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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.100.165 (01)
Japan in the World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Kim, Hayang
HIST-ASIA
Japan in the World AS.100.165 (01)
This course is an introduction to Japan’s history from 1800 to the present with emphasis on the influences of an increasing global circulation of ideas and people. Topics include the emperor system, family and gender, imperialism, World War II, the postwar economy, and global J-pop.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Kim, Hayang
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.165 (02)
Japan in the World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Kim, Hayang
HIST-ASIA
Japan in the World AS.100.165 (02)
This course is an introduction to Japan’s history from 1800 to the present with emphasis on the influences of an increasing global circulation of ideas and people. Topics include the emperor system, family and gender, imperialism, World War II, the postwar economy, and global J-pop.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Kim, Hayang
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.165 (03)
Japan in the World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Kim, Hayang
HIST-ASIA
Japan in the World AS.100.165 (03)
This course is an introduction to Japan’s history from 1800 to the present with emphasis on the influences of an increasing global circulation of ideas and people. Topics include the emperor system, family and gender, imperialism, World War II, the postwar economy, and global J-pop.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Kim, Hayang
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.165 (04)
Japan in the World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Kim, Hayang
HIST-ASIA
Japan in the World AS.100.165 (04)
This course is an introduction to Japan’s history from 1800 to the present with emphasis on the influences of an increasing global circulation of ideas and people. Topics include the emperor system, family and gender, imperialism, World War II, the postwar economy, and global J-pop.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Kim, Hayang
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.165 (05)
Japan in the World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Kim, Hayang
HIST-ASIA
Japan in the World AS.100.165 (05)
This course is an introduction to Japan’s history from 1800 to the present with emphasis on the influences of an increasing global circulation of ideas and people. Topics include the emperor system, family and gender, imperialism, World War II, the postwar economy, and global J-pop.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Kim, Hayang
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.165 (06)
Japan in the World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Kim, Hayang
HIST-ASIA
Japan in the World AS.100.165 (06)
This course is an introduction to Japan’s history from 1800 to the present with emphasis on the influences of an increasing global circulation of ideas and people. Topics include the emperor system, family and gender, imperialism, World War II, the postwar economy, and global J-pop.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Kim, Hayang
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.165 (07)
Japan in the World
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Kim, Hayang
HIST-ASIA
Japan in the World AS.100.165 (07)
This course is an introduction to Japan’s history from 1800 to the present with emphasis on the influences of an increasing global circulation of ideas and people. Topics include the emperor system, family and gender, imperialism, World War II, the postwar economy, and global J-pop.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Kim, Hayang
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 19/20
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA
AS.100.235 (01)
Power and Pleasure in Asian America: Race and Law in Culture
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Chua, Jilene Chan
HIST-US, HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL
Power and Pleasure in Asian America: Race and Law in Culture AS.100.235 (01)
This course examines how Asians and Asian Americans became racialized in U.S. law from the early twentieth century through today. Topics include immigration, U.S. empire in Asia, food, and activism.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Chua, Jilene Chan
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): HIST-US, HIST-ASIA, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.246 (01)
Iberia in Asia: Early Modern Encounters and Exchanges
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Galasi, Francis
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE, HIST-ASIA
Iberia in Asia: Early Modern Encounters and Exchanges AS.100.246 (01)
Ideas and concepts on colonialism and globalization are reconsidered and refined in this course on the study of early modern Iberian expansion in Asia.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Galasi, Francis
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE, HIST-ASIA
AS.100.347 (01)
Early Modern China
Rowe, William T
HIST-ASIA, INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL
Early Modern China AS.100.347 (01)
The history of China from the 16th to the late 19th centuries.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times:
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/40
PosTag(s): HIST-ASIA, INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.422 (01)
Society & Social Change in 18th Century China
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Rowe, William T
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
Society & Social Change in 18th Century China AS.100.422 (01)
What did Chinese local society look like under the Qing Empire, and how did it change over the early modern era?
