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Undergraduate Asian Studies

2022 Fall Term

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3 Units

INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN RELIGIONS

ASIANSTD 111

An introduction to the major religious traditions in the cultural areas of South, Southeast, and East Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto.


3 Units

HINDUISM IN CONTEXT

ASIANSTD 262

India is well-known as the land of Hinduism, but it is also the birthplace of Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, and it is the home to a substantial portion of the world's Muslims. In this class, we will learn about each of these major Indian religions, as well as the way in which they relate to each other historically.


3 Units

GENDER AND FAMILY IN JAPAN

ASIANSTD 347

This course will examine forms of masculinity, femininity, sexuality, and family in contemporary Japan, and their historical development. Students will learn how gender, sexuality, and family are historically and socially constructed, how they are recreated through social interaction, how power inequalities are embedded in gender and family relations, how these inequalities impact individuals (and vice versa).


3 Units

GEOGRAPHY OF EAST ASIA

ASIANSTD 364

A study of contemporary and historical interrelationships between the natural environment and economic, political and cultural activities in East Asia. Countries studied include: China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Japan, and North and South Korea.


3 Units

MODERN JAPAN

ASIANSTD 386

A discussion of Japan's emergence into the modern world centering on the Japanese transformation from a secluded feudal nation to a powerful industrialized state.


3 Units

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF JAPAN

ASIANSTD 480

This course will present a historic and thematic overview of political development in contemporary Japan. It consists of analysis of japanese postwar politics, government decision-making stuctures and processes, foreign affairs and political economy.


1-18 Units

EXCHANGE STUDY

ASIANSTD 497

Variable topics.

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