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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 |
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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) |
CAS AR 240 |
Archaeology of Ancient China |
CAS AR 261 |
Heritage of Asia |
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Asian Gods and Goddesses |
CAS AR 560 |
Civilizations of Central and South Asia |
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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 |
CAS GE 381 |
Geography of Asia |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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) |
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 |
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