CHIN 112F Beginning Chinese II
(5 semester hours)
Wu, Jie
Prerequisite: CHIN 111 OR PLACEMENT
Continues the fundamental communication skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as the sociolinguistic information necessary for effective communication with Chinese natives. Notes: 90 minutes per week of independent lab time required
CHIN 130A/C Introduction to Chinese Culture
(4 semester hours)
Choy, Howard
Pre-requisites: None
This undergraduate survey course is an introduction to Chinese culture from ancient to modern times, aiming at providing students with basic knowledge of this Asian civilization. We will learn aspects of Chinese history, literature, art, philosophy, religion, and government by reading primary sources in English translation. Notes: Taught in English.
CHIN 130 A/C Classical Chinese Poetry and Drama in Translation
(4 semester hours)
Wu, Jie
Pre-requisites: None
This course on traditional Chinese poetry and drama provides an introduction to its forms, major themes, and relevant conventions, with a focus on the sentiments and emotions of human beings. The sentiments of sorrow, joy, sympathy, frustration and pride are everlasting despite changes of time and space, and these sentiments are the original impetus behind poetry. How are these sentiments addressed in traditional Chinese poetry and drama? Through the study of selected texts in English translation, students will be introduced to some of the key poets and representative works in their historical and cultural context, as well as approaches to understanding and appreciating traditional Chinese poetry and drama. Notes: All readings are in English. No prior knowledge of Chinese is required, although the original Chinese texts will be occasionally provided.
CHIN 212 Intermediate Chinese II
(5 semester hours)
Choy, Howard
Prerequisite: CHIN 211
Emphasis on vocabulary acquisition and grammatical competency. Classes are conducted in spoken putonghua. Notes: 90 minutes per week of independent lab time required
CHIN 312 Directed Readings in Chinese Literature
(4 semester hours)
Choy, Howard
Prerequisite: CHIN 311 or permission of instructor.
Intensive study of pieces representative of Republican and Communist style literature. Focused primarily on modern fiction.
Japanese 112F: Beginning Japanese II
(5 semester hours)
Christiansen, Amy
Prerequisite: Japanese 111 or placement
The course continues to introduce the basic Japanese communication skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will increase understanding of the Japanese cultural perspective, and gain insight into the nature of language study. Ninety minutes per week of independent lab time required.
Japanese 150A/C: Survey of Japanese Literature
(4 semester hours)
Christiansen, Amy
Prerequisites: None
Introduction to rich literary history of Japan, from the year 600 and the present. Designed to be of interest to the entire campus community. Notes: Taught in English.
Japanese 212 Intermediate Japanese II.
(5 semester hours)
Imai, Terumi
Pre-requisites: Japanese 211 or placement.
Continued development of the fundamental communication skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, as well as the sociolinguistic information necessary for effective communication with Japanese natives. 90 minutes of lab time per week required. Every year.
Japanese 312 Advanced Japanese II
( 4 semester hours)
Imai, Terumi
Pre-requisites: Japanese 311 or placement.
A continuation of 311, the goal of the course is to develop culturally and socially appropriate proficiency in the four language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Every year.
Japanese 230S Language in Society
(4 semester hours)
Imai, Terumi
Pre-requisites: None
This course will look at language as it creates and responds to its cultural and social environments. Our main focus will be on the variation in one language, which results from different social statuses and purposes. We will seek to explain as well as describe such facts. Why do regional varieties of U.S. English continue to exist after years of mass media influence? Why does one variety of a languge gain and maintain great prestige (the so-called standard variety)? Why are we prejudiced against some varieties of language, and what reasons do we offer for those prejudices? Why do men and women speak differently? Is English a sexist language? If so, what linguistics facts support such an interpretation? These are some of the questions we will be asking in this course. We will focus on language variation in English but will also read some articles on Japanese language variation to see if these variation patterns hold among different languages.
EAS 290 C/L: The Silk Road
(4 semester hours)
Frost, Marcia
This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of the Silk Road, it's participants, their cultures and their interactions with each other from the perspective of China's role in silk road exchanges and the impact of Silk Road exchanges on the evolution of Chinese identity and culture. The geographical focus is on the traditional heartland of China and the territories to its west through which the trade routes passed and over which Chinese dynasties periodically exercised control. The time period spans from the Neolithic origins of Chinese culture in the 3rd millennium BCE to the early 20th century with the major focus during the height os Silk Road exchanges from the first Chinese dynasties of the 3rd century BCE through the end of the Mongol's Yuan dynasty in the mid-14th century CE. The major actors include not only the Chinese but Indians, Persians and Sogdians, as well as the nomadic peoples of the Turkic, Mongol and other tribes inhabiting the steppe lands of inner Asia.
EAS 400 Senior Seminar
(4 Semester Hours)
Oldstone-Moore, Jennifer
Pre-requisite: EAS Senior Majors
Capstone course in which the senior East Asian Studies major integrates the major strands of East Asian history and society around a specific theme and writes an extensive research paper. Every year. Writing intensive.
GEOG 250C 1W East Asia Geography
(4 semester hours)
Lenz, Ralph and Medvedkov, Olga
Pre-requisites: None
Welcome to East Asia, the most populated region of the World! East Asia as an entity is a distinct cultural realm, comprising China, Japan, North and South Korea, and Taiwan; we will also include Mongolia, but not Vietnam. With a geographic area extending from deserts of Central Asia to offshore Pacific islands, environmental diversity is within the region is pronounced, and the core country, China, offers a surprising amount of cultural diversity. Parts of this region are among the main players of the world globalization process. Advanced economies in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea contrast with the backward ones of North Korea and Mongolia; China is undergoing a tremendous economic transition resulting in huge disparities between the interior of the country and its coast. This regional course will examine interrelationships between environmental, cultural and economic patterns. Evaluation will be based on exams, quizzes, a paper, and an oral presentation.
History 101 H/C Modern Japan
(4 semester hours)
Maus, Tanya
Pre-requisites: None
We often think of modern Japanese history as the history of an exotic culture filled with samurai and geisha. However, who are the individuals that have formed these groups and what do they mean to Japan's modern history? What other kinds of people have lived in Japan and shaped the evolution of their nation's modern life? In this course, through historical essays, literature, and images we will look at modern Japan as a complex and diverse society filled with individuals who have fought for women's rights, for environmental reform, and who have resisted the attempts of their government to define their identity as Japanese. Students' work will be evaluated through in-class participation, in-class quizzes, presentations and a variety of written assignments. This course is Writing Intensive.
History 162 H/C Modern East Asia
(4 semester hours)
Maus, Tanya
Pre-requisites: None
Over the course of modern east Asian history (1600 to the present), farmers, women, scholars, and bureaucrats have struggled to improve their lives and shape the direction of their governments and societies. Through historical essays, literature, and images, this course focuses on the history of multiple voices and movements in east Asia that contributed to the emergence of the modern nation-states of China, Korea, and Japan. This course is not intended to be a comprehensive history of each geographical region, but rather it is intended to expose you to a variety of thought and historical events that speak to the complexity and diversity of human life in the modern societies of East Asia. Students' work will be evaluated through in-class participation, in-class quizzes, presentations and a variety of written assignments. This course is Writing Intensive.
History 202 H/C Hiroshima's Shadow
(4 semester hours)
Maus, Tanya
Pre-requisites: None
The course explores how historians write and interpret history by examining the historical debates and historical memory of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan from 1945 to the present. We will consider how the understanding of the atomic bombings and the reasons for the bombings have changed over time in Japanese public discourse by focusing on primary and secondary sources written by Japanese scientists, artists, and literary figures from 1945 to the present. The understanding of Japanese atomic bomb discourse will be deepened by also pursuing the changing historical memory of the atomic bombings in the United States, since the national narratives of the atomic bombing in the US and Japan are deeply intertwined. This course will engage students in the study of the diverse perspectives within Japan regarding the atomic bombing. In particular, the course will look at differing atomic bomb narratives (for example, those of Korean victims of the bombing and current cancer victims that continue trace their illness to the atomic bombings) in Japan that have been often excluded from public memory and that struggle to survive in the face of erasure from the political center. Students' work will be evaluated through in-class participation, in-class quizzes, presentations and a variety of written assignments. This course is Writing Intensive.
RELI 134C/R Japanese and Chinese Religious Traditions
(4 semester hours)
Oldstone-Moore, Jennifer
Pre-requisite: None
This course examines several religious traditions which have shaped East Asian civilizations. We will study the formal traditions of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Shinto; we will also consider the popular religious traditions of China and Japan. Classes include both lecture and discussion; students will be evaluated through essay exams, short papers and analysis of scripture and other texts.
POLI 355C 1W - East Asian Foreign Relations
(4 semester hours)
Yu, Bin
PREREQUISITE: Either POLI 102S, POLI 205C, POLI 210SC, or POLI 251S, Junior Class Standing, or permission of instructor
The course introduces students to the interactive dynamics in East Asia (between Japan, China, Russia, Korea and the U.S. as a Pacific power), a region which is vital for the stability of the region and the world. The objective is to make students understand and be able to analyze diplomatic process, patterns of external behavior and transnational forces at work in the region. These learning goals will be achieved in conjunction with an actual process of learning how to do original empirical research. The course is a seminar and writing intensive. It requires a 15-page research paper and several oral presentations. 10/08
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