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

2024-2025 Course Schedule

2023-2024 Course Schedule

Printable and archived versions of ASCL course offering listings:

  ●  ​​​2024 - 2025 Schedule​​

  ●  ​2023 - 2024 Schedule​​​​​​

  ●  2022-2023 Schedule

• 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); J. Wang (11)

• ASCL 10.02 / HIST 05.04 Introduction to Korean Culture; Suh (10)
• ASCL 51.03 / REL 18 Indian Buddhism; Ohnuma (2)
• ASCL 51.05 / REL 02.01 Religions of Southeast Asia; Long (10A)
• ASCL 60.26 Thinking of Contemporary Issues in Japan through Graphic Novels (Manga); Schmidt-Hori (12)
• ASCL 61.01 / REL 10 Religions of China; Feezell (12)
• ASCL 64.08 / HIST 05.03 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 22, Intermediate Modern Chinese; S. Zhang (9S)
• CHIN 31, Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); J. Wang (10)
• CHIN 42, Advanced Chinese (Fourth-year level); J. Wang (12)

• JAPN 01 First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida (9S & 10)
• JAPN 33 Advanced Japanese (Third-year level); Ishida (11)

Japanese LSA+ Study Abroad in Osaka, Japan:

• ASCL 69.24, section 90 Japan at the Margins (LSA+ director's course); Washburn (LS)
• ASCL 89, section 90, Independent Study; 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)
• JAPN 49, section 90, Independent Language Study; Washburn(LS)

Chinese LSA+ Study Abroad in Taipei, Taiwan:

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

• ASCL 01.01 Urban Asia; Eom (2A)
• ASCL 51.06 / REL 41.07 Buddhism, Sexuality, & Gender in Southeast Asia; Long (10A)
• ASCL 54.04 / HIST 92.04 Partition in South Asia; Kapur (10)
• ASCL 55.01 / ANTH 32 Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas; Craig (2A) 
• ASCL 61.10 Japanese Martial Arts: History, Philosophy, Practice; Dorsey (2) 
• ASCL 61.12 / REL 47 Buddhism in China; Feezell (12)
• ASCL 61.20 / JWST 11.03 History of Jews in China; Zhou (11)
• ASCL 62.09 /FILM 47.19 Japanese Anime and the Idea of the Posthuman - Krieger's Virtual Girlfriend; Washburn (2A)
• 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 70.01 / ARTH 38.01 Sacred Architecture of Asia; Agarwala (2)
• ASCL 70.25 / COLT 19.07 Translating East Asian Languages: Theory and Practice; Dorsey (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 (10 & 2)
• 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); J. Wang (10)
• CHIN 40.03 Modern Chinese Short Stories (Fourth-year level); S. Zhang (10)

• JAPN 02, section 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Watanabe (8S & 9S)

• ASCL 10.01 Introduction to Chinese Culture; A. Wang & Xie (10) 
• ASCL 10.03 Introduction to Japanese Culture; Schmidt-Hori (12)
• ASCL 53.02 / COLT 62.11 Imagining Freedom: Literature and Cinema of Decolonization in South Asia; Singh (2A)
• ASCL 54.08 / HIST 76 From Colonial India to Post-Independence South Asia; Haynes (10)
• ASCL 54.12 / HIST 90.15 State and Society in Early Modern India, 1500-1800; Kapur (11)
• 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 (10A)
• ASCL 62.06 Exploring Korea Through Film; Kim (3A)
• ASCL 63.01 / ANTH 45 Asian Medical Systems; Boke (2A)
• ASCL 64.12 / HIST 79 Postwar Japan: From Occupied Nation to Economic Superpower; Ericson (12)
• ASCL 64.15 / HIST 72.03 Nationalism and Revolution in China, 1890-Present; Lu (2)
• ASCL 70.02 / ARTH 38.03 East Meets West; Kim (2A)
• ASCL 70.07 / THEA 24 Asian Performance Traditions; Chin (2A)
• ASCL 70.23 / GEOG 30.03 Travel, Migration, and Diaspora in the Transpacific Asias; Eom (10A)
• ASCL 70.24 Asian American Art & Architecture; Eom (2A)
• ASCL 70.26 / REL 49.01 Apocalyptic Thought in East Asia; Raz, 10A
• ASCL 80.12 / REL 80.12 Religions of the Silk Road; Raz, 2A

• CHIN 03, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Li (11 & 12)
• CHIN 23 Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level); J. Wang (9S)
• CHIN 33 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); J. Wang (10)
• CHIN 40.04 Advanced Chinese for Commerce and Economics; S. Zhang (10)

• JAPN 03, sections 1 &2, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida & Watanabe (9S & 10)
• JAPN 31 Advanced Japanese (Third-year level); Watanabe (11)
• JAPN 41 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level); Ishida (11)
• JAPN 45.01 Classical Japanese Grammar and Translation Workshop; Schmidt- Hori (2)

The course schedule for each term is still subject to change until timetable is published for that term. Last update 2-7-24.

