Course Schedule

ASCL courses are numbered by category for our major requirements, not by their level of difficulty. 
None of the courses numbered in the 50s, 60s and 70s have prerequisites.

Broadly speaking, courses numbered in the 50s are usually discipline-specific (DS) courses related to South and Southeast Asia, courses numbered in the 60s are usually discipline-specific (DS) courses related to East Asia and courses numbered in the 70s are usually Interdisciplinary, Interregional, Transnational and Diaspora Studies (IITD) courses.

• CHIN 49 Independent Advanced Study in Chinese Language and Literature
• JAPN 49 Independent Advanced Study in Japanese Language and Literature
• ASCL 89 Independent Research
• ASCL 90 Honors Thesis I
• ASCL 91 Honors Thesis II

Printable and archived versions of ASCL course offering listings:

• 2026 - 2027 Draft Schedule
• 2025 - 2026 Draft Schedule
• 2024 - 2025 Schedule
• ​2023 - 2024 Schedule​​​​​​
• 2022 - 2023 Schedule

The course schedule for each term is still subject to change until timetable is published for that term.

Last updated on  10/29/2025

• ASCL 61.10 Japanese Martial Arts, Dorsey (2) 
• ASCL 61.05 / REL 19.29 Women and Religion in Japan, Simpson (11)
• ASCL 67.03 Conflict, Control, and Controversy in Chinese Politics, Rezvani (3A)

Chinese LSA+ Study Abroad in Beijing, P.R.C.:

• ASCL 09.01, section 90, Urban Lives & Livelihoods in Contemporary China: Language,
  Culture and Narrative; Li (LS) Chinese LSA+ director's course
• CHIN 22, section 90, Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level): Study Abroad (LSA+), TBD (LS)
• CHIN 23, section 90, Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level): Study Abroad (LSA+), TBD (LS)
• CHIN 31, section 90, Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level), TBD (LS)
• CHIN 32, section 90, Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level), TBD (LS)

Japanese LSA+ Study Abroad in Osaka, Japan:

• ASCL 69.24, section 90 Japan at the Margins (LSA+ director's course), Washburn (LS)
• JAPN 22, section 90, Intermediate Modern Japanese (Second-year level): Study Abroad (LSA+), Watanabe (LS)
• JAPN 23, section 90, Intermediate Modern Japanese (Second-year level): Study Abroad (LSA+), Watanabe (LS)

• ASCL 01.02 Asian Femininities, Schmidt-Hori & Xie (10)
• ASCL 10.04 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Culture & Politics, Singh (12)
• ASCL 10.02 / HIST 5.4 Introduction to Korean Culture, Kim & Suh (2A)
• ASCL 60.05 Love and Desire in Modern Chinese Literature, Gibbs (10A)
• ASCL 60.10/ COLT 55.03 Eco-Fiction: Ghost Stories in Premodern China, Zheng (6B)
• ASCL 60.11 Intro to Chinese Poetry, Wang (11)
• ASCL 60.12 Nature in Chinese Literature, Wang (2)
• ASCL 61.01/ REL 10 The Religions of China, Raz (2)
• ASCL 61.11 / REL 46 Daoism: Transformations of Tradition, Raz (10)
• ASCL 62.13 / ARTH 62.81 Women, Gender & Art in East Asia, Kim (2)
• COURSE CANCELLED: ASCL 64.11 / HIST 5.05 The Emergence of Modern Japan, Ericson, (10)
• ASCL 64.16 / HIST 72.04 China to 1800, Lu (11)
• ASCL 67.11 / HIST 72.06 Business History of Modern China, Lu (2) [Business in Asia course]
• ASCL 70.30 / SOCY 22 The Business of Development in Asia, Upadhyay (2) [Business in Asia course]
• ASCL 80.09 / HIST 96.40 War and Peace in Korea, 1231-1876, Suh (10A)
• COURSE CANCELLED: HIST 96.07 Seminar: Topics in Modern Japanese History, Ericson (6B)

"Developing Vietnam" Fall+ Study Abroad:

• ASCL 70.22 Developing Vietnam: History, Environment, and Culture; E. Miller (9L) fall course on campus that is part one of Fall + study abroad program
• ASCL 59.04 Intensive Foreign Study in Vietnam; E. Miller (ARR) winterim course in Vietnam that is part two of Fall + study abroad program

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language courses on campus:

