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Undergraduate Asian Studies

2018 Fall Term

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3 Units

INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN RELIGIONS (GH)

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

EAST ASIAN TRADITION (GH)

ASIANSTD 130

An introduction to the intellectual, social, and political traditions of China and Japan up to about 1800. The course will analyze the Confucian tradition, Chinese administrative systems, and the dynastic cycle. Japanese cultural and political development will also be discussed.


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

MODERN CHINA

ASIANSTD 385

An examination of violent socio-political upheavals in China beginning with the White Lotus Rebellion and culminating with the Communist Revolution.


3 Units

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF ASIA

ASIANSTD 460

A comparative study of the political structures, institutions, and processes of the nations of Asia.


1-18 Units

EXCHANGE STUDY

ASIANSTD 497

Variable topics.

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