emphasis on religious and political institutions and the emergence of regional cultures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 346D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 346E Partition of India in History and Memory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discover the experiences and memories of many different groups affected by the Partition of British India in 1947 while tracing the effects of the Partition until the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 346E, 361 (Topic: Partition of India Hist/Lit), 379 (Topic 15), Government 367C, History 350L (Topic: Partition of India Hist/Lit), 350L (Topic 98), 367J, Islamic Studies 372 (Topic: Partition of India Hist/Lit). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 367C, HIS 367J
Pre/Corequisites: upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 346F Gandhi and Gandhism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore Gandhi's life, work, philosophy, and influence, as well as his historical and cultural context. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 346F, 361 (Topic 6), History 350L (Topic 5), Religious Studies 341C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350L.5, R S 341C
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 346G Gender and Modern India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine gender and the shifting nature of modernity between precolonial and colonial periods in the Indian subcontinent. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 346G, 361 (Topic 44), History 364G (Topic 13), 367D, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Gender and Modern India), 340 (Topic 75). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 367D, WGS 340.75
Pre/Corequisites: Upper division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 346J Mughal India in History and Memory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focuses on South Asia during the era of the Mughal empire (1550-1750), continuing through the symbolic relevance of the Mughal dynasty in British India and in India today. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 346J, 361 (Topic 33), History 350L (Topic 67), Islamic Studies 372 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350L.67
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 346K Slavery and South Asian History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the presence of slavery in the subcontinent in the third century BCE to the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 346K, 361 (Topic 43), History 364G (Topic 16), 367F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 367F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 346M Early Modern India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The history and culture of South Asia from approximately 1500 to 1750. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 346M, History 346M, Religious Studies 341 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 346M
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 346N The Indian Subcontinent, 1750-1950 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the cultural and political movements and events that led to formation of the two nation-states India and Pakistan. Asian Studies 346N and History 346N may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 346N
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 346P Indian Philosophies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Investigate the theories and arguments of major Indian philosophers, considering both their historical positioning and contemporary relevance. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 346P, 361 (Topic: Indian Philosophies), Philosophy 348P, 365 (Topic: Indian Philosophies), Religious Studies 341V, 361 (Topic: Indian Philosophies). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: PHL 348P, R S 341V
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 347C Business and Society in South Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the long history of commerce and enterprise in the Indian sub-continent up to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 347C, 361 (Topic 46), History 364G (Topic 12), 367C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 367C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 347K Governments and Politics of South Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A survey of political developments, governmental organization, and economic and social problems in South Asia. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 347K
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 348D Anthropology of the Himalayas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the history and culture of the Himalayan region, including Northeast India, sections of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Tibet, and especially Nepal. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323P, Asian American Studies 330L, Asian Studies 348D, 361 (Topic 27). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330L, ANT 323P
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 348E A Linguistic History of India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the richly documented linguistic and literary history of languages in the Indian subcontinent, paying attention to linguistic phenomena, contact effects, and language-based movements. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 348E, Linguistics 350 (Topic: A Linguistic History of India), 351C, 373 (Topic: A Linguistic History of India). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LIN 351C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 348F Formation of Indian Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the artistic traditions of South Asia up to the fifth century C.E., with an emphasis on social and religious factors shaping its development. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 348K, Asian Studies 348F, 361 (Topic: Formation of Indian Art), Religious Studies 341I, 361 (Topic: Formation of Indian Art). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 348K, R S 341I
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 348G Cinematic Cities: Mumbai 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore political, social, and artistic transformations of the global city of Mumbai from the early 20th into the 21st century using cinema as the primary text complemented by theoretical, creative, and historical readings. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 348G, 361 (Topic: Cinematic Cities: Mumbai), Radio-Television-Film 347F (Topic: Cinematic Cities: Mumbai), (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: RTF 347F.2
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 348I Offbeat Asian Cinema 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 2.5 Lab Hours
Explore South Asian cinema, focusing on innovative and boundary-pushing films. Draw from a diverse range of countries including India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, and languages like Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Dari. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 348I, 361 (Topic: Subversive South Asia), Radio Television and Film 347S (Topic: Subversive South Asia), (Topic 1). Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: RTF 347S.1
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 350C Why Chinese Has No Alphabet 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the history and evolution of the Chinese writing system and language. No background in Chinese language, culture, or linguistics is required. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 350C, 361 (Topic 30), Linguistics 350 (Topic: Why Chinese Has No Alphabet), 350E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LIN 350E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 350E The History of Chinese Language and Translation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the Chinese language and culture, focusing on the cultural, social, historical, and political background against which the Chinese language has evolved and continues to evolve. Asian Studies 350E and 361 (Topic 32) may not both be coutned. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 351C Banned in Japan: Censored Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on banned works of literature, painting, photography, film, and manga that encountered censorship in Japan from the early eighteenth century to today. Explore the censored texts in-depth alongside the sociopolitical contexts of their banning in order to understand how censorship worked historically and to help us consider how it works in our own time and place. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 351C, 361 (Topic: Banned in Japan), History 368D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 368D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 355C Japanese Foreign Policy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the foreign and domestic determinants of Japanese foreign policy. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 355C, 361 (Topic 22), Government 365C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 365C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 355D International Relations of East and Southeast Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the international relations of East and Southeast Asia, with particular attention to postwar economic and security issues, the changing political landscape of the post-Cold War period, and the development and functions of regional institutions. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 355D, 361 (Topic 23), Government 365D, 365L (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 365D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 355E Political Economy of Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the political economies of East Asia with an emphasis on Japan, China, South Korea, and Taiwan. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 355E, 361 (Topic 36), Government 365E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 365E
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 355F Asian Regionalism and Multilateral Cooperation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the nature, functional principles, leadership, and policy-making process of contemporary Asian regionalism in comparison to the experiences of European integration. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 355F, 361 (Topic 40), Government 365F, 365L (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 365F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 355G Monarchies and Mini-States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the remarkable variety among the political systems of the 28 remaining monarchies and the survival and thriving of mini-states around the world. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 355G, European Studies 348 (Topic 21), Government 355M (Topic: Monarchies and Mini-States), 364E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 348.21, GOV 364E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 355I War and Peace: China, Japan, and Taiwan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Use the modern theory of war and cutting edge political science research to understand the evolution of war and peace over the past two centuries in East Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 355I, Government 322C, 355M (Topic: War/Peace: China/Japan/Taiwan). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 322C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 356C Modernization in East Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the different historical experiences of mainland China and Taiwan in the context of the East Asian model of development. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 356C, 361 (Topic 34), History 364G (Topic 8), 364R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 364R
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 358F The Two Koreas and the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The political, social, and cultural relationship between North and South Korea, and between the Koreas and the United States, since 1945. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325F, Asian Studies 358F, 361 (Topic 24), Anthropology 324L (Topic: The Two Koreas and the US), 358F, History 341F, 366N (Topic: The Two Koreas and the US). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 325F, ANT 358F, HIS 341F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 358G Capitalism, Consumption, and Civil Society in Korea 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore contemporary social and political life in urban South Korea, including corporations, factory work, consumption, activism, popular culture, and changing gender systems and roles. Asian Studies 358G and 361 (Topic 25) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361 Topics in Asian Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Selected topics in south and east Asian anthropology, economics, history, geography, government, and sociology. Asian Studies 320 and 361 may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Three lecture hours a week for one semester; additional hours may be required for some topics.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Third World Cinema: Asia and the Middle East. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors, upper-division standing; the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305, either 314 or 316, and six additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; and consent of instructor; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 2: Myths and Symbols of India. An examination of the relationships between India's ancient myths and its rich artistic traditions. Additional prerequisite: For art history and visual art studies majors, Art History 302 and 303; for others, at least one of the following is advisable but not required: Art History 301, 302, 303.
