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ASIAN 1109
Course Description
What can a tour of Asian cities teach us about early modern globalization? We will learn the fundamentals of good writing by learning about the key port cities of the Indo-Pacific in the sixteenth and ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Misra, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
ASIAN 1111
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar is about Asian Literature, Religion, and Culture and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues. Topics vary by section and instructor. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Writing About Video Games
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Jing, Y
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Hot Cold War: Asia and Culture
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Koshcheeva, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Japan and/as Media
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Mariucci, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
ASIAN 2218
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to Korean culture and history from early times to the present. We will examine major historical time periods and cultural forms of the Korean peninsula, with a focus ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Yi, I
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Yi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASIAN 2222
Course Description
In 1868, samurai revolutionaries and their allies seized the reins of power and established a new capital they called Tokyo. Against all odds, this fragile regime survived and made Tokyo a center of power ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 1622, GOVT 1623, HIST 1622
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Roebuck, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- T
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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- T
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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Staff
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- T
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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- W
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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- W
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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- R
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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- R
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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- R
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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ASIAN 2232
Course Description
People outside China often talk about "China's rise," the changes in world economics and politics that come from the increase of the economic power of the People's Republic. From a domestic perspective, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 2232
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Admussen, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Admussen, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Admussen, N
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Admussen, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASIAN 2248
Course Description
For millennia, Buddhist monks, merchants, pilgrims, diplomats, and adventurers have moved around the Indian Ocean arena circulating Buddhist teachings and powerful objects. In doing so they helped create ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2548, RELST 2248
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 2250
Course Description
This course will explore religious traditions in South Asia (Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka) and East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) including Hinduism, Buddhism (South Asian and East Asian), Sikhism, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: RELST 2250
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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Staff
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ASIAN 2254
Course Description
This course offers an anthropological approach to the study of religious traditions and practices in South Asia: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. The course begins with a short survey of the major ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2546, RELST 2546
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 2258
Course Description
In August 1945, Japan was a devastated country; its cities burned, its people starving, its military and government in surrender. World War II was over. The occupation had begun. What sort of society emerged ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2315, HIST 2315, SHUM 2315
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Roebuck, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASIAN 2260
Course Description
Japanese pop culture—anime, manga, video games, music and more—has been a major phenomenon with massive worldwide popularity for the last three decades. In this course, we will explore a wide range of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: FGSS 2260, PMA 2460, SHUM 2460
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Wong, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Wong, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASIAN 2272
Course Description
Can we identify a distinctive Asian food and food culture? Challenging attempts to define heterogenous gastronomic practices as authentic reflections of a static Asian identity, this course discusses how ... view course details
ASIAN 2285
Course Description
Trade in and to Asia proved to be a key force in creating our modern "globalized" world. The Indian Ocean and the China Seas converged on Southeast Asia, where a cosmopolitan array of ships from every ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2805, SHUM 2805, VISST 2805
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
McGowan, K
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
McGowan, K
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASIAN 2295
Course Description
This course explores the evolution of Orientalism, focusing on how East Asia has been perceived in the West and in East Asia. By analyzing a range of cultural and literary works spanning the genres of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 2295
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
ASIAN 2740
Course Description
This course explores the history of imperial China between the 3rd century b.c.e. and the 16th century c.e. with a focus on the following questions: How did imperial Chinese states go about politically ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 1740, HIST 1740, MEDVL 1740
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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Staff
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- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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ASIAN 2930
Course Description
By posing seemingly simple questions such as what is love and who has the right to love, this introductory-level lecture course surveys how love has been experienced and expressed from the pre-modern period ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: FGSS 1940, HIST 1930, LGBT 1940, SHUM 1930
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Ghosh, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
