Electives are grouped by the regions listed
below. Other courses may be added at a later date. Please watch for
newly approved electives on annual and quarterly course listings and on this web
page.
China Japan Korea South Asia Southeast Asia #Thematic/Cross-regional
MODERN CHINA
ANTH 447 Anthropology of Religion in China (5)
SIS 455
Industry & State (5) (when taught by China faculty)
*SISEA/GEOG 236 Development
and Challenge in Greater China (5)
SISEA/ANTH 370
Han Chinese Social Culture (5)
SISEA/ANTH 406 China's
Environment (5)
SISEA/SOC 434
Demographic Issues in Asia (5)
SISEA/ANTH 406 China's
Environment (5)
SISEA/ANTH 444
Politics of Representation in Modern China (5)
SISEA 445 Religion in China (5)
SISEA 446
Political Development in East Asia (5)
SISEA 449/POL S 442 Government and Politics of
China (5)
SISEA/HSTAS 454
History of Modern China (5)
SISEA/HSTAS 456
Topics in Chinese Social History (5)
SISEA 459/POL S 419 United States-China Relations
(5)
SISEA 462
China and Globalization (5)
SISEA/SOC 464
Contemporary Society in the PRC (5)
SISEA/ECON 468
China's Economic Reforms (5)
SISEA/POL S/LSJ 469 Law,
Development, Transition in East Asia (5)
SISEA/ANTH 470
Minority Peoples of China (5)
SISEA 490
Special Topics (depending on theme) (1-5, max. 15)
SISEA 499
Undergraduate Research (depending on topic) (1-5, max. 15)
CHIN 385 Popular Culture in Twentieth Century China (5)
COM 429 Chinese
Communication Systems (5)
GEOG 372
Asian Environment and Development (5)
GEOG 336
China (5)
GEOG 313
East Asia (5)
GEOG 435
Industrialization and Urbanization China (5)
GEOG 438
Cities of East Asia: Geography and Development (5)
HSTAS/WOMEN 459
Gender Histories of Modern China (5)
PREMODERN CHINA
SISEA/HSTAS 456
Topics in Chinese Social History (5) (depending on theme)
ECON 466
Economic History of China: 1840-1949 (5)
SISEA 490
Special Topics (depending on theme) (1-5, max. 15)
HSTAS 451
Chinese History: Earliest Times to 221 B.C. (5)
HSTAS 452
Chinese History: to 1368 A.D.(5)
HSTAS 453
Chinese History: A.D. 1368 to 1898 (5)
HSTAS/WOMEN 457 Women
in China to 1800 (5)
ARTS AND LITERATURE
*ART H 204
Survey of Asian Art (5)
ART H 311
Chinese Painting (5)
ART H 315
Buddhist Art of East Asia (5)
ART H 411
Traditional Chinese Architecture (3)
ART H 412
20th Century Chinese Art (3)
ART H 413
Selected Topics in Chinese Art (3, max. 9)
ART H 414
Early Chinese Painting: Neolithic Period to Five Dynasties (3)
ART H 415
Chinese Painting: The Song Period (3)
ART H 416
Chinese Painting: The Yuan Period (3)
ART H 417
Later Chinese Painting: Ming and Qing (3)
ART H 418
Political Aspects of Chinese Painting (3)
ART H 428
East Asian Calligraphy (3, max. 9)
ART H 430
Chinese Cinema
*ASIAN 201
Literature and Culture of China: Ancient and Classical
*ASIAN 204
Literature and Culture of China from Tradition to Modernity
*ASIAN 207
Special Topics in Literature and Culture of Asia (if China)(5)
*ASIAN 211
Languages and Cultures of China (5)
*ASIAN 263
Great Works of Asian Literature (if China)
CHIN 373
Chinese Poetry (5)
CHIN 374
Chinese Prose (5)
CHIN 380
Premodern Chinese Narrative in Translation (5)
CHIN 381
Literature in Modern China (5)
CHIN 385
Popular Culture in Twentieth-Century China (5)
CHIN 461
History of Chinese Literature (5)
CHIN 462
History of Chinese Literature (5)
CHIN 463
History of Chinese Literature (5)
CHIN 482
Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese (5)
CHIN 496
Special Studies in Chinese (depending on theme)
*A maximum of 10 credits of lower-division
coursework (200-level) may be allowed toward the Concentration Courses in the
Asian Studies-China Concentration.
