Undergraduate Asian Studies
Undergraduate Asian Studies
2022 Fall Term
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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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
EXCHANGE STUDY
ASIANSTD 497
Variable topics.