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

2022-2023 Schedule

2023-2024 Schedule (Draft)

Printable version of ASCL course offerings

●　2022-2023 Schedule

●　​​2023 - 2024 Schedule (Draft) ​ ​​

• ASCL 60.30 Modern Korean Literature in Global Context; Xie (3A)
• ASCL 61.10 Japanese Martial Arts: History, Philosophy, Practice; Dorsey (2)
• ASCL 70.18 / COLT 57.10 Social Rev East & West; Dorsey (10A)

• CHIN 41 Advanced Chinese (Fourth-year level); Lyu (11)

• ASCL 01.01 Urban Asia; Eom (2A)
• ASCL 10.02 / HIST 05.04 Introduction to Korean Culture; Kim & Suh (10A)
• ASCL 51.04 / REL 41.05 Tibetan Buddhism; Seton (2)
• ASCL 54.12 / HIST 90.15 State and Society in Early Modern India, 1500-1800; Bains (2)
• ASCL 59.04 Intensive Foreign Study in Vietnam (winterim FSP); Miller (N/A)
• ASCL 60.05 Love & Desire in Modern Chinese Literature; Gibbs (2A)
• ASCL 62.08 / ARTH 62.20 Modern & Contemporary Korean Art; Kim (2A)
• ASCL 62.10 / ARTH 32.21 Sacred Art and Architecture of Japan; Hockley (10)
• ASCL 64.11 / HIST 05.05 The Emergence of Modern Japan; Ericson (2)
• ASCL 64.14 / HIST 78.04 Slaves & Rebels in Korea 1392-1910; Suh (12)
• ASCL 67.01 / GOVT 40.03 Politics of Japan; Horiuchi (9L)
• ASCL 70.07 / THEA 24 Asian Performance; Chin (2A)
• ASCL 70.20 / REL 41.04 Buddhist Meditation Theory; Seton (10)
• ASCL 70.22 Developing Vietnam: History, Environment, and Culture (fall course that is part one of winterim FSP); Miller (9L)
• ASCL 70.23 Travel, Migration, & Diaspora in the Transpacific Asias; Eom (10A)
• ASCL 80.05 Regional Identity in Modern Chinese Literature; Gibbs (10A)

• CHIN 01, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Yan (8S & 9S)
• CHIN 04, sections 1-3, Advanced First-Year Chinese; Li & S. Zhang (11 & 12)
• CHIN 22 Intermediate Modern Chinese; S. Zhang (9S)
• CHIN 31 sections 1 & 2, Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); Lyu (10 & 12)

• JAPN 01, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida (9S & 10)
• JAPN 22 Intermediate Modern Japanese; Ishida (11)

• ASCL 69.23, section 90, Shogun and Samurai (LSA+); TBD (LS)
• ASCL 89, section 90, Independent Study; TBD (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)
• JAPN 31, section 90, Advanced Modern Japanese; TBD (LS)
• JAPN 32, section 90, Advanced Modern Japanese; TBD (LS)
• JAPN 49, section 90, Independent Language Study; TBD (LS)

• ASCL 07.03 Asian American Art & Architecture; Eom (10A)
• ASCL 51.03 / REL 18 Indian Buddhism; Ohnuma (10)
• ASCL 51.05 / REL 2.01 Religions of Southeast Asia; Swenson (12)
• ASCL 51.07 / REL 40.01 Gods, Demons, and Monkeys: The Ramayana Epic of India; Ohnuma (2)
• ASCL 52.02 / ARTH 34.01 Arts of Tibet: Sacred Abode of the Himalayas; Yin (2)
• ASCL 54.07 / HIST 75/ENVS 45/AAAS 50 Colonialism, Development and the Environment in Asia and Africa; Haynes (11)
• ASCL 54.11 / HIST 5.11 Gandhi, Twentieth Century India and the World; Carson (2)
• ASCL 60.26 Thinking of Contemporary Issues in Japan through Graphic Novels (Manga); Schmidt-Hori (12)
• ASCL 61.01 / REL 10 The Religions of China; Raz (2)
• ASCL 61.11 / REL 46 Daoism: Transformations of Tradition; Raz (10)
• ASCL 62.06 Exploring Korea Through Film; Kim (3A)
• ASCL 62.13 / ARTH 62.81 Women, Gender & Art in East Asia; Kim (2A)
• ASCL 64.12 / HIST 79 Postwar Japan: From Occupied Nation to Economic Superpower; Ericson (10A)
• ASCL 70.01 / ARTH 38.01 Sacred Architecture of Asia; Hockley (10)
• ASCL 80.08 / HIST 77 Imperialism in Modern East Asia; Ericson (2A)

