East Asian Studies

Focus on selected topics in East Asian studies.

Credit Hours

3

GER

FS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Students will gain basic knowledge of how to write and appreciate East Asian brush calligraphy. Topics include: materials and tools, structure of characters, history and development of styles, the importance of calligraphy in East Asia, and the basic strokes of standard style.

Credit Hours

1

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 210R

Thematic study of at least two Asian religious traditions. Thematic emphasis may include relationships of text and context, pilgrimage, gender, epic performance, religious institutions, visual arts, or colonial and post-colonial identities.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• REL 212

Studies East Asian calligraphy in artistic, cultural, and historical contexts, starting with the immediate aspects of calligraphy as a traditional art form, and then reaching beyond the classically defined discipline to examine its aesthetic values, intellectual metaphors, and moral criteria.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 216
• ARTHIST 216
• ANT 217

Studies East Asian calligraphy in artistic, cultural, and historical contexts, starting with the immediate aspects of calligraphy as a traditional art form, and then reaching beyond the classically defined discipline to examine its aesthetic values, intellectual metaphors, and moral criteria.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 216W
• ARTHIST 216W
• ANT 217W

Discussion-based course examining contemporary food media from and about Asian culinary traditions. Topics include global Asian culture, Asian America, diaspora, media circulation, race, and ethnicity.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 227

Discussion-based course examining contemporary food media from and about Asian culinary traditions. Topics include global Asian culture, Asian America, diaspora, media circulation, race, and ethnicity.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 227W

This course introduces students to the history of people of Asian ancestry in the United States, including immigrants, students, professionals, and refugees from East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Thematically, it investigates timely issues facing the Asian American community today.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SSE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• HIST 228
• AMST 228

This course introduces the development of Chinese language from proto Sino-Tibetan roots to modern standard Chinese, and presents the chronological changes in syntax and phonology. We will discuss key historical stages in Chinese developments, and analyze it from the view of linguistics aspects.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 232
• LING 232

This course introduces the development of Chinese language from proto Sino-Tibetan roots to modern standard Chinese, and presents the chronological changes in syntax and phonology. We will discuss key historical stages in Chinese developments, and analyze it from the view of linguistics aspects.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 232W
• LING 232W

This course examines the manners and contexts in which the Chinese writing systems interface with other languages and cultures (Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese) and the cultural identities that the Chinese orthographic symbols come to represent at both personal and social levels in and beyond Asia.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 235
• LING 235

This course examines the manners and contexts in which the Chinese writing systems interface with other languages and cultures (Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese) and the cultural identities that the Chinese orthographic symbols come to represent at both personal and social levels in and beyond Asia.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 235W
• LING 235W

Required for EALC Majors and East Asian Studies Majors and Minors. An interdisciplinary course that introduces students to major topics and methodologies in East Asian Studies, with an emphasis on writing, research, and critical thinking. Themes include history, literature, religion, and the arts.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 250
• JPN 250

Required for EALC Majors and East Asian Studies Majors and Minors. An interdisciplinary course that introduces students to major topics and methodologies in East Asian Studies, with an emphasis on writing, research, and critical thinking. Themes include history, literature, religion, and the arts.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 250W
• JPN 250W

This course will emphasize transnational aspects of East Asian history, focusing on how the East Asian international system interacted with Southeast Asia, South Asia, Inner Asia, as well as with Europe and the U.S. from 1500 to the present.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• HIST 260
• CHN 260
• KRN 260

This course explores various aspects of life and society in Japan, including writing, gender, memory and history, geography and the environment, aesthetics, and the formation of national identity.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 270

This course explores various aspects of life and society in Japan, including writing, gender, memory and history, geography and the environment, aesthetics, and the formation of national identity.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 270W

This course is an examination of twentieth-century Chinese society through cinematic productions and a critical reading of the writings of major Chinese writers in translation. Emphasis on self and society in a changing culture and the nature and function of literature in modern nation-building.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 271

This course is an examination of twentieth-century Chinese society through cinematic productions and a critical reading of the writings of major Chinese writers in translation. Emphasis on self and society in a changing culture and the nature and function of literature in modern nation-building.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 271W

This course examines seminal works of Chinese literature from its origins in the first millennium BCE to the eighteenth century. All the readings will be in English translation.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 272

This course examines seminal works of Chinese literature from its origins in the first millennium BCE to the eighteenth century. All the readings will be in English translation.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 272W

This course is a general introduction to Chinese history, culture and literary tradition. It is designed to acquaint the students to ideas, institutions, aspects of life, literature and arts that are essential to an educated understanding of the Chinese world.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 273

This course is designed as a foundation course on Korean history, preparing students for other Korean history courses, both pre-modern and modern, as well as students' individual research on Korean past. It surveys the major events and topics in Korean history from ancient times to the modern era.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 274
• HIST 274