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/12
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
AS.140.146 (01)
History of Public Health in East Asia
MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Hanson, Marta
INST-GLOBAL
History of Public Health in East Asia AS.140.146 (01)
This course examines the history of disease, epidemics, and public health responses in East Asia from the 17th-20th centuries. This public health history emphasizes the interactions, connections, and comparisons among China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
Credits: 3.00
Level:
Days/Times: MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Hanson, Marta
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/30
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.140.176 (01)
Public Health in East Asia Through Films & Documentaries
Th 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Hanson, Marta
Public Health in East Asia Through Films & Documentaries AS.140.176 (01)
This course uses contemporary films and documentaries to address issues in public health in East Asia, past & present. Topics covered include medicine in turn-of-the-twentieth century Japan and China, revolutionary medicine, STDS, mental illness, HIV/AIDs in China, industrial pollution, the politics of universal health care insurance, and pandemics in East Asia.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Instructor: Hanson, Marta
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/50
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.180.210 (01)
Migrating to Opportunity? Economic Evidence from East Asia, the U.S. and the EU
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Dore, Giovanna Maria Dora
Shaffer 3
INST-ECON
Migrating to Opportunity? Economic Evidence from East Asia, the U.S. and the EU AS.180.210 (01)
Increased mobility of people across national borders, whether by choice or by force, has become an integral part of the modern world. Using a comparative perspective and an applied economics approach, the course explores the economic and political determinants, and (likely) consequences of migration flows for East Asia, the US and the EU. Lectures, assignments and in class discussions, will be built around the following topics: i) migrants’ self-selection; ii) human capital investment decision-making; iii) remittance decisions and effects; iv) impacts on labor markets of both receiving and sending countries; and v) the economic benefits from immigration. Overall, the course will give students perspective on the why people choose or feel compelled to leave their countries, how receiving countries respond to migrants’ presence, and the key economic policy concerns that are influencing the shaping of immigration policy in East Asia, the US, and the EU.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Dore, Giovanna Maria Dora
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): INST-ECON
AS.190.341 (01)
Korean Politics
W 7:00PM - 9:30PM
Chung, Erin
INST-CP
Korean Politics AS.190.341 (01)
This course introduces students to the historical and institutional foundations of modern South Korean politics. Topics include nationalism, political economic development, civil society, globalization, and ROK-DPRK relations.
Recommended students should take Intro to Comparative Politics or a course related to East Asia first.
(CP)
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 7:00PM - 9:30PM
Instructor: Chung, Erin
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP
AS.190.347 (01)
A New Cold War? Sino-American Relations in the 21st Century
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
David, Steven R
POLI-IR, INST-IR
A New Cold War? Sino-American Relations in the 21st Century AS.190.347 (01)
“Can the United States and China avoid a new Cold War? One might think not given disputes over the South China Sea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, human rights, trade, ideology and so much more. Moreover, competition for influence in the developing world and American concerns as to whether China will replace it as the preeminent world power suggest a new Cold War is in the offing. Nevertheless, their extensive economic ties and need to work together to solve common problems such as climate change, nuclear proliferation, and pandemics argues against a continuing confrontation. This course will examine whether cooperation or conflict will define Sino-American relations, and whether a new Cold War—or even a shooting war—lies in the future.”
