Course Schedule

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

• 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:

• 2025 - 2026 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 3/7/2025

• ASCL 61.10 Japanese Martial Arts: History, Philosophy, Practice; Dorsey (2)
• ASCL 70.18 / COLT 57.10 Social Revolutions East & West: Japan & the United States in the 1960s; Dorsey (10)

Japanese LSA+ Study Abroad in Osaka, Japan:

• ASCL 09.31, section 90, The Language-Culture Nexus in Contemporary Japan; Schmidt-Hori (LS) Japanese LSA+ director's course
• JAPN 22, section 90, Intermediate Modern Japanese (Second-year level): Study Abroad (LSA+); Ishida (LS)
• JAPN 23, section 90, Intermediate Modern Japanese (Second-year level): Study Abroad (LSA+); Ishida (LS)

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

• ASCL 09.01, section 90, Urban Lives & Livelihoods in Contemporary China: Language,
  Culture and Narrative; Yan (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)

• ASCL 10.02 Introduction to Korean Culture; Kim (2A)
• ASCL 11.04 Introduction to South Asia: Culture and Identity on the Indian Subcontinent; Kapur (10A)
• ASCL 54.07 / HIST 075 / AAAS 050 / ENVS 045 Colonialism, Development, and the Environment in Africa and Asia; Zeinstra (11)
• ASCL 54.09 / HIST 26 The Vietnam War; Miller (2)
• ASCL 60.05 Love & Desire in Modern Chinese Literature; Gibbs (2A)
• ASCL 60.10 / COLT 55.03 Eco-Fiction: Ghost Stories in Premodern China; Zheng (2A)
• ASCL 64.11 / HIST 05.05 The Emergence of Modern Japan; Ericson (12)
• ASCL 64.16 / HIST 72.04 China to 1800; Lu (10)
• ASCL 67.01 / GOV 40.03 Politics of Japan; Horiuchi (2)
• ASCL 70.01 / ARTH 38.01 Sacred Architecture of Asia; Agarwala (10)
• ASCL 70.07 / THEA 024 Asian Performance; Chin (2A)
• ASCL 80.12 / REL 80.12 Religions on the Silk Road; Raz (10A)
• ASCL 80.20 The Tale of Genji Seminar; Washburn (10A)
• HIST 96.07 US Occupation of Japan; Ericson (3A)

• CHIN 01, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Yan (8S, 9S & 10)
• CHIN 04, sections 1-3, Advanced First-Year Chinese; Li & S. Zhang (10, 11 & 12)
• CHIN 31 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); Yin (10)
• CHIN 42 Advanced Chinese (Fourth-year level); S. Zhang (12)
• CHIN 50.01 Dream of the Red Chamber (Fifth-year level); Yin (12)

• JAPN 01 First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida & Watanabe (9S, 10 & 2)
• JAPN 32 Advanced Japanese (Third-year level); Ishida (11)
• JAPN 42 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level); Watanabe (11)

"Developing Vietnam" Fall+ Study Abroad:

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

• ASCL 07.04 First-year Seminar: Singers as Social Symbols in Asia and Beyond; Gibbs (10)
• ASCL 10.01 Introduction to Chinese Culture; A. Wang & Xie (11)
• ASCL 51.11 / REL 2.02 Religions of Vietnam; Swenson (12)
• ASCL 52.03 / ARTH 31.01 Arts of South Asia; Agarwala (10)
• ASCL 52.04 From Bombay to Bollywood and Beyond: History of and through the Hindi Film; Kapur (3A)
• ASCL 54.04 / HIST 92.04 Partition in South Asia; Kapur (11)
• ASCL 60.26 Thinking of Contemporary Issues in Japan through Graphic Novels (Manga); Schmidt-Hori (11)
• ASCL 61.11 / REL 46 Daoism: Transformations of Tradition; Raz (10)
• ASCL 64.08 / HIST 5.03 The History of China since 1800; Lu (10)
• ASCL 64.12 / HIST 79 Postwar Japan: From Occupied Nation to Economic Superpower; Ericson (12)
• ASCL 70.12 Literatures and Cultures of Asian Borderlands; Xie (2)
• ASCL 70.26 / REL 49.01 Apocalyptic Thought in East Asia; Raz (2)
• ASCL 80.10 / ARTH 82.03 Asian Art Herstory: Gender, Culture, and Politics; Kim (2A)
• CHIN 02, sections 1-3, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Li & Yan (9S, 11 & 12)
• CHIN 22, section 1-3, Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level); S. Zhang, Yan & Yin (9S, 10)
• CHIN 32 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); Yin (11)
• CHIN 40.03 Modern Chinese Short Stories (Fourth-year level); Zhang (12)
• JAPN 02, sections 1-3, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida & Watanabe (9S, 10 & 12)