• CHIN 01, sections 1-3, First-Year Courses in Chinese, Yan (9L,10 & 2)
• CHIN 04, sections 1-3, Advanced First-Year Chinese, Li (9L, 10, 2)
• CHIN 31 sections 1&2, Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level), Chen (11 & 12)
• CHIN 42 Advanced Chinese (Fourth-year level). S. Zhang (12)
• CHIN 50.01 Dream of the Red Chamber (Fifth-year level), S. Zhang (9L)
• JAPN 01, sections 1& 2, First-Year Courses in Japanese, Ishida & Watanabe (9L & 10)
• JAPN 31 Advanced Japanese (Third-year level), Watanabe (11)
• JAPN 32 Advanced Japanese (Third-year level), Ishida (11)
• KOR 01, sections 1 & 2, First-year Course in Korean Language 1, Hwang (8S & 9S).

• ASCL 07.04 First-year Seminar: "Singers as Symbols in Asia and Beyond" Gibbs (10)
• ASCL 51.03 / REL 18 Indian Buddhism, Ohnuma (2)
• ASCL 51.05 / REL 2.01 Religions of Southeast Asia, Long (10A)
• ASCL 54.20 The Cold War in Southeast Asia, Singh (12)
• ASCL 60.20 Languages and Scripts of Gender, Class, and Nation, Schmidt-Hori (10) [LRP course]
• ASCL 61.12 / REL 47 Buddhism in China, Raz (10)
• ASCL 62.10 / ARTH 32.21 Sacred Art and Architecture of Japan, Hockley (10)
• ASCL 64.08 / HIST 05.03 History of China Since 1800, Lu (11)
• ASCL 64.04 / HIST 78.01/REL 32.01 Christianity in Korea, Suh (12)
• ASCL 70.02 / ARTH 38.03 East Meets West, Kim (2A)
• ASCL 70.18 / COLT 57.10 Social Revolutions East & West, Dorsey (10)
• ASCL 70.28 / HIST 09.05 Crossing the Pacific: Empire, Labor, Migration, J. Miller (2)
• ASCL 80.13 / ARTH 82.02 Advanced Seminar: The Camera in 19th-Century Asia, Hockley (10A)

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language courses on campus:

• CHIN 02, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese, Li & Yan (9L, 11)
• CHIN 22, sections 1 & 2, Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level); Chen, S. Zhang (9L, 10)
• CHIN 32 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level), Chen (11)
• CHIN 40.03 Modern Chinese Short Stories (Fourth-year level), Li (12)
• JAPN 02, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Japanese, Ishida (9L, 10)
• JAPN 45.01 Classical Japanese, Schmidt-Hori (12)
• KOR 02, sections 1 & 2, First-year Course in Korean Language 2, Hwang (8S & 9S)

• ASCL 10.01 Intro to Chinese Culture, Wang & Xie (10)
• ASCL 10.03 Intro to Japanese Culture, Washburn (12)
• ASCL 51.08 / REL 41.08 / PHIL 01.20 Buddhist Philosophy, Seton (2)
• ASCL 54.07/ HIST 75/ AAAS 50/ ENVS 45 Colonialism, Development, and the Environment in Africa and South Asia, Zeinstra (11)
• ASCL 54.12 / HIST 90.15 State and Society in Early Modern India, 1500 - 1800, Suri (12)
• ASCL 62.12 / ARTH 62.30 Japanese Prints, Hockley (10)
• ASCL 64.03 / HIST 78.02 North Korea, Origins and Transition, Suh (12)
• ASCL 67.10 Cultures of Business, Labor, and Wealth in Contemporary China, Gibbs (11) [Business in Asia course]
• ASCL 67.20 From BL Manga to Assassin's Creed Shadows: The Commodification of Japan's (Self-)Image in the Global Marketplace, Schmidt-Hori (11) [Business in Asia course]
• ASCL 70.01 / ARTH 38.01 Sacred Architecture of Asia, Hockley (12)
• ASCL 70.20 / REL 41.04 Buddhist Meditation Theory, Seton (11)
• ASCL 70.24 / ARTH 39.01 Asian American Art and Architecture, Eom (2A)
• ASCL 70.25 / COLT 19.07 Translating East Asian Languages, Dorsey (10) [LRP course]
• ASCL 70.31 / ARTH 62.91 Art, Business & Soft Power, Kim (2A) [Business in Asia course]
• ASCL 70.32 / HIST 77 Imperialism in Modern East Asia, Ericson (10) [Note: this course has been re-numbered and will no longer be eligible as an ASCL 80 senior seminar.]
• ASCL 70.50 Disputes, Power, and Diplomacy in Asia, Rezvani (3A)
• ASCL 80.05 Regional Identity in Modern Chinese Literature, Gibbs (10A)

