Program Requirements
This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration East Asian Studies.
Complementary Courses (18 credits)
18 credits selected as specified below.
Introduction to East Asian Culture
3 credits from the following:
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EAST 211 Introduction: East Asian Culture: China (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Chinese culture. The course will also examine the changing representations of the Chinese cultural tradition in the West. Readings will include original sources in translation from the fields of literature, philosophy, religion, and cultural history.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Gvili, Gal (Fall)
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EAST 212 Introduction: East Asian Culture: Japan (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : An introduction to Japan which presents various aspects of Japanese literature, culture, history, religions, philosophy and society.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Bergstrom, Brian (Winter)
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EAST 213 Introduction: East Asian Culture: Korea (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Korean culture, including Korean literature, religions, philosophy, and socio-economic formations.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Chung, Kimberly (Fall)
East Asian Language
9 credits of language (see the list below). Students may meet this requirement by passing the first level of Korean, Chinese or Japanese with a grade of "C" or better. Students with prior knowledge of an Asian language may substitute a second level in place of a first level. Or, these students may take 6 credits of language at the 400-level or above from the list and an additional 3 credits of East Asian Studies (EAST) courses.
Note: Admission to language courses is subject to placement tests.
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EAST 220D1 First Level Korean (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Introduction to the basic structures of the standard Korean language. The aim of this course is to give students a basic knowledge of the Korean language. Special emphasis is put on handling everyday conversation, reading and writing short texts, and mastering basic grammar rules.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Kim, Myung Hee (Fall)
Students must register for both EAST 220D1 and EAST 220D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 220D1 and EAST 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 220D2 First Level Korean (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : See EAST 220D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Kim, Myung Hee (Winter)
Prerequisite: EAST 220D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 220D1 and EAST 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 230D1 First Level Chinese (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Introduction to the basic structures of Mandarin Chinese, Pin-yin romanization and 750 characters for reading and writing. Emphasis on developing aural and oral skills through communication games and interaction activities. Animated films are used as part of teaching materials.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Wang, Renzhong (Fall)
Students must register for both EAST 230D1 and EAST 230D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 230D1 and EAST 230D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 230D2 First Level Chinese (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : See EAST 230D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Wang, Renzhong (Winter)
Prerequisite: EAST 230D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 230D1 and EAST 230D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 240D1 First Level Japanese (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Introduction to the basic grammar and sentence patterns of the Japanese language in both oral and written forms. In reading and writing skills students will be introduced to katakana, hiragana and kanji.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Beck, Jodie; Ikeda, Tomoko (Fall)
Students must register for both EAST 240D1 and EAST 240D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 240D1 and EAST 240D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 240D2 First Level Japanese (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : See EAST 240D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Beck, Jodie; Ikeda, Tomoko (Winter)
Prerequisite: EAST 240D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 240D1 and EAST 240D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 241 Japanese Writing Beginners 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Grammar, vocabulary, kanji, and introduction ofsome new expressions.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Ikeda, Tomoko (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): EAST 240 or equivalent or permission of the instructor
Language of instruction: Japanese and English.
- EAST 242 Japanese Writing Beginners 2 (3 credits)
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EAST 320D1 Second Level Korean (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : The aim of this course is to give students a fluent speaking ability in daily conversation, advanced grammar knowledge, improved reading and writing skills. Special emphasis is put on the efficient use of grammar, enrichment of vocabulary, and mastering useful expressions encountered in everyday life.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Kim, Myung Hee (Fall)
Prerequisite: EAST 220 or equivalent
Students must register for both EAST 320D1 and EAST 320D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 320D1 and EAST 320D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 320D2 Second Level Korean (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : See EAST 320D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Kim, Myung Hee (Winter)
Prerequisite: EAST 320D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 320D1 and EAST 320D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 330D1 Second Level Chinese (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : The same communicative approach as in EAST 230 is used to develop aural and oral skills on daily topics. In addition to textbooks, Chinese films on videotapes will be incorporated as teaching materials.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Lin, Joy (Fall)
Prerequisite: EAST 230 or equivalent or permission of the instructor
Students must register for both EAST 330D1 and EAST 330D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 330D1 and EAST 330D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 330D2 Second Level Chinese (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : See EAST 330D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Chang, Jennie H (Winter)
Prerequisite: EAST 330D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 330D1 and EAST 330D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 340D1 Second Level Japanese (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Continuation of the study of oral and written Japanese.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Senoo, Yasuko (Fall)
Prerequisite: EAST 240 or equivalent or permission of instructor
Students must register for both EAST 340D1 and EAST 340D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 340D1 and EAST 340D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 340D2 Second Level Japanese (4.5 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : See EAST 340D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Senoo, Yasuko (Winter)
Prerequisite: EAST 340D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 340D1 and EAST 340D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 341 Japanese Writing Intermediate 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Intermediate grammar, vocabulary and kanji,focusing on writing skills and reading comprehension.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Ikeda, Tomoko (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): EAST 340 or equivalent or permission of the instructor
Language of instruction: Japanese.