• ASCL 01.01 Urban Asia; Eom (11)
• ASCL 10.01 Introduction to Chinese Culture; A. Wang & Xie (10)
• ASCL 10.03 Introduction to Japanese Culture; Washburn (12)
• ASCL 51.05 / REL 2.01 Religions of Southeast Asia; Swenson (10)
• ASCL 51.06 / REL 41.07 Buddhism, Sexuality, & Gender in Southeast Asia; Swenson (12)
• ASCL 51.08 / PHIL 1.20 / REL 41.08 Buddhist Philosophy; Seton (2)
• ASCL 54.10 / HIST 90.09 Global South Asia; Kapur (3B)
• ASCL 54.12 / HIST 90.15 State and Society in Early Modern India, 1500-1800; Kapur (10)
• ASCL 55.02 / SOCY 41 Religion in a Global South Asia; Upadhyay (3A)
• ASCL 55.03 / SOCY 52 Insurgent South Asia; Upadhyay (12)
• ASCL 60.04 Modern Chinese Literature and Society; Xie (2A)

• ASCL 60.19 / LING 11.02 Languages of China; Pulju (10) [LRP course]

• ASCL 62.02 Traditional Performance in China: Past and Present; Gibbs (2)

• ASCL 62.06 Exploring Korea Through Film; Kim (3A)
• ASCL 63.01 / ANTH 45 Asian Medical Systems; Boke (3A)
• ASCL 64.15 / HIST 72.03 Nationalism & Revolution in China, 1890- Present; Lu (10A)
• ASCL 70.02 / ARTH 38.02 East Meets West; Kim (2A)
• ASCL 70.20 / REL 41.04 Buddhist Meditation Theory; Seton (11)
• ASCL 70.24 Asian American Art and Architecture; Eom (2)
• ASCL 70.25 / COLT 19.07 Translating East Asian Languages: Theory and Practice; Dorsey (10) [LRP course]
• ASCL 70.27 / GEOG 40.06 Geographies and Ecologies of Warfare in Asia & the Pacific; Ong (2)
• ASCL 80.05 Regional Identity in Modern Chinese Literature; Gibbs (2A)

• CHIN 03, sections 1-3, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Li (9L, 10 & 2)
• CHIN 23, sections 1 & 2, Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level); Yin & Zhang (9L & 11)
• CHIN 33 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); Yin (12)
• 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 (9L & 10)
• JAPN 33 Advanced Japanese (Third-year level); Watanabe (10)
• JAPN 43 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level); Ishida (9L)

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

Last updated on  3/14/2025

• 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) (pending new course approval) 

