East Asian Studies (EAS)

Core Faculty:
Professors Le Blanc, Lubin, Smitka
Associate Professors Bello, Fu, Ikeda, Ujie
Assistant Professor Zhu

East Asian Studies Courses

East Asian Studies courses are as follows:

• ARTH 140: Asian Art
   
• ARTH 240: Arts of China
   
• ARTH 241: Arts of Japan
   
• ARTH 242 - Arts of India
   
• ARTH 348 - Chinese Export Porcelain and the China Trade, 1500 to 1900 
• ARTH 390 - Seminar in East Asian Art
   
• CHIN 100: Supervised Study Abroad: Beginning Chinese
   
• CHIN 101: Exploring Chinese Language and Culture
   
• CHIN 111: First-Year Chinese I
   
• CHIN 112: First-Year Chinese II
   
• CHIN 115: Supervised Study Abroad: First-Year Chinese
   
• CHIN 261: Second-Year Chinese I
   
• CHIN 262: Second-Year Chinese II
   
• CHIN 265: Supervised Study Abroad: Second-Year Chinese
   
• CHIN 301: Third-Year Chinese I
   
• CHIN 302: Third-Year Chinese II
   
• CHIN 311: Advanced Chinese I
   
• CHIN 312: Advanced Chinese II: Contemporary Fiction
   
• EAS 391 - Senior Capstone in East Asian Studies
   
• EAS 393 - Senior Capstone in East Asian Studies
   
• EAS 401 - Directed Individual Study
   
• EAS 402 - Directed Individual Study
   
• EAS 403 - Directed Individual Study
   
• ECON 272: Japan’s Modern Economy
   
• ECON 274: China’s Modern Economy
   
• ECON 399: Capstone Seminar in Economics
   
• HIST 103: China: Origins to 20th-Century Reforms
   
• HIST 104: Japan: Origins to Atomic Aftermath
   
• HIST 284 - Visions of Japan’s Empire in East Asia: 19th-Century Origins through World War II   
• HIST 289: Topics in Asian or African History (on an Asia-related topic)
   
• HIST 385: Seminar: The Yin and Yang of Gender in Late Imperial China (10th-19th Centuries)
   
• HIST 386: Seminar: Managing Mongols, Manchus, and Muslims: The Control of Ethnic Diversity in China (16th-20th Centuries)
   
• HIST 387 - Seminar: The Struggle Over China’s Environment 
• JAPN 100: Supervised Study Abroad: Beginning Japanese
   
• JAPN 101: Exploring Japanese Language and Society
   
• JAPN 111: First-Year Japanese I
   
• JAPN 112: First-Year Japanese II
   
• JAPN 115: Supervised Study Abroad: First-Year Japanese
   
• JAPN 261: Second-Year Japanese I
   
• JAPN 262: Second-Year Japanese II
   
• JAPN 265: Supervised Study Abroad: Second-Year Japanese
   
• JAPN 301: Third-Year Japanese I
   
• JAPN 302: Third-Year Japanese II
   
• JAPN 311: Advanced Japanese I
   
• JAPN 312: Advanced Japanese II
   
• JAPN 365 - Supervised Study Abroad: Third Year Japanese 
• JAPN 401
   ,
  402
   ,
  403: Directed Individual Study
   
• LIT 218: Pre-Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
   
• LIT 220: Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
   
• LIT 221: Japanese Literature in Translation
   
• LIT 223: Seminar in Japanese Literature in Translation
   
• LIT 225: Poetry and Drama of Japan in Translation
   
• LIT 235: Tragedies East and West
   
• PHIL 168: Chinese Philosophy
   
• POL 227: East Asian Politics
   
• POL 327: Japanese Political System
   
• POL 392: Issues in Asian Politics
   
• REL 103: Introduction to Asian Religions
   
• REL 131: Buddhism
   
• REL 132: God and Goddess in Hinduism
   
• REL 231: Yogis, Ascetics, and Monks in Indian Religions
   
• REL 235: Gods in Transit: The Spread of Religions in Asia
   
• REL 299: Directed Study in Sanskrit
   
• REL 335: Hindu Law in Theory and Practice
   
• REL 340: Seminar in Asian Religion
   

Degrees/Majors/Minors

Interdisciplinary Minor

• •  East Asian Studies minor

Courses

• •  EAS 391 - Senior Capstone in East Asian Studies
• •  EAS 393 - Senior Capstone in East Asian Studies
• •  EAS 401 - Directed Individual Study
• •  EAS 402 - Directed Individual Study
• •  EAS 403 - Directed Individual Study
• •  EAS 406 - Directed Individual Study