LIST A (Social Sciences)
HSTAS 421 History of Early Japan (5)
SISEA/HSTAS 422 History of Tokugawa Japan (5)
SISEA/HSTAS 423
History of Modern Japan (5)
SISEA/POL S 435
Government and Politics of Japan (5)
SISEA/POL S 436/POL S 429 Political Parties in Japan and East Asia (5)
SISEA 437/POL S 424 International
Relations of Japan (5) [formerly SISEA 487]
SISEA 440/HSTAS 424 Emergence of Postwar
Japan (5)
SISEA/HSTAS 441
Economic and Social History of Japan to 1900 (5)
SISEA 442
Political Economy of Postwar Japan (5)
SISEA 447/ANTH 443 Anthropology
of Modern Japan (5)
SISEA 473
Institutions in Contemporary Japan (5) (infrequent)
SISEA 474
Civil Society in Japan and East Asia (5)
SISEA 475
Japanese Society (5)
SISEA 482
Japanese Business and Technology (5)
SISEA 486/POL S 418 Japanese
Trade Politics (5)
SISEA 487 (see SISEA
437 above)
SISEA/ECON 494
Economic Growth of Japan 1850- (5)
SISEA 490
Special Topics (depending on theme) (1-5, max. 15)
LIST B (Humanities/Other)
SISEA 478/479
Readings in Social Sciences in Japanese (5)
SISEA/LAW B 540 Law
in East Asia: Japan (3)
ART H 315 Buddhist Art of East Asia (5) (when taught by Bogel)
ART H 318
Japanese Prints (5)
ART H 321
Arts of Japan (5)
ART H 419
Japanese Architecture (3)
ART H 420
Art of the Japanese Print (3)
ART H 421
Early Japanese Painting (3)
ART H 422
The Kan-ga Tradition (3)
ART H 423
Later Japanese Painting (3)
ART H 424
The Nanga Tradition (3)
ART H 425
Modern Japanese Painting (3)
ART H 426
Japanese Sculpture (3)
ART H 427
Japanese Ceramics (3)
ART H 429
Japanese Cinema (3)
JAPAN 321
Japan in Literature (5)
JAPAN 322
Japan in Literature (5)
JAPAN 323
Japan in Literature (5)
JAPAN
360
Topics in Japanese Culture (5)
JAPAN 431
Readings in Modern Japanese Literature (5)
JAPAN 432
Readings in Modern Japanese Literature (5)
JAPAN 433
Readings in Modern Japanese Literature (5)
JAPAN 460
Topics in Japanese Popular Culture and Literature (5)
JAPAN 473
Readings in Classical Japanese Literature (5)
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
§ART H 204
Survey of Asian Art (5)
§ASIAN 202
Literature and Culture of Japan: Traditional Japan (5)
§ASIAN 205
Literature and Culture of Japan from Trad. to Modernity (5)
†§SISEA/HSTAS 241
Japanese Civilization (5)
†§SISEA 242
Introduction to Contemporary Japan (5)
†if not taken for the Japan Concentration's core requirement
§A maximum of 10 credits of lower-division
coursework (200-level) may be allowed toward the Concentration Courses in the
Asian Studies-Japan Concentration.
All 300- and 400-level courses approved for
Japan and China options (SEE ABOVE), plus
SIS/ANTH 449 Social
Transformation in Modern East Asia (5)
SISEA/POL S 439 Politics of Divided Korea
(5)
SISEA 490
Special Topics (1-5)
GEOG 313
East Asia (5)
GEOG 438
Cities of East Asia: Geography and Development (5)
COM 428
Asian Media Systems (5)
No more than 10 credits from:
KOREAN 411 Readings in Contemporary Korean (5)
KOREAN 412 Readings in Contemporary Korean (5)
KOREAN 413 Readings in Contemporary Korean (5)
KOREAN 415 Social Science Literature in Korean (3)
KOREAN 416 Readings in Korean Literature (3)
KOREAN 417 Readings in Korean Journals (3)
A maximum of 10 credits of lower-division
coursework (200-level) may be allowed toward the Concentration Courses in the
Asian Studies-Korea Concentration.