Topic 3: Contemporary India.
Topic 4: International Communication: Third World Issues. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic 4), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 7: International Communication: Third World Issues), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 17: International Communication: Third World Issues), and Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic 3: Third World Issues). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing; the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio- television-film; consent of instructor; and a passing score on the College of Communication Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Test.
Topic 5: Cultures of Southeast Asia. Comparative study of the peoples of Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, and other countries. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 6: Gandhi and Gandhism. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic 6), History 350L (Topic 5), Religious Studies 341 (Topic 5), 341C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 7: Indian Economic Development. A variety of themes pertaining to India's attempt to achieve economic development. Additional prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, and six semester hours of upper-division social science or consent of instructor.
Topic 8: Japanese Narrative Literature, 700 to 1700. Translated works from the period 700 to 1700. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Topic 9: Modern Japanese Literature in Translation. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic 9), 386 (Topic 2: Modern Japanese Literature), Japanese 384 (Topic 3: Modern Japanese Literature). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Topic 10: Colonialism and Nationalism. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 11: Musics of India. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 12: Politics of Economic Development in East Asia. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 13: China and the New Asian Region. Foreign policy issues in China, Asia, and Eastern Russia. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: China and the New Asian Region), 361 (Topic 13), Government 365L (Topic: China and the New Asian Region), 365L (Topic 6).
Topic 14: Women in Asian Societies. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 15: Musics of East and Southeast Asia. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 16: Americans in China. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 17: Development Communication. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors, upper-division standing; consent of instructor; and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 18: Popular Iranian Rituals and Traditions. Adoption of old Persian cultural heritage into Islamic practices, past and present. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 19: Sociology of South Asia. A broad overview of South Asian society and culture from a sociological perspective. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 20: International Environmental Policy. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 21: Development Economics. Introduction to theories of economic development; discussion of leading issues. Asian Studies 361 (Topic 21) and Economics 333K may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Economics 304K and 304L with a grade of at least C in each, and six additional semester hours of coursework in social science.
Topic 22: Japanese Foreign Policy. An introduction to the foreign and domestic determinants of Japanese foreign policy. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic 22), Government 365C, 365L (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 23: International Relations of East and Southeast Asia. An introduction to the international relations of East and Southeast Asia, with particular attention to postwar economic and security issues, the changing political landscape of the post-Cold War period, and the development and functions of regional institutions. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic 23), Government 365D, 365L (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 24: The Two Koreas and the United States. The political, social, and cultural relationship between North and South Korea, and between the Koreas and the United States, since 1945. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: The Two Koreas and the US), Asian American Studies 325 (Topic: The Two Koreas and the US), 325 (Topic 7), 325F, Asian Studies 361 (Topic 24), Government 360N (Topic: The Two Koreas and the US), History 364G (Topic: The Two Koreas and the US). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing
Topic 25: Capitalism, Consumption, and Civil Society in Korea. Contemporary social and political life in urban South Korea, including such topics as corporations, factory work, consumption, activism, popular culture, and changing gender systems and roles. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Capitalism, Consumption, and Civil Society in Korea) and Asian Studies 361 (Topic 25) may not both be counted.
Topic 26: Nationalism and Gender in South Asia. Explores why nationalist movements often make the reform of women's roles central to their political projects.
Topic 27: Anthropology of the Himalayas. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323P, 324L (Topic: Anthropol of the Himalayas), Asian American Studies 330 (Topic: Anthropol of the Himalayas), 330L, Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Anthropology of the Himalayas), 361 (Topic 27). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 28: The Chinese in Diaspora. Explores narratives of migration, race, ethnicity, and a wide range of experiences of acculturation and assimilation from the perspective of a sending society--China--which has one of the longest and most diverse histories of sending people overseas. Over the last millennia, Chinese have migrated around the world and made homes under a great range of adversity and opportunity, producing many stories of human differences and commonalities. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325 (Topic 2), 325C, Asian Studies 361 (Topic 28), History 350L (Topic 65). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 29: Biomedicine, Ethics, and Culture. Examines ethical questions such as the allocation of medical resources, stem cell research and cloning, organ transplantation, abortion, human experimentation, prolonging life and the right to die, suicide, euthanasia, and diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, explored from a global perspective. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323N, 324L (Topic: Biomedicine, Ethics, & Culture), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Biomedicine, Ethics, & Culture), 361 (Topic 29), Religious Studies 373 (Topic: Biomedicine, Ethics, & Culture), 373M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 30: Why Chinese Has No Alphabet. Introduction to the history and evolution of the Chinese writing system and language. No background in Chinese language, culture, or linguistics is required. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic 30), Linguistics 350 (Topic: Why Chinese Has No Alphabet), 350E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 31: Global Markets and Local Cultures. Examines contemporary theories of globalization, including materials exploring global governance, international monetary policy, migration regulation, offshoring, and cultural hybridity. Focuses on case studies in Asia and elsewhere that reveal how these practices impact particular communities. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Global Markets and Local Cultures), 324L (Topic 49), Asian Studies 361 (Topic 31), 372 (Topic: Global Markets and Local Cultures), 372 (Topic 26). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 32: The History of Chinese Language and Translation. In-depth study of the Chinese language and culture focusing on the cultural, social, historical, and political background against which the Chinese language has evolved and continues to evolve. Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Lost in Translation: Chinese Language and Literature) and 361 (Topic 32) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 33: Mughal India in History and Memory. Focuses on South Asia during the era of the Mughal empire (1550-1750), continuing through the symbolic relevance of the Mughal dynasty in British India and in India today. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic 33), History 350L (Topic 67), Islamic Studies 372 (Topic 20).
