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Arabic
ARAB-101 First-Year Arabic I
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
ARAB-201 Second-Year Arabic I
Olla Al-Shalchi (Section 01)
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
ARAB-401 Fourth-Year Arabic: Media Arabic
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
Asian Languages & Civilization
ASLC-142 Visual Culture of the Islamic World
Yael R. Rice
(Section 01)
ASLC-146 Modern China
Jerry P. Dennerline
(Section 01)
ASLC-152 Introduction to Buddhist Traditions
Maria R. Heim
(Section 01)
ASLC-208 Power and Politics in Contemporary China
Kerry E. Ratigan
(Section 01)
ASLC-247 Modern Japanese History from 1800 to the 2000s
Trent E. Maxey
(Section 01)
ASLC-267 Arts of the Islamic Book
Yael R. Rice
(Section 01)
ASLC-276 Perspectives on Chinese History
Jerry P. Dennerline
(Section 01)
ASLC-318 Chinese Childrearing
Vanessa L. Fong
(Section 01)
ASLC-320 Religion, Empires, and Secular States in the Nineteenth Century
Monica M. Ringer
(Section 01)
ASLC-341 Anthropology and the Middle East
Christopher T. Dole
(Section 01)
ASLC-350 Asian Capitalism: Historical and Contemporary Views
Eunmi Mun (Section 01)
ASLC-370 Japan's Empire in Asia, 1868-1945
Trent E. Maxey
(Section 01)
ASLC-403 Social Policy in China
Kerry E. Ratigan
(Section 01)
ASLC-452 South Asian Feminist Cinema
Krupa Shandilya
(Section 01)
ASLC-459 Inside Iran
Monica M. Ringer
(Section 01)
Chinese
CHIN-101 First-Year Chinese I
Xiaoping S. Teng
(Sections 01 and 02)
CHIN-201 Second-Year Chinese I
Tong Shen
(Sections 01 and 02)
CHIN-290 Intermediate Chinese
Tong Shen
(Section 01)
CHIN-301 Third-Year Chinese I
Weijia Li (Section 01)
CHIN-401 Fourth-Year Chinese I
Weijia Li (Section 01)
Japanese
JAPA-101 Introduction to the Japanese Language
Kozue Miyama
(Sections 01 and 02)
Wako Tawa
(Sections 01 and 02)
JAPA-102 Review and Progress in Japanese
Kozue Miyama
(Sections 01 and 02)
Wako Tawa
(Sections 01 and 02)
JAPA-103 Building Survival Skills in Japanese II
Kozue Miyama
(Sections 01 and 02)
Wako Tawa
(Sections 01 and 02)
JAPA-201 Functional Japanese
Ikumi Kayama
(Sections 01 and 02)
Wako Tawa
(Sections 01 and 02)
JAPA-202 Communicating in Sophisticated Japanese
Ikumi Kayama
(Sections 01 and 02)
Wako Tawa
(Sections 01 and 02)
JAPA-203 Experience with Authentic Japanese Materials
Ikumi Kayama
(Sections 01 and 02)
Wako Tawa
(Sections 01 and 02)
JAPA-209H Conquering Kanji I
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-210H Conquering Kanji II
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-290H Review and Progress
Kozue Miyama
(Section 02)
Wako Tawa
(Section 02)
JAPA-290H Intermediate Japanese
Ikumi Kayama
(Section 03)
Wako Tawa
(Section 03)
JAPA-301 Introduction to Different Genres of Japanese Writing and Film
Fumiko U. Brown
(Sections 01 and 02)
Wako Tawa
(Sections 01 and 02)
JAPA-302 Moving From "Learning to Read" to "Reading to Learn" in Japanese
Fumiko U. Brown
(Sections 01 and 02)
Wako Tawa
(Sections 01 and 02)
JAPA-401 Introduction to Thematic Reading and Writing
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-402 Thematic Reading and Writing
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-411 Introduction to Great Books and Films in the Original
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-412 Great Books and Films in the Original
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
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