ANTH/SISSA 316 Modern South Asia (3)
ANTH 345 Women and International Economic Development (5)
ANTH 352 Buddhism and Society: Theravada Buddhist Tradition in South
and Southeast Asia (5)
ANTH 412 South Asian Social Structure (5)
ANTH 517 Seminar on South Asia (3)
◊ART H 204 Survey of Asian Art (5)
ART H 306 Indian Art of South Asia (5)
◊ASIAN 203 Literature and Culture of Ancient and Classical India (5)
◊ASIAN 206 Literature and Culture of S. Asia, Tradition to Modernity (5)
◊ASIAN 207 Special Topics in Literature and Culture of Asia (5)
◊ASIAN 263 Great Works of Asian Literature (5)
ASIAN 401 Introduction to Asian Linguistics (5)
ASIAN 404 Writing Systems (3)
ASIAN 405 Advanced Problems in Asian Linguistics (3)
ASIAN 411 Buddhist Literature (5)
ASIAN 498 Special Topics (1-5, max 15) [when topic is S. Asia]
ASIAN 585 Seminar in Buddhism (3, max. 27)
HINDI 401-03 Advanced Hindi (5,5,5)
HINDI 404 Derivational Morphology of Hindi/Urdu (3)
HINDI 421-23 Survey of Modern Hindi Literature (3,3,3)
HINDI 451 Advanced Hindi Readings (3, max. 9)
HINDI 501 Studies in Medieval Braj Literature (3, max. 9)
HINDI 502 Studies in Medieval Avadhi Literature (3, max. 9)
HINDI 503 Studies in Medieval Sant Literature (3, max. 9)
HINDI 504 Studies in Medieval Rajasthani Literature (3)
HINDI 510 Structure of Hindi (3)
INDN 400 Practicum in South Asian Languages (3, max. 18)
INDN 401-02 Pali (3,3)
INDN 403 Introduction to Written Urdu (3)
INDN 404 Readings in Urdu Literature (3, max. 18)
INDN 410 Prakrit (3, max. 6)
INDN 530 Readings in Pali Literature (3, max. 18)
INDN 590 Special Topics in Indology (1-5, max. 12)
SNKRT 411-13 Advanced Sanskrit (each 5, max. 15)
SNKRT 491-93 Vedic Studies (3,3,3)
SNKRT 494 Readings in Religious Classics of India (5)
SNKRT 495 Studies in Indian Thought (3, max. 9)
SNKRT 550 Seminar on Sanskrit Literature (3, max. 9)
SNKRT 555 Seminar on Sanskrit Grammar (3, max. 6)
SNKRT 560 Readings in Philosophical Sanskrit (3, max. 9)
SNKRT 570 Smnr in Indian Epigraphy and Paleography (3, max. 6)
SNKRT 581-82 Readings in Buddhist Texts (each 3, max. 9)
TIB 411-13 Readings in Tibetan (3,3,3)
TIB 415-17 Readings in Tibetan Literature (3,3,3)
TIB 511-13 Advanced Literary Tibetan (each 3, max. 9)
TIB 531-33 Buddhist Tibetan (each 3, max. 9)
TIB 541 Introduction to Tibetan Philology (3)
ECON 391 Economic Development (5)
ECON 491 Issues in Economic Development (5)
ECON 591 Theoretical Issues in Economic Development (5)
ENGL 528 Victorian Literature [when topic is South Asia]
GEOG/SISSA 343 Comparative
Geographies of Youth (5)
◊HSTAS 201 Ancient Indian Civilization (5) [if not already counted toward
civilization requirement]
◊HSTAS 202 Modern Indian Civilization (5) [if not already counted toward
civilization requirement]
HSTAS 401 History of Ancient India (5)
HSTAS 402 History of Medieval and Mughal India (5)
HSTAS 403 History of Modern India to 1900 (5)
HSTAS 404 History of Twentieth-Century India (5)
HSTAS 431 Tibetan History (5)
HSTAS 501 Indian History (3-6)
HSTAS 502 Seminar: History of India (3-6, max. 12)
HSTAS 503 Seminar: History of India (3-6, max. 12)
