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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the essential elements of Chinese culture from its earliest time to the present. It discusses topics such as Chinese philosophy, religion, writing system, literature, art, science, medicine, family, marriage and home, architecture, and gardens. (Crosslisted: CHIN 200)
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3.00 Credits
This multi-disciplinary course introduces students to the geography, history, culture, society, economics, and politics of India, China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. The foundation for the Asian Studies program, the course is taken at the beginning of the course of study. This course is taught collectively by participating Asian Studies faculty members. (Portal to Asian studies major and minor)
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3.00 Credits
A comparative study of the principal past and present Eastern religions and of religious feelings and experience. (Cross-listed: PHIL 227) Prerequisite: PHIL 110
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of East Asian civilization from its formative age to the present. The course focuses on the cultural heritage of East Asia, including Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, and the diverse paths taken by three East Asian societies, China, Japan, and Korea, in their efforts to build modern nations. Special attention is given to interaction between the three societies that gave rise to a strong cultural bond in East Asia. (Portal to East Asia Track)
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3.00 Credits
A thematic introduction to the continuities and variations in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent that examines the concept of civilization, including ideas of the past, forms of authority and resistance, the interaction of religious traditions, the colonial encounter, and the rise of competing nationalisms. (Portal to South Asia Track)
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed as an introduction to everyday life and popular culture in South Asia, a region that includes the nation-states of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh Bhutan, and Maldives. The course examines key anthropological concepts and debates from South Asian material to inquire into the nature of modernity. Some of the themes that will be addressed include changing institutions of family and kinship, castes and communities, urban spaces and global cities, religions in practice, the media revolution and youth, and challenges to modernity emerging from the violence of development, gender/sexuality, caste, globalization, and communalism. (Cross-listed: ANTH 300)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines contemporary Japanese culture and society. Drawing upon a contemporary cultural studies approach, it covers a variety of topics, such as Japanese family and social organizations, religion, basic cultural values, attitudes, and perceptions. Like many countries, Japan has been changing drastically in the past few decades. The course, therefore, invites students to look at the Japan of today from the basis of a general, traditional understanding of the country. (Cross-listed: JPAN 301)
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3.00 Credits
This course fosters an understanding of major works of Japanese literature and cinema, both traditional and contemporary. Drawing upon novels, drama, poetry, and film- ranging from classics like Rash?mon to anim? ??t examinehow these genres reflect Japanese ethics, aesthetics, and expression during the shift from a feudal social and political system less than two centuries ago to the industrial and technological superpower of today. We will ask what has changed, what has continued, and we will even try to understand why Japan's popular culture has become integral to the world today. (Cross-listed: JPAN 302)
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the literature of South Asia, starting with selections from the Sanskrit epics and going on to romantic and devotional poetry and the rise of modern literary forms, with an emphasis on Hindi or another contemporary Indian language. The texts will be read in translation. (Cross-listed: HIND 301) Asian Studies 169
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3.00 Credits
The objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the prehistory and paleoanthropology of the Far East (East and Southeast Asia, all inclusive). The course begins with a survey of the history of the theoretical and substantive discoveries which have influenced and/or continue to influence our understanding of the human evolution and behavior of the region. (Crosslisted: ANTH 304)
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