This course is designed as a foundation course on Korean history, preparing students for other Korean history courses, both pre-modern and modern, as well as students' individual research on Korean past. It surveys the major events and topics in Korean history from ancient times to the modern era.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 274W
• HIST 274W

We examine the interaction between the human and natural world in Japanese cultural and scientific history by looking at maps, literature, scriptures, visual media, and current journalism.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 275
• ENVS 275

By drawing on a wide range of materials across various disciplines the course aims to provide a broad and coherent picture of the history of modern Korea since the late 19th century to the contemporary period.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 270

This course explores the historical dynamics of political change in Korea since the establishment of the First Republic up to the current period, the many factors that shaped its political trajectory and democratization, and the key issues that have defined South Korean politics to this day.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 271
• SOC 271

Spanning the period that covers the First Sino-Japanese War (1895) through present, this course will explore the major transformations reshaping and reinventing cultural, political, and economic life in China through the shifting meanings of "revolution" and "republic."

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 278
• HIST 278

This course introduces students to the history, culture, society, and politics of China since 1976 through an exploration of the continuities and discontinuities knitting pre and post 1976 China.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 279
• HIST 279

This course introduces students to the history, culture, society, and politics of China since 1976 through an exploration of the continuities and discontinuities knitting pre and post 1976 China.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 279W
• HIST 279W

Study of East Asian literature, history, society, thought, or culture, alone or in conjunction with other literary or cultural trends. Topics to be announced in advance.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Study of East Asian literature, history, society, thought, or culture, alone or in conjunction with other literary or cultural trends. Topics to be announced in advance.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This class helps students develop the skills necessary to read Japanese-language texts without the aid of an instructor. Assignments emphasize vocabulary building and kanji recognition, strategies for decoding complex sentence structures, and the nuances of language and literary style.

Credit Hours

3

GER

IC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 303

The development of Buddhism in China and Japan, including examination of monasticism, ritual, ideas of Buddhahood, Zen, Pure Land, and Buddhist relations to the state and to other religions.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• REL 307

The course is an introduction to traditional Chinese drama, from the13th to the 20th century. We will focus on drama as literature but we will also explore the social, material, and performative dimensions of theater, including modern-day stage adaptations of traditional plays.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 319
• THEA 319

The course is an introduction to traditional Chinese drama, from the 13th to the 20th century. We will focus on drama as literature but we will also explore the social, material, and performative dimensions of theater, including modern-day stage adaptations of traditional plays.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 319W
• THEA 319W

Suggested prerequisite: POLS 110 or 120. Intro to the contemporary politics of SE Asia. Focus on capitalist developing countries of the region - Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore. Approach is comparative, with focus on democratization, economic growth, and environmental issues.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• POLS 322

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110 or 120. Examines politics of contemporary Japan, with stress on political bases of Japanese economic growth and in comparison with other East Asian economic successes (e.g., Taiwan, South Korea).

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• POLS 328

Examines the intersection of language, culture, and society in modern China. Investigates the linguistic construction of social identities based on gender, ethnicity, age, power relation, and other factors, and ideologies that shape language use in China and in the global Chinese diaspora.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 335
• LING 336

Examines the intersection of language, culture, and society in modern China. Investigates the linguistic construction of social identities based on gender, ethnicity, age, power relation, and other factors, and ideologies that shape language use in China and in the global Chinese diaspora.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 335W
• LING 336W

This class explores issues such as what makes for a healthy self or person, the role of religious practices and belief in healing, and the relationship of body and mind.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ANT 337

This course examines the history of US relations with East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia by focusing on the changing American views of Asians. Topics will include US expansion across the Pacific, US wars in Asia, Asian immigration to the US, and decolonization and capitalist development.

Credit Hours

3

GER

ETHN

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• HIST 340
• AMST 340

In this course, we will analyze films and engage with critical theory through Korean film. We will discuss genre, narrative/visual strategies, and representation of a national cinema tradition while thinking about global visual cultures. Topics may vary by semester. Includes weekly film screening.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 357

This course will use the text of the Tale of Genji as a centerpoint from which to explore various issues in poetry, aesthetics, the visual arts, religion, history, politics, and gender in Japanese cultural history.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 361
• WGS 361

This course will use the text of the Tale of Genji as a centerpoint from which to explore various issues in poetry, aesthetics, the visual arts, religion, history, politics, and gender in Japanese cultural history.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 361W
• WGS 361W

An examination of the image of the warrior in Japan through literature and its effect on many areas of Japanese culture, including philosophy, literary history, religion, music, and the visual arts. Emphasis is on the exploration of primary texts.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 362

An examination of the image of the warrior in Japan through literature and its effect on many areas of Japanese culture, including philosophy, literary history, religion, music, and the visual arts. Emphasis is on the exploration of primary texts.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 362W