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language courses on campus:

• CHIN 03, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Yan (9L & 10)
• CHIN 23 Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level); Chen (9S)
• CHIN 33 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); Chen (11)
• CHIN 40.04 Advanced Chinese for Commerce and Economics; S. Zhang (12)
• CHIN 45.01 Introduction to Classical Chinese; A. Wang (2)
• JAPN 03, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida & Watanabe (9S or 9L, 10)
• JAPN 33 Advanced Japanese (Third-year level); Ishida (11)
• JAPN 41 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level); Watanabe (11)
• KOR 03, sections 1 & 2, First-year Course in Korean Language 3, Hwang (8S & 9S)

The course schedule for each term is still subject to change until timetable is published for that term.

Last updated on 10/23/2025

On campus courses:

• ASCL 62.06: Exploring Korea Through Film, Kim (3A)
• HIST 72.03 / ASCL 64.15: Nationalism & Revolution in China, 1890 - Present, Lu (TBD)
• ARTH 38.03 / ASCL 70.02: East Meets West, Kim (2)
• HIST 09.05 / ASCL 70.28: Crossing the Pacific: Empire, Labor, Migration, J. Miller (12)

Chinese LSA+ Study Abroad in Beijing, P.R.C.:

• ASCL 09.03, section 90: Religions and Cultures of the Silk Road, Raz (LS) Chinese LSA+ director's course (taught in English)
• CHIN 22, section 90: Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level), TBD (LS)
• CHIN 23, section 90: Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level), TBD (LS)
• CHIN 31, section 90: Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level), TBD (LS)
• CHIN 32, section 90: Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level), TBD (LS)

Japanese LSA+ Study Abroad in Tokyo, Japan:

• ASCL 09.32, section 90: Memory and Disaster (LSA+ director's course), Washburn (LS) (taught in English)
• JAPN 22, section 90: Intermediate Modern Japanese (Second-year level), TBD (LS)
• JAPN 23, section 90: Intermediate Modern Japanese (Second-year level), TBD (LS)

• ASCL 01.02: Asian Femininities, Xie (11)
• ASCL 10.02 / HIST 05.04: Introduction to Korean Culture, Kim & Suh (2A)
• ASCL 60.11: Introduction to Chinese Poetry, Wang (TBD)
• ASCL 60.12 / COLT XX: The Natural Environment, Fantastic Worlds, and the Human Realm in Chinese Literature, Wang (TBD)
• ARTH 62.30 / ASCL 62.12: Japanese Prints, Hockley (TBD)
• ARTH 32.21 / ASCL 62.10: Sacred Art and Architecture of Japan, Hockley (TBD)
• ARTH 62.81 / ASCL 62.13: Women, Gender & Art in East Asia, Kim (2)
• HIST 05.05 / ASCL 64.11: The Emergence of Modern Japan, Ericson (10)
• HIST 78.04 / ASCL 64.14: Slaves and Rebels in Korea, 1392-1910, Suh (10A)
• ASCL XX: new course, "Literature, Trauma and Sexual Violence in East Asia," Xie (TBD)

"Developing Vietnam" Fall+ Study Abroad Program in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam:

• ASCL 70.22: Developing Vietnam: History, Environment, and Culture; E. Miller (9L).  This is the on-campus co-requisite course for students accepted into the program.
• ASCL 59.04: Intensive Foreign Study in Vietnam; E. Miller (ARR). Winterim intensive study abroad course in Ho Chi Minh City (November 29-December 21).

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language courses on campus:

• CHIN 01, sections 1 & 2: First-Year Courses in Chinese, Li (9L & 10)
• CHIN 04, sections 1,2 & 3: Advanced First-Year Chinese, Yan & BNU exchange professor (9L, 10, & 2)
• CHIN 31: Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level), BNU exchange professor (12)
• CHIN 42: Advanced Chinese (Fourth-year level), S. Zhang (11)
• CHIN 50.01: Dream of the Red Chamber (Fifth-year level), S. Zhang (9L)
• JAPN 01, sections 1& 2: First-Year Courses in Japanese, Ishida & Watanabe (9L & 10)
• JAPN 22: Intermediate Modern Japanese (Second-year level), Ishida (9L)
• JAPN 31: Advanced Japanese (Third-year level), Watanabe (11)
• JAPN 42: Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level), Ishida (12)
• KOR 01, sections 1 & 2: First-year Course in Korean Language 1, TBD (TBD). 
• KOR 21, sections 1 & 2: Second-year Course in Korean Language 1, TBD (TBD). 