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: David, Steven R
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): POLI-IR, INST-IR
AS.190.370 (01)
Chinese Politics
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Yasuda, John Kojiro
POLI-CP, INST-CP
Chinese Politics AS.190.370 (01)
This course is designed to help students better understand the politics of China. Lectures will focus on the tools of governance that China has employed to navigate its transition from plan to market, provide public goods and services to its citizens, and to maintain social control over a rapidly changing society. The course will draw heavily from texts covering a range of subjects including China's political economy, social and cultural developments, regime dynamics, and historical legacies. Students interested in authoritarian resilience, governance, post-communist transition, and domestic will find this course particularly instructive.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Yasuda, John Kojiro
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): POLI-CP, INST-CP
AS.190.389 (01)
China's Political Economy
Th 5:00PM - 7:30PM
Yasuda, John Kojiro
POLI-CP, INST-CP, INST-ECON
China's Political Economy AS.190.389 (01)
This course examines the most important debates about China’s political economic development. After exploring Mao Zedong’s disastrous economic policies, we will consider the politics of reform and opening under Deng Xiaoping, and finally conclude with China’s state capitalist policies across a variety of issue areas. The course will cover literatures on financial reform, public goods provision, foreign trade and investment, agriculture, corruption, business groups, and regulatory development. Where possible we will draw comparisons with the economic experiences of other East Asian nations as well as other post-communist states.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 5:00PM - 7:30PM
Instructor: Yasuda, John Kojiro
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): POLI-CP, INST-CP, INST-ECON
AS.191.314 (01)
Asian Cities in Comparative Perspectives
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Zeng, Nanxi
INST-CP
Asian Cities in Comparative Perspectives AS.191.314 (01)
The postwar era marked the rise of Asian cities. Not only do Asian cities host more than half of the world urban population, the majority of world megacities are also located in Asia. Notwithstanding its unprecedented scope and speed, an urbanizing Asia also offers fascinating alternative routes to prosperity outside the Western world. How did Tokyo rise from the ashes of war to be the global hub of trade and technology? How did Singapore and Hong Kong transform themselves from small towns to global metropolises? Why do we see fewer slums in Beijing than in New York?
To engage these critical questions of cities, students in this course will pursue two modes of comparison: comparisons between newly-developed Asian cities and early capitalist cities in the West and comparisons among Asian cities. The material in this course will mainly discuss cities in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Nonetheless, students are welcome to draw examples from Western and Central Asia in discussions and assignments.
Part I of the course introduces key concepts and major theories on cities and urbanization. Through problematizing familiar concepts like urbanism, urbanization, development, and slum, students will develop a critical understanding of concepts that might be taken for granted in everyday conversation. Part II moves to more empirically-grounded discussions of Asian cities. Each week, we will study a set of cities under a particular theme, where students will learn to apply but also challenge the concepts and theories that we learned in Part I. We will explore a wide range of topics that are central to development in Asian cities, including developmentalism, neoliberalism, city-states, authoritarianism, uneven development, and globalization.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Zeng, Nanxi
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP
AS.192.225 (01)
Economic Growth and Development in East Asia
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Dore, Giovanna Maria Dora
Shaffer 3
INST-ECON
Economic Growth and Development in East Asia AS.192.225 (01)
The course offers an overview of the complexities of East Asia’s development experience from a variety of perspectives, and it is divided into three parts to allow students to develop expertise in one or more countries and/or policy arenas, while also cultivating a broad grasp of the region and the distinct challenges of “East Asia fast-paced, sustained economic growth.”. Part I considers the origins of Asian economic development, analyses the common economic variables behind the region’s success, looks at the East Asian financial crisis and its lessons and assesses whether or not East Asian countries have learned them. Part II will focus on the development experiences of individual countries, with an emphasis on the ASEAN economies, NIEs, Japan and China. Part III considers topics of special interest to Asia, including trends toward greater regional economic cooperation, both in the real and financial/monetary sectors, and issues related to poverty, migration, and inclusiveness.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Dore, Giovanna Maria Dora
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/25
PosTag(s): INST-ECON
AS.230.233 (01)
Inequality and Social Change in Contemporary China
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Liang, Guowei
INST-CP, INST-ECON
Inequality and Social Change in Contemporary China AS.230.233 (01)
This course examines the trajectory of economic development in China since the beginning of market reforms in the late 1970s, with a special focus on social inequality and forms of resistance that have emerged in response to the expansion of the market economy. The first part of the course focuses on understanding the academic debates around China’s economic miracle and introduces students to theories about the relationship between market expansion and social resistance. The second part focuses on key thematic topics including the rural/urban divide, rural protest, urban inequality and labor unrest, gender and sexuality in social movements, environmental protests, and the politics of ethnic relations.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Liang, Guowei