An exploration of the complex interactions between written texts and the visual arts in Japan from the classical era to the present. Discussion will include prose, poetry, printing, picture scrolls, calligraphy, woodblock prints, and film.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 363
• ARTHIST 363

An exploration of the complex interactions between written texts and the visual arts in Japan from the classical era to the present. Discussion will include prose, poetry, printing, picture scrolls, calligraphy, woodblock prints, and film.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 363W
• ARTHIST 363W

Surveys Japanese literature from the mid-19th century to the present. Introduces the nature and range of literary genres as they developed in the context of Japan's confrontation with modernity. The course opens for discussion issues in contemporary literary theory in order to understand aspects of Japanese literature and culture, such as gender, nationalism, intertextuality, Orientalism, and identity. Texts are in English translation.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 372

Surveys Japanese literature from the mid-19th century to the present. Introduces the nature and range of literary genres as they developed in the context of Japan's confrontation with modernity. The course opens for discussion issues in contemporary literary theory in order to understand aspects of Japanese literature and culture, such as gender, nationalism, intertextuality, Orientalism, and identity. Texts are in English translation.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 372W

This course offers an introduction to the culture and literature of late imperial China. We will discuss a wide selection of literary works from the late 16th to 18th centuries as a prism to reflect on the broader intellectual, social, and cultural history of the period.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 365

This course offers an introduction to the culture and literature of late imperial China. We will discuss a wide selection of literary works from the late 16th to 18th centuries as a prism to reflect on the broader intellectual, social, and cultural history of the period.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 365W

This course familiarizes students with the multiplicity of the female voices that (re-)emerged in Japanese literature from the Meiji period (beginning 1868) to the late twentieth century. Texts are in English translation.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 360
• WGS 362

This course familiarizes students with the multiplicity of the female voices that (re-)emerged in Japanese literature from the Meiji period (beginning 1868) to the late twentieth century. Texts are in English translation.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 360W
• WGS 362W

This course surveys the rich and varied tradition of women's literature that developed throughout imperial Chinese history (roughly from the 1st c. AD to the early 20th c.)

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 368
• WGS 368

This course surveys the rich and varied tradition of women's literature that developed throughout imperial Chinese history (roughly from the 1st c. AD to the early 20th c.)

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 368W
• WGS 368W

Open to all students regardless of Chinese language ability, basic language skills will be taught. This course examines the historical, social, and individual aspects of Chinese musical cultures through the use of English and Chinese sources.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MUS 372

Open to all students regardless of Chinese language ability, basic language skills will be taught. This course examines the historical, social, and individual aspects of Chinese musical cultures through the use of English and Chinese sources.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MUS 372W

A survey of ancient, medieval, and early modern Japan through the 1850s. Topics include Japan's relations with the outside world; the rise of the imperial institution; and the evolution of aristocratic, samurai, and townspeople's culture.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• HIST 371

This course explores how music creates differences between countries in East Asia and, at the same time, ties them together to create a distinct East Asian identity.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MUS 371

This course explores how music creates differences between countries in East Asia and, at the same time, ties them together to create a distinct East Asian identity.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MUS 371W

A survey of modern and contemporary Japan (1850s-present) focusing on major historical changes and on their repercussions on the lives of individual citizens. Topics include nation building, historical memory, and the meaning of progress.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• HIST 372

This course covers the economic and political systems in the People's Republic of China. It first presents a history of their coevolution, and then examines different sectors in depth, including the opportunities and challenges involved, for Chinese leadership, people, and the world.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

(ECON 101 or ECON_OX 101) and (ECON 112 or ECON_OX 112) or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

• ECON 363
• CHN 363

Confucian Classics shaped Chinese literati culture from late antiquity to the early 20th century. The goal of this course is to illustrate the diversity of literary and cultural practices that evolved around Confucius' unique body of writings (551 - 479 BC). Knowledge of Chinese is not necessary. .

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 373
• REL 374

Confucian Classics shaped Chinese literati culture from late antiquity to the early 20th century. The goal of this course is to illustrate the diversity of literary and cultural practices that evolved around Confucius' unique body of writings (551 - 479 BC). Knowledge of Chinese is not necessary.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 373W
• REL 374W

Examines contemporary Chinese politics, covering regime institutions and processes, policies and their effects, and the dynamics of political development, including Chinese Communist party and central government, as well as the role of subnational government.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• POLS 375

This is a course about book history of East Asia fro pre-paper media all the way to the turn of the twentieth century when the Western mechanical printing technology was introduced into the region.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• HIST 376

This is a course about book history of East Asia fro pre-paper media all the way to the turn of the twentieth century when the Western mechanical printing technology was introduced into the region.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• HIST 376W

This course examines the postwar Japanese experience through film, television, magazines, newspapers, music, and manga. We will explore the ways in which Japanese society has narrated its experiences of recovery after World War II, and the role these media sources have played in this reconstruction.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 378