• ASCL 01.01: Urban Asia, Eom (10A)
• REL 42 / WGSS 43.04 / ASCL XX: Goddesses of India, Ohnuma (2)          
• REL 41.07 / ASCL 51.06: Buddhism, Sexuality & Gender in Southeast Asia, Swenson (12)
• REL 2.02 / ASCL 51.11: Religions of Vietnam, Swenson (10)
• HIST 26 / ASCL 54.09: The Vietnam War, E. Miller (9L)                       
• REL 46 / ASCL 61.11: Daoism: Transformations of Tradition, Raz (10)
• ASCL 60.05: Love and Desire in Modern Chinese Literature, Gibbs (10A)
• ASCL 61.10: Japanese Martial Arts, Dorsey (2)
• ASCL 70.01/ARTH 38.01: Sacred Architecture of Asia, Hockley (TBD)
• ASCL 62.11/ARTH 32.22: The Japanese Painting Tradition, Hockley (TBD)
• ASCL 62.02: Traditional Performance in China: Past and Present, Gibbs (10)
• HIST 78.01 / ASCL 64.04 / REL 32.01: Christianity in Korea, Suh (10A)
• HIST 72.04 / ASCL 64.16: China to 1800, Lu (11)
• HIST 72.06 / ASCL 67.11: Business History of Modern China, Lu (2) [Business in Asia course]
• ASCL 70.23 / GEOG 30.03: Travel, Migration, and Diaspora in the Transpacific Asias, Eom (2A)
• ASCL 70.25 / COLT 19.07: Translating East Asian Languages: Theory and Practice, Dorsey (10) [LRP course]
• REL 80 / ASCL 80.XX: Senior Seminar "Lotus Sutra", Raz (10A)

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language courses on campus:

• CHIN 02, sections 1 & 2: First-Year Courses in Chinese, Yan (9L & 10)
• CHIN 22, sections 1 & 2: Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level), BNU exchange professor & S. Zhang (9L & 10)
• CHIN 32: Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level), BNU Exchange professor (12)
• CHIN 40.03: Modern Chinese Short Stories (Fourth-year level), Li (12)
• JAPN 02, sections 1 & 2: First-Year Courses in Japanese, Ishida & Watanabe (9L & 10)
• KOR 02, sections 1 & 2: First-year Course in Korean Language 2, TBD (TBD)
• KOR 22, sections 1 & 2: Second-year Course in Korean Language 2, TBD (TBD)

• ASCL 10.01: Intro to Chinese Culture, Wang & Xie (11)
• ASCL 10.03: Intro to Japanese Culture, Dorsey (11)
• REL 02.01 / ASCL 51.05: Religions of Southeast Asia, Swenson (11)       
• HIST 90.15 / ASCL 54.12:  State and Society in Early Modern India, 1500-1800, Suri (10)
• ASCL 67.10: Cultures of Business, Labor, and Wealth in Contemporary China, Gibbs (10) [Business in Asia course]
• ASCL XX / ARTH XX: new course "Small Spaces in Modern Korea", Eom (10A)
• ASCL 70.24 / ARTH 39.01: Asian American Art and Architecture, Eom (2A)
  SOCY 22 / ASCL 70.30: The Business of Development in Asia, Upadhyay (TBD) [Business in Asia course]
• ASCL 80.05: Regional Identity in Modern Chinese Literature, Gibbs (10A)

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language courses on campus:

• CHIN 03, sections 1 & 2: First-Year Courses in Chinese, Li & Yan (9L & 10)
• CHIN 23: Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level), BNU Exchange professor (10)
• CHIN 33: Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level), BNU Exchange professor (12)
• CHIN 40.04: Advanced Chinese for Commerce and Economics, S. Zhang (10)
• CHIN 45.01: Introduction to Classical Chinese, A. Wang (TBD)
• JAPN 03, sections 1 & 2: First-Year Courses in Japanese, Ishida & Watanabe (9L & 10)
• JAPN 23: Intermediate Modern Japanese (Second-year level), Watanabe (10)
• JAPN 33: Advanced Japanese (Third-year level), Ishida (11)
• JAPN 43: Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level), Watanabe (12)
• KOR 03, sections 1 & 2: First-year Course in Korean Language 3, TBD (TBD)
• KOR 23: Second-year Course in Korean Language 3, TBD (TBD)