Asian Studies Programs

Courses

The following courses qualify for credit under the Asian studies major and minor. If you are interested in additional courses and the possibility of receiving credit towards the major or minor, please contact the Program.

For information about registering for courses, please contact the Registrar's Office or the department offering the course.

Courses listed are accepted for the major and minor, but may not be offered each semester. Please contact the department listed and/or www.isis.ufl.edu for individual semester offerings.

Course descriptions for 2004-05 (PDF document)

Department

Prefix

Number

Course

Credits

Anthroplogy

ANT

4930

Prehistory of Southeast Asia

3

Art and Art History

ARH

2401

Non-Western Art (variable by content)

3

Asian Studies

ASN

4905

Individual Study, need instructor approval

1-5

 

ASN

4930

Special Topics, need instructor approval

3

 

ASN

4935

Senior Thesis, need instructor approval

3

Economics

ECS

4203

Economics of East Asia

3

History

ASH

2033

Themes in Asian History

3

 

ASH

3305

History, Memory, Nation in East Asia

3

 

ASH

3323

Introduction to Modern South Asian History, 1700-1947

3

 

ASH

3381

Women in Modern South .Asian History, 1800-Pres.

3

 

ASH

3400

Introduction to Chinese History

3

 

ASH

3402

China to 1800

3

 

ASH

3404

Modern China

3

 

ASH

3441

Japan to 1600

3

 

ASH

3442

Modern Japan

3

 

HIS

3930

Undergraduate Seminar in Asian History (for History majors only)

3

 

HIS

3931

Imperialism and Gender in Colonial South Asia

3

 

HIS

3931

Indian History Through Films

3

Languages

CHI

1120

Beginning Chinese 1

3

 

CHI

1121

Beginning Chinese 2

3

 

CHI

2200

2nd-year Chinese 1

3

 

CHI

2201

2nd-year Chinese 2

3

 

CHI

3410

3rd-year Chinese 1

3

 

CHI

3411

3rd-year Chinese 2

3

 

CHI

3440

Business Chinese

3

 

CHI

4340

Reading & Writing in Chinese for Native or Near Native Speakers 1

3

 

CHI

4341

Reading & Writing in Chinese for Native or Near Native Speakers 2

3

 

CHW

4120

Classical Chinese

3

 

CHW

4130

Readings in Chinese Literature

3

 

CHW

4140

Newspaper Chinese

3

 

JPN

1120

Beginning Japanese 1

3

 

JPN

1121

Beginning Japanese 2

3

 

JPN

2200

2nd-year Japanese 1

3

 

JPN

2201

2nd-year Japanese 2

3

 

JPN

3400

3rd-year Japanese 1

3

 

JPN

3401

3rd-year Japanese 2

3

 

JPW

4120

Bungo: Advanced Readings in Literary Japanese

3

 

JPW

4130

Readings in Japanese Literature

3

 

JPW

4131

Japanese Texts and Contexts

3

 

VTN

1120

Beginning Vietnamese 1

3

 

VTN

1121

Beginning Vietnamese 2

3

 

VTN

2200

Second-Year Vietnamese 1

3

 

VTN

2201

Second-Year Vietnamese 2

3

Literature and Linguistics

CHI

3500

Chinese Culture

3

 

CHI

4850

Structure of Chinese

3

 

CHI

4905

Independent Study

3

 

CHI

4930

Special Topics

3

 

CHT

3xxx

New Chinese Cinema

3

 

CHT

3110

Chinese Literary Heritage

3

 

CHT

3123

Pre-Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation

3

 

CHT

3124

Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation

3

 

CHT

4111

The Chinese Novel: Dream of the Red Chamber

3

 

FOL

3932

Calligraphy

3

 

JPN

3391

Introduction to Japanese Film

3

 

JPN

4850

Structure of Japanese

3

 

JPN

4905

Independent Study

3

 

JPN

4930

Special Topics

3

 

JPN

4940

Internship

3

 

JPT

3xxx

Samurai War Tales

3

 

JPT

3100

Japanese Literary Heritage

3


JPT

3120

Modern Japanese Fiction in Translation

3

 

JPT

3121

Contemporary Japanese Literature Postwar to Postmodern

3

 

JPT

3130

Japanese Women Writers: The Classical Period

3

 

JPT

3140

Japanese Women Writers: the Modern Period

3

 

JPT

3150

Waka: Traditional Jap Poetry

3

 

JPT

3500

Japanese Culture

3

 

JPT

3730

Language in Japanese Society

3


JPT

4502

Japanese Folklore

3

Political Science

CPO

3513

Asian Politics

3

Religion

REL

2002

Religion in Asia

3

 

REL

2362

Introduction to Islam

3

 

REL

3131

Cults & New Religious Movements (variable by content)

3

 

REL

3317

Religions of Iran

3

 

REL

3330

Religions of India

3

 

REL

3336

Religion in Modern India

3

 

REL

3338

Hindu Sacred Text/ Social –Ritual Context

3

 

REL

3366

Islam in India

3

 

REL

3367

The History of Islam in the Modern World

3

 

REL

3938

Buddhist Meditation

3

 

REL

3938

Chinese Religions

3

 

REL

3938

Introduction to Buddhism

3

 

REL

4147

Women in Hindu Tradition

3

 

REL

4905

Beginning Sanskrit 1

5

 

REL

4936

Buddhist Texts

3

 

REL

4936

Shi’ism

3

 

REL

4936

Women in Islam

3

Please contact the Program to inquire about receiving credit for courses not on this list.

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