This course examines the way the postwar Japanese experience has been reflected (and constructed) through various types of popular media. Through film, television, magazine, newspapers, music, and manga, we will explore the various ways in which Japanese society has narrated its experiences of recovery and rebuilding after World War II, and the role these media sources have played in this reconstruction.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 378W

China since the Opium War. Nineteenth-century dynastic decline, Western impact, and modernization efforts; Republican, Nationalist, and Communist revolutions of the twentieth century; and the development of the People's Republic of China since 1949.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• HIST 373

This course examines social movements in the East and West from a comparative perspective. The goal is to better understand the varying cultural, historical and institutional contexts and dynamics through which social movements emerge, evolve and leave traces.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 372
• SOC 372

This course examines social movements in the East and West from a comparative perspective. The goal is to better understand the varying cultural, historical and institutional contexts and dynamics through which social movements emerge, evolve and leave traces.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 372W
• SOC 372W

This course explores the origins of Korea's division system, the developmental path or each Korea, as well as the contemporary events that have been at the center of international debates, thereby challenging students to rethink the conventional framework based on binaries.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 382

Readings of Modern Korean literature in translation from 1900-present with appropriate literary criticism and historical texts to supplement students' knowledge of the context of Korean literary texts.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 383

Study of East Asian literature, history, society, thought, or culture, alone or in conjunction with other literary or cultural trends. Topics to be announced in advance.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Study of East Asian literature, history, society, thought, or culture, alone or in conjunction with other literary or cultural trends. Topics to be announced in advance.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

An interdisciplinary course that introduces students to Korean culture and society. No knowledge of Korean is required. Topics to be announced each semester.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 386

An interdisciplinary course that introduces students to Korean culture and society. No knowledge of Korean is required. Topics to be announced each semester.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 386W

A survey of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966 - 1976). Students will study revolutionary songs, films, and model plays, in addition to the visual and material culture of the period. Students will also stage a performance of Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 388
• REL 388

A survey of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966 - 1976). Students will study revolutionary songs, films, and model plays, in addition to the visual and material culture of the period. Students will also stage a performance of Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy.

Credit Hours

5

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 388W
• REL 388W

The course explores the history and development of Chinese cinema. It discusses "film in China" and "China in film" by focusing on the function of cinema and reconfigurations of time, space, gender, and history in Chinese films under different historical conditions since the early twentieth century.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• FILM 394
• CHN 394

The course explores the history and development of Chinese cinema. It discusses "film in China" and "China in film" by focusing on the function of cinema and reconfigurations of time, space, gender, and history in Chinese films under different historical conditions since the early twentieth century.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 394W
• FILM 394W

Variable credit. Department permission required.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course enhances students' Chinese proficiency at the advanced level and understanding of the Chinese society through close reading and discussion of expository writings and short fictional pieces. Prerequisites: CHN402 for students in the non-heritage track; CHN303 in the heritage track.

Credit Hours

3

GER

IC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 404

In this course, we will place food under analytic scrutiny and explore the variegated histories of food in East Asia. We will interrogate the different ways of imagining, understanding, and defining Asian foods and explore how human relationships to food in East Asia have changed over time.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 425

In this course, we will place food under analytic scrutiny and explore the variegated histories of food in East Asia. We will interrogate the different ways of imagining, understanding, and defining Asian foods and explore how human relationships to food in East Asia have changed over time.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 425W

A capstone seminar required for East Asian Studies and EALC majors.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 450
• JPN 450

A capstone seminar required for East Asian Studies and EALC majors.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 450W
• JPN 450W

This advanced seminar is devoted to intensive reading and discussion of fiction and essays by Murakami Haruki, with attention to his influence on contemporary Japanese culture and international reception.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 451

This advanced seminar is devoted to intensive reading and discussion of fiction and essays by Murakami Haruki, with attention to his influence on contemporary Japanese culture and international reception.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 451W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course examines China's relations with and connections to the rest of the world, with a focus on China's relations with Europeans, focusing on the period 1400 -1911. It is a writing-intensive course, and the writing of a history research paper is the primary goal.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• HIST 453W

Jr/Sr Colloquium. Offers an introduction to the field of global history, focusing on key debates and historiographical interventions. The course also focuses on the production of a history research paper. It is recommended that students have taken at least one or two college-level history courses.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• HIST 454W

Honors program for EAS majors and all sub-plans in the EALC major.

Credit Hours

3

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Honors program writing for EAS majors and all sub-plans in the EALC major.

Credit Hours

1 - 8

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Students conduct directed or supervised research in support of a faculty member's research project or agenda. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Students study, read, and write on a topic under the direction or supervision of a faculty member. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Students conduct independent research in support of their own research agenda or question with guidance from a faculty member. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None