SIS 330 Political Economy of Development (5)
SIS 337 Collective Violence and the State (5)
SIS 345 Women and International Economic Development (5)
SIS 436 Ethnic Politics and Nationalism in Multi-Ethnic Societies (5)
◊SISSA 200 South Asia Today (5) [if not already
counted toward civilization requirement]
SISSA 340 Government and Politics of South Asia (5)
SISSA 343 Comparative
Geographies of Youth (5)
SISSA 386 Introduction to the Philosophical Systems of India (5)
SISSA 417 Political Economy of India (5)
SISSA 434 International Relations of South Asia (5)
SISSA 490 Special Topics (1-5, max 15)
SISSA 498 Undergraduate Colloquium on South Asia (5)
SISSA 510 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study of South Asia (5)
SISSA 511 Seminar on South Asia (5)
SISSA 590 Special Topics (5, max. 10)
◊RELIG 202 Introduction to World Religions: Eastern Traditions (5)
◊RELIG 211 Islam (5)
RELIG 350 Buddhism and Society: Theravada Buddhist Tradition in South and
Southeast Asia (5)
RELIG 352 Hinduism (5)
RELIG 354 Buddhism (5)
RELIG 452 Topics in the Buddhism of Tibet (3)
MUSIC 316 Music Cultures of the World (5)
MUSIC 428 Music of North India (3)
MUSIC 447 Music of Southern India (3)
POL S 337 Collective Violence and the State (5)
POL S 340 Government and Politics of South Asia (5)
POL S 417 Political Economy of India (5)
POL S 434 International Relations of South Asia (5)
POL S 436 Ethnic Politics and Nationalism in Multi-Ethnic Societies (5)
PHIL 386 Introduction to the Philosophical Systems of India (5)
PHIL 412 Indian Philosophy (5)
PHIL 413 Studies in Indian Philosophy (3, max. 9)
PHIL 418 Indian Buddhist Philosophy (3)
PHIL 586 Seminar in Indian Philosophy (5, max. 20)
WOMEN 345 Women and International Economic Development (5)
◊A maximum of 10 credits of lower-division
coursework (200-level) may be allowed toward the Concentration Courses in the
Asian Studies-South Asia Concentration.
§ When taught by Southeast Asian faculty
AES 322/WOMEN 322 Race & Gender (5) §
AAS 390 Asian American
Family & Personality (5) §
AAS 395 Southeast Asian Culture (5)
AAS 498 Special Topics (when topic is Economic Development of Southeast Asians)
(5)
ANTH 352/RELIG 350 Buddhism and Society (5)
ANTH 357 Text & Performance in Island Southeast Asia (5)
ANTH 421 Belief, Ritual, & the Structure of Religion (5)
ANTH 428 Anthropological
Perspectives on Ethnicity (5) §
ANTH 492/CHS 492 Anthropology of Refugees (3)
ASIAN 498 Special Topics
(1-5) §
ECON 491 Issues in Economic
Development (5) §
ECON 591 Theoretical Issues
in Economic Development (5) §
ENGL 473 Current Development
in English Studies (when topic is Language Policy and Indochinese Refugees) (5)
§
ENGL 478 Language & Social
Policy (5) §
GEOG 349 Geography of
International Trade (5) §
GEOG 434 Southeast Asia: Conflict and Development (5)
‡HIST/SISSE 205 Filipino Histories
(5)
HIST 335 The United States and Vietnam (5)
HIST 346 Images of War in History, Literature, & Media (5)
HSTAS 462 Southeast Asian History to 1800 (5)
HSTAS 463 Southeast Asian History from 1800 to present (5)
HSTAS 265 The Vietnam Wars (5)
MUSIC 316 Music Cultures of the World: Near East, Cent Asia, Far East, So. and
SE Asia, Indonesia, Philippines (5)
MUSAP 389 World Music (when topic is focused on SE Asian music genre) (2-3)
MUSIC 439 Music of Indonesia and the Philippines (5)
MUSIC 445 Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology (when topic is focused on SE Asian
music genre) (3)
POL S 433 International Relations in Southeast Asia (5)
‡RELIG 202 Introduction to World Religions: Eastern Traditions (5)
SIS/SOC 432 Population &
Modernization (3) §
SIS 444 Peasants in Politics
(5) §
SISSE/ANTH 314 Civilization of Island Southeast Asia (5)
SISSE/ANTH 313 Southeast Asian Civilization: Buddhist & Vietnamese (5)
SISSE 343/POL S 343 Politics and Change in Southeast Asia (5)
SISSE/ANTH 445 Literature
and Society in Southeast Asia (5)
SISSE/HSTAS 466 Islam, Mysticism, Politics, and Performance in Indonesian
Culture (5)
SISSE 469 Topics in Southeast Asian History
and Society (5)
SISSE 490 Special Topics in Southeast Asian Studies (5)
SISSE 499 Undergraduate Research (3-5, max. 15)
SOC 401 Special Topics Sociology (when taught by Hirschman) (5)
SOC 470 Contemporary Southeast Asia (5)
WOMEN 205 Introduction to
Global Perspectives on Women (5) §
WOMEN 322/AES 322 Race &
Gender (5) §
Any language courses, third-year and above.
‡A maximum of 5 credits at lower division may
be counted toward Section III electives in the Asian Studies-Southeast Asia
Concentration.
ANTH/SISEA 407 Global Futures in East Asia (5)
◊◊ART H 204
Survey of Asian Art (5)
ANTH/SISEA 407 Global
Futures in East Asia (5)
ART H 315 Buddhist Art and
Material Culture of East Asia (5)
ASIAN 401 Introduction to Asian Linguistics (5)
ASIAN 404 Writing Systems (3)
COM 428 Asian Media Systems (5) (formerly CMU 428)
GEOG 313 East Asia (5)
GEOG 438 Cities of East Asia: Geography and Development (5)
MUSIC 316 Music Cultures of the World: Asia & Middle East
(5)
◊◊RELIG 202 Introduction to World Religions: Eastern Traditions (5)
RELIG 350/ANTH 352 Buddhism and Society (5)
RELIG 354 Buddhism (5)
SIS/ANTH 449 Social Transformation in Modern East Asia (5)
◊◊SISA 209 Asian
Civilizations: Traditions (5)
◊◊SISA/HSTAS 244 Imperialism
and Anti-colonialism in Asia (5)
◊◊SISA/HSTAS 245 Human Rights in Asia (5)
◊◊SISA/SOC 265 Globalization
in Asia (5)
SISA/GEOG 372
Asian Environment and Development (5)
SISA 401 Asia and the World
(5)
SISEA 434/SOC 434 Demographic Asia (5)
SISEA 443/ANTH 446 Class and Culture in East Asia (5)
SISEA/POL S/LSJ 469 Law, Development and Transition in East Asia (5)
SISEA 480 New Orders in East Asia (5)
SISEA 481 Science, Tech., & Innovation Policies in E Asia (5)
Conditional approval
SIS 302 Intercultural Relations (5) (when taught by Guy)
SIS/HSTAS 348 Alternative Routes to Modernity (5) (when taught by Guy)
SIS 430 International Population (5) (when taught by Lavely)
SIS 455 ndustry and the State (5) (when taught by
Hamilton or Whiting)
◊◊A maximum of 10 credits of lower-division coursework (200-level) may be allowed toward the Concentration Courses in the Asian Studies-South Asia Concentration.