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-ECON
AS.230.239 (01)
Coffee, Tea and Empires
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Kuo, Huei-Ying
INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, INST-IR
Coffee, Tea and Empires AS.230.239 (01)
The course introduces the transformation of the coffee and tea industries in the long nineteenth century against the backdrop of European and Japanese colonial expansion. It surveys the social changes in the colonial world under the development of the cash crop economy. It also analyzes how the consumption of such caffeinated beverages became sources of heritage makings both in the metropoles and colonies and the latter's postcolonial reconstructions.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Kuo, Huei-Ying
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, INST-IR
AS.230.352 (01)
Chinese Diaspora: Networks and Identity
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Kuo, Huei-Ying
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, INST-CP
Chinese Diaspora: Networks and Identity AS.230.352 (01)
This course combines lecture and class discussion. It examines the history and historiography of Chinese overseas migration. Major issues include overseas Chinese as “merchants without empire,” Chinese exclusion acts in the age of mass migration, the “Chinese question” in postcolonial Southeast Asia, as well as the making and unmaking of Chinese identity in the current wave of globalization.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Kuo, Huei-Ying
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, INST-CP
AS.300.328 (01)
Contemporary Sinophone Literature and Film
WF 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Hashimoto, Satoru
INST-GLOBAL
Contemporary Sinophone Literature and Film AS.300.328 (01)
A survey of contemporary literature and film from the peripheries of the Chinese-speaking world, with a special focus on Hong Kong, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Europe. We will not only examine literary and filmic works in the contexts of the layered histories and contested politics of these locations, but will also reexamine, in light of those works, critical concepts in literary and cultural studies including, but not limited to, form, ideology, hegemony, identity, history, agency, translation, and (post)colonialism. All readings are in English; all films subtitled in English.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: WF 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Hashimoto, Satoru
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.300.330 (01)
Modern East Asian Literatures Across Boundaries
F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Hashimoto, Satoru
INST-GLOBAL
Modern East Asian Literatures Across Boundaries AS.300.330 (01)
Modern literature in East Asia is as much defined by creation of national boundaries as by their transgressions, negotiations, and reimaginations. This course examines literature originally written in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in light of contemporary understandings of political, social, and cultural boundary demarcation and crossings. How do experiences of border-crossing create and/or alter literary forms? How, in turn, does literature inscribe, displace, and/or dismantle boundaries? Our readings will include, but not limited to, writings by intra- and trans-regional travelers, exiles, migrants, and settlers; stories from and on contested borderlands and islands (e.g. Manchuria, Okinawa, Jeju); and works and translations by bilingual authors. All readings are provided in English translation.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Hashimoto, Satoru
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.310.305 (01)
Southeast Asia and US Security Strategy
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Ott, Marvin C
INST-CP, INST-IR
Southeast Asia and US Security Strategy AS.310.305 (01)
This survey course is designed to introduce students to Southeast Asia -- the ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus Australia and New Zealand. Southeast Asia is an integral part of the broader region of East Asia and a geographic bridge to the Indian subcontinent (South Asia). Southeast Asia has been one of the great success stories in the saga of modernization and development of post-colonial Afro-Asia over the last six decades. Its resulting economic importance is matched by its strategic significance given the presence of imbedded jihadist networks and the emergence of China as a regional great power and aspirant superpower. Nevertheless, the region has been largely overlooked by senior foreign policy and defense officials in Washington. This course will equip students to fill that void by examining the region from the perspective of national security strategy -- broadly understood in its multiple dimensions. Students will be challenged to formulate some element of a viable U.S. national security strategy for the region.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Ott, Marvin C
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR
AS.310.316 (01)
First Year Classical Chinese: Philosophers, Poets and Fantasists: An Introduction to Chinese Literature in the Original Classical Texts
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Cass, Victoria B
First Year Classical Chinese: Philosophers, Poets and Fantasists: An Introduction to Chinese Literature in the Original Classical Texts AS.310.316 (01)
We will read arguments, anecdotes and stories, beginning with the philosophers of the ancient period, including the imaginative paradigms of the Daoist writer Zhuangzi, and continue with the strange writings allied with shamanism and goddess-worship. We will continue with the fantastical writers of the medieval world and finish with anecdotes of the strange from the Ming and Qing. Because this is a language as well as a literature class, in addition to literary content and social history as background, we will emphasize grammar and vocabulary. Class preparation will require language exercises, translations, readings in English and there will be a final translation/research paper.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Cass, Victoria B
