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Classes
ASIAN 1101
Course Description
This course offers students guided study to a selection of Chinese cultural materials, including historical records, literary works, expository essays, and film, which provide insights into Chinese conceptions ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Warner, D
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
ASIAN 1105
Course Description
How is the self perceived in relation to the world in Chinese literary tradition? This course examines a wide variety of autobiographical writings in China by inquiring into the tension between past and ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G24
Instructors
Son, S
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
ASIAN 1106
Course Description
The great Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata, is one of the principal monuments of world literature. This vast, enthralling, and powerful tale of intra-familial war and world historical decline (of which the ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Olin Hall 145
Instructors
McCrea, L
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
ASIAN 1109
Course Description
Are you afraid of the supernatural? Do you believe they exist? Have you ever wondered why people enjoy speculating about their existence? Of even, why do those who read such tales enjoy being petrified ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 369
Instructors
Lee, I
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
ASIAN 1123
Course Description
We will read stories about holy persons in different South Asian religious traditions and the often miraculous worlds they inhabit. Students will write interpretive essays about the significances of these ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 331
Instructors
Gold, D
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
ASIAN 1191
Course Description
This introductory course follows the history of Asia-Pacific from the nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the relations of China, India, Japan, South, and Southeast Asia. This course is intended ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 1910, HIST 1910
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Baker Laboratory 119
Instructors
Seow, V
Tagliacozzo, E
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Staff
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall B14
Instructors
Staff
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Staff
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Staff
ASIAN 2206
Course Description
Travel can change our understanding of ourselves and the world. Throughout the course, we explore the connections between a writer's subjectivity and their experience of the world through their writing. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2070
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 260
Instructors
Loos, T
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 2208
Course Description
This course introduces critical issues in the study of Southeast Asia (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) related to geography, history, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 128
Instructors
Taylor, K
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 183
Instructors
Taylor, K
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 331
Instructors
Taylor, K
ASIAN 2211
Course Description
This survey course provides an introduction to Japanese civilization, organized around significant moments in Japan's cultural history. Beginning with Japan's writing system and its earliest texts, the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
Law, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Law, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Statler Hall 441
Instructors
Law, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Law, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Statler Hall 441
Instructors
Law, J
ASIAN 2245
Course Description
An introduction to Indonesia through its arts. The course combines hands-on instruction in the performance of gamelan music and the academic study of a broader range of Indonesian music in its sociocultural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 1341, VISST 2744
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MF Lincoln Hall B24
Instructors
Miller, C
- W Lincoln Hall 140
Instructors
ASIAN 2247
Course Description
Sixty percent of the world's Muslim population lives in Asia, and a quarter of Asia's population adheres to Islam. Whether as majorities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Indonesia, or as minorities in India, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2649, RELST 2247
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 106
Instructors
Formichi, C
ASIAN 2264
Course Description
This course will engage with some of the issues, challenges and debates that unite and divide contemporary China by critically reading and viewing works of popular culture. We will examine the commodification ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CAPS 2264
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 204
Instructors
Admussen, N
ASIAN 2271
Course Description
This is a survey course designed for, though not limited to, non-majors with or without any knowledge of Chinese language, history, or culture. Students read a broad selection in English translation of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CAPS 2271
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Warner, D
ASIAN 2273
Course Description
This course serves as both an introduction to the academic study of religion and a survey of major topics in the intersections of religious communities and environmentally sustainable practices. Using ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: RELST 2273
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Baker Laboratory 219
Instructors
Law, J
ASIAN 2274
Course Description
Starting with the appearance of European trading companies and the establishment of the Mughal empire around 1500 and ending with the establishment of British dominance by 1800, the readings focus on recent ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2749
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 142
Instructors
Travers, T
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 103
Instructors
Travers, T
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 142
Instructors
Travers, T
ASIAN 2279
Course Description
Students will study Chinese myths from the earliest times. Focus will be on understanding how people have used myth to create and convey meaning, on examining the form Chinese myths take, and on considering ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Baker Laboratory 335
Instructors
McNeal, R
ASIAN 2290
Course Description
East Asian martial arts are often portrayed as ancient, timeless, and even mystical, but they have a history. In this course we explore how military techniques intended for use in war, policing, and banditry ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2960
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 202
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
ASIAN 3307
Course Description
The course will be keyed to a new lecture series sponsored by the East Asia Program, bringing in high profile speakers on various aspects of contemporary China. Students will attend several foundation-setting ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Baker Laboratory 135
Instructors
McNeal, R
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Additional Information
Attendance or viewing of Monday lectures (4:30-6:00) is required for this course.