• 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 (pending new course approval), 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 09.11, section 90 (pending new course approval), Title TBD; 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 (TBD)
• ASCL 54.09 / HIST 26 The Vietnam War; Miller (2)
• ASCL 60.05 Love & Desire in Modern Chinese Literature; Gibbs (2A)
• ASCL 64.11 / HIST 05.05 The Emergence of Modern Japan; Ericson (12)
• ASCL 64.20 / HIST 72.04 China to 1800; Lu (10)
• ASCL 67.01 / GOV 40.03 Politics of Japan; Horiuchi (10)
• ASCL 72.25 / COLT 19.07 Translating East Asian Languages: Theory & Practice; Dorsey (11)
• ASCL 80.12 / REL 80.12 Religions on the Silk Road; Raz (2A)
• ASCL 80.xx / COLT XX (pending new course approval) Tale of Genji Seminar; Washburn (TBD)
• HIST 96.07 US Occupation of Japan; Ericson (3A)

• 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 exchange professor (10)
• CHIN 42, Advanced Chinese (Fourth-year level); BNU exchange professor (12)

• JAPN 01 First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida & Watanabe (9S & 10)
• JAPN 32 Advanced Japanese (Third-year level); Watanabe (11)
• JAPN 42 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level); Ishida (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.XX (pending new course approval) First-year Seminar: Cultural Politics of Singers; Gibbs (2)
• ASCL 51.08 / PHIL 1.20 / REL 41.08 Buddhist Philosophy; Seton (2)
• ASCL 51.11 / REL 2.02 (pending new course approval) Religions of Vietnam; Swenson (12)
• 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 70.20 / REL 41.04 Buddhist Meditation Theory; Seton (11)
• ASCL 70.26 / REL 49.01 Apocalyptic Thought in East Asia; Raz (2)
• ASCL 80.xx / ARTH XX (pending new course approval) Advanced Seminar: Women, Gender, and Art in East Asia; Kim (TBD)

• CHIN 02, section 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Chinese; Li & Yan (9S & 11)
• CHIN 22, section 1 & 2, Intermediate Modern Chinese (Second-year level); S. Zhang & BNU exchange professor (9S)
• CHIN 32 Advanced Modern Chinese (Third-year level); BNU exchange professor (10)
• CHIN 40.03 Modern Chinese Short Stories (Fourth-year level); Li (12)

• JAPN 02, section 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Watanabe (9S & 10)

• ASCL 01.01 Urban Asia; Eom( 2A)
• ASCL 10.01 Introduction to Chinese Culture; Gibbs (11)
• ASCL 10.03 Introduction to Japanese Culture; TBD (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 55.02 / SOCY 41 (pending x-list approval) Religion in a Global World; Upadhyay (3A)
• ASCL 55.03 / SOCY 52 (pending x-list approval) Insurgent Publics; Upadhyay (10A)
• ASCL 62.06 Exploring Korea Through Film; Kim (3A)
• ASCL 64.15 / HIST 72.03 Nationalism & Revolution in China, 1890- Present; Lu (TBD)
• ASCL 70.02 / ARTH 38.02 East Meets West; Kim (2A)
• ASCL 70.24 Asian American Art & Architecture; Eom (10A)
• ASCL 80.05 Regional Identity in Modern Chinese Literature; Gibbs (6B)

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

• JAPN 03, sections 1 & 2, First-Year Courses in Japanese; Ishida & Watanabe (9S & 10)
• JAPN 33 Advanced Japanese (Third-year level); Ishida (11)
• JAPN 43 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year level); Watanabe (11)
• JAPN 45.01 Classical Japanese Grammar and Translation Workshop; Schmidt- Hori (2)

Last updated on  3/2/2024