Topic 34: Modernization in East Asia. Examines the different historical experiences of mainland China and Taiwan in the context of the East Asian model of development. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic 34), History 364G (Topic 8), 364R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 36: Political Economy of Asia. Explores the political economies of East Asia with an emphasis on Japan, China, South Korea, and Taiwan. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Political Economy of Asia), 361 (Topic 36), Government 365E, 365L (Topic: Political Economy of Asia), 365L (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 37: Rights and the State in South Asia. A study of states and societies in South Asia and the challenge of creating rights and respecting political orders. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Rights and the State in South Asia), 361 (Topic 37), Government 365L (Topic: Rights and the State in South Asia), 365L (Topic 7).
Topic 38: Religion and Family in Japanese Society. Explores the structures of family, kinship, and religion in Japan since 1868 and their roles in the creation and expression of national and individual identities. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 328F, Asian Studies 361 (Topic 38), Religious Studies 352 (Topic 9), 352F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 39: Anthropology of Globalization. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Anthropology of Globalization), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Anthropology of Globalization), 361 (Topic 39).
Topic 40: Asian Regionalism and Multilateral Cooperation. Addresses the nature, functional principles, leadership, and policy-making process of contemporary Asian regionalism in comparison to the experiences of European integration. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Asian Regionalism and Multilateral Cooperation), 361 (Topic 40), Government 365F, 365L (Topic: Asian Regionalism and Multilateral Cooperation), 365L (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 41: Uprising in India-1857. Introduces the problems faced with the uprising of 1857 in India, the most violent and widespread attempt ever made to destroy the British empire in South Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Uprising in India-1857), 361 (Topic 41), History 350L (Topic: Uprising in India-1857), 350L (Topic 92).
Topic 43: Slavery and South Asian History. Discuss the presence of slavery in the subcontinent in the third century BCE to the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Slavery and South Asian History), 361 (Topic 43), History 364G (Topic: Slavery and South Asian History), 364G (Topic 16), 367F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 44: Gender and Modern India. Examines gender and the shifting nature of modernity between precolonial and colonial periods in the Indian subcontinent. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Gender and Modern India), 361 (Topic 44), History 364G (Topic: Gender and Modern India), 364G (Topic 13), 367D, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Gender and Modern India), 340 (Topic 75). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Topic 46: Business and Society in South Asia. Introduction to the long history of commerce and enterprise in the Indian sub-continent up to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic 46), History 364G (Topic 12), 367C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 47: Global Indian Literature. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 320 (Topic: Global Indian Literature), 320 (Topic 5), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Global Indian Literature), 361 (Topic 47), English 360L (Topic: Global Indian Literature), 360L (Topic 3). Additional prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or Rhetoric and Writing.
Topic 48: Global Economies: Asia and the United States. Examines key trends in the economies of the United States and Asia, with emphasis on the links between these two major trading blocs. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325 (Topic: Global Economies: Asia & US), 325 (Topic 11), 325L, Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Global Economies: Asia & US), 361 (Topic 48). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 49: Development And Its Critics. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Development And Its Critics), 324L (Topic 31), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Development And Its Critics), 361 (Topic 49). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 50: Asian Mobilities. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 330 (Topic: Asian Mobilities), 330 (Topic 7), 330J, Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Asian Mobilities), 361 (Topic 50). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
ANS 361.39 Anthropology of Globalization 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Anthropology of Globalization), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Anthropology of Globalization), 361 (Topic 39).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361C Political Economy of Development in Postwar Korea 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the political economy of South Korean development during the postwar period. Examine the history, society, and culture of South Korea. Discuss compressed modernity, developmental state, social movements, gender politics, financial crisis, urbanization, migration, and recent globalization of Korean popular culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325 (Topic: Pol Econ Devel Postwar Korea), 325M, Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Pol Econ Devel Postwar Korea), 361C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 325M
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361D History of Food and Healing in China and Taiwan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the cultural, historical, philosophical, social, and scientific background against which the connection between food and healing has evolved through Chinese history. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Hist Food/Heal China Taiwan), 361D, History 364G (Topic: Hist Food/Heal China Taiwan), 367Q. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 367Q
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361E Urban Experiences In East Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the process of urbanization in East and Southeast Asia focusing on the politics of capital accumulation and distribution. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Urban Experiences In East Asia), 361E. Urban Studies 354 (Topic: Urban Experiences In East Asia), 330F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: URB 330F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361F Ethnic Politics in Taiwan and Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore ethnic politics in Taiwan including some comparison with ethnic politics in neighboring countries. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Ethnic Polit in Taiwan/Asia), 361F, Government 365L (Topic: Ethnic Polit in Taiwan/Asia), 366J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 366J
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in Government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361G State Building in China and Taiwan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Compare and contrast the state building process in mainland China and Taiwan. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: State Build in China/Taiwan), 361G, Government 365L (Topic: State Build in China/Taiwan), 365O. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 365O
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in Government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361J Development and Social Movement in East and Southeast Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the notions of development and the ways in which development is associated with state building, moral economy, political performance, and accumulation regimes. Explore the development of civil society and social movement in East Asia, and explanations of the mechanisms and drivers of displacement. Conceptualize the "Right to the City", and alternative right-based approaches to land, housing, infrastructure, commons and public resources. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Development and Movement), 361J, Geography 321D, 356T (Topic: Development and Movement). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 321D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361K The Indian Republic Since 1947 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An overview of Contemporary India, a republic that emerged from the British Empire. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Indian Republic 1947-Pres), 361K, History 346P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 346P
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361L Global Commodities: Asia and the World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the vital role of commodities in Asian history with a particular focus on East and Southeast Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Global Commodities: Asia and T), 361L, History 350L (Topic: Global Commodities: Asia and T), 350L (Topic 97). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 350L.97
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361M Big Asian Histories 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines ways in which Asia and other areas of the globe have had connected intellectual, artistic, and social developments with focus on world histories centrally involving Asia from the medieval period to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322F, 324L (Topic: Big Asian Histories), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Big Asian Histories), 361M, History 340V, 364G (Topic: Big Asian Histories). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322F, HIS 340V
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361N Self and Culture in North Korea 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Aims to understand North Korea's historical development and its current workings as a social, cultural, and political/ideological system. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322E, 324L (Topic: Self & Culture In North Korea), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Self & Culture In North Korea), 361N. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361P Africa and Indian Ocean World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the connected histories of the geographical regions and economic communities that share the littoral space of the Indian Ocean. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352L, 374C (Topic: Africa/Indian Ocean World), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Africa/Indian Ocean World), 361P, History 350L (Topic: Africa/Indian Ocean World), 350L (Topic 96). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 352L, HIS 350L.96
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361Q The Age of the Samurai 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the history of Japan via an examination of the complex and ever-changing figure of the samurai. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361Q, 372 (Topic: The Age of the Samurai), History 364G (Topic: The Age of the Samurai), 368S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 368S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 361R Transnational Asia: From the Middle East to the Far East 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how various groups of people understood, experienced, and imagined concepts such as "the East" and "Asia" with a primary focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Transnational Asia), 361R, History 343C, Middle Eastern Studies 343 (Topic: Transnational Asia), 343 (Topic 21). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 343C, MES 343.21
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 362 Research in Asian Studies 3 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction for Asian studies majors and nonmajors. Discussion, research, and the writing of papers about various general and specialized Asian subjects. Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of coursework in Asian studies and written consent of instructor on form obtained from the undergraduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Research in Asian Anthropology.
