Foundation and Area Courses

Foundation Courses

East Asia:

• ASIA 201: The Silk Road
• ARHS 114: Asian Art
• HIST 160: Modern East Asia
• HIST 161: East Asia to 1800
• INST 131: China in Transition
• PHIL 212: Early Chinese Philosophy
• RLST 260: Buddhist Thought and Practice
• RLST 270: Chinese Religions
• RLST 275: Japanese Religions

South/Southeast:

• ARHS 114: Asian Art
• HIST 156: History of India
• HIST 166: History of the Islamicate World (covers South Asia every other year)
• HIST 260: Medieval Islamic Empires
• RLST 250: South Asian Religions
• RLST 260: Buddhist Thought and Practice

Western/Central Asia:

• ASIA 201: The Silk Road
• HIST 166: History of the Islamicate World
• HIST 171: Modern Islamic World
• HIST 260: Medieval Islamic Empires
• HIST 261: The Mongol Empire in World History
• RLST 240: Classical Islam

Area Courses

East Asia:

• ARHS 238: Chinese Art Since 1840
• ARHS 239: Contemporary Chinese Art
• CHNS 321: Advanced Chinese: Language and Culture I
• CHNS 322: Advanced Chinese: Language and Culture II
• CHNS 324: Modern China through Film and Fiction
• CHNS 325: Chinese Literary Tradition
• CHNS 326: Women of the Inner Chambers
• HIST 262: Japan to 1850
• HIST 263: Imperial China
• HIST 353: Tibet Between China and the West
• HIST 450: Topics in Chinese History
• HIST 452: Women, Gender, and State in China
• JAPN 321: Advanced Japanese: Language and Culture I
• JAPN 322: Advanced Japanese: Language and Culture II
• JAPN 323: Advanced Reading and Composition
• JAPN 325: Introductory Japanese Linguistics
• PSCI 346: Riots, Ballots, and Rice: Comparative Asian Politics
• RLST 360: Zen Buddhism
• RLST 471: Confucianism
• RLST 481: Daoism
• SOCY 221: Global Religions in Modern Society
• SOCY 249: Knowledge of the Other: Journey to the East

South/Southeast Asia:

• HIST 260: Medieval Islamic Empires
• HIST 345: History of the Indian Ocean
• HIST 356: Vietnam
• HIST 358: Imagined India: Film and Fiction
• MUSC 206: Seminar in Ethnomusicology
• MUSC 485: Asian Music Ensemble
• PSCI 346: Riots, Ballots, and Rice: Comparative Asian Politics

Western/Central Asia:

• HIST 258: Ottoman Empire
• HIST 261: The Mongol Empire in World History
• HIST 264: History of Modern Middle East
• HIST 365: Middle East through Film and Fiction
• HIST 370: Women and Gender in Modern Middle East
• RLST 440: Seminar on Sufism
• RLST 443: Voices in Contemporary Islam
• RLST 447: Islam in America