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.310.317 (01)
Digital Games in East Asia and Beyond
W 7:00PM - 9:30PM
Kim, Nuri
Digital Games in East Asia and Beyond AS.310.317 (01)
This course explores different ways to engage with digital games as an object of academic inquiry. We will discuss the history and culture of digital games, their place and significance in contemporary society, as well as the experience they provide through novel narrative structures. Geographically, the primary focus is East Asia, but due to the transnational nature of digital games, the course will also at times look at other areas, especially North America. Students will design their own research projects and participate actively in shaping the course.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 7:00PM - 9:30PM
Instructor: Kim, Nuri
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.310.323 (01)
The History and Culture of North Korea
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Kim, Nuri
INST-GLOBAL
The History and Culture of North Korea AS.310.323 (01)
This course investigates the history and culture of North Korea. In doing so, the class seeks to address topics not often discussed in the media and eschew a focus on international relations and security issues. Course material include conventional scholarship, political tracts, biographies, movies, as well as works of fiction. For the final project, students will write a research paper on a topic of their choice.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Kim, Nuri
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.310.340 (01)
Development and Social Change in Rural China
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
He, Gaochao
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, INST-CP
Development and Social Change in Rural China AS.310.340 (01)
This course will survey the major issues of development and social change in rural China since 1950s. These issues will be addressed in chronological order. They include land ownership and land grabbing, organization of rural economic, political, and social life, rural elections and village governance, development strategies, urban-rural relationship in resource allocation, rural modernization strategies in regard to irrigation, clean drinking water, electricity supply, hard paved road, education and rural medical service, women’s rights and family life, rural consumption, and etc. This course will prepare students, both empirically and analytically, to understand what happened in rural China from 1949 to the present, and how we can engage in policy and theoretical discussions based on what we learn.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: He, Gaochao
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, INST-CP
AS.310.432 (01)
Senior Thesis Seminar: East Asian Studies
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Andreas, Joel
Senior Thesis Seminar: East Asian Studies AS.310.432 (01)
This course is the continuation of Senior Thesis Course AS.360.431 for students completing their thesis in the East Asian Studies program.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Andreas, Joel
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.365.104 (06)
Foreign at Home: Asian Scientists at Johns Hopkins
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Frumer, Yulia
Foreign at Home: Asian Scientists at Johns Hopkins AS.365.104 (06)
Today Johns Hopkins prides itself on its diverse body of scholars, doctors, and researchers. This course will follow scientists from East Asia who decided to make Johns Hopkins University their home. We will follow their professional trajectories, explore their struggles with international politics, and examine the effects of their “Asian” identity on their ability to conduct research. As a Freshman Seminar, the course will emphasize the acquisition of academic skills including navigating university resources, formulating research questions and hypotheses, structuring and writing a research paper, and presenting research findings in a public setting.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Frumer, Yulia
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/14
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.373.112 (01)
First Year Heritage Chinese II
MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Zhao, Nan
First Year Heritage Chinese II AS.373.112 (01)
For students who have significant previously-acquired ability to understand and speak Modern Standard Chinese. Course focuses on reading and writing. Teaching materials are the same as used in AS.373.115-116; however, both traditional and simplified versions of written Chinese characters are used. Lab required. Continuation of AS.373.111. Recommended Course Background: AS.373.111 or permission required.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Zhao, Nan
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/16
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.373.112 (02)
First Year Heritage Chinese II
MWF 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Zhao, Nan
First Year Heritage Chinese II AS.373.112 (02)
For students who have significant previously-acquired ability to understand and speak Modern Standard Chinese. Course focuses on reading and writing. Teaching materials are the same as used in AS.373.115-116; however, both traditional and simplified versions of written Chinese characters are used. Lab required. Continuation of AS.373.111. Recommended Course Background: AS.373.111 or permission required.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Instructor: Zhao, Nan
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.373.116 (01)
First Year Chinese II
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM, TTh 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Yang, Shuyi, Zhao, Nan
First Year Chinese II AS.373.116 (01)
Introductory course in Modern Standard Chinese. Goals: mastery of elements of pronunciation and control of basic vocabulary of 800-900 words and most basic grammatical patterns. Students work first with Pin-Yin system, then with simplified version of written Chinese characters. Continuation of AS.373.115. Note: Student with existing demonstrable skills in spoken Chinese should take AS.373.111-112. Recommended Course Background: AS.373.115 or permission required.