Topic 2: Research in Asian Art.
Topic 3: Research in Asian Business.
Topic 4: Research in Asian Drama.
Topic 5: Research in Asian Economics.
Topic 6: Research in Asian Geography.
Topic 7: Research in Asian Government.
Topic 8: Research in Asian History.
Topic 9: Research in Asian Journalism.
Topic 10: Research in Asian Languages.
Topic 11: Research in Asian Linguistics.
Topic 12: Research in Asian Literature.
Topic 13: Research in Asian Music.
Topic 14: Research in Asian Philosophy.
ANS 372D A Tale of Five Chinese Cities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore themes of modernization, migration, international relations, gender, and labor through literary and cinematic texts about Beijing, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Taipei. Consider certain historical moments and the notion of Chineseness in an increasingly and culturally deterritorialized world. Asian Studies 372 (Topic 11) and 372D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 372E Globalizing East Asian Popular Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Takes the globalization of popular culture as an analytical lens through which to reflect modernity, (trans)nationalism, gender politics, and identity formations in East Asia. Asian Studies 372 (Topic: Globalizing E Asian Pop Cultr) and 372E may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 372F Veiling in the Muslim World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372F, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 22), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 22), Religious Studies 358V, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 341.22, R S 358V, WGS 340.11
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 372G Precolonial India, 1200-1750 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Surveys the history of South Asia during the era prior to British colonial rule. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic: Precolonial India, 1200-1750), 372G, History 346G, 364G (Topic: Precolonial India, 1200-1750). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 346G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 372K Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in Indian Religions and Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A comprehensive historical overview of gender issues as they are represented in the textual traditions of South Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322O, 324L (Topic 40), Asian Studies 372 (Topic 25), 372K, Religious Studies 341 (Topic 3), 341M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322O, R S 341M, WGS 340.25
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 372L Confucianism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the philosophical and historical context of Confucianism, from its origins in ancient China through the early empire and beyond. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic 32), 372L, Core Text and Ideas 375 (Topic: World of Confucians), Religious Studies 352 (Topic 10), 352E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 352E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 372M Taiwan: From Coloniality to Postcoloniality 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how Taiwan has transformed itself since the end of Japanese colonialism in 1945 through literature, films, and other cultural products, such as popular music and arts, in postcolonial Taiwan. Asian Studies 372 (Topic 37) and 372M may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 372N Japanese Concepts of Body and Self 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration of anthropological literature describing Japanese conceptions of self and body, and analysis of the intersection of these conceptions of self with Japanese ideas about religion, morality, aging, and medicine. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Japanese Concepts of Body and Self), 324L (Topic 69), Asian Studies 372 (Topic 41), 372N, Religious Studies 352 (Topic 8), 352S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.69, R S 352S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 372P South Asian Migration to the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the South Asian diaspora in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325 (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 325 (Topic 9), 325J, Asian Studies 372 (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 372 (Topic 43), 372P, History 365G (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 365G (Topic 14), 325J, Women and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 340 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 325J, HIS 325J, WGS 340.35
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 372R Japanese Popular Culture: Anime, Manga, and the Otaku 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine a wide variety of Japanese popular media within the historical context during which these unique cultural forms developed. Focus on the popular manga and anime Japan has exported since becoming an economic superpower in the 1980s, the utopian/dystopian expression in Japanese sci-fi narratives of this era, and the complex interplay of gender and technology in the new post-human societies these narratives envision. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 320 (Topic: Jpn Pop Cul:Anime/Manga/Otaku), 320J, Asian Studies 372 (Topic: Jpn Pop Cul:Anime/Manga/Otaku), 372R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 320J
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 373C Decoding Classical Chinese Poetry 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the classical Chinese poetic tradition from the seventh century B.C.E. through the ninth century C.E., focusing on the literary, cultural, historical, social, political, philosophical, and religious background against which representative works arose. Conducted in English and all readings will be in English translation. Knowledge of the Chinese language is not required. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic 10), 373C, Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 41). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.41
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 373D Popular Literature and Culture in Modern China 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine modern Chinese literature and culture in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong from the popular culture perspective. Asian Studies 372 (Topic 28) and 373D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 373E Modern Japanese Literature in Translation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Conducted in English. Analyze literature written by Japanese authors in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with attention to a work's content, style, and form, as well as the socio-historical context of its production and reception. Asian Studies 372 (Topic 34) and 373E may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 373F Suicide in Japanese Fiction 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Conducted in English. Examine Japanese literary and visual culture, including poetry, novels, plays, film, and manga, to analyze how artists grapple with themes of suicide in their works and lives in response to personal and national tragedies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 373G Epics and Heroes of India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on India's classical epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, with emphasis placed on understanding the epic characters in relation to the heroic traditions of premodern India, as well as on the role of the epics in contemporary Indian political and religious culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 330 (Topic 2), Asian Studies 372 (Topic 40), 373G, Core Texts and Ideas 345 (Topic 11), 344, History 350L (Topic 54). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AHC 330.2, CTI 344, HIS 350L.54
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 373J Chinese Film and Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analyze selected literary and cinematic texts from China in the last century. Explore how the Chinese people encounter modernity and cope with its consequences. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic 6), 373J, Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Chinese Film and Literature). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 374C Buddhist Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the development of Buddhist art in South Asia, the land of its origin as well as its spread elsewhere. Focus on the question of "what is" Buddhist art. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 348N, 372 (Topic: Buddhist Art), Asian Studies 372 (Topic 24), 374C, Religious Studies 341 (Topic 8), 341T. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 348N, R S 341T
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 374D Gender and Art in the Muslim World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic 46), 374D, Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 15), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 31), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 40), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 20), 358W, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 62). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 342.40, R S 358W, WGS 340.62
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 374E Chinese Literati Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 372 (Topic: Chinese Literati Art), 372 (Topic 1), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Chinese Literati Art), 372 (Topic 42), 374E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 372.1
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 375D Chinese Ethics and Political Philosophy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine Chinese ethical and political philosophy, with an emphasis on the Confucian tradition, through close reading of major works. Analyze ideas from the course both philosophically and historically. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 375D, Core Texts and Ideas 325D, 375 (Topic: Chinese Ethics/Political Phil), Philosophy 348D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: CTI 325D, PHL 348D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 678H Honors Tutorial Course 6 Hours
6 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For 678HA, admission to the Asian Studies Honors Program; for 678HB, Asian Studies 678HA.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379 Topics in Capstone Seminars in Asian Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester; additional hours may be required for some topics.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Writing and Authority in Early China. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic: Writing and Authority: Early China), 379 (Topic 1), History 364G (Topic: Writing and Authority: Early China). Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 2: South Asian Saints and Yogis. Life stories, teachings, and cultic practices of various holy figures and sainthood practices in South Asia, with an emphasis on the intersection between classical and modern history, religion, literature, and philosophy in relation to these practices and the making of modern South Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: South Asian Saints and Yogis), Asian Studies 340 (Topic: South Asian Saints and Yogis), 379 (Topic 2), Religious Studies 341 (Topic: South Asian Saints and Yogis), 341 (Topic 12).