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EAST 342 Japanese Writing Intermediate 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Intermediate grammar, vocabulary and kanji, focusing on writing skills and reading comprehension.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Ikeda, Tomoko (Winter)
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EAST 420 Third Level Korean 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : grammar, enhancing written and oral comprehension and improving writing and speaking skills.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EAST 420D1/D2.
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EAST 421 Third Level Korean 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Advanced grammar, enhancing written and oral comprehension and improving writing and speaking skills.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: EAST 420 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EAST 420D1/D2.
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EAST 430D1 Third Level Chinese (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : A communicative approach will be used to provide students with skills to communicate in various situations, express their ideas and feelings, and discuss various aspects of culture and life in China and in Canada. Teaching materials include Chinese movies on videotape and slides depicting Chinese life and culture.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Wang, Renzhong (Fall)
Prerequisite: EAST 330 or equivalent or permission of instructor
Students must register for both EAST 430D1 and EAST 430D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 430D1 and EAST 430D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 430D2 Third Level Chinese (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : See EAST 430D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Wang, Renzhong (Winter)
Prerequisite: EAST 430D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 430D1 and EAST 430D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 440D1 Third Level Japanese (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : More advanced study of the Japanese language. Emphasis will be placed on reading.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Beck, Jodie (Fall)
Prerequisite: EAST 340 or equivalent or permission of instructor
Students must register for both EAST 440D1 and EAST 440D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 440D1 and EAST 440D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 440D2 Third Level Japanese (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : See EAST 440D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Beck, Jodie (Winter)
Prerequisite: EAST 440D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 440D1 and EAST 440D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 530D1 Fourth Level Chinese (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Development of skills required to conduct academic discussions in oral as well as in written forms. Teaching materials include original texts from Chinese newspapers, Chinese literature and videos.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Lin, Joy (Fall)
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): EAST 430 or equivalent
Students must register for both EAST 530D1 and EAST 530D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 530D1 and EAST 530D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
EAST 530D1 and EAST 530D2 together are equivalent to EAST 530
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EAST 530D2 Fourth Level Chinese (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : See EAST 530D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Chang, Jennie H (Winter)
Prerequisite: EAST 530D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 530D1 and EAST 530D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
EAST 530D1 and EAST 530D2 together are equivalent to EAST 530
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EAST 533 Classical Chinese 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : An introduction to the grammar and syntax of classical Chinese. Readings are selected from well-known Confucian and Taoist classics, and philosophical and historical writings from premodern China.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Wang, Guojun (Fall)
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EAST 534 Classical Chinese 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Continuation of EAST 533 at a more advanced level.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EAST 535 Chinese for Business 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course aims to provide advanced students of Chinese with training in the terminology and syntax necessary for business communications. Topics will include many different aspects of business negotiations, such as price negotiation, methods of payment, etc.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: EAST 430D1 and EAST 430D2 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
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EAST 536 Chinese for Business 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course is a continuation of EAST 535. It is designed to further develop students' linguistic competence for business communication, and to provide students with some knowledge on China's trade policies as well as on different methods of trading with China.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: EAST 535 or equivalent or permission of instructor
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EAST 540D1 Fourth Level Japanese (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Advanced study of Japanese, with emphasis on reading Japanese newspapers. Classes will be conducted entirely in Japanese.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Senoo, Yasuko (Fall)
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): EAST 440 or equivalent or permission of instructor
Students must register for both EAST 540D1 and EAST 540D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 540D1 and EAST 540D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 540D2 Fourth Level Japanese (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : See EAST 540D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Senoo, Yasuko (Winter)
Prerequisite: EAST 540D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both EAST 540D1 and EAST 540D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EAST 544 Classical Japanese 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : The grammar and syntax of classical Japanese. Readings in well-known writings of pre-modern Japan.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): EAST 543 or permission of instructor
East Asian Studies (EAST)
6 credits at the 300 level or above in East Asian Studies (EAST) courses selected from:
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EAST 303 Current Topics: Chinese Studies 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of important issues in Chinese Studies. Content of the course will vary from year to year.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Gvili, Gal (Winter)
Fall
