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Courses in Asian Languages and Civilizations, Fall 2018
Arabic
ARAB-101 First-Year Arabic I
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
ARAB-201 Second-Year Arabic I
May George
(Section 01)
ARAB-401 Fourth-Year Arabic: Media Arabic
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
Asian Languages & Civilization
ASLC-120 Atomic Bomb Literature
Timothy J. Van Compernolle
(Section 01)
ASLC-148 The Modern Middle East: 1800–Present
Steven N. Simon (Section 01)
ASLC-171 History of Dynastic China
George Qiao
(Section 01)
ASLC-175 Japan from Shamans to Samurai
Trent E. Maxey
(Section 01)
ASLC-187 Introduction to Islamic Traditions
Tariq Jaffer
(Section 01)
ASLC-208 Power and Politics in Contemporary China
Kerry E. Ratigan
(Section 01)
ASLC-220 Reinventing Tokyo: The Art, Literature, and Politics of Japan's Modern Capital
Trent E. Maxey
(Section 01)
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 01)
ASLC-234 Japan on Screen
Timothy J. Van Compernolle
(Section 01)
ASLC-260 Buddhist Art of Asia
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 01)
ASLC-271 Caste and Politics of Inequality in India
Trent E. Maxey
(Section 01)
Dwaipayan Sen
(Section 01)
ASLC-287 Islamic Intellectual Tradition: The Classics
Tariq Jaffer
(Section 01)
ASLC-288 Bollywood: A Cinema of Interruptions
Ajay Sinha (Section 01)
ASLC-367 State, Society, and Economy in Late Imperial China, 1368-1911
George Qiao
(Section 01)
ASLC-377 The British Raj: Colonial Rule in South Asia
Trent E. Maxey
(Section 01)
Dwaipayan Sen
(Section 01)
Chinese
CHIN-101 First-Year Chinese I
Xiaoping Teng
(Sections 01 and 02)
CHIN-201 Second-Year Chinese I
Weijia Li
(Sections 01 and 02)
CHIN-301 Third-Year Chinese I
Tong Shen
(Sections 01 and 02)
CHIN-401 Fourth-Year Chinese I
Tong Shen
(Sections 01 and 02)
CHIN-490 Chinese Movie/Literature
Weijia Li
(Section 02)
CHIN-490 Chinese Film & Culture
Xiaoping Teng
(Section 03)
Japanese
JAPA-101 Introduction to the Japanese Language
Fumiko U. Brown
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-102 Review and Progress in Japanese
Fumiko U. Brown
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-103 Building Survival Skills in Japanese
Kozue Miyama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-201 Functional Japanese
Kozue Miyama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-202 Communicating in Sophisticated Japanese
Ikumi Kayama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-203 Experience with Authentic Japanese Materials
Ikumi Kayama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-209H Conquering Kanji I
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-210H Conquering Kanji II
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-301 Introduction to Different Genres of Japanese Writing and Film
Ikumi Kayama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-302 Moving From "Learning to Read" to "Reading to Learn" in Japanese
Fumiko U. Brown
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-390H Thematic Reading I
Kozue Miyama
(Section 02)
Wako Tawa
(Section 02)
JAPA-401 Introduction to Thematic Reading and Writing
Kozue Miyama
(Section 01)
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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