Topic 3: The Art of the Body in India. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322M (Topic: Art of the Body in India), Asian Studies 372 (Topic: Art of the Body in India), 379 (Topic 3), and Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Art of the Body in India). Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 4: Indian Poetry and Religions. Explores the intersections of religion and poetry in the history of Indian literature as expressed in multiple settings and variations including hymns, chants, bhajans, poetic narratives, and new poetic conventions that deal with caste and gender identities. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic 4), Religious Studies 341 (Topic 11), 341P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: R S 341P Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 5: Science, Technology, and Society in Contemporary Asia. Introduction to how social forces and interests impact scientific practice, and vice versa, including scientific incommensurability, cultural difference, colonialism, postcoloniality, and methodological issues. Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 6: Transnational Korea. Recent and contemporary manifestations of the Koreas in the world and the world in the Koreas. Subjects include labor and marriage migration, educational sojourning, transnational adoption, tourism, international sport, corporate expatriation, and media flows. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 329K, Asian American Studies 330F, Asian Studies 379 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AAS 330F, ANT 329K Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 7: Cuisine and Culture in Asia. Explores various themes related to food preparation, distribution, and consumption in the shaping of modern Asian societies, including gender; family; politics and nationalism; political economy of food; immigration; diaspora and cuisine; globalization of food brands and fast food outlets; aesthetics; tourism and travel; and how Asian food is represented in media. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325 (Topic 6); Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Cuisine and Culture in Asia), 379 (Topic 7).
Topic 8: Radical Religion: Ascetics and Holy Persons. Explores asceticism and the concepts, practices, and goals associated with this radical way of life through case studies from various religions. Subjects include theories of the body and of culture, as well as issues of social status, gender, devotion, and violence. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Radical Religion: Ascetics), 379 (Topic 8), Religious Studies 375S (Topic: Radical Religion: Ascetics), 375S (Topic 4). Same as: R S 375S.4 Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 9: Art of Autobiography in Japan. Examines autobiographies written by prominent artists and intellectuals in Japan from the tenth century to the present. Subjects include the authors' lives and legacies, and how these works are informed by both the historical and cultural contexts in which they were written and by the genre itself. All reading, writing, and discussion will be in English. Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Art of Autobiography in Japan) and 379 (Topic 9) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 10: Comparing Religions. A discussion of major comparative approaches in the study of religion. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Introduction to Comparative Religion), 340 (Topic 11), 379 (Topic 10), Religious Studies 373 (Topic: Introduction to Comparative Religion), 375S (Topic 2). Same as: R S 375S.2 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing and at least six semester hours of coursework in religious studies.
Topic 11: The Cultural Outsider: Memoirs of East Asia. Focus is on the cultural outsider's perceptions of East Asia in greater travel" dating from as early as Marco Polo up to works published in contemporary America. Selected memoirs and travelogues are presented from the perspective of the cultural outsider, written by missionaries, colonizers, journalists, POW's, scholars, students, and tourists. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Cul Outsider: Memoirs/E Asia), 379 (Topic 11), History 340U, 364G (Topic: Cul Outsider: Memoirs/E Asia). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 340U Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 12: Gender and Labor in Global Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324P, Asian Studies 379 (Topic 12), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 93), 346J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 324P, WGS 346J Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 13: Cultural Memory and the Classic Chinese Novel. Examine the metaphors and mythology from Chinese cultural memory that are present in classic novels, within literary and socio-historical contexts. Explore a cross-section of influential works from classical literature and the major founding schools of Chinese thought. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic 13), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 57), 323S. Same as: C L 323S Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 14: Translating Asia. Explore various ways to define translation in the Asian context through translation theory and translated texts and how translation impacts and represents different Asian identities. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Transltn Multilingl S Asia), 379 (Topic 14), Comparative Literature 323I. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323I Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 15: The Partition of India in History and Literature. Examine the causes and effects of the partition of British India in 1947 into the nation-states of India and Pakistan. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Partition of India Hist/Lit), 379 (Topic 15), History 350L (Topic: Partition of India Hist/Lit), 350L (Topic 98), Islamic Studies 372 (Topic: Partition of India Hist/Lit). Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 16: Culture and Crisis in Contemporary Japan. Explore the cultural history of Japan from the 1980s to the present, with particular attention paid to economic and ecological issues represented in literature, film, and visual culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Cultr/Crisis in Contemp Jpn), 379 (Topic 16), History 364O. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 364O Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 17: History and Memory in Japan and Korea. Explore the fraught and entangled histories of modern Japan and Korea as depicted in literature and film to consider experiences of imperialism, rapid modernization, war, decolonization, and trauma. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic: His and Mem in Jpn and Korea), 379 (Topic 17), Comparative Literature 323G, History 341J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323G, HIS 341J Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 18: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient China. Investigate ancient Chinese beliefs and practices surrounding death and the afterlife from the Neolithic era to the arrival of Buddhism. Explore tombs, burial objects, and funeral rites; philosophical essays and historical accounts; medical practices; religious relics, tokens, and talismans; ghost stories; poetry; and paintings. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 330 (Topic 9), 330C, Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Death Aftrlfe Ancient China), 379 (Topic 18), History 344N, Religious Studies 375S (Topic 12). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AHC 330C, HIS 344N, R S 375S.12 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for religious studies majors, upper-division standing and at least six semester hours of coursework in religious studies; for others, upper-division standing.
ANS 379.1 Writing and Authority in Early China 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic: Writing and Authority: Early China), 379 (Topic 1), History 364G (Topic: Writing and Authority: Early China).
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.10 Comparing Religions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A discussion of major comparative approaches in the study of religion. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Introduction to Comparative Religion), 340 (Topic 11), 379 (Topic 10), Religious Studies 373 (Topic: Introduction to Comparative Religion), 375S (Topic 2).
Same as: R S 375S.2
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing and at least six semester hours of coursework in religious studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.11 The Cultural Outsider: Memoirs of East Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus is on the cultural outsider's perceptions of East Asia in greater travel" dating from as early as Marco Polo up to works published in contemporary America. Selected memoirs and travelogues are presented from the perspective of the cultural outsider, written by missionaries, colonizers, journalists, POW's, scholars, students, and tourists. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Cul Outsider: Memoirs/E Asia), 379 (Topic 11), History 340U, 364G (Topic: Cul Outsider: Memoirs/E Asia). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 340U
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.12 Gender and Labor in Global Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324P, Asian Studies 379 (Topic 12), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 93), 346J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324P, WGS 346J
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.13 Cultural Memory and the Classic Chinese Novel 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the metaphors and mythology from Chinese cultural memory that are present in classic novels, within literary and socio-historical contexts. Explore a cross-section of influential works from classical literature and the major founding schools of Chinese thought. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic 13), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 57), 323S.