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 304 Current Topics: Chinese Studies 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of important issues in Chinese Studies. Content of the course will vary from year to year.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Lai, Rongdao (Fall)
Winter
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 305 Current Topics: Japanese Studies 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of important issues in Japanese studies. The content of the course will vary from year to year.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Bergstrom, Brian (Winter)
Fall
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 306 Current Topics: Japanese Studies 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of important issues in Japanese studies. The content of the course will vary from year to year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Winter
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 307 Topics: East Asian Language and Literature 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of selected topics and aspects of East Asian literature and/or language.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Fall
Prerequisite: EAST 211 or permission of instructor
The topic of the course may vary from year to year.
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EAST 308 Topics: East Asian Language and Literature 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of selected topics and aspects of East Asian literature and/or language.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisite: EAST 211 or permission of instructor
Restriction: Departmental approval required
The topic of the course may vary from year to year.
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EAST 313 Current Topics: Korean Studies 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of important issues in Korean Studies. Content of the course will vary from year to year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Fall
Restriction: Departmental approval required.
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EAST 314 Current Topics: Korean Studies 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of important issues in Korean Studies. Content of the course will vary from year to year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Winter
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 350 Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Literature (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Gender and sexuality in modern and/or premodern Chinese literature with emphasis on representation of gender relations, notions of masculinity and femininity, morality and sexuality. Readings from fiction, drama, poetry, and/or other genres are approached from a variety of critical perspectives.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Wang, Guojun (Winter)
Prerequisite: EAST 211 or permission of instructor.
Note: Readings in English translation.
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EAST 351 Women Writers of China (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : A study of fiction, drama, and poetry by women writers in imperial, modern, and/or contemporary China.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Core course for the Women's Studies program
Prerequisite: EAST 211 or permission of instructor.
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EAST 352 Critical Approaches to Chinese Literature (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course will examine traditional and/or modern genres of Chinese literature with a focus on different forms of Chinese and Western literary analysis.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: EAST 211.
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EAST 353 Approaches to Chinese Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Development of Chinese film in the 20th century, with an emphasis on both critical approaches to film as well as film history.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Suher, Dylan (Fall)
Prerequisite: EAST 211.
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EAST 356 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Examination of modern Chinese art and visual culture from the 1920's to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the formation of the artistic avant-garde in the 20th century and its relation to socialist and post-socialist mass culture.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students taking or who have taken ARTH 356.
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EAST 361 Animation and New Media (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Animation and new media in East Asia, with an emphasis on postwar developments.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EAST 214.
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EAST 362 Japanese Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course will study the development of film in Japan during the 20th century with a particular focus on the analysis of film form, genres and history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EAST 363 Early and Medieval Japan (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course examines cultural production in early and medieval Japan, focusing on calligraphy, painting, picture scrolls, gestures and their relation to textual production. Readings explore various classic texts, taboos against seeing and narrative modes of cognition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: EAST 212 or permission of instructor
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EAST 364 Mass Culture and Postwar Japan (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course addresses a number of analytic approaches to mass culture in order to examine the culture industry of post-war Japan. Emphasis on narrative strategies in popular or consumer fiction and on the problems of marginalized writers.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Tarcov, Marianne (Fall)
Prerequisite: Any introductory course in literature or cultural studies, or permission of instructor
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EAST 369 Gender and Sexuality in Asian Media (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : In this course, we examine contesting notions of gender, sexuality, femininity, and masculinity in Asian cinema and media. We study how individual works negotiate the social discourses on gender and sexual representation, identities, and performance, and how we may borrow conceptual frameworks from queer theories and histories at large to discuss them.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EAST 370 History of Sexuality in Japan (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Social and cultural history of sexuality in Japan. Possible topics include pre-modern sexuality and relations to court, religion and anthropology; pre-modern sex and gender relations; modern sexuality and gender identities; sexuality and the rise of science; relation to nationalism; feminism and queer movements.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EAST 372 Topics in Television: Asia (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course approaches television and televisuality historically, in regional, transnational, and global perspectives.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in EAST or permission of instructor.
