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Below is a list of courses relating to Asian Studies organized by department. Most courses are offered on an annual basis. To find out if a course is currently being offered, visit the BU Link current courses search. Course descriptions can be found at either the department websites, or in the BU Bulletin. Links to both the department website and the Bulletin can be found next to the department headings. Unless otherwise specified, departments are within Boston University College/Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Department of Anthropology (website, bulletin)

CAS AN 318
Southeast Asia: Tradition and Development
CAS AN 344
Modern Japanese Society: Family, School, and Workplace
CAS AN 350
Asians in America
CAS AN 375
Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia
CAS AN 379
China: Tradition and Transition
CAS AN 429
Seminar: Selected Topics in Japanese Society
CAS AN 505
Asian Development: The Case of Women
GRS AN 744
Modern Japanese Society: Family, School, and Workplace (meets with AN 344)

Department of Archaeology (website, bulletin)

CAS AR 240
Archaeology of Ancient China
CAS AR 261
Heritage of Asia
CAS AR 262
Asian Gods and Goddesses
CAS AR 560
Civilizations of Central and South Asia

Department of Art History (website, bulletin)

CAS AH 225
Arts of Asia
CAS AH 326
Arts of Japan
CAS AH 327
Arts of China
CAS AH 328
Modern Japanese Architecture
CAS AH 425
Seminar: Topics in Asian Art
CAS AH 530
Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy: History, Theory, and Practice
CAS AH 531
Japanese Print Culture
GRS AH 726
Colloquium: Arts of Japan
GRS AH 727
Chinese Painting Colloquium
GRS AH 820
Seminar: Asian Art

Department of Geography (website, bulletin)

CAS GE 381
Geography of Asia

Department of History (website, bulletin)

CAS HI 150
(Writing Seminar) The Empire Strikes Back: Colonial Uprisings in the Modern World
CAS HI 262
Asian American History
CAS HI 388
History of the Pacific Rim
CAS HI 389
Introduction to Early Chinese History
CAS HI 390
Introduction to Modern Chinese History
CAS HI 391
Introduction to Modern Japanese History
CAS HI 482
Merchants, Pirates, Missionaries, and the State in Maritime Asia, 600-2000
CAS HI 487
Continuity and Change in late Imperial and Modern China
CAS HI 490
Blacks and Asians
CAS HI 495
History of U.S., Japan, and Asia

Department of International Relations (website, bulletin)

CAS IR 275
The Pacific Challenge
CAS IR 365
The Rise of China
CAS IR 368
Contemporary East Asian Economics (meets with CAS EC 368)
CAS IR 369
Southeast Asia in World Politics
CAS IR 370
China: From Revolution to Reform (meets with CAS PO 369)
CAS IR 520
The State and Public Purpose in Asia (meets with CAS PO 562)
CAS IR 527
Political Economy of China
CAS IR 570
Politics and Social Change in Postwar Japan (meets with CAS PO 569)
CAS IR 577
Foreign Policy of the People's Republic of China (meets with CAS PO 578)
CAS IR 579
Japan in International Politics (meets with CAS PO 579)
CAS IR 585
Problems and Issues in Post-Mao China (meets with CAS PO 558)
CAS IR 586
Islam in South Asian Politics
GRS IR 765
Japanese Political Economy (meets with GRS PO 759)
GRS IR 788
International Relations of Asia-Pacific (meets with GRS PO 789)

Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature
(website, bulletin)