Same as: C L 323S
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.14 Translating Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore various ways to define translation in the Asian context through translation theory and translated texts and how translation impacts and represents different Asian identities. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Transltn Multilingl S Asia), 379 (Topic 14), Comparative Literature 323I. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323I
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.16 Culture and Crisis in Contemporary Japan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the cultural history of Japan from the 1980s to the present, with particular attention paid to economic and ecological issues represented in literature, film, and visual culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Cultr/Crisis in Contemp Jpn), 379 (Topic 16), History 364O. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 364O
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.17 History and Memory in Japan and Korea 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the fraught and entangled histories of modern Japan and Korea as depicted in literature and film to consider experiences of imperialism, rapid modernization, war, decolonization, and trauma. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic: His and Mem in Jpn and Korea), 379 (Topic 17), Comparative Literature 323G, History 341J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323G, HIS 341J
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.18 Death and the Afterlife in Ancient China 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Investigate ancient Chinese beliefs and practices surrounding death and the afterlife from the Neolithic era to the arrival of Buddhism. Explore tombs, burial objects, and funeral rites; philosophical essays and historical accounts; medical practices; religious relics, tokens, and talismans; ghost stories; poetry; and paintings. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 330 (Topic 9), 330C, Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Death Aftrlfe Ancient China), 379 (Topic 18), History 344N, Religious Studies 375S (Topic 12). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AHC 330C, HIS 344N, R S 375S.12
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for religious studies majors, upper-division standing and at least six semester hours of coursework in religious studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.3 The Art of the Body in India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322M (Topic: Art of the Body in India), Asian Studies 372 (Topic: Art of the Body in India), 379 (Topic 3), and Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Art of the Body in India).
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.4 Indian Poetry and Religions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the intersections of religion and poetry in the history of Indian literature as expressed in multiple settings and variations including hymns, chants, bhajans, poetic narratives, and new poetic conventions that deal with caste and gender identities. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic 4), Religious Studies 341 (Topic 11), 341P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 341P
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.5 Science, Technology, and Society in Contemporary Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to how social forces and interests impact scientific practice, and vice versa, including scientific incommensurability, cultural difference, colonialism, postcoloniality, and methodological issues.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.6 Transnational Korea 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Recent and contemporary manifestations of the Koreas in the world and the world in the Koreas. Subjects include labor and marriage migration, educational sojourning, transnational adoption, tourism, international sport, corporate expatriation, and media flows. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 329K, Asian American Studies 330F, Asian Studies 379 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330F, ANT 329K
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.8 Radical Religion: Ascetics and Holy Persons 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores asceticism and the concepts, practices, and goals associated with this radical way of life through case studies from various religions. Subjects include theories of the body and of culture, as well as issues of social status, gender, devotion, and violence. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Radical Religion: Ascetics), 379 (Topic 8), Religious Studies 375S (Topic: Radical Religion: Ascetics), 375S (Topic 4).
Same as: R S 375S.4
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 379.9 Art of Autobiography in Japan 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines autobiographies written by prominent artists and intellectuals in Japan from the tenth century to the present. Subjects include the authors' lives and legacies, and how these works are informed by both the historical and cultural contexts in which they were written and by the genre itself. All reading, writing, and discussion will be in English. Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Art of Autobiography in Japan) and 379 (Topic 9) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
ANS 180C, 380C Conference Course in Asian Studies 1,3 Hours
1,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Supervised individual study of selected problems in Asian studies. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and written consent of instructor on form obtained from the graduate coordinator.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
ANS 381 Topics in Chinese Culture and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of various aspects and periods of Chinese culture and society. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Advanced Readings in Chinese Politics. Same as: GOV 390L.19 Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 2: Confucian Texts.
Topic 3: Daoist Texts.
ANS 381.1 Advanced Readings in Chinese Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: GOV 390L.19
Pre/Corequisites: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 382K Topics in Korean Culture and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies of various aspects and periods of Korean culture and society. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 383 Topics in Japanese Culture and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of various aspects and periods of Japanese culture and society. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Intellectual and Cultural History of Modern Japan.
Topic 2: Japan since 1945. A survey of political, social, and cultural change from 1945 to 1980.
Topic 3: Japanese Culture and Identity.
Topic 4: Japanese Politics. Same as: GOV 390L.20 Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 5: Japanese Religion. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
ANS 383.4 Japanese Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: GOV 390L.20
Pre/Corequisites: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 383.5 Japanese Religion 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 384 Topics in South Asian Culture and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of various aspects and periods of South Asian culture and society. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Buddhist Studies: The Indian Monastery.
Topic 2: Communalism in Colonial India. Same as: HIS 382N.4
Topic 3: Ethnicity, Religion, and Politics in South Asia. Same as: GOV 390L.17 Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 4: Historiography in Premodern India. Asian Studies 384 (Topic 4) and History 381 (Topic: Historiography in Premodern India) may not both be counted.
Topic 5: Social and Religious Reform in Modern India. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies (Topic 5), History 382N (Topic 1), Religious Studies 394T (Topic: Social and Religious Reform in Modern India). Same as: HIS 382N.1
Topic 6: South Asian Diaspora.
Topic 7: Middle Indic Languages and Literature. Survey of the Middle Indic languages of South Asia, the communities that used these languages, and the literature composed in them. Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Middle Indic Languages and Literature) and 384 (Topic 7) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Basic reading comprehension of Sanskrit equivalent to one academic year's study of Sanskrit.
Topic 8: The Body in Indian Medicine and Myth. Examines issues of embodiment in South Asia in various life stages, including conception, infancy, childhood, adulthood, and death drawn from various historical periods, medical traditions, religious narratives, and sociological and anthropological studies. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Body in Indian Medicine/Myth), 384 (Topic 8), Religious Studies 394T (Topic: Body in Indian Medicine/Myth), 394T (Topic 1). Same as: R S 394T.1
ANS 384.2 Communalism in Colonial India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: HIS 382N.4
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 384.3 Ethnicity, Religion, and Politics in South Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: GOV 390L.17
Pre/Corequisites: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 384.5 Social and Religious Reform in Modern India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies (Topic 5), History 382N (Topic 1), Religious Studies 394T (Topic: Social and Religious Reform in Modern India).
