East Asian Studies

Course Offerings Fall 2013

Course Code	Title/Instructor	Meets
CHIN 101-01	Elementary Chinese Instructor: Rae Yang Course Description: A study of the fundamentals of Mandarin Chinese, including grammar, reading, and writing using both traditional and simplified characters, pinyin romanization, pronunciation, and conversational skills.	0930:MTWRF BOSLER 315
CHIN 101-02	Elementary Chinese Instructor: Rae Yang Course Description: A study of the fundamentals of Mandarin Chinese, including grammar, reading, and writing using both traditional and simplified characters, pinyin romanization, pronunciation, and conversational skills.	1030:MTWRF BOSLER 315
CHIN 211-01	Intermediate Chinese Instructor: Chaoying Liu, Junjie Luo Course Description: An enhancement of the oral and written skills of elementary language study. In addition, students will learn to use dictionaries to translate original literary works. Extra conversational work will be included, geared to understanding and participating in Chinese culture. Prerequisite: 102, or the equivalent.	0930:MTWRF STERN 12
CHIN 211-02	Intermediate Chinese Instructor: Chaoying Liu, Junjie Luo Course Description: An enhancement of the oral and written skills of elementary language study. In addition, students will learn to use dictionaries to translate original literary works. Extra conversational work will be included, geared to understanding and participating in Chinese culture. Prerequisite: 102, or the equivalent.	1030:MTWRF STERN 12
CHIN 231-01	Advanced Chinese Instructor: Chaoying Liu, David Strand Course Description: Advanced reading, writing, speaking, and understanding of the Chinese language for students who have completed Chinese 212. This course aims to enhance the students' understanding of Chinese culture and introduce them to issues in contemporary China through reading and discussion. Prerequisite: 212 or the equivalent	1130:MWF STERN 7
CHIN 361-01	Advanced Chinese II Instructor: Chaoying Liu, David Strand Course Description: Reading of selected literary works by modern Chinese writers and articles from Chinese newspapers and magazines. These courses involve more sophisticated conversation and composition on important social, political, and economics issues in China. Prerequisite: 232 or permission of the instructor.	1230:MWF STERN 7
Course Code	Title/Instructor	Meets
EASN 101-01	Introduction to East Asia Instructor: Shawn Bender, Junjie Luo Course Description: An interdisciplinary study of East Asian civilizations. The course provides a framework for understanding by introducing students to traditional social and cultural patterns in East Asia and to the variety of transformations that have taken place there. This course fulfills the Comparative Civilizations graduation requirement.	1500:MR ALTHSE 204
EASN 203-01	Rewriting IDs in Jpns Fiction Instructor: Peter Bates Course Description: This course examines modern Japanese literature to interrogate identity formation within the context of a "national" literature. We will explore works of fiction by major Japanese writers that question the universality of "being Japanese" through issues of class, gender, sexuality, and war experience.	1330:TF ALTHSE 109
EASN 206-01	The Rise of Modern China Instructor: David Strand Course Description: Cross-listed with HIST 275-01. The history of China from the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912 to the rise of China as a global economic and political power in the twenty-first century. Topics include issues of cultural change and continuity, the growth of modern business, women's rights, urban and rural social crises, the rise of modern nationalism, Communist revolution, the political role of Mao Zedong, post-Mao economic reform and social transformation, human rights, and prospects for Chinese democracy.	1030:MWF STERN 103
EASN 206-02	China's Foreign Relations Instructor: Neil Diamant Course Description: Cross-listed with POSC 290-02. This course examines China's relationship to the major world powers, regions and international roganizations. Beginning with a consideration of Chinese traditions of dealing with foreign countries, we will then examine the revolutionary legacy of Mao Zedong and the reorientation of foreign policy under Deng Xiaoping after 1978. The course will focus on the role of ideology, history, culture, interests, and leadership in China's foreign relations.	1030:TR DENNY 104
EASN 206-03	Imperial China Instructor: Hilary Smith Course Description: Cross-listed with HIST 215-01. In this class, you will learn about change and continuity in imperial China, from the third century BC through 1911. Over the course of this more than two thousand years, what we refer to as China changed a great deal politically, economically, socially, and even ecologically. We will explore many of these changes, while at the same timekeeping an eye on the continuities that continued to characterize this amazing place and people over the long term. Among the topics you can expect to learn about in this course are:Who and what constituted China in different periodsHow the geography and climate of China differ from place to placeHow the imperial government was organized and how the ruling family established their legitimacyHow different forms of religionincluding Daoism, Buddhism, the state cult and popular practices such as ancestor worshipdeveloped and related to one anotherHow the Chinese empire interacted with the nomadic peoples and states on its bordersHow the role and treatment of women in Chinese society changed, and what has remained the same.	0830:MWF DENNY 203