ASIAN 3321
Course Description
This course provides a broad overview of the evolution of Chinese politics from the early part of the 20th century to the present. It is roughly divided into two sections. The first traces the formation ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 3403, GOVT 3403
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
Instructors
Mertha, A
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Uris Hall G24
Instructors
Mertha, A
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Stimson Hall 119
Instructors
Mertha, A
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R White Hall 110
Instructors
Staff
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R White Hall 104
Instructors
Staff
ASIAN 3345
Course Description
This course will survey the situation of ethnic minorities in several Asian countries. We will learn about their culture and history, their recognition, identity and political status, as well as various ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3546
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Fiskesjo, M
ASIAN 3350
Course Description
The arts of Southeast Asia are studied in their social context, because art plays a role in most of the salient occasions in life in traditional societies. Special emphasis is devoted to developments in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3850, VISST 3696
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
McGowan, K
ASIAN 3351
Course Description
A study of religious traditions as lived today in the Indian subcontinent. Alongside some underlying similarities, attention is paid to differences in piety and practice within alternative environments: ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6651, RELST 3351
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G88
Instructors
Gold, D
ASIAN 3383
Course Description
This course offers a survey of the art and culture of China, from the Neolithic period to the 20th century. We begin with an inquiry into the meaning of national boundaries and the controversy of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3800, ARTH 3800
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Pan, A
ASIAN 3385
Course Description
This course is a survey of Vietnamese history from earliest times to the present. Major themes of study are geography, aesthetics, culture, religion, ideology, language, literature, society, government, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6685, HIST 3880, HIST 6880
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 128
Instructors
Taylor, K
ASIAN 3393
Course Description
Examines the development of the Chinese economy and the evolution of China's economic system between the early 1950s and late 1990s. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CAPS 3380, ECON 3380
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 122
Instructors
Lyons, T
ASIAN 3395
Course Description
China is often thought of as being isolated from the outside world. It is imagined as existing in historic seclusion, and, following the establishment of the People's Republic, as pursuing a path of autarky. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 3967, GOVT 3967
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Statler Hall 165
Instructors
Carlson, A
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall 106
Instructors
Carlson, A
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Carlson, A
ASIAN 4401
Course Description
Supervised reading and research on the problem selected for honors work. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
ASIAN 4402
Course Description
The student, under faculty direction, prepares an honors essay. view course details
ASIAN 4403
Course Description
Intensive reading under the direction of a member of the staff. view course details
ASIAN 4421
Course Description
The course explores contemporary Korean society and culture through the issues of gender and sexuality. In the 1980s the notion of gender and sexuality began to use to problematize women's position and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4021, FGSS 4121
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Stimson Hall G01
Instructors
Kim, E
ASIAN 4423
Course Description
This course uses the lens of temporality to track transformations in notions of personhood and collective life engendered by recent trans-Asia economic shifts. We will develop tools that help unpack the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4504, PMA 4504, SHUM 4504
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 109
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
ASIAN 4431
Course Description
This course develops a non-linear approach to events and issues surrounding the Sri Lankan conflict – a recently concluded 30-year war and ongoing political conflicts related to ethnicity, religion, ... view course details
Seven Week - First.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Rockefeller Hall 187
- Aug 25 - Oct 11, 2015
Instructors
Arunasalam, K
- M Rockefeller Hall 121
- Aug 25 - Oct 11, 2015
Instructors
ASIAN 4434
Course Description
With sectarian conflicts and discussions on orthodoxy and heresy dominating the headlines, it becomes important to better understand the relationship between Muslim majorities and minorities. This seminar ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6634, NES 4634, RELST 4434
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 438
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.
ASIAN 4457
Course Description
Buddhism has been integral to Chinese cultural development since the early Christian era (Eastern Han Dynasty). It stood on a par with Confucianism and Daoism, offering alternatives for shaping Chinese ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4815, ARTH 6815, ASIAN 6657
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 144
Instructors
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 4468
Course Description
The disciplines of East Asian area studies have been noted for their structural shortcomings for a long time. Since these disciplines are designed to investigate and accumulate knowledge on the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6668
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 386
Instructors
Sakai, N
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 4475
Course Description
This course focuses primarily on China's evolving role in both Asia and world politics. It does so based on the premise that what China does in Asia may not necessarily be the sole determinant of the type ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CAPS 4870, GOVT 4877, GOVT 6877
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall G44
Instructors
Carlson, A
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Additional Information
Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.
ASIAN 6603
Course Description
Chinese life is indivisibly intertwined with Chinese literature. Mao Zedong was a poet; so is jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo. This course will provide a survey of twentieth- and twenty-first century Chinese ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Rockefeller Hall 373
Instructors
Admussen, N
ASIAN 6612
Course Description
This course is intended to make students aware of and give them direct experience with the key reference works available for Japanese studies (both print and digital), as well as to expose them to academic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Kroch,Carl A Library 170
Instructors
Mckee, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: Japanese language skills at the intermediate level or above.
ASIAN 6620
Course Description
This seminar will examine topics pertaining to population and social change in the broad context of Asia, although issues of importance in island and mainland Southeast Asia will be highlighted. We will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: DSOC 6120
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 302
Instructors
Williams, L
ASIAN 6626
Course Description
An introduction to literary, theatrical and intellectual works on the Tokugawa period (1600-1868). The course will examine the grammatological transformation of Tokugawa literary and theatrical works in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6380
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 386
Instructors
Sakai, N
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Additional Information
Permission of instructor required.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 6634
Course Description
With sectarian conflicts and discussions on orthodoxy and heresy dominating the headlines, it becomes important to better understand the relationship between Muslim majorities and minorities. This seminar ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4434, NES 4634, RELST 4434
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 438
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.
ASIAN 6651
Course Description
A study of religious traditions as lived today in the Indian subcontinent. Alongside some underlying similarities, attention is paid to differences in piety and practice within alternative environments: ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3351, RELST 3351
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G88
Instructors
Gold, D
ASIAN 6657
Course Description
Buddhism has been integral to Chinese cultural development since the early Christian era (Eastern Han Dynasty). It stood on a par with Confucianism and Daoism, offering alternatives for shaping Chinese ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4815, ARTH 6815, ASIAN 4457
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 144
Instructors
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 6668
Course Description
The disciplines of East Asian area studies have been noted for their structural shortcomings for a long time. Since these disciplines are designed to investigate and accumulate knowledge on the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4468
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 386
Instructors
Sakai, N
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 6685
Course Description
This seminar will include discussions on readings led by students. Students will research and write term papers on topics developed in consultation with the instructor. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3385, HIST 3880, HIST 6880
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 128
Instructors
Taylor, K
ASIAN 7703
Course Description
No description available. view course details