ASNT Core Courses

ASNT Core Courses

The following courses are accepted for credit towards the Major or Minor in Asian, Chinese, or Japanese Studies.  With the Coordinator's permission, relevant courses not listed below may be acceptable.

Anthropology (ANTH)

• 1202 Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
• 2326 Contemporary East Asia
  
• 2327 Japanese Society

Asian Studies (ASNT)

• 1105 Introduction to Chinese Culture
• 1106 Introduction to Japanese Culture
• 1107 Introduction to Korean Culture
• 1109 Introduction to South Asian Culture
• 2210 Indigenous Voices in Modern Asia
• 2220 Introduction to Asian Film
• 2303 Contemporary Japan: Institutions and Culture
• 2305 Contemporary China: Institutions and Culture
• 3300 Multidisciplinary Study of Asia
• 3302 Japan in Film and Literature
• 3310 Chinese Film and Literature
• 3826-3849 Selected Topics in Asian Studies
• 4400 Seminar in Asian Studies
• 4500 Honours Thesis
• 4826-4849 Selected Topics in Asian Studies
• 4876-4899 Directed Study

Geography (GEOG)

• 1100 Global Perspectives on Land and Life
• 1200 People, Place, and Environment
• 4150 Geographical Perspectives on Asia-Pacific Development

Global Development Studies (GDST)

• 4461 South East Asia: Contemporary Development Issues

History (HIST)

Some of the 3000-level courses listed below in History are in the process of returning to the 2000 level, but students needing third-year credit maybe able to take these courses at the 3000 level as Special Topics courses if they have not already taken them at the 2000 level – see the instructor.

• 1208 Global History: 1450 to the Present
• 1222 Introduction to East Asian History
• 2354/3381 Japan before 1800
• 2355/3382 Late Tokugawa and Imperial Japan: 1800-1945
• 2356/3383 Japan since 1945
• 2381/3384 China before 1800
• 2382/3385 China in Revolution: 1800 - 1949
• 2383/3386 China since 1949
• 2393/3393 History of Vietnam
• 2394/3394 History of Korea
• 2422/3422 Asia-Pacific War, 1937-25
• 3371 The Chinese Cultural Revolution in History and Memory
• 3384 China before 1949
• 3416 Love and Family in China
• 4572 Memories of WWII in East Asia
• 4573 The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire
• 4574 Interdisciplinary Study of Asia

Languages and Cultures - Arabic (ARBC)

• 1100 Introduction to Arabic: Language and Cultures

Languages and Cultures - Chinese (CHNS)

• 1101 Introductory Modern Chinese I
• 1102 Introductory Modern Chinese II
• 2200 Intermediate Modern Chinese
• 3300 Advanced Oral and Written Chinese I
• 3301 Advanced Oral and Written Chinese II

Languages and Cultures - Japanese (JPNS)

• 1100 Introductory Japanese
• 2200 Intermediate Japanese
• 3300 Advanced Oral and Written Japanese I
• 3301 Advanced Oral and Written Japanese II

Department for the Study of Religion (RELS)

• 1222 Religions of Asia
• 1252 Religious Diversity in Canada
• 2318 Ghosts
• 2323 The Islamic Religious Tradition
• 2324 Christian Religious Traditions
• 2326 The South Asian Religious Tradition
• 2327 The Buddhist Religious Tradition
• 2370 Introduction to the Qur'an
• 2401 Religions of China and Japan
• 3010 Vietnamese Religious Tradition
• 3312 Theologies of Liberation
• 3337 South Asian Religions and the Arts
• 3359 Buddhist Paths
• 3360 Engaged Buddhism
• 3373 Islam in South Asia
• 3374 Islam in North America since 9/11
• 4387 Religious Pluralism
• 4500 Religions & Orientalism