• CHIN 02, section 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Li & Yan (9S & 10)
• CHIN 22 Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level); S. Zhang (9S)
• CHIN 23 Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level); Yan (9S)
• CHIN 32 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); Lyu (10)
• CHIN 40.03 Modern Chinese Short Stories (Fourth-year Level); S. Zhang (10)

• JAPN 02, section 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida & Watanabe (9S)
• JAPN 23 Intermediate Japanese; Watanabe (11)
• JAPN 45.01 Classical Japanese Grammar and Translation Workshop; Schmidt-Hori (2)

• ASCL 10.01 Introduction to Chinese Culture; Gibbs & Xie (11)
• ASCL 10.03 Introduction to Japanese Culture; Schmidt-Hori & Washburn (11)
• ASCL 51.06 / REL 41.07 Buddhism, Sexuality, & Gender in Southeast Asia; Swenson (3A)
• ASCL 51.08 / REL 41.08 / PHIL 1.20 Buddhist Philosophy; Seton (2)
• ASCL 52.01 / MUS 17.02 Music and Dance of North India; Das & Levin (2A)
• ASCL 54.08 / HIST 76 From Colonial India to Post-Independence South Asia; Haynes (12)
• ASCL 60.20 section 2, Languages and Scripts of Gender, Class and Nation; Schmidt-Hori (2)
• ASCL 62.02 Traditional Performance in China: Past and Present; Gibbs (12)
• ASCL 62.03 / ARTH 34.02 Chinese Painting; Liu (10A)
• ASCL 62.12 / ARTH 62.30 Japanese Prints; Hockley (10)
• ASCL 64.05 / HIST 78.03 The Two Koreas, 1948-Present; Suh (12)
• ASCL 70.09 / MUS 04 Global Sounds; Levin (10A.
• ASCL 70.12 Voices and Images from Asian Borderlands; Xie (2)
• ASCL 70.20 / REL 41.04 Buddhist Meditation Theory; Seton (10)
• ASCL 80.09 / HIST 96.40 War and Peace in Korea, 1231-1876; Suh (10A)

• CHIN 03, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Li (10 & 2)
• CHIN 23 Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level); Lyu (9S)
• CHIN 33 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); Lyu (10)
• CHIN 40.04 Advanced Chinese for Commerce and Economics; Yan (10)

• JAPN 03, sections 1 &2, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida & Watanabe (9S)
• JAPN 31 Advanced Japanese; Ishida & Watanabe (11)

This course schedule is subject to change.

• ASCL 61.10 Japanese Martial Arts: History, Philosophy, Practice; Dorsey (2) 
• ASCL 62.12 / ARTH 62.30 Japanese Prints; Hockley (10)
• ASCL 70.18 / COLT 57.10 Social Rev East & West; Dorsey (10) 

• CHIN 41 Advanced Chinese (Fourth-year level); BNU professor (11)

• ASCL 10.02 / HIST 05.04 Introduction to Korean Culture; Suh (10)
• ASCL 64.08 / HIST 5.03 The History of China Since 1800; Lu (2)
• ASCL 67.01 / GOVT 40.03 Politics of Japan; Horiuchi (10)

• CHIN 01, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Yan (8S & 9S)
• CHIN 04, sections 1-3, Advanced First-Year Chinese; Li & S. Zhang (10, 11 & 12)
• CHIN 31, Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); BNU professor (10)
• CHIN 42, Advanced Chinese (Fourth-year level); BNU professor (12)

• JAPN 01, section 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida (9S & 10)
• JAPN 41 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level); Ishida (11)

Japanese LSA+ Study Abroad in Osaka, Japan:

• ASCL 69.24, section 90 Special Topics in Japanese Studies (LSA+ director's course); Washburn (LS) (pending new course approval)
• ASCL 89, section 90, Independent Study; TBD (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)
• JAPN 31, section 90, Advanced Modern Japanese (Third-year level); TBD (LS)
• JAPN 32, section 90, Advanced Modern Japanese (Third-year level); TBD (LS)
• APN 49, section 90, Independent Language Study; TBD (LS)