Same as: HIS 382N.1
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 384.6 South Asian Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 384.7 Middle Indic Languages and Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of the Middle Indic languages of South Asia, the communities that used these languages, and the literature composed in them. Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Middle Indic Languages and Literature) and 384 (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Basic reading comprehension of Sanskrit equivalent to one academic year's study of Sanskrit.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 384.8 The Body in Indian Medicine and Myth 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines issues of embodiment in South Asia in various life stages, including conception, infancy, childhood, adulthood, and death drawn from various historical periods, medical traditions, religious narratives, and sociological and anthropological studies. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Body in Indian Medicine/Myth), 384 (Topic 8), Religious Studies 394T (Topic: Body in Indian Medicine/Myth), 394T (Topic 1).
Same as: R S 394T.1
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 384C Core Studies in South Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to research methods used in South Asian studies. Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Core Studies in South Asia) and 384C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 384E Asceticism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines ascetic contexts of various religious traditions, definitions of asceticism, the relationship between ascetic beliefs and ascetic practices, and the benefits and risks of using a comparative approach to study asceticism. Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Asceticism) and 384E may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 384F Folklore and Oral Performance in South Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Folklore and Oral Performance in South Asia) and 384F may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 384G Gender and the Body in South Asian Text and Practice 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to how gender is used as a category of analysis across the humanities and social science disciplines; and how the body is used as an object for analysis. Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Gender and the Body in South Asian Text and Practice) and 384G may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 384P Theatre, Gender, and Performance in South Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Theatre, Gender, and Performance in South Asia) and 384P may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 385 Topics in Chinese Language and Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of various aspects and periods of Chinese language and literature. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Chinese Film and Literature.
Topic 2: Contemporary Chinese Literature.
Topic 3: Modern Chinese Literature.
Topic 4: The Dream of the Red Chamber. The novel Hong Lou Meng (The Dream of the Red Chamber).
ANS 385.1 Chinese Film and Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 385.3 Modern Chinese Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 385D Development of the Literary Field in Modern China 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Applies French theorist Pierre Bourdieu's work on cultural production to the study of the development of modern and contemporary literature in China and Taiwan. Asian Studies 385 (Topic: Development of the Literary Field in Modern China) and 385D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 385H High and Popular Culture in Modern Chinese Societies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the production and consumption of elitist (high) and popular cultures in modern Chinese societies. Asian Studies 385 (Topic: High and Popular Culture in Modern Chinese Societies) and 385H may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 385M Modern and Postmodern Chinese Literary Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the complex phenomena of modernism and postmodernism in literature and the arts in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Asian Studies 385 (Topic: Modern and Postmodern Chinese Literary Culture) and 385M may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 385S Critical Scholarship on Modern Chinese Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of English-language critical scholarship on modern Chinese literature. Asian Studies 385 (Topic: Critical Scholarship on Modern Chinese Literature) and 385S may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 386 Topics in Japanese Language and Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of various aspects and periods of Japanese language and literature. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Fantasy and Reality in Modern Japanese Literature.
Topic 2: Modern Japanese Literature. Asian Studies 386 (Topic 2) and Japanese 384 (Topic 3: Modern Japanese Literature) may not both be counted.
ANS 386.2 Modern Japanese Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Asian Studies 386 (Topic 2) and Japanese 384 (Topic 3: Modern Japanese Literature) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 387K Topics in Korean Language and Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies in various aspects and periods of Korean language and literature. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 388 Topics in South Asian Language and Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of various aspects and periods of South Asian language and literature. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 388C Critical Approaches to the Study of South Asian Texts 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to analyzing South Asian literature through the exploration of Indian "classics" on connoisseurship, reader response, style, and suggestion, as well as modern and contemporary works on literary theory from the West. Asian Studies 388 (Topic: Critical Approaches to the Study of South Asian Texts) and 388C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 388M Translating India 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to literary translation from a wide range of Euro-American and South Asian stances and viewpoints, focusing on the political nature of the act and the art of translation in colonial and post-colonial contexts. Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Translating India) and 388M may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 389C Topics in Asian History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies in various historical periods of different Asian countries or regions. Topics may be comparative or single-area. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Japan Since 1945. Asian Studies 383 (Topic 2: Japan Since 1945) and 389C (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 2: War and Defeat in Japanese History and Memory. Interdisciplinary exploration of the Japanese experience and memory of the Pacific War, including topics such as Hiroshima, comfort women, the US occupation, and contemporary controversies surrounding textbooks and the Yasukuni Shrine. Asian Studies 383W and 389C (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
ANS 389C.1 Japan Since 1945 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Asian Studies 383 (Topic 2: Japan Since 1945) and 389C (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 389C.2 War and Defeat in Japanese History and Memory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Interdisciplinary exploration of the Japanese experience and memory of the Pacific War, including topics such as Hiroshima, comfort women, the US occupation, and contemporary controversies surrounding textbooks and the Yasukuni Shrine. Asian Studies 383W and 389C (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 390 Topics in Asian Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of various Asian studies-related topics that do not focus on any single geographic region. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Archaeology of Buddhism.
Topic 2: Authoritarian Political Systems. Comparative study of authoritarian and totalitarian patterns of government, past and present, Western and non-Western; special emphasis on Communist and Fascist systems. Same as: GOV 390L.7
Topic 3: Environment and Development in Asia. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing in geography or a related social science.
Topic 4: Families and Education in Three Cultures. Asian Studies 390 (Topic 4) and Educational Psychology 381M (Topic 6: Families and Education in Three Cultures) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in education or behavioral science, and consent of instructor.
Topic 5: Ritual, Politics, and Power.
Topic 6: Intellectual History of Indo-Iranian Islam. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 390 (Topic 6), History 388K (Topic 2), Middle Eastern Studies 381 (Topic 37), Religious Studies 394T (Topic: Intel Hist of Indo-Iran Islam), 394T (Topic 2). Same as: HIS 388K.2, MES 381.37, R S 394T.2
Topic 7: Feminist Theory. Asian Studies 390 (Topic: Feminist Theory) and 390 (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
Topic 8: Asian Modernities. Theory and criticism in the study of Asia, with particular attention to the origins and rise of modern comparative literary and cultural studies. Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Asian Modernities) and 390 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Topic 9: Space and Place-Making In East Asia. Examines developmentalism, postcolonialism, neoliberalism, and compressed modernity in East and Southeast Asia. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Topic 10: Anthropology of East Asia. Explore contemporary anthropological research on East Asia, with a focus on a set of broad subjects (money, mobilities, cosmologies, media, etc.), and a consideration of what constitutes "the anthropological approach" to these subjects. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 391 (Topic: Anthropology of East Asia), 391C, Asian Studies 390 (Topic: Anthropology of East Asia), 390 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 391C Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
ANS 390.10 Anthropology of East Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore contemporary anthropological research on East Asia, with a focus on a set of broad subjects (money, mobilities, cosmologies, media, etc.), and a consideration of what constitutes "the anthropological approach" to these subjects. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 391 (Topic: Anthropology of East Asia), 391C, Asian Studies 390 (Topic: Anthropology of East Asia), 390 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 391C
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 390.2 Authoritarian Political Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Comparative study of authoritarian and totalitarian patterns of government, past and present, Western and non-Western; special emphasis on Communist and Fascist systems.
