ANTHR 343 : Chinese Culture and Society.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F; W odd years. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Cultural and social institutions of traditional and modern China, including Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, or other areas of Chinese impact. |
CHIN 327 : Chinese Translation and Interpretation.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Chin 301. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Translation techniques, with practice in oral and written translation either from Chinese to English or from English to Chinese. |
CHIN 347 : Business Chinese.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chin 301 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to terminology and format of business communication in Chinese, emphasizing both reading and writing of various forms of business communication. |
GEOG 272 : East Asia.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Region of monsoon Asia and its basic human (demographics, nations and ethnic groups, settlement patterns, religious beliefs, transportation and communication systems, political structures), and physical geographic characteristics (land forms, physiography, climatic characteristics, and natural resources). |
GEOG 273 : Southeast Asia.
(3:3.0:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W on demand. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Fundamental issues of geography relating to Southeast Asia, including the extraction and marketing of natural resources, economic development, neighborly relations, and how diffusion has influenced the unique cultural, religious, and linguistic characteristics of the region. |
HIST 340 : Traditional China.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| DESCRIPTION: | From a loose federation of Neolithic societies, Chinese civilization emerges as East Asia's dominant political and cultural force; developments to ca. 1500. |
HIST 341 : Modern China Since 1500.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Economic and political foundations of modernity during high Imperial China; challenge of new order from the West; rise of Chinese nationalism, revolution, and development. |
HIST 345 : Japanese Cultural History.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W odd years. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Theories and methods of cultural historians: in-depth investigation of specific topics in Japanese culture; may include gender, nature/animals, material culture, etc. |
HIST 347 : Chinese Cultural History.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F odd years. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Methods and approaches of the cultural historian; in-depth investigation of a selected topic in Chinese cultural history. Topics may include women, Silk Roads, material culture, etc. |
JAPAN 350 : Japanese Literature in Translation--Eighth Through Sixteenth Centuries.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| DESCRIPTION: | Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from 700 through 1600 (Nara, Heian, and medieval periods). |
JAPAN 351 : Japanese Literature in Translation--Seventeenth Through Nineteenth Centuries.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from 1600 through 1900 (Edo and Meiji periods). |
JAPAN 352 : Japanese Literature in Translation: The Modern Era.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| DESCRIPTION: | Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from Meiji period to the present. |
JAPAN 441 : Introduction to Classical Japanese.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Japan 321 or 322. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Reading of premodern texts, emphasizing grammar and syntax, and showing differences from and influences on the modern idiom. |
JAPAN 443 : Advanced Documentary Style.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Japan 321, 322; or equivalents. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Reading and discussion of modern expository texts; developing advanced listening skills using authentic materials. |
JAPAN 444 : Reading Modern Japan.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Japan 321, 322; or equivalents. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Fictional texts from major twentieth-century authors. Texts primarily in Japanese. |
KOREA 441 : Classical Korean (Hanmun).
(3:4:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Korea 321 or Chin 441. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Reading of premodern, documentary Sino-Korean texts, including genealogy records and the Chosŏn Dynasty Annals. |
KOREA 443 : Korean Literature after 1900.
(3:4:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Korea 302. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Literary texts from major post-1900 authors, in Korean, emphasizing reading, translating, and criticism. |
PL SC 348 : Korea, Taiwan, and South East Asian Politics.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Pl Sc 200. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Comparative analysis of political developments in key nations of East and Southeast Asia, including regional relationships. |
PL SC 386 : Japanese Foreign Policy.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Process and outcomes of Japan's foreign policy; analysis of its relations with other nations in a historical and contemporary setting. |
Other electives: If approved beforehand, up to 9 hours of 330R or 399R credit may be counted for overseas work done under one of the following: Study Abroad, internships, collaborative research, or independent field studies.