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EAST ASIA CONCENTRATION

At least one course must come from the following list of foundational or pan-East Asian courses:

  • AMES 11: Introduction to Korean Culture
  • Chinese 10/AMES 12: Introduction to Chinese Culture
  • Japanese 10/AMES 13: Introduction to Japanese Culture
  • Art History 67: Contemporary Arts of Asia
  • Government 50: International Relations of East Asia
  • History 73: Early Chinese Culture
  • History 74: Intellectual History of East Asia
  • History 77: Imperialism in Modern East Asia
  • Religion 10: The Religions of China

One course must be the culminating experience: either AMES 91 or, by petition to the AMES Chair, an advanced seminar from another department or program; or, by approval of the AMES Steering Committee of a written proposal, AMES 86 (Advanced Independent Research) or AMES 87 (Honors Thesis).

Beginning with the Class of 2013, majors and minors must also take AMES 40: Topics in Interregional Asian and Middle Eastern Studies or, by consultation with the AMES Chair, another course of an interregional nature from a list of approved substitutes for AMES 40.

The remaining courses for the concentration should come from the following list of approved courses:

APPROVED EAST ASIA COURSES

    AMES
  • 10 The Religions of China (identical to Religion 10)
  • 11 Introduction to Korean Culture (identical to Korean 10)
  • 12 Introduction to Chinese Culture (identical to Chinese 10)
  • 13 Introduction to Japanese Culture (identical to Japanese 10)
  • 21 Topics in Korean Studies
  • 24 Asian Performance Traditions (with East Asia topic) (identical to Theater 24)
  • 40 Topics in Interregional Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
  • 43.02 Introduction to Korean Art (identical to Art History 61)
  • 43.03. Tokyo and Shanghai as Ideas:Urban Space/Imagined Modernity (Washburn)
    Art History
  • 17 Special Topics in the History of Art (with East Asia topic)
  • 60 The Arts of China
  • 61 Introduction to Korean Art (identical to AMES 43.02)
  • 63 Sacred Art and Architecture of Japan
  • 64 The Japanese Painting Tradition
  • 65 Japanese Prints
  • 66 The Camera in Nineteenth-Century Asia
  • 67 Contemporary Arts of Asia
    Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures
    AMELL
  • 17 Discourse, Culture and Identity in Asia and the Middle East (identical to Linguistics 50)
  • 18 Language and Society in Asia and the Middle East
    China
  • 10 Introduction to Chinese Culture
  • 11 Special Topics in Chinese Studies (FSP)
  • 22, 23 Intermediate Modern Chinese
  • 31, 32, 33 Advanced Modern Chinese
  • 41, 42, 43 Advanced Chinese
  • 44 Chinese Martial Arts Fiction
  • 51 Introduction to Classical Chinese
  • 52 Readings in Classical Chinese: Daoist Philosophical Texts
  • 53 Readings in Classical Chinese: Confucian Philosophical Texts
  • 59 Independent Advanced Study in Chinese Language and Literature
  • 61 Topics in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
  • 61 Word and Image: Chinese Film Since 1950
  • 62 Topics in Traditional Chinese Literature and Culture
  • 63 Themes in Chinese Literature and Culture
  • 81 Lu Xun and Hu Shi
  • 83 Topics in Chinese Literature and Culture
    Japan
  • 10 Introduction to Japanese Culture
  • 11 Special Topics in Japanese Studies (LSA+)
  • 22, 23 Intermediate Japanese Language
  • 31, 32, 33, 41, 42, 43 Advanced Japanese Language
  • 59 Independent Advanced Study in Japanese Language and Literature
  • 61 Topics in 20th Century Japanese Literature and Culture
  • 62 Topics in Early Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
  • 63 Topics in Classical Japanese Literature and Culture
  • 81 Topics in Japanese Literature and Culture
    Government
  • 20 Development in the Emerging Economies (with written work on East Asia)
  • 25 Problems of Political Development: India, South Africa, and China
  • 50 International Relations of East Asia
  • 81.03 Economic Growth and Reform in the Emerging Economies (with written work on East Asia)
    History
  • 5.3 The History of China Since 1800
  • 5.5 The Emergence of Modern Japan
  • 6 Gender and Sexuality in Asian America (with written work on East Asia)
  • 8 Body Parts, Body Wholes: An Introduction to the Comparative History of Medicine (with written work on East Asia)
  • 72 Imperial China in a Global Context
  • 73 Early Chinese Culture (identical to Chinese 62)
  • 74 Intellectual History of East Asia
  • 77 Imperialism in Modern East Asia
  • 79 Postwar Japan: From Occupied Nation to Economic Superpower
  • 95 The Mongols
  • 96 Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, and Empire (with written work on East Asia)
  • 96 Topics in Modern Japanese History
    Religion
  • 10 The Religions of China
  • 19 Special Topics in Religion-Introductory Level (with East Asia topic)
  • 41 Readings in Buddhist Literature (with East Asia topic)
  • 46 Daoism: Transformations of Tradition
  • 47 Buddhism in China
  • 48 Body and Sex in Chinese Religions
  • 49 Topics in East Asian Religions
  • 80 The Lotus Sutra
  • 81 Conversion, Creation, and Controversy: Buddhism and Daoism in Medieval China
    Theater
  • 24 Asian Performance Traditions (with East Asia topic)

A concentrator may include up to two Independent Research courses (AMES 85) among the nine non-culminating courses, focusing each such course on an East Asian topic under the direction of a member of the Program faculty with East Asia specialization.


Administrator, Ann Fenton
Last Modified November 26, 2012