Course Schedule

Please check this page often for updated information on the course offerings in the ASCL program. Schedule subject to change.

Explanation of ASCL's course numbering system

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.

ALL TERMS – ARRANGE

  • 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

COURSE LIST (SUMMER 2022 - SPRING 2023)

SUMMER 2022

  • 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)

Fall 2022

  • 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)

winter 2023

  • 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)

SPRING 2023

  • 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)

 

 

COURSE LIST (Draft 2023-24 Course Schedule)

This course schedule is subject to change.

SUMMER 2023

  • 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)

FALL 2023

  • 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)

WINTER 2024

  • 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)

SPRING 2024

  • 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