Course Schedule

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

Explanation of ASCL's Course Numbering System

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.

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

ASCL Draft Schedule of Courses 2026-27

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

Last updated on 6/16/2026

Summer 2026

On campus courses:

ASCL 62.06: Exploring Korea Through Film, Kim (3A)
ASCL 64.08 / HIST 5.03: The History of China since 1800, Lu (10A)
ASCL 70.02 / ARTH 38.03: East Meets West, Kim (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)

Fall 2026

ASCL 01.02: Asian Femininities, Xie & Trumble (11)
ASCL 10.02 / HIST 05.04: Introduction to Korean Culture, Kim & Suh (2A)
ASCL 51.08 / REL 41.08 / PHIL 01.20 Buddhist Philosophy, Seton (2)
ASCL 54.13 / HIST 5.06 Empire and Decolonization in South Asia, Suri (10)
ASCL 55.03 / SOCY 52: Social Movements in South Asia, Upadhyay (2A)
ASCL 60.11: Introduction to Chinese Poetry, Wang (10)
ASCL 60.12/COLT XX: The Natural Environment, Fantastic Worlds, and the Human Realm in Chinese Literature, Wang (2)
ASCL 60.13: Literature, Sexual Violence and Trauma in Contemporary East Asia, Xie (2A)
ASCL 61.13 / REL 10.01 Chinese Thought, Slingerland (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 (11)
ASCL 64.14/HIST 78.04: Slaves and Rebels in Korea, 1392-1910, Suh (10A)
ASCL 70.20 / REL 41.04 Buddhist Meditation Theory, Seton (10)
ASCL 70.30 / SOCY 22: The Business of Development in Asia, Upadhyay (10A) [Business in Asia course]

"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, Chung (9L & 10).
KOR 21, sections 1 & 2: Second-year Course in Korean Language 1, Hwang (10 & 2).

Winter 2027

ASCL 01.01: Urban Asia, Eom (10A)
ASCL 51.06 / REL 41.07 : Buddhism, Sexuality & Gender in Southeast Asia, Swenson (12)
ASCL 51.09 / REL 42 / WGSS 43.04: Goddesses of India, Ohnuma (2)
ASCL 51.11 / REL 2.02: Religions of Vietnam, Swenson (10)
ASCL 61.10: Japanese Martial Arts, Dorsey (2)
ASCL 64.04 / HIST 78.01 / REL 32.01: Christianity in Korea, Suh (10A)
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 69.23 / HIST XX: Shogun and Samurai: Japan in the Age of the Warrior, Trumble (TBD) [pending approval of x-list with History]
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]
ASCL 80.XX / REL 80: Senior Seminar "Lotus Sutra", Raz (10A) [pending approval of x-list]
HIST 96.07 Seminar: Topics in Modern Japanese History, Ericson (6B) [May be counted as culminating experience in place of ASCL 80 by ASCL majors. Contact Prof. Steve Ericson for permission to enroll.]

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, Chung (9L & 10)
KOR 22, sections 1 & 2: Second-year Course in Korean Language 2, Hwang (10 & 2)

Spring 2027

ASCL 07.XX: First-Year Seminar, topic title TBD, Boke (TBD)
ASCL 10.01: Intro to Chinese Culture, Wang & Xie (11)
ASCL 10.03: Intro to Japanese Culture, Dorsey (11)
ASCL 51.05 / REL 02.01: Religions of Southeast Asia, Swenson (11)
ASCL 54.12 / HIST 90.15: South Asia in the Early Modern World, Suri (10)
ASCL 60.22: Gender, Sexuality and Power in Premodern Japan, Trumble (TBD)
ASCL 67.10: Cultures of Business, Labor, and Wealth in Contemporary China, Gibbs (10) [Business in Asia course]
ASCL 62.12 / ARTH 62.30: Japanese Prints, Hockley (10)
ASCL 70.24 / ARTH 39.01: Asian American Art and Architecture, Eom (2A)
ASCL 70.32 / HIST 77: Imperialism in East Asia, Trumble (TBD)
ASCL 70.33 / ARTH 62.21: K-Pop and Global Korea: Art, Aesthetics, and Hallyu, Kim (2)
ASCL 80.05: Regional Identity in Modern Chinese Literature, Gibbs (10A)
ASCL 80.XX: Ethnographies of Asia, Eom (10A) [pending new course approval]

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 (2)
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, Chung (9L & 10)
KOR 23: Second-year Course in Korean Language 3, Hwang (10 & 2)

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