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

• ASCL 09.02, section 90, Language, culture and communication; 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) (pending new course approval)
• ASCL 10.04 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Culture & Politics, Singh (12) (pending new course approval)
• ASCL 10.02 / HIST 5.4 Introduction to Korean Culture, Kim & Suh (2A)
• ASCL 51.05 / REL 2.01 Religions of Southeast Asia, Long (10A)
• ASCL 60.08 Intro to Chinese Poetry, Wang (TBD) (pending new course approval)
• ASCL 60.09 Nature in Chinese Literature, Wang (TBD) (pending new course approval)
• ASCL 60.05 Love and Desire in Modern Chinese Literature, Gibbs (10A)
• 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)
• 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 67.01 / GOVT 40.03 Politics of Japan, Horiuchi (2)
• ASCL 67.11 / HIST 72.06 Business History of Modern China, Lu (2) [Business in Asia course] (pending new course approval)
• ASCL 70.30 / SOCY 22 The Business of Development in Asia, Upadhyay (TBD) [Business in Asia course]
• ASCL 80.09 / HIST 96.40 War and Peace in Korea, 1231-1876, Suh (10A)
• HIST 96.07 Seminar: Topics in Modern Japanese History, Ericson (6B) [NOTE: ASCL majors can use this course to fulfill their Advanced seminar requirement.]

"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 and Japanese language courses on campus:

• CHIN 01, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese, Yan (9L & 10)
• CHIN 04, sections 1-3, Advanced First-Year Chinese, Li & S. Zhang (10, 11 & 12)
• CHIN 31 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level), BNU visiting professor (10)
• CHIN 42 Advanced Chinese (Fourth-year level). S. Zhang (12)
• CHIN 50.01 Dream of the Red Chamber (Fifth-year level), BNU visiting professor (12)
• JAPN 01, sections 1& 2, First-Year Courses in Japanese, Ishida & Watanabe (9S or 9L, 10)
• JAPN 31 Advanced Japanese (Third-year level), Watanabe (11)
• JAPN 41 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level), Ishida (11)

• ASCL 07.04 First-year Seminar: "Singers as Symbols in Asia and Beyond" Gibbs (10)
• ASCL 41.07 / ASCL 51.06 Buddhism, Sexuality & Gender in Southeast Asia, Long (10A)
• ASCL 51.03 / REL 18 Indian Buddhism, Ohnuma (2)
• ASCL 54.09 / HIST 26 The Vietnam War, E. Miller (9L)
• ASCL 54.20 The Cold War in Southeast Asia, Singh (12) (pending new course approval)
• ASCL 60.20, Languages and Scripts of Gender, Class, and Nation, Schmidt-Hori (10) [LPD 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 (TBD)
• ASCL 80.XX / ARTH 82.02: Advanced Seminar: The Camera in 19th-Century Asia, Hockley (10A) (pending new x-list approval)

Chinese and Japanese language courses on campus:

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

• 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 54.12 / HIST 90.15 State and Society in Early Modern India, 1500 - 1800, Suri (12)
• ASCL 55.02 / SOCY 41 Religion in a Global South Asia, Upadhyay (TBD)
• ASCL 55.03 / SOCY 52 Insurgent South Asia, Upadhyay (TBD)
• ASCL 62.12 / ARTH 62.30 Japanese Prints, Hockley (10)
• ASCL 64.03 / HIST 78.02: North Korea, Origins and Transition, Suh (2)
• ASCL 64.14 / HIST 78.04 Slaves and Rebels in Korea, 1392-1910, Suh (11)
• ASCL 67.10 Cultures of Business, Labor, and Wealth in Contemporary China, Gibbs (11) (pending new course approval) [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) (pending new course approval) [Business in Asia course]
• ASCL 70.01 / ARTH 38.01: Sacred Architecture of Asia, (12)
• ASCL 70.20 / REL 41.04 Buddhist Meditation Theory (11)
• ASCL 70.24 Asian American Art and Architecture, Eom (11)
• ASCL 70.25 / COLT 19.07 Translating East Asian Languages, Dorsey (10) [LPD course]
• ASCL 70.31 / ARTH XX Art, Business & Soft Power, Kim (2A) (pending new course approval) [Business in Asia course]
• ASCL 70.50 Disputes, Power, and Diplomacy in Asia, Rezvani (3A) (pending new course approval)
• ASCL 80.05 Regional Identity in Modern Chinese Literature, Gibbs (10A)

Chinese and Japanese 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); BNU visiting professor (9S)
• CHIN 33 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); BNU visiting professor (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 43 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level); Watanabe (11)