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Semester:
0910F
0910S
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2122F
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Fall 2023
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ARAB-101 First-Year Arabic I
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
ARAB-201 Second-Year Arabic I
Ahmad Alswaid
(Section 01)
ARAB-301 Third-Year Arabic I
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
ARAB-401 Fourth-Year Arabic: Media Arabic
Ahmad Alswaid
(Section 01)
ARAB-490 Special Topics
TBA (Section 01)
ASLC-142 Visual Culture of the Islamic World
Yael R. Rice
(Section 01)
ASLC-144 Religion in Ancient India
Maria R. Heim
(Section 01)
ASLC-147 Arts of China
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 01)
ASLC-170 Imagining Modern China
Lei Ying
(Section 01)
ASLC-171 History of Dynastic China
George Qiao
(Section 01)
ASLC-173 South Asia in the World until 1800 CE
Mekhola S. Gomes
(Section 01)
ASLC-256 Buddhist Ethics
Maria R. Heim
(Section 01)
ASLC-261 Sacred Images and Sacred Spaces: The Visual Culture of Religion in Japan
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 01)
ASLC-266 The Middle East: Anthropological Perspectives
Christopher T. Dole
(Section 01)
ASLC-273 Indian Epics: The Ramayana
Mekhola S. Gomes
(Section 01)
ASLC-280 The Museum in the Digital Age
Yael R. Rice
(Section 01)
ASLC-285 The Qur'an and Its Controversies
Tariq Jaffer
(Section 01)
ASLC-317 Researching China
Vanessa L. Fong
(Section 01)
ASLC-360 Buddhist Stories from Modern East Asia
Lei Ying
(Section 01)
ASLC-471 Market, Capital, and Business Institutions in Traditional China
George Qiao
(Section 01)
ASLC-490 Special Topics
TBA (Section 01)
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 02)
ASLC-498 Senior Departmental Honors
TBA (Section 01)
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 02)
CHIN-101 First-Year Chinese I
Xiaoping Teng
(Sections 01 and 01F)
CHIN-201 Second-Year Chinese I
Xiaoping Teng
(Section 01)
CHIN-301 Third-Year Chinese I
Tong Shen
(Sections 01 and 01F)
CHIN-401 Fourth-Year Chinese I
Tong Shen
(Section 01)
CHIN-490 Special Topics
TBA (Section 01)
JAPA-101 Introduction to the Japanese Language
Ikumi Kayama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-102 Review and Progress in Japanese
Ikumi Kayama
(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-203 Experience with Authentic Japanese Materials
Kozue Miyama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-290 Special Topics
TBA (Section 01)
JAPA-301 Introduction to Different Genres of Japanese Writing and Film
Kentaro Fukube
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-302 Moving From "Learning to Read" to "Reading to Learn" in Japanese
Kentaro Fukube
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-401 Introduction to Thematic Reading and Writing
Kentaro Fukube
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-402 Thematic Reading and Writing
Kozue Miyama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-490 Special Topics
TBA (Section 01)
JAPA-490H Special Topics
TBA (Section 01)
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