Courses on East Asian Studies, Sample Tracks

Core Course

• AALL 253 East Asian Cultural Studies , Ching
• HISTORY 299S Critical Introduction to Asian Studies , Mazumdar

Institutional Transformations

• LAW 509 Chinese Legal History , Ocko
• MANAGEMT 491 Business Strategy in Asia , Staff
• POLSCI 206S Political Participation: A Comparative Perspective , Shi
• POLSCI 272S IR Theory/Chinese Foreign Policy , Shi
• *-PUBPOL 389.06 Improving Governance: Corruption, Transparency, and Accountability , Staff
• *-PUBPOL 389.09 Privatization and Regulation , Fernholz
• SOCIOL 299S Global Coping/Rise of China , Gao
• SOCIOL 299S Social Change, Markets, and Economy in China , Zeng

Politics and Society

• CULANTH 264S Millennial Capitalisms , Allison, Litzinger
• HISTORY 291S Marketing and Consumption in Japan and the US , Partner
• HISTORY 399 China and the West , Mazumdar
• LAW 509 Chinese Legal History , Ocko
• POLSCI 398 Selected Topics: Government and Politics , Horowitz, Niou
• POLSCI 399 Taiwan : Domestic Politics and External Threat , Niou
• *-PUBPOL 389.06 Improving Governance: Corruption, Transparency, and Accountability , Staff
• RELIGION 287 Popular Religion , Nickerson
• SOCIOL 299 Chinese Economic Development in Comparative Perspectives , Gao
• SOCIOL 299S Social Change, Markets, and Economy in China , Zeng

Cultural and Literary Studies

• AALL 200S Seminar on Asian/African Cultural Studies , Ching
• AALL 205 Asian/African Languages/Literature , Staff
• AALL 250S Chinese Modernism Post Mao: Media and Pop Culture in China, Liu
• AALL 252 Culture and Politics in Chinese Cinema and TV , Liu
• AALL 252 Historiography of East Asian Cinema , Hong
• AALL 262 Modern Japanese Literature and Culture , Ching or Yoda
• AALL 271 Japanese Cinema , Yoda
• ARTHIST 274S Topics in Japanese Art - Imaging a Nation: Japanese Visual Culture , Weisenfeld
• HISTORY 262S Japan Since 1945 , Partner
• HISTORY 272C China Antiquity to 1400 , Mazumdar
• PHIL 291S.20 Comparative Ethics , Wong
• RELIGION 287 Popular Religion , Nickerson
• RELIGION 288 Buddhist Thought and Practice , Jaffe
• SOCIOL 222BS Globalization , Gereffi
• SOCIOL 291 Research Methods in Japanese Studies , Troost
• SOCIOL 299S Politics and Society in Contemporary China , Zhou

Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity

• AALL 262 Modern Japanese Literature and Culture , Ching or Yoda
• HISTORY 399 Globalization, Women and Development , Mazumdar
• LAW 597 Racial/Ethnic Minorities in American Politics , Staff
• *-PUBPOL 389.08 Culture, Policy, and Action , Saponara
• SOCIOL 227DS Special Topics: Stress and Coping , Lin
• WOMENST 210S Topics in Women's Studies , Yoda
• WXTIAN 220 Bible and Mission in Asian Context , Arichea

Development and Policy Studies

• ECON 209S Global Issues - Population and Development , Kelley
• HISTORY 399 Globalization, Women and Development , Mazumdar
• POLSCI 206S Political Participation: A Comparative Perspective , Shi
• POLSCI 257S Politics, Society and Development in China , Shi
• POLSCI 272S IR Theory/Chinese Foreign Policy , Shi
• *PUBPOL 320 Globalization and Governance , Mayer
• * PUBPOL 209S.01 Global Issues in Population and Development , Kelley
• *PUBPOL 264S Topics in Globalization, Health, and Development , Staff
• *PUBPOL 382 Economic Analysis of Development , Glenday, Shukla, Fernholz
• *PUBPOL 385E International Development, Conflict and Cooperation: Crucial Linkages , Mirovitskaya
• *-PUBPOL 389.09 NGOs: Their Role and Management in Lesser Developed Countries , Van Sant

An asterisk (*) represents courses that have a focus beyond East Asia, therefore all papers and assignments for those courses must be on topics related to East Asia.

A dash (-) represents courses that are worth only 1 credit.