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EAST 375 Korean Media and Popular Culture (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course approaches popular culture and mass media in postwar Korea from historical and theoretical perspectives, with a focus on the connections between activism, mass media, and commodity culture.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Chung, Kimberly (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): EAST 213 or permission of the instructor.
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EAST 377 Topics: Transnational Asian Culture (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Investigation of cinema's border-crossing modes of cultural production, reception, and circulation, to uncover the ways that the study of culture enriches current theories and approaches to the transnational.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Chung, Kimberly (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in EAST or permission of instructor.
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EAST 385 Global Korea (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course considers Korean culture and society in the modern period by examining changing attitudes about the relationship between the national and the global, across social institutions, political discourse, and popular media.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EAST 388 Asian Migrations and Diasporas (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of Asian migrations and diasporas. Topics include colonialism and diaspora, transnationalism, globalization, citizenship, migration and the state, gender and migration, human trafficking, and forced migration.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Hwang, Maria (Fall)
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EAST 389 Global Cinema and Media Asia (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Ascendancy of East Asian cinema and media as global culture; the aesthetic, technological, economic and political conditions of cinema as a transnational commodity; and the history of globalization and East Asia media platforms.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in EAST or permission of instructor.
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EAST 390 The Chinese Family in History (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Exploration of the Chinese family in history both as an institution - in its religious, legal, economic, political aspects - and as a lived reality.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EAST 453 Topics: Chinese Literature (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Advanced seminar in selected genres, themes and issues in Chinese literature.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: A 300-level course in any literature.
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EAST 454 Topics: Chinese Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Advanced seminar in selected themes and issues in Chinese film.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Dong, Xinyu (Winter)
Prerequisites: EAST 353, a 300-level film studies course, or permission of the instructor.
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EAST 461 Inventing Modern Japanese Novel (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : An examination of the modern Japanese novel as a form which both affirms and resists the form of the European novel. Readings explore the particular problems of the Japanese novel in the context of modernization, westernization, and colonialism.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: Any course in literature or cultural studies above the introductory level, or permission of instructor
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EAST 462 Japan in Asia (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course introduces theories of cultural interaction, interpellation, and intertexuality in order to reconsider Japanese modes of reception and selection of Chinese texts and technologies. Readings range from early Japanese to 20th century texts. Readings in translation.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: Any East Asian Studies course above the introductory level, or permission of the instructor
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EAST 464 Image, Text, Performance (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Drawing on theoretical approaches from a variety of cultural and media studies, including cinema, performance and performativity, and elsewhere, this course addresses cultural production in premodern and/or modern East Asia. Topics to be addressed range from calligraphy and writing, to theatre, and film.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: Any East Asian Studies course above the introductory level, or permission of the instructor
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EAST 467 Topics: Japanese Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Topics in the study of Japanese cinema.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Tarcov, Marianne (Fall)
Prerequisites: EAST 362 or permission of the instructor.
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EAST 468 Science and Technology: Asia (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : History of science and technology in Asia with an emphasis on social and cultural impact and the legacy non-Western traditions.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EAST 477 Media and Environment in Asia (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : The course explores the intersection between media and "environment" in Asia and beyond; topics range from media ecology, cybernetics, environmental art and activism, urban planning, and the history of communications networks in Asia in the modern period.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Furuhata, Yuriko (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Any East Asian Studies course at the 200 level or above.
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EAST 478 Topics: Korean Film and Media (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Advanced seminar in the study of Korean film and media. Taught in English.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): EAST 213 or permission of instructor.