EASN 206-04	Paleoclimatology of East Asia Instructor: David Strand, Kelin Zhuang Course Description: Cross-listed with ERSC 311-01 and ENST 311-04. This introductory-level course focuses on Quaternary climate change in East Asia (China, Korea and Japan) with special emphasis on the past 20,000 years. It is designed to be accessible to both science and non-science students. There are not prerequisites. Topics covered will include 1) global and regional mechanisms of frequent Quaternary climate change; 2) climate change records retrieved from loess deposits, marine sediments, and caves; 3) sea level change and its influence on regional land-sea interaction; 4) Himalaya uplift and East Asian monsoon evolution in the Quaternary based on records from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 184 and cave sediments; 5) climate change related to sustainable development in East Asias large rivers and their deltas, including the Yellow and the Yangtze Rivers. For example, the course will examine the Three Gorges Dam and its impact on its watershed, estuary and human migration, as well as the Yellow Rivers dramatic channel shifts and the consequences for regional sustainability development.	0930:MWF ALTHSE 110
EASN 305-01	Japanese Music Instructor: Shawn Bender Course Description: This course introduces students to genres of Japanese musical performance ranging from classical stage arts (gagaku, noh, kabuki) to contemporary folk and popular performance. True to the global nature of much contemporary music, the course also takes up the appropriation of Japanese music by diasporic and other communities abroad. A significant portion of the course will focus on the new and exciting genre of taiko drumming performance. In addition to learning about the aesthetics of Japanese performance, students will also receive instruction in taiko drumming techniques from a professional performer. Accordingly, students will be evaluated on their academic knowledge of Japanese music as well as their ability to perform select pieces.	1330:T STERN 12
EASN 306-01	Popular Culture and Japan Instructor: Shawn Bender Course Description: As the economic influence of Japan has waned in recent years, it has become increasingly influential as a center of pop culture production. This course takes the perspective that learning about Japanese popular culture can provide important insights into the nature of Japanese society. We will survey a range of pop cultural products, trends, and media in Japan, while maintaining a critical perspective on the meaning and function of popular culture in modern societies.	1330:W STERN 12
EASN 500-01	Independent Study Instructor: Rae Yang Course Description:	:
EASN 500-02	Independent Study Instructor: Junjie Luo Course Description:	:
Course Code	Title/Instructor	Meets
JPNS 101-01	Elementary Japanese Instructor: Akiko Meguro, Chie Tokuyama Course Description: These courses establish the basic language skills including listening, speaking, reading and writing. These courses also provide students with a brief overview of Japanese culture.	0930:MTWRF STERN 7
JPNS 101-02	Elementary Japanese Instructor: Akiko Meguro, Chie Tokuyama Course Description: These courses establish the basic language skills including listening, speaking, reading and writing. These courses also provide students with a brief overview of Japanese culture.	1030:MTWRF STERN 7
JPNS 211-01	Intermediate Japanese Instructor: Peter Bates, Chie Tokuyama Course Description: The aim of this course is the mastery of the basic structure of Japanese language and communicative skills. The student will have an opportunity to get to know more of Japanese culture. Prerequisite: 102 or permission of the instructor.	0930:MTWRF ALTHSE 206
JPNS 211-02	Intermediate Japanese Instructor: Peter Bates, Chie Tokuyama Course Description: The aim of this course is the mastery of the basic structure of Japanese language and communicative skills. The student will have an opportunity to get to know more of Japanese culture. Prerequisite: 102 or permission of the instructor.	1030:MTWRF ALTHSE 206
JPNS 231-01	Advanced Japanese Instructor: Chie Tokuyama Course Description: The emphasis in this course is placed on enhancing the students' fluency and acquiring increasingly creative skills through composition, oral presentation and discussion. Prerequisite: 212 or permission of the instructor.	1230:MWF ALTHSE 07
JPNS 361-01	Advanced Japanese II Instructor: Peter Bates Course Description: The emphasis in this course is placed on polishing and refining the students' language skills. Emphasis is placed on covering more sophisticated materials such as newspapers, magazine articles, film and literature. Prerequisite: 232 or permission of the instructor.	1500:MR STERN 7