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.