Same as: GOV 390L.7
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 390.6 Intellectual History of Indo-Iranian Islam 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 390 (Topic 6), History 388K (Topic 2), Middle Eastern Studies 381 (Topic 37), Religious Studies 394T (Topic: Intel Hist of Indo-Iran Islam), 394T (Topic 2).
Same as: HIS 388K.2, MES 381.37, R S 394T.2
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 390.7 Feminist Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Asian Studies 390 (Topic: Feminist Theory) and 390 (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 390.8 Asian Modernities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Theory and criticism in the study of Asia, with particular attention to the origins and rise of modern comparative literary and cultural studies. Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Asian Modernities) and 390 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 390.9 Space and Place-Making In East Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines developmentalism, postcolonialism, neoliberalism, and compressed modernity in East and Southeast Asia. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 390C Core Readings in Modern East Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Various aspects of East Asian history, culture, and society. Designed for new graduate students in the Department of Asian Studies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 390D The Arabic Humanities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the traditions formed in pre-modern Islamic humanities. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 390D, Middle Eastern Studies 386 (Topic: The Arabic Humanities), 386 (Topic 1), Religious Studies 390T (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 386.1, R S 390T.4
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and Arabic 531L or 581N.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 390E Middle Eastern Modernities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how Arabic literature and thought changed over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through extended studies of poetry and prose written in Arabic. Examine the relationship of modernity to modernist literature in order to define what modernism means in an Arab/ic context. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 390E, Comparative Literature 386 (Topic: Middle Eastern Modernities), Middle Eastern Studies 386 (Topic: Middle Eastern Modernities), 386 (Topic 21). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 386.21
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and Arabic 531L or 381N or the equivalent.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 390M Aesthetic Modernism in East Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines modernist trends in literature and the arts since the early twentieth century in places such as China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. Asian Studies 390 (Topic: Aesthetic Modernism in East Asia) and 390M may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 391 Topics in Asia and the World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of various subjects with Asian studies-related content. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Comparative Ethnic Conflict. Same as: GOV 390L.21 Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 2: Development Communication. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 2), Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 17), Middle Eastern Studies 381 (Topic 34: Development Communication), 384 (Topic 2), Radio-Television-Film 387D (Topic: Development Communication). Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing, and consent of the instructor and graduate advisor.
Topic 3: European Imperialism: British Empire. Study of the British empire in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 3), History 380L (Topic 1), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic 12). Same as: HIS 380L.1, MES 385.12 Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 4: Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationalism. Same as: ANT 391.32
Topic 5: Ideology and Social Change.
Topic 6: International Business Fellows Seminar. Multidisciplinary seminar for students in area studies, business administration, law, and public policy. The faculty includes both academics and business leaders. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 6), International Business 395 (Topic: International Business Fellows Seminar), Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 8), Middle Eastern Studies 380, Public Affairs 388K (Topic: International Business Fellows Seminar), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 380. Same as: LAS 381.8, MES 380, REE 380
Topic 7: Women in Islamic Societies. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 7), History 382N (Topic 2), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic 7). Same as: HIS 382N.2, MES 385.7
Topic 8: Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice. A historical and comparative survey of the concepts and rituals of sovereignty in Muslim societies across the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia, with an emphasis on the pre-modern era. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic: Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice), 391 (Topic 8), History 381 (Topic: Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic: Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice), 386 (Topic: Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice), Religious Studies 390T (Topic: Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice), 390T (Topic 2). Same as: R S 390T.2
ANS 391.1 Comparative Ethnic Conflict 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: GOV 390L.21
Pre/Corequisites: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 391.3 European Imperialism: British Empire 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of the British empire in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 3), History 380L (Topic 1), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic 12).
Same as: HIS 380L.1, MES 385.12
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 391.4 Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationalism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: ANT 391.32
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 391.6 International Business Fellows Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Multidisciplinary seminar for students in area studies, business administration, law, and public policy. The faculty includes both academics and business leaders. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 6), International Business 395 (Topic: International Business Fellows Seminar), Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 8), Middle Eastern Studies 380, Public Affairs 388K (Topic: International Business Fellows Seminar), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 380.
Same as: LAS 381.8, MES 380, REE 380
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 391.7 Women in Islamic Societies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 7), History 382N (Topic 2), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic 7).
Same as: HIS 382N.2, MES 385.7
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 391.8 Sovereignty in Islam: Theory Practice 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A historical and comparative survey of the concepts and rituals of sovereignty in Muslim societies across the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia, with an emphasis on the pre-modern era. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic: Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice), 391 (Topic 8), History 381 (Topic: Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic: Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice), 386 (Topic: Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice), Religious Studies 390T (Topic: Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice), 390T (Topic 2).
Same as: R S 390T.2
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 391C The Ideas of the East 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the significance of the transnational movement of people, ideas, and goods in the process of constructing geocultural categories such as the West, the East, and Asia; and their subcategories such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391C, History 381 (Topic: Ideas of East: Global Hist), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic: Ideas of East: Global Hist), 385 (Topic 13). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 385.13
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 391H Ethnographies of Global Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Methods and ethnographic study of transnational Asia and the Asian diaspora. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 391 (Topic: Ethnography of Global Asia), 391 (Topic 34), Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Ethnography of Global Asia), 391H. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 391.34
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 392 Topics in the Social Science of Asia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of topics relating to the anthropology, sociology, politics, or economics of one or more Asian countries. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 394 Topics in Tools and Methods in Asian Research 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of the major research tools and methods used in current Asian scholarship. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Methods in the Study of Religion.
Topic 2: Study of China: Tools and Methods.
Topic 3: Study of India: Tools and Methods.
ANS 395 Proseminar: Core Readings and Methods in Asian Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Various theories and methods used in the field of Asian studies, including disciplinary history, controversies, and the diversity of approaches within the field. Designed for new graduate students in the Department of Asian Studies. Asian Studies 390 (Topic: Proseminar in Asian Studies) and 395 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 397C, 697C, 997C Comprehensive Examination Preparation 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and written consent of instructor on a form obtained from the graduate coordinator.
Restrictions: Restricted to doctoral students in the Department of Asian Studies.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 698 Thesis 6 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 698A, graduate standing in Asian studies and consent of the graduate adviser; for 698B, Asian Studies 698A.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
ANS 398L Pedagogy for Language Instruction 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction in language pedagogy. Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, appointment as a teaching assistant in a language course in the Department of Asian Studies, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
ANS 398R Master's Report 3 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in Asian studies and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
ANS 398T Supervised Teaching in Asian Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Teaching under the close supervision of a faculty member. Includes weekly group meetings with the instructor, individual consultation, and reports throughout the teaching period. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and written consent of instructor on a form obtained from the graduate coordinator.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
ANS 399W, 699W, 999W Dissertation 3,6,9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral