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Arabic
ARAB-101 First-Year Arabic I
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
ARAB-301 Third-Year Arabic I
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
ARAB-401 Fourth-Year Arabic: Media Arabic
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
Asian Languages & Civilization
ASLC-108 China: Continuity and Change
Kerry E. Ratigan
(Section 01)
ASLC-123 Arts of Japan
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 01)
ASLC-126 Middle Eastern History: 500–1700
Monica M. Ringer
(Section 01)
ASLC-142 Visual Culture of the Islamic World
Yael R. Rice
(Section 01)
ASLC-170 Imagining Modern China
Lei Ying
(Section 01)
ASLC-175 Japan from Shamans to Samurai
Trent E. Maxey
(Section 01)
ASLC-256 Buddhist Ethics
Maria R. Heim
(Section 01)
ASLC-260 Buddhist Art of Asia
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 01)
ASLC-266 The Middle East: Anthropological Perspectives
Christopher T. Dole
(Section 01)
ASLC-273 Ramayanas in History, Ramayanas as History
Mekhola S. Gomes
(Section 01)
ASLC-283 Orthodoxy, Heresy, and Apostasy in Islam
Tariq Jaffer
(Section 01)
ASLC-317 Researching China
Vanessa L. Fong
(Section 01)
ASLC-350 Cool Buddhist Texts
Maria R. Heim
(Section 01)
ASLC-359 Inside Iran
Monica M. Ringer
(Section 01)
ASLC-360 Buddhist Stories from Modern East Asia
Lei Ying
(Section 01)
ASLC-385 The Qur'ān and Its Controversies
Tariq Jaffer
(Section 01)
ASLC-437 A Media History of Anime
Timothy J. Van Compernolle
(Section 01)
ASLC-472 The Indian Ocean World
Mekhola S. Gomes
(Section 01)
Chinese
CHIN-101 First-Year Chinese I
Xiaoping Teng
(Section 01)
CHIN-201 Second-Year Chinese I
Xiaoping Teng
(Section 01)
CHIN-301 Third-Year Chinese I
Lingqian Kong (Section 01)
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
Ikumi Kayama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-201 Functional Japanese
Kozue Miyama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-202 Communicating in Sophisticated Japanese
Kozue Miyama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-203 Experience with Authentic Japanese Materials
Kozue Miyama
(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
Ikumi Kayama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-390H Thematic Reading 1
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
Kozue Miyama
(Section 01)
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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