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Semester:
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2122F
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Spring 2023
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Curriculum
ARAB-102 First-Year Arabic II
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 01)
ARAB-202 Second-Year Arabic II
Ahmad Alswaid
(Section 01)
ARAB-302 Third-Year Arabic II
Ahmad Alswaid
(Section 01)
ASLC-152 Introduction to Buddhist Traditions
Maria R. Heim
(Section 01)
ASLC-172 Troubled Transformations: History of Modern China
George Qiao
(Section 01)
ASLC-206 Sino-Soviet Bromance? Emancipation and Catastrophe
Yang Hua (Section 01)
ASLC-218 China and the Developing World
Edward D. Melillo
(Section 01)
Kerry E. Ratigan
(Section 01)
ASLC-232 Bollywood Cinema
Ajay Sinha (Section 01)
ASLC-244 Kyoto: City, Image, Text
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 01)
Timothy J. Van Compernolle
(Section 01)
ASLC-260 Buddhist Art of Asia
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 01)
ASLC-279 Making of Modern South Asia
Mekhola S. Gomes
(Section 01)
ASLC-288 The Lives of Muslim Saints
Tariq Jaffer
(Section 01)
ASLC-318 Chinese Childrearing
Vanessa L. Fong
(Section 01)
ASLC-355 Early Islam: Construction of an Historical Tradition
Monica M. Ringer
(Section 01)
ASLC-368 Frontier Chinese Hist
George Qiao
(Section 01)
ASLC-376 Sex, Gender, and the Body in South Asian History
Mekhola S. Gomes
(Section 01)
ASLC-389 Ottoman Modern
Monica M. Ringer
(Section 01)
ASLC-430 Ozu Crossing Borders
Timothy J. Van Compernolle
(Section 01)
ASLC-431 Crisis Governance and Authoritarianism
Kerry E. Ratigan
(Section 01)
ASLC-490 Special Topics
TBA (Section 01)
Mohamed H. Hassan
(Section 02)
Monica M. Ringer
(Section 04)
Timothy J. Van Compernolle
(Section 03)
ASLC-499 Senior Departmental Honors
TBA (Section 01)
Samuel C. Morse
(Section 02)
CHIN-102 First-Year Chinese II
Xiaoping Teng
(Sections 01 and 01F)
CHIN-202 Second-Year Chinese II
Xiaoping Teng
(Sections 01 and 01F)
CHIN-302 Third-Year Chinese II
Tong Shen
(Sections 01 and 01F)
CHIN-402 Fourth-Year Chinese II
Tong Shen
(Section 01)
JAPA-101 Introduction to the Japanese Language
Ikumi Kayama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-102 Review and Progress in Japanese
Ikumi Kayama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-103 Building Survival Skills in Japanese
Ikumi Kayama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-201 Functional Japanese
Kozue Miyama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-202 Communicating in Sophisticated Japanese
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-203 Experience with Authentic Japanese Materials
Kozue Miyama
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-209H Conquering Kanji I
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-210H Conquering Kanji II
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-301 Introduction to Different Genres of Japanese Writing and Film
Kentaro Fukube
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-302 Moving From "Learning to Read" to "Reading to Learn" in Japanese
Kentaro Fukube
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-401 Introduction to Thematic Reading and Writing
Kentaro Fukube
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-402 Thematic Reading and Writing
Kentaro Fukube
(Section 01)
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-411 Introduction to Great Books and Films in the Original
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
JAPA-412 Great Books and Films in the Original
Wako Tawa
(Section 01)
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