Introductory course in Modern Standard Chinese. Goals: mastery of elements of pronunciation and control of basic vocabulary of 800-900 words and most basic grammatical patterns. Students work first with Pin-Yin system, then with simplified version of written Chinese characters. Continuation of AS.373.115. Note: Student with existing demonstrable skills in spoken Chinese should take AS.373.111-112. Recommended Course Background: AS.373.115 or permission required.
Introductory course in Modern Standard Chinese. Goals: mastery of elements of pronunciation and control of basic vocabulary of 800-900 words and most basic grammatical patterns. Students work first with Pin-Yin system, then with simplified version of written Chinese characters. Continuation of AS.373.115. Note: Student with existing demonstrable skills in spoken Chinese should take AS.373.111-112. Recommended Course Background: AS.373.115 or permission required.
For students who have significant previously-acquired ability to understand and speak Modern Standard Chinese. Course focuses on reading and writing. Teaching materials are the same as used in AS.373.115-116; however, both traditional and simplified versions of written Chinese characters are used. Continuation of AS.373.211. Recommended Course Background: AS.373.211 or permission required.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Yang, Shuyi
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/16
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.373.216 (01)
Second Year Chinese II
MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM, TTh 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Wang, Qian
Second Year Chinese II AS.373.216 (01)
Consolidation of the foundation that students have laid in their first year of study and continued drill and practice in the spoken language, with continued expansion of reading and writing vocabulary and sentence patterns. Students will work with both simplified and traditional characters. Note: Students who have native-like abilities in comprehension and speaking should take AS.373.211-212.
Recommended Course Background: AS.373.215 or Permission Required.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies
Consolidation of the foundation that students have laid in their first year of study and continued drill and practice in the spoken language, with continued expansion of reading and writing vocabulary and sentence patterns. Students will work with both simplified and traditional characters. Note: Students who have native-like abilities in comprehension and speaking should take AS.373.211-212.
Recommended Course Background: AS.373.215 or Permission Required.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies
This course is a continuation of AS.373.313. Students need to have native-level fluency in speaking and understanding Chinese. The course focuses on reading and writing. In addition to the textbooks, downloaded articles on current affairs may also be included on a regular basis.
Recommended Course Background: AS.373.313 or Permission Required. Lab required.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Chen, Aiguo
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.373.316 (01)
Third Year Chinese II
MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Chen, Aiguo
Third Year Chinese II AS.373.316 (01)
This two-semester course consolidates and further expands students' knowledge of grammar and vocabulary and further develops reading ability through work with textbook material and selected modern essays and short stories. Class discussions will be in Chinese insofar as feasible, and written assignments will be given. Continuation of AS.373.315. Recommended Course Background: AS.373.315 or permission required.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Chen, Aiguo
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/16
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.373.316 (02)
Third Year Chinese II
MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Chen, Aiguo
Third Year Chinese II AS.373.316 (02)
This two-semester course consolidates and further expands students' knowledge of grammar and vocabulary and further develops reading ability through work with textbook material and selected modern essays and short stories. Class discussions will be in Chinese insofar as feasible, and written assignments will be given. Continuation of AS.373.315. Recommended Course Background: AS.373.315 or permission required.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Chen, Aiguo
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/16
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.373.416 (01)
Fourth Year Chinese II
MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Chen, Aiguo
Fourth Year Chinese II AS.373.416 (01)
Continuation of AS.373.415. Readings in modern Chinese prose, including outstanding examples of literature, newspaper articles, etc. Students should understand most of the readings with the aid of a dictionary, so that class discussion need not focus primarily on detailed explanations of grammar. Discussion, to be conducted in Chinese, will concentrate on the cultural significance of the readings' content.