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ASIAN 3021
Course Description
This course examines the long, complicated history of Korea's relationship with China, focusing on the period from the fourteenth century to the present. Rather than having a nation-bound interpretation ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3021
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
ASIAN 3022
Course Description
In 1610, Nahua chronicler Chimalpahin wrote that a group of Japanese merchants had made landfall in Mexico, bringing with them writing desks, folding screens, porcelain, and silk. During this period, Japanese ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6022, SHUM 3022
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
ASIAN 3341
Course Description
This course will explore the origins and early developments of a movement in Indian Buddhism known as the Great Vehicle. We will intensively examine a small slice of this movement's voluminous literature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: RELST 3341
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
ASIAN 3366
Course Description
The course will survey in translation a selection of major works of poetry, drama, and aesthetic theory and criticism from the Sanskrit literary tradition of ancient India. Beginning with selections from ... view course details
ASIAN 3375
Course Description
This course explores the practice, theory, and methodology of humanities research, critical analysis, and communication through writing and oral presentation. We will study the work and impact of humanists ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ANTHR 3950, ARTH 3755, NES 3750, SHUM 3750
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Ghosh, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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
ASIAN 3396
Course Description
Surveys the modern history of Southeast Asia with special attention to colonialism, the Chinese diaspora, and socio-cultural institutions. Considers global transformations that brought "the West" into ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 6696, HIST 3960, HIST 6960
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Tagliacozzo, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASIAN 4020
Course Description
Do modern times (which are experienced and conceptualized in varied ways) pose distinctive problems and opportunities for Buddhists? How are Buddhist teachings drawn into forms of social and political ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6020, RELST 4020, RELST 6022
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 4377
Course Description
This is an events-based course. Students will attend ten seminars in the South Asia Program seminar series. The work of scholars, filmmakers, and artists presenting research in the series spans the region ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6377, ILRGL 4377, ILRGL 6377
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Credits and Grading Basis
1.5 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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)
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Admussen, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Blackburn, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Campana, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Ma, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
McCrea, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
McNeal, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Misra, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Son, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Warner, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Yi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: seniors with admissions to honors programs.
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 4402
Course Description
The student, under faculty direction, prepares an honors essay. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
ASIAN 4404
Course Description
Intensive reading under the direction of a member of the staff. view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Admussen, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Blackburn, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
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Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
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Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Campana, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
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Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
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Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Ma, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
McCrea, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
McNeal, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Misra, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Son, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
-
Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Warner, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Yi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
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ASIAN 4413
Course Description
This course explores how religious beliefs and practices in Southeast Asia have been transformed by the combined forces of colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. By examining both diversity and resurgence ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4513, ANTHR 7513, ASIAN 7713
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 4414
Course Description
Topics will address South Asian culture and literature and change in relation to curricular needs within the Department of Asian Studies. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4514, ASIAN 6602, RELST 4414, RELST 6602
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 4424
Course Description
Tea is a ubiquitous commodity across time and cultures. The craze for tea has become a global phenomenon. The goal of this course is not only to elucidate the exchanges and transmissions that gave rise ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4822, ARTH 6822, ASIAN 6624
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
ASIAN 4426
Course Description
This course will explore the culture and society of Choson Korea (1392—1897) through a variety of historical, literary, and visual representations. Following the major political, social, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 4426
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 4435
Course Description
This course serves as a survey of major issues within Chinese politics and foreign policy and constitutes the capstone seminar for CAPS students. It is intended to give students an opportunity to explore ... view course details
ASIAN 4461
Course Description
Theories of modernization have inspired, informed, and plagued histories of middle and late imperial China. For the Song-Qing eras (roughly 10th-19th centuries), comparative studies have variously found ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 6661, CAPS 4963, HIST 4963, HIST 6963, MEDVL 4963, MEDVL 6963
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASIAN 4477
Course Description
This interdisciplinary seminar examines the relationship between literature and the environment in an East Asian and global context. We will explore key questions and approaches in the fields of ecocriticism ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6677