CAS LC 111, 112, 211, 212, 311, 312, 411, 412
First-Semester Chinese through Fourth-Year Chinese II (Eighth-Semester Chinese)
CAS LC 116
Chinese Reading and Writing I
CAS LC 213
Conversational Chinese
CAS LC 216
Chinese Reading and Writing II
CAS LC 250
Master pieces of Chinese Fiction (in English translation)
CAS LC 281
Post-Mao China in Film and Fiction
CAS LC 283
Chinese Civilization (in English translation)
CAS LC 284
Chinese Women's Writing (in English translation)
CAS LC 286
Topics in Chinese Culture
CAS LC 314
Basics of Classical Chinese
CAS LC 350
Introduction to Chinese Literature
CAS LJ 111, 112, 211, 212, 303, 304, 403, 404
First-Semester Japanese through Fourth-Year Japanese II (Eighth-Semester Japanese)
CAS LJ 250
Masterpieces of Japanese Literature (in English translation)
CAS LJ 281
Japanese Civilization (in English translation)
CAS LJ 282
The Culture of the Samurai (in English translation)
CAS LJ 283
Modern Japanese Culture in Cinema (in English translation)
CAS LJ 350
Self and Society in Modern Japanese Literature
CAS LJ 410
History of the Japanese Language
CAS LJ 441
Japanese Press
CAS LJ 451
Topics in Japanese Literature: Fantasy in Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
CAS LJ 480
Japanese Women Writers (in English translation)
CAS LJ 481
Rise of the Modern and Encounter with the West: Japanese LIterature 1864-1945 (in English translation)
CAS LJ 491, 492
Directed Study: Japanese
CAS LJ 510
The Structure of the Japanese Language
CAS LK 111, 112, 211, 212, 311, 312
First-Semester Korean through Sixth-Semester Korean
CAS LK 283
Modern Korean Culture through Cinema
CAS LL 381
Indian Literature and Film
CAS LL 224
Major Works of East Asian Literature

Department of Philosophy (website, bulletin)

CAS PH 247 Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
CAS PH 418 Marx and Marxism

Department of Political Science (website, bulletin)

CAS PO 364 The Pacific Challenge (meets with CAS IR 275)
CAS PO 369 China: from Revolution to Reform (meets with CAS IR 370)
CAS PO 374 The Rise of China (meets with CAS IR 365)
CAS PO 527 Political Economy of China (meets with CAS IR 527)
CAS PO 558 Problems and Issues in Post-Mao China (meets with CAS IR 585)
CAS PO 562 The State and Public Purpose in Asia (meets with CAS IR 520)
CAS PO 578 The Foreign Policy of the People's Republic of China (meets with CAS IR 577)
GRS PO 759 Japanese Political Economy

Department of Religion (website, bulletin)

CAS RN 103 Religions of the World: Eastern
CAS RN 210 Buddhism
CAS RN 211 Chinese Religion
CAS RN 213 Hinduism
CAS RN 214 Islam
CAS RN 215 Japanese Religion
CAS RN 312 Buddhism in America
CAS RN 313 Hinduism in America
CAS RN 360 Taoist Religion
CAS RN 362 Chinese Medicine
CAS RN 363 Zen Buddhism
CAS RN 375 Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia
CAS RN 425 Topics in South Asian Religions
CAS RN 430 Topics in East Asian Religions: Meditation
GRS RN 612 Buddhism in America
GRS RN 613 Hinduism in America
GRS RN 660 Taoism
GRS RN 661 Chinese Philosophy
GRS RN 662 Chinese Medicine
GRS RN 663 Zen Buddhism
GRS RN 670 Classical Indian Religion
GRS RN 672 Indian Philosophies of Religion
GRS RN 675 Culture and Religion of South Asia
GRS RN 725 Topics in South Asian Religion
GRS RN 730 Topics in East Asian Religion: Meditation

Department of Sociology (website, bulletin)

CAS SO 328
Contemporary South Asian Societies
CAS SO 534
Seminar (fall 2007): Modernity and Social Change in the Context of Globalization

College of Communication, graduate only (website, bulletin)

COM JO 800 International Business and Economics Reporting
COM CM 744 International Mass Media (Summer London Program only)
COM CM 745 Comparative Political Systems (Summer London Program only)

College of Fine Arts (website, bulletin)

CFA MU 559
Performance and Practice of Bali, Indonesia and Indian Classical Music
CFA MU 248
World Beat and Entho-Pop: Popular Musics of the Non-Western World

College of General Studies (website, bulletin)

CGS SS 201 Social Science III: Modernization and Revolution in Russia and China

School of Theology, graduate only (website, bulletin)

STH TM 846/STH TS 846 Religion and Society in East Asia
STH TT 812 Study of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto
STH TT 815 The Confucian Way
STH TT 901 Core Text and Motifs (Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism)

Interpreting Certificate Program (website)

INT 101 M Introduction to Communication and Written Translation (Mandarin)
INT 102 M Interpreting I (Mandarin)
INT 103 M Interpreting II (Mandarin)
INT 104 M Legal Interpreting (Mandarin)
INT 105 M Medical Interpreting (Mandarin)
INT 106 M Community/Public Service Interpreting (Mandarin)
INT 400 Interpreter Internship