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Arabic
ARAB-102 First-Year Arabic II
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
ARAB-302 Third-Year Arabic II
May George
(Section 01)
ARAB-402 Topics in Arabic Language and Culture
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
Asian Languages & Civilization
ASLC-112 Russian Empire in Eurasia
Sergey Glebov
(Section 01)
ASLC-143 Arts of China
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 01)
ASLC-152 Introduction to Buddhist Traditions
Maria R. Heim
(Section 01)
ASLC-154 Art and Architecture of South Asia
Yael R. Rice
(Section 01)
ASLC-173 South Asia in the World until 1800 CE
Mekhola S. Gomes
(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-221 The Spirit of Words: Survey of Classical Japanese Literature
Timothy J. Van Compernolle
(Section 01)
ASLC-262 Lu Xun
Lei Ying
(Section 01J)
ASLC-327 Fascism, War, and Freedom: Spain and Japan On Screen
Sara J. Brenneis
(Section 01)
Timothy J. Van Compernolle
(Section 01)
ASLC-355 Early Islam: Construction of an Historical Tradition
Monica M. Ringer
(Section 01)
ASLC-357 The Persian Book of Kings
Yael R. Rice
(Section 01)
Monica M. Ringer
(Section 01)
ASLC-376 Sex, Gender, and the Body in South Asian History
Mekhola S. Gomes
(Section 01)
ASLC-431 Health Policy in China
Kerry E. Ratigan
(Section 01J)
Chinese
CHIN-102 First-Year Chinese II
Xiaoping S. Teng
(Section 01)
CHIN-202 Second-Year Chinese II
Xiaoping S. Teng
(Section 01)
CHIN-302 Third-Year Chinese II
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
Fumiko U. Brown
(Section 01)
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
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-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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