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 4487
Course Description
This seminar explores how patterned cloths serve as a symbolic medium, functioning on multiple levels of understanding and communication. As spun, dyed, and woven threads of consequence, textiles can be ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4855, ARTH 6855, ASIAN 6644, SHUM 4455, VISST 4855, VISST 6855
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
ASIAN 4669
Course Description
This seminar investigates the emergent concept of the Black Pacific, an area that scholars across multiple disciplines in recent years have begun to shed new light on. This course is designed to encourage ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 4699, ASIAN 6699, SHUM 4699, SHUM 6699
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 4703
Course Description
A "glitch" is when something goes "wrong" in digital media—sometimes, however, it is precisely when something "fails" that can tell us about the structures and forces that underlie that media. In this ... view course details
ASIAN 4844
Course Description
An explosive period of artistic experimentation occurred in China following the end of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The new artistic practices that were developed from the late 1970s onwards—from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4844, ARTH 6844, ASIAN 6844
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ASIAN 5505
Course Description
This course presents theories of language teaching and learning, and shows how they apply to Asian language course structure, classroom instruction, and assessment techniques. Students will observe classes ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Divo, S
Larson, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Priority given to: graduate students in Asian Studies & Linguistics slated for teaching assistant-ship's in Asian languages.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 6020
Course Description
Do modern times (which are experienced and conceptualized in varied ways) pose distinctive problems and opportunities for Buddhists? How are Buddhist teachings drawn into forms of social and political ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4020, RELST 4020, RELST 6022
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Blackburn, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASIAN 6022
Course Description
In 1610, Nahua chronicler Chimalpahin wrote that a group of Japanese merchants had made landfall in Mexico, bringing with them writing desks, folding screens, porcelain, and silk. During this period, Japanese ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3022, SHUM 3022
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
ASIAN 6377
Course Description
This is an events-based course. Students will attend ten seminars in the South Asia Program seminar series. The work of scholars, filmmakers, and artists presenting research in the series spans the region ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4377, ILRGL 4377, ILRGL 6377
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Credits and Grading Basis
1.5 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ASIAN 6602
Course Description
Topics will address South Asian culture and literature and change in relation to curricular needs within the Department of Asian Studies. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4514, ASIAN 4414, RELST 4414, RELST 6602
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 6613
Course Description
Covers practical bibliographical skills and research methods necessary to accomplish quality research in the field of Southeast Asian Studies. During the semester we will explore resources available at ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 6624
Course Description
Tea is a ubiquitous commodity across time and cultures. The craze for tea has become a global phenomenon. The goal of this course is not only to elucidate the exchanges and transmissions that gave rise ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4822, ARTH 6822, ASIAN 4424
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
ASIAN 6644
Course Description
This seminar explores how patterned cloths serve as a symbolic medium, functioning on multiple levels of understanding and communication. As spun, dyed, and woven threads of consequence, textiles can be ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4855, ARTH 6855, ASIAN 4487, SHUM 4455, VISST 4855, VISST 6855
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
ASIAN 6661
Course Description
Theories of modernization have inspired, informed, and plagued histories of middle and late imperial China. For the Song-Qing eras (roughly 10th-19th centuries), comparative studies have variously found ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4461, CAPS 4963, HIST 4963, HIST 6963, MEDVL 4963, MEDVL 6963
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASIAN 6677
Course Description
This interdisciplinary seminar examines the relationship between literature and the environment in an East Asian and global context. We will explore key questions and approaches in the fields of ecocriticism ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4477
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 6681
Course Description
The history of systems theory involves complex stories of technoscientific change and knowledge production on a global scale. In recent years, scholars have increasingly moved away from the field's ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6681
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 6696
Course Description
Surveys the modern history of Southeast Asia with special attentions to colonialism, the Chinese diaspora, and socio-cultural institutions. Considers global transformations that brought "the West" into ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3396, HIST 3960, HIST 6960
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Tagliacozzo, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASIAN 6699
Course Description
This seminar investigates the emergent concept of the Black Pacific, an area that scholars across multiple disciplines in recent years have begun to shed new light on. This course is designed to encourage ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 4699, ASIAN 4669, SHUM 4699, SHUM 6699
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ASIAN 6703
Course Description
A "glitch" is when something goes "wrong" in digital media—sometimes, however, it is precisely when something "fails" that can tell us about the structures and forces that underlie that media. In this ... view course details
ASIAN 6844
Course Description
An explosive period of artistic experimentation occurred in China following the end of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The new artistic practices that were developed from the late 1970s onwards—from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4844, ARTH 6844, ASIAN 4844
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
ASIAN 7704
Course Description
Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details
ASIAN 7713
Course Description
This course explores how religious beliefs and practices in Southeast Asia have been transformed by the combined forces of colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. By examining both diversity and resurgence ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4513, ANTHR 7513, ASIAN 4413
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)