Asian Studies Approved Courses

Students in a classroom — Students presenting a project from EDUC 072: Into to Asian American Studies

Spring 2026

ARTH 003. Asian Art: Past and Present
- Arts and Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Eberhard.
ASAM 002. Taiko & Asian American Experiences
- (Cross-listed as DANC 003, MUSI 002C)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, ESCH.
- Ouyang.
CHIN 004. Second-Year Mandarin Chinese
- Humanities.
- 1.5 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Li, Wen.
CHIN 006. Chinese for Advanced Beginners II
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 005 or CHIN 002 or equivalent language skills.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Chiu.
CHIN 012A. Advanced Chinese Conversation
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 011 and/or CHIN 011A or equivalent language skills.
- 0.5 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Wen.
CHIN 012. Advanced Chinese
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 011 or equivalent language skills.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Chiu.
CHIN 021. Reading and Writing in Modern Chinese
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 020 or its equivalent.
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Gao.
CHIN 025. Contemporary Chinese & Sinophone Fictions and Social Change
- (Cross-listed as LITR 025CH)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Li.
CHIN 033. Introduction to Classical Chinese
- (Cross-listed as LING 033)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, MDST
- Du.
CHIN 107. Contemporary Chinese Media
- (Cross-listed as LITR 107CH)
- Humanities.
- 2 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA, FMST.
- Gao.
DANC 003. Taiko & Asian Amer Experience
- MUSI 002C and ASAM 002
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, Lang Engaged Scholarship
- Ouyang.
DANC 046. Kathak
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for ISLM, ASIA
- Staff.
DANC 049D. Repertory/Ensemble: Taiko
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Small.
DANC 057. Taiko I
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Evans.
ECON 051. International Trade and Finance
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 011 and ECON 021.
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA ,PEAC, GLBL-core
- Ko.
ECON 151. International Trade
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 011 and ECON 021
- Social sciences.
- 2 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA, PEAC, GLBL Core
- Ko.
FMST 047. Gender, Race, Dance, and Cinema
- (Cross-listed as GSST 022, DANC 039)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for GSST, DANC, BLST, ASAM, ESCH
- Li.
HIST 061. Histories of Water: From the Ocean to the River: The Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra in Global History
- Prerequisite:
  Previous course in the department or humanities, or instructor permission.
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, ENVS and GLBL-Paired. Concentrations: Science, Medicine, and Environment.
- Azfar.
JPNS 004. Second-Year Japanese
- Humanities.
- 1.5 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Gardner, Suda.
JPNS 008. Extensive Reading in Japanese
- 0.5 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Suda.
JPNS 013. Third-Year Japanese
- Prerequisite:
  JPNS 012 or students must pass a placement exam to establish equivalent language skills. They should contact the instructor or the Japanese Section Head to arrange to take the placement exam.
  Recommended: Concurrently with JPNS 013A; provides additional opportunities for application and extension of newly acquired skills.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Yoshimura.
JPNS 020. Fourth-Year Japanese
- Prerequisite:
  JPNS 019 or students must pass a placement exam to establish equivalent language skills. They should contact the instructor or the Japanese Section Head to arrange to take the placement exam.
- Humanities
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Suda.
JPNS 073. Transnational Japanese Literature: Diversity and Diaspora in Modern Japanese Literature
- Cross-listed with LITR 073J
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for CPLT, ASIA, INTP, GLBL-paired.
- Gardner.
LING 033. Introduction to Classical Chinese
- (Cross-listed as CHIN 033)
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA. MDST.
- Du.
LING 065. Structure of Turkish
- Prerequisite:
  LING 040 and LING 050 or with instructor permission.
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Sag.
LING 073. Computational Linguistics
- (Cross-listed as CPSC 013 )
- Prerequisite:
  LING 001 (or equivalent) or CPSC 021 (or equivalent), or permission of the instructor.
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, COGS, