Undergraduate Programs

Asian Studies – Major

General Concentration

For the general concentration students need not focus on a single Asian country or even a single region, but may choose their electives with other goals in mind–for example, to provide a broad overview of Asia, or to provide an in-depth investigation of a theme or topic (politics, social change, economic development) across a range of Asian societies.

Students may select any Asian language to fulfill the two-year requirement. Students who are native speakers of an Asian language may satisfy this requirement by demonstrating proof of competency through the 2nd year college-level. Students may declare this open major any time. See a student profile of one student’s in-depth study of contemporary Korean dramas.

Major in Asian Studies (General)

Course #	Title	Credits	Quarter
JSIS 203 or JSIS A 207	Rise of Asia or Asian Traditions	5	Autumn Winter
JSIS 201	The Making of the Twenty-first Century	5	Winter or Spring
Introductory courses on Asian Civilizations	Two Asian Civilization courses chosen from:HSTAS 201, 202, 211; JSIS A 202, 205, 206, 212, 221, 235, 241, 242, 254	10	Varies
Asia Electives 3-400 level *	Choose min. 10 cr. – max. 20 cr. from 1 region & additional min. 10 cr. from other regions	30	Varies
Research Paper	Asian Research Paper written with Jackson School Professor 15 pgs.
Minimum Grade	Minimum grade 2.0 in all courses applied to major.
Asian Language	Asian Language proficiency through 2nd year college level or 3rd quarter of 2nd year college level.(For first- and second-year language courses, grades must average 2.00)
*	A maximum of 5 of the 30 elective credits may be at the 200 level, and a maximum of 5 non-UW resident cr. may count for these electives.
Total Credits (not including language)		50

Asian Studies (General) Courses

Quarterly Course Lists

Asian Studies Major Courses Autumn 2019

Asian Electives List

China
Japan
Korea
South Asia
Southeast Asia

CHINA

Modern China

Course #	Title	Credits
ANTH 357	Peoples and Cultures of Central and Inner Asia	5
JSIS B 385	Industry & State	5
*JSIS A/GEOG 236	Development and Challenge in Greater China	5
*JSIS A/HSTAS 254	China in the Twentieth Century	5
JSIS A/HSTAS 327	China and the West in Historical Perspective, 1500-1976	5
JSIS A/ANTH/GWSS 328	Gender and Sexuality in China	5
JSIS A/ANTH 370	Han Chinese Society and Culture	5
JSIS A/ANTH 406	China’s Environment	5
JSIS A 431/SOC 434	Demographic Issues in Asia	5
JSIS A 403/ANTH 444	Politics of Representation in Modern China	5
JSIS A 404	Religion in China	5
JSIS A 408/POL S 442	Government and Politics of China	5
JSIS A/HSTAS 454	History of Modern China	5
JSIS A/HSTAS 456	Topics in Chinese Social History	5
JSIS A 459/POL S 419	United States-China Relations	5
JSIS A/HSTAS 460	Cities in China: Past and Present	5
JSIS A/SOC 464	Contemporary Society in the PRC	5
JSIS A 467	China’s Rise and Its Global Implications;	5
JSIS A/ANTH 470	Minority Peoples of China	5
JSIS D/HSTAS 354	Modern China: From Empire to Republics	5
JSIS 484	Special Topics East Asia (depending on theme)	1-5, max. 15
CHIN 385	Popular Culture in Twentieth Century China	5
GEOG 236	Development and Challenge in Greater China	5
GEOG 336	Development and Challenge in China	5
GEOG 337	Migration and development in China	5
GEOG 435	Industrialization and Urbanization in China	5
GEOG 438	Cities of East Asia: Geography and Development	5
HSTAS/GWSS 459	Gender Histories of Modern China, 18th to 20th cent.	5

Premodern China

Course #	Title	Credits
JSIS A/HSTAS 456	Topics in Chinese Social History (depending on theme)	5
JSIS 484	Special Topics East Asia (depending on theme)	1-5, max. 15
HSTAS 451	Chinese History: Earliest Times to 221 B.C.	5
HSTAS 452	Chinese History: from Earliest Times to 1276	5
HSTAS 453	Chinese History from 1276-1895	5
HSTAS/GWSS 457	Women in China to 1800	5

China Arts and Literature

Course #	Title	Credits
*ART H 212	Chinese Art and Visual Culture	5
ART H 310	Chinese Art & Archaeology Neolithic to Han Dynasty	5
ART H 311	Arts of Imperial China	5
ART H 412	Art History & the Study of Chinese Bronzes	5
ART H 413	Selected Topics in Chinese Art	5, max 15
*ASIAN 201	Literature and Culture of China: Ancient and Classical	5
*ASIAN 204	Literature and Culture of China from Tradition to Modernity	5
*ASIAN 207	Special Topics in Literature and Culture of Asia (if China)	5
*ASIAN 211	Languages and Cultures of China	5
*ASIAN 223	Buddhist Literature	5
*ASIAN 263	Great Works of Asian Literature (if China)	5
CHIN 373	Chinese Poetry	5
CHIN 374	Chinese Prose	5
CHIN 380	Pre-Modern Chinese Narrative	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)	5

*A maximum of 5 credits of lower-division coursework (200-level) may be counted in the 30 credits constituting the distribution and specialization requirements

JAPAN

List A (Social Sciences)

Course #	Title	Credits
ECON 494	Economy of Japan	5
HSTAS 421	History of Pre-Modern Japan	5
HSTAS 441	Economic and Social History of Japan to 1900	5
JSIS A 305	Changing Generations in Japan and East Asia	5
JSIS A/HSTAS 423	History of Modern Japan	5
JSIS A/HSTAS 424	Emergence of Postwar Japan	5
JSIS A 432/HSTAS 432	History of the Japanese Empire	5
JSIS A/POL S 435	Japanese Government and Politics	5
JSIS A/POL S 436/POL S 429	Political Parties in Japan and East Asia	5
JSIS A 437/POL S 424	International Relations of Japan	5
JSIS A 440	Japanese History in Ecological Perspective	5
JSIS A 449/ANTH 443	Anthropology of Modern Japan	5
JSIS A 471	New Orders in East Asia	5
JSIS A 472/I BUS 461	Science, Technology, and Innovation Policies in East Asia	5
JSIS A 473	Political Economy of Postwar Japan	5
JSIS A 474	Civil Society in Japan and East Asia	5
JSIS A 475	Japanese Society	5
JSIS A 477	Readings on Political Economy of Japan and Northeast Asia	5
JSIS A 478 / I BUS 462	Japanese Business and Technology	5
JSIS A 484	Korea in the Japanese Empire	5
JSIS A 487/POL S 418	Japanese Trade Politics	5
JSIS 484	Special Topics East Asia (when topic is Japan)	1-5, max. 15

List B (Humanities/Other)

Course #	Title	Credits
ART H 419	Japanese Architecture	3
ASIAN 202	Literature and Culture of Japan: Traditional Japan	5
ASIAN 205	Literature and Culture of Japan from Tradition to Modernity	5
ASIAN 223	Buddhist Literature	5
JAPAN 321	Classical Japanese Literature	5
JAPAN 322	Modern Japanese Literature	5
JAPAN 325	Introduction to Japanese Cinema and Media	5
JAPAN 343	Japanese Language in Society	5
JAPAN 360	Topics in Japanese Culture	5
JAPAN 361	Topics in Japanese Cinema and Media	5
JAPAN 380	Contemporary Japanese Art and Society	5, max 15
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	Advanced Studies in Japanese Literature	5
JAPAN 461	Advanced Studies in Japanese Cinema and Media	5
JAPAN 473	Readings in Classical Japanese Literature	5

One of the following:

Course #	Title	Credits
§ASIAN 202	Literature and Culture of Japan: Traditional Japan	5
§ASIAN 205	Literature and Culture of Japan from Trad. to Modernity	5
†§JSIS A/HSTAS 241	Japanese Civilization	5
†§JSIS A 242	Introduction to Contemporary Japan	5

†if not taken for the Japan Concentration’s core requirement

§ A maximum of 5 credits of lower-division coursework (200-level) may be counted in the “LIST B” section of the Asian Studies-Japan Concentration.

KOREA

Course #	Title	Credits
*HSTAS 212	History of Korean Civilization	5
*HSTAS 214	Modern Korean History through Film	5
*JSIS A/POL S 213	The Korean Peninsula and World Politics	5
JSIS A 405/ANTH 449	Social Transformation of Modern East Asia	5
JSIS A / ANTH 407	Global Futures in East Asia	5
JSIS A/POL S 439	Politics of Divided Korea	5
JSIS A/ANTH 448	Modern Korean Society	5
JSIS A 466/POL S 480	Comparative Politics & Korea Studies (if not taken as required Korea course)	5
JSIS A 469	North Korean Society	5
JSIS A 472 / I BUS 461	Science, Technology, and Innovation Policies in East Asia	5
JSIS A/HSTAS 484	Korea in the Japanese Empire	5
JSIS A 496	Development and Democracy in South Korea	5
JSIS D 443 / ANTH 446	Class and Culture in East Asia	5
JSIS 484	Special Topics East Asia (when topic is Korea)	1-5
HSTAS 481	History of Pre-Modern Korea (if not taken as required Korea course)	5
HSTAS 482	History of Modern Korea	5
HSTAS 484	Korea in the Japanese Empire	5

No more than 10 credits from:

Course #	Title	Credits
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	1-5
KOREAN 416	Readings in Korean Literature	5
KOREAN 417	Readings in Korean Journals	5
KOREAN 435	Seminar in Modern Korean Literture and Culture	5
KOREAN 417	Special Topics in Korean Language and Culture	5

* A maximum of 5 credits of lower-division coursework (200-level) may be allowed in the 30 credits of Korea/East Asia coursework in the Concentration.

SOUTH ASIA

South Asia Electives

Course #	Title	Credits
JSIS 485	Special Topics on South Asia	1-5, max. 15
JSIS A 202	Introduction to South Asian History, 1500 – present**	5
JSIS A 206	Contemporary India & Pakistan**	5
JSIS A 303	Divided Lands/Divided Lives: An Environmental History of South Asia	5
JSIS A/ ANTH 316	Modern South Asia	5
JSIS A/ ANTH 339	Social Movements in Contemporary India	5
JSIS A/ POL S 340	Government and Politics of South Asia	5
JSIS A/ ANTH 341	Political Violence and the Post-Colonial State in South Asia	5
JSIS A 409	History of Twentieth-Century India (HSTAS 404)	5
JSIS A/ANTH 412	South Asian Social Structure	5
JSIS A/ POL S 417	Political Economy of India	5
JSIS A/ POL S 434	International Relations in South Asia	5
JSIS A 438/ GEOG 436	Social and Political Geography of South Asia	5
JSIS A 461/ ASIAN 494	Ramayana in Comparative Perspective	5
JSIS B 320	Yoga: History, Health and Practice	5
JSIS B 331	Political Economy of Development*	5
JSIS B/ ANTH/ GWSS 345	Women and International Economic Development	5
JSIS B/ POL S 337	Collective Violence and the State*	5
JSIS B 406/ POL S 432	Political Islam	5
JSIS B 407	Islamist Movements	5
JSIS B/ POL S 436	Ethnic Politics and Nationalism in Multi-Ethnic Societies*	5
RELIG 202	Introduction to World Religions: Eastern Traditions**	5
RELIG 211	Introduction to Muslim Beliefs and Practices **	5
RELIG 352	Hinduism	5
RELIG 354	Buddhism	5
RELIG 356/ ANTH 352	Buddhism and Society: Theravada Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia	5
RELIG 456	Perceptions of the Feminine Divine in Hinduism	5
RELIG 459	Topics in the Buddhism of Tibet	3
ANTH 317	Anthropology of Tibetan Civilization	5
ANTH 352/ RELIG 356	Buddhism and Society: The Theravada Buddhist Tradition in South and SE Asia	5
ANTH/ JSIS A 412	South Asian Social Structure	5
ANTH 471	Colonialism and Culture*	5
ART H 214	Art of India: Mohenjodaro to the Mughals**	5
ART H 312	Art and Empire in India	5
ART H 314	Modern and Contemporary Art in India	5
ART H 400	Art History and Criticism*	5
ART H 414	Topics in South Asian Art	5, max. 15
ASIAN 203	Literature and Culture of Ancient and Classical India**	5
ASIAN 206	Literature and Culture of South Asia from Tradition to Modernity**	5
ASIAN 207	Special Topics in Literature and Culture of Asia**	5
ASIAN 223	Buddhist Literature*	5
ASIAN 225	Indian Philosophical Literature**	5
ASIAN 263	Great Works of Asian Literature**	5
ASIAN 301	Songs of the Saints of India	5
ASIAN 401	Introduction to Asian Linguistics*	5
ASIAN 404	Writing Systems*	5
ASIAN 405	Advanced Problems in Asian Linguistics*	5
ASIAN 498	Special Topics*	5
HSTAS 201	Ancient Indian Civilization**[if not already counted toward civilization req. above]	5
HSTAS 202	Modern Indian Civilization** [if not already counted toward civilization req. above]	5
HSTAS 303	Divided Lands/Divided Lives: An Environmental History of South Asia	5
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 408	Fabulous Gurus and Fake Fakirs: Religious Reform in Colonial India	5
HSTCMP 425	History of the British Empire and Commonwealth Since 1783	5
MUSIC 428	Music of North India	3
MUSIC 445	Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology*	3, max. 9
MUSIC 447	Music of Southern India	3

Any South Asian language courses, third-year and above (see list below)

Other courses may be added at a later date. Please watch for newly approved electives on annual and quarterly course listings.

* When taught by South Asia Program faculty.

** A maximum of 5 credits at the lower division level may be counted toward the 35 credits comprising the Asian Option and the Thematic/Cross-Regional requirement.

Advanced South Asian Language Electives (max. 15 credits allowed toward electives)

Course #	Title	Credits
BENG 301-303	Advanced Bengali	5, 5, 5
HINDI 301-303	Advanced Hindi	5, 5, 5
HINDI 404	Derivational Morphology of Hindi/Urdu	5
HINDI 421	Survey of Modern Hindi Literature: Short Story	5
HINDI 422	Survey of Modern Hindi Literature: Poetry	5
HINDI 423	Survey of Modern Hindi Literature: Novel	5
HINDI 424	Survey of Modern Hindi Literature: Drama	5, max. 15
HINDI 451	Advanced Hindi Readings	5, max. 15
INDN 400	Practicum in South Asian Languages	5 max 15 (if advanced level)
INDN 401-402	Pali	5, 5
INDN 410	Prakrit	5, max. 15
SNKRT 311-313	Advanced Sanskrit	5, 5, 5
SNKRT 491-492	Vedic Studies	5, 5
SNKRT 494	Readings in Religious Classics of India	5
SNKRT 495	Studies in Indian Thought	5, max. 15
URDU 301-303	Advanced Urdu	5, 5, 5
URDU 424	Survey of Modern Urdu Literature	5, max. 15

SOUTHEAST ASIA

Southeast Asia Elective Courses (for major concentration)

AAS/ ANTH 314	Ethnography, Transnationalism, and Community in Island Southeast Asia/Asia America	5
AAS 360	Critical Filipino American Histories	5
AAS 395	Critical Studies of Post-Vietnam War Southeast Asian Americans: Not Just Refugees	5
ANTH 352/ RELIG 356	Buddhism and Society	5
ANTH 408	Experiments in Southeast Asia	5
ANTH 442	Global Asia	5
JSIS A 447/ANTH 445	Literature and Society in Southeast Asia: Literature and Culture of Viet Nam, The Philippines, and Indonesia	5
ARCH 251	World Architecture: Non-Western Cultures	5
ARCHY 270	Field Archaeology – when topic is Southeast Asia	5
ARCHY 309	Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia	5
ARCHY 325	Archaeology of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific	5
C LIT 323	Literature of Emerging Nations – When topic is Southeast Asia	5
HSTAS 462	Southeast Asian History to 1800	5
HSTAS 463	Southeast Asian History from 1800 to present	5
HSTCMP 425	History of the British Empire and Commonwealth Since 1783	5
HSTCMP 468	Theater as the Site of History and Memory	5
HSTCMP 485	Comparative Colonialism	5
JSIS 300	Claims and Evidence in International Studies Research	5
JSIS 486	Special Topics in Southeast Asian Studies (with adviser approval)	5
JSIS A 205	Filipino Histories (HSTCMP 205)	5
JSIS A 221	History of Southeast Asia (HSTAS 221)	5
JSIS A 244	Imperialism and Anti-Colonialism in Asia (HSTAS 244)	5
JSIS A 245	Human Rights in Asia (HSTAS 265)	5
JSIS A 265	The Viet Nam Wars (HSTAS 265)	5
JSIS A 315	Southeast Asian Civilization: Buddhist and Vietnamese (ANTH 315)	5
JSIS A 343	Politics and Change in Southeast Asia	5
JSIS A 367	Southeast Asian Activism and Social Engagement (HSTCMP 367)	5
JSIS A 419	Southeast Asian Knowledge and the Politics of Information	5
JSIS A 447	Literature and Society in Southeast Asia	5
JSIS A 462	Islam, Mysticism, Politics and Performance in Indonesian Culture (HSTAS 466)	5
JSIS A 463	Topics in Southeast Asian History and Society	5
JSIS B 264	Violence, Myth, and Memory (HSTAS 264)	5
JSIS B 310	State-Society Relations in Third World Countries	5
JSIS B 324	Immigration	5
JSIS B 331	Political Economy of Development	5
JSIS B 433	Environmental Degradation in the Tropics	5
JSIS B 446	History, Memory and Justice (HSTCMP 446)	5
JSIS B 468	Theatre as a Site of History, Memory (HSTCMP 468)	5
RELIG 202	Introduction to World Religions: Eastern Traditions	5
RELIG 354	Buddhism	5
RELIG 356 /ANTH 352	Buddhism and Society: The Theravada Buddhist Tradition in South and Southeast Asia	5
MUSIC 250	World Music (*When taught by SEA faculty)	5
MUSAP 389	World Music (When focus is on Southeast Asia – see adviser)	5
MUSEN 411	Indonesian Gamelan Ensemble	5
MUSIC 439	Music of Indonesia	5
MUSIC 445	Special Topics in Ethnomusicology – when topic is Southeast Asia	5
PSYCH 494	Field Study In Animal Behavior (When topic includes Southeast Asia – see adviser)	5
SOC 470	Contemporary Southeast Asia	5