Recommended Course Background: AS.373.415 or Permission Required. Cross-listed with East Asian Studies
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Chen, Aiguo
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.378.116 (01)
First Year Japanese II
MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM, TTh 10:30AM - 11:20AM
Johnson, Mayumi Yuki, Katagiri, Satoko
First Year Japanese II AS.378.116 (01)
This course is designed for students who have no background or previous knowledge in Japanese. The course consists of lectures on Tuesday/Thursday and conversation classes on Monday/Wednesdays/Fridays. The goal of the course is the simultaneous progression of four skills (speaking, listening, writing, and reading) as well as familiarity with aspects of Japanese culture. By the end of the fall term, students will have basic speaking and listening comprehension skills, a solid grasp of basic grammar items, reading and writing skills, and a recognition and production of approximately 60 kanji in context. Knowledge of grammar will be expanded significantly in 2nd year Japanese. May not be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Recommended Course Background: AS.378.115
This course is designed for students who have no background or previous knowledge in Japanese. The course consists of lectures on Tuesday/Thursday and conversation classes on Monday/Wednesdays/Fridays. The goal of the course is the simultaneous progression of four skills (speaking, listening, writing, and reading) as well as familiarity with aspects of Japanese culture. By the end of the fall term, students will have basic speaking and listening comprehension skills, a solid grasp of basic grammar items, reading and writing skills, and a recognition and production of approximately 60 kanji in context. Knowledge of grammar will be expanded significantly in 2nd year Japanese. May not be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Recommended Course Background: AS.378.115
This course is designed for students who have no background or previous knowledge in Japanese. The course consists of lectures on Tuesday/Thursday and conversation classes on Monday/Wednesdays/Fridays. The goal of the course is the simultaneous progression of four skills (speaking, listening, writing, and reading) as well as familiarity with aspects of Japanese culture. By the end of the fall term, students will have basic speaking and listening comprehension skills, a solid grasp of basic grammar items, reading and writing skills, and a recognition and production of approximately 60 kanji in context. Knowledge of grammar will be expanded significantly in 2nd year Japanese. May not be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Recommended Course Background: AS.378.115
Continuation of Beginning Japanese and Intermediate Japanese I. Training in spoken and written language, increasing students' knowledge of more complex patterns. At completion, students will have a working knowledge of about 250 Kanji. Lab required. Recommended Course Background: AS.378.215 or equivalent.
Continuation of Beginning Japanese and Intermediate Japanese I. Training in spoken and written language, increasing students' knowledge of more complex patterns. At completion, students will have a working knowledge of about 250 Kanji. Lab required. Recommended Course Background: AS.378.215 or equivalent.
Credits: 5.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MTWThF 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Nakao, Makiko Pennington
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/16
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.378.316 (01)
Third Year Japanese II
MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Nakao, Makiko Pennington
Third Year Japanese II AS.378.316 (01)
Emphasis shifts toward reading, while development of oral-aural skills also continues apace. The course presents graded readings in expository prose and requires students to expand their knowledge of Kanji, grammar, and both spoken and written vocabulary. Lab required. Continuation of AS.378.315. Recommended Course Background: AS.378.315 or equivalent.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Nakao, Makiko Pennington
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/16
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.380.102 (01)
First Year Korean II
MTWThF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Lee, Aimee, Lee, Soo Yun
First Year Korean II AS.380.102 (01)
Focuses on improving speaking fluency to Limited Proficiency so that one can handle simple daily conversations with confidence. It provides basic high-frequency structures and covers Korean holidays. Continuation of AS.380.101. Recommended Course Background: AS.380.101 or permission required.
Credits: 5.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MTWThF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Lee, Aimee, Lee, Soo Yun
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.380.202 (01)
Second Year Korean II
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, TTh 10:30AM - 11:20AM
Lee, Aimee, Lee, Soo Yun
Second Year Korean II AS.380.202 (01)
Aims for improving writing skills with correct spelling. Reading materials of Korean people, places, and societies will enhance cultural understanding and awareness, including discussion on family tree. Continuation of AS.380.201. Recommended Course Background: AS.380.201 or equivalent.
Emphasizes reading literacy in classic and modern Korean prose. By reading Korean newspapers and professional articles in one’s major, it enables one to be well-versed and truly literate.
Continuation of AS.380.301. Cross-listed with East Asian Studies
Prerequisite: AS.380.301 or equivalent.