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EAST 491 Tutorial: East Asian Languages and Literatures 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Advanced reading course in language or literature.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Fall
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 492 Tutorial: East Asian Languages and Literatures 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Advanced reading course in language or literature.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Winter
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 493 Special Topics: East Asian Studies 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Advanced reading course under supervision of instructor on certain aspects of East Asian Studies. Topics will vary from year to year.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Chung, Kimberly (Fall) Porter, David (Winter)
Fall
Prerequisite: Any EAST course at the 300-level or above or permission of instructor
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 494 Special Topics: East Asian Studies 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Advanced reading course under supervision of instructor on certain aspects of East Asian Studies. Topics will vary from year to year.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Porter, David (Fall) Hong, Jeehee (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: Any EAST course at the 300-level or above or permission of instructor
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EAST 501 Advanced Topics in Japanese Studies 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of selected topics and aspects of Japanese culture and society.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Tarcov, Marianne (Fall) Tarcov, Marianne (Winter)
Fall
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): permission of instructor
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 502 Advanced Topics in Japanese Studies 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of selected topics and aspects of Japanese culture and society.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): permission of instructor
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 503 Advanced Topics in Chinese Studies 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of selected topics and aspects of Chinese culture and society.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Hong, Jeehee (Winter)
Fall
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): permission of instructor
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 504 Advanced Topics in Chinese Studies 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of selected topics and aspects of Chinese culture and society.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Wang, Renzhong (Fall)
Winter
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): permission of instructor
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 505 Advanced Topics in Korean Studies (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of selected topics and aspects of Korean culture and society. Taught in English.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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EAST 515 Seminar: Beyond Orientalism (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Examines the cultural stakes and ethical implications of applying Western European models of understanding to East Asian societies. Provides background on interdisciplinary debates around "otherness", "cultural appropriation", and "postcolonialism", focusing on their history within East Asian Studies and their impact on that field's methodological assumptions, self-definition, and institutional practices.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Gvili, Gal; Banerjee, Sandeep (Fall)
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): any EAST course at the 300 level or above or permission of instructor
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EAST 525 Critical Area Studies in Asia (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : The course introduces students to foundational concepts, key debates, recent research areas, theoretical methods, and critical approached in area studies.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Hwang, Maria (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): At least one EAST 400- or 500-level seminar course, or permission of the instructor.
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EAST 527 Culture and Capital in Asia (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This seminar introduces the major anthropological, psychological, and political economic theories of the relation between culture and capital that have affected social and political formations in East Asia. Language of Instruction: English.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Any EAST 400-level course or above, or permission of the instructor.
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EAST 550 Classical Chinese Poetry Themes and Genres (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : A study of major themes and genres of classical Chinese poetry from its beginnings to the Yuan dynasty (14th century), with emphasis on critical analysis of text and context. Readings of poems in the original.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): EAST 533 or permission of the instructor
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EAST 551 Technologies of Self in Early China (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Readings on self-cultivation drawn from Confucian, Legalist, and Taoist philosophic texts of early China (5th-2nd centuries B.C.) in translation will be compared with historical and archaeological materials on the evolving construction of the "individual'' in Chinese social structure, military organization, political and ritual codes.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): One advanced course in EAST or permission of the instructor
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EAST 559 Advanced Topics: Chinese Literature (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of selected topics and aspects of Chinese literature. The content of the course may vary from year to year, ranging from contemporary to modern to pre-modern literature.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): one advanced course in EAST or permission of instructor
Restriction: Departmental approval required
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EAST 562 Japanese Literary Theory and Practice (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course examines Japanese theories of literary production and practice with an emphasis on 20th century thought.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): Any course in EAST above the 200 level and at least a year of an East Asian Language, or permission of instructor
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EAST 564 Structures of Modernity: Asia (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course explores relations between some of the principal sites which structure the experience of "modernity" in Asia (and elsewhere) - from bodies and cities, to the urban context in general. Along with general approaches (e.g. the idea of everyday life途 questions of time), specific topics may include speed, music, architecture, crime, etc.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): Any East Asian Studies course above the introductory level, or permission of the instructor
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EAST 569 Advanced Topics: Japanese Literature (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Consideration of selected topics and aspects of Japanese literature. The content of the course may vary from year to year from contemporary to modern to pre-modern literature.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: one advanced course in EAST or permission of instructor
Restriction: Departmental approval required