Chinese LSA+ Study Abroad in Taipei, Taiwan:

• ASCL 69.04, section 90 Chinese Religions in Taiwan (LSA+ director's course); Raz (LS) (pending new course approval)
• 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)
• CHIN 41, Advanced Chinese (Fourth-year level); TBD (LS)
• CHIN 42, Advanced Chinese (Fourth-year level); TBD (LS)

"Developing Vietnam" Fall+ Study Abroad:

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

• ASCL XX.XX Title TBD; Singh (TBD) (pending new course approval)
• ASCL 01.01 Urban Asia; Eom (10A)
• ASCL 51.05 / REL 2.01 Religions of Southeast Asia; Swenson (12)
• ASCL 55.01 / ANTH 32 Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas; Craig (TBD) 
• ASCL 60.18 Translating Asian Languages: Theory and Practice; Dorsey (10) (pending new course approval)
• ASCL 60.26 Thinking of Contemporary Issues in Japan through Graphic Novels (Manga); Schmidt-Hori (12)
• ASCL 61.10 Japanese Martial Arts: History, Philosophy, Practice; Dorsey (2) 
• ASCL 62.13 / ARTH 62.81 Women, Gender & Art in East Asia; Kim (2A)
• ASCL 64.03 / HIST 78.02 North Korea, Origins and Transition; Suh (12)
• ASCL 64.11 / HIST 05.05 The Emergence of Modern Japan; Ericson (2)
• ASCL 64.14 / HIST 78.04 Slaves & Rebels in Korea 1392-1910; Suh (10)
• ASCL 80.08 / HIST 77 Imperialism in Modern East Asia; Ericson (11)

• CHIN 02, section 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Li & Yan (9S & 10)
• CHIN 22, sections 1 & 2, Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level); Yan & S. Zhang (9S)
• CHIN 32 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); BNU professor (10)
• CHIN 40.03 Modern Chinese Short Stories (Fourth-year level); S. Zhang (10)

• JAPN 02, section 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida & Watanabe (9S)
• JAPN 32 Advanced Modern Japanese (Third-year level); Ishida (11)
• JAPN 42 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level); Watanabe (11)

• ASCL XX.XX Title TBD; Zheng (TBD) (pending new course approval)
• ASCL 10.01 Introduction to Chinese Culture; TBD (TBD) 
• ASCL 10.03 Introduction to Japanese Culture; Schmidt-Hori (12)
• ASCL 51.03 / REL 18 Indian Buddhism; Ohnuma (10)
• ASCL 51.06 / REL 41.07 Buddhism, Sexuality, & Gender in Southeast Asia; Swenson (3A)
• ASCL 54.08 / HIST 76 From Colonial India to Post-Independence South Asia; Haynes (10)
• ASCL 60.05 Love & Desire in Modern Chinese Literature; Gibbs (2A)
• ASCL 60.26 Thinking of Contemporary Issues in Japan through Graphic Novels (Manga); Schmidt-Hori (2)
• ASCL 62.06 Exploring Korea Through Film; Kim (3A)
• ASCL 63.01 / ANTH 45 Asian Medical Systems; Craig (TBD)
• ASCL 64.12 / HIST 79 Postwar Japan: From Occupied Nation to Economic Superpower; Ericson (12)
• ASCL 64.15 / HIST 90.16 Nationalism and Revolution in China, 1890-Present, Lu (TBD)
• ASCL 70.02 / ARTH 38.03 East Meets West; Kim (10A)
• ASCL 70.23 Travel, Migration, and Diaspora in the Transpacific Asias; Eom (10A)
• ASCL 70.24 Asian American Art & Architecture; Eom (2A) (pending new course approval)

• CHIN 03, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Li (10 & 2)
• CHIN 23 Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level); BNU professor (9S)
• CHIN 33 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); BNU professor (10)
• CHIN 40.04 Advanced Chinese for Commerce and Economics; Yan (10)

• JAPN 03, sections 1 &2, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida & Watanabe (9S)
• JAPN 33 Advanced Japanese (Third-year level); Ishida (11)
• JAPN 43 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level); Watanabe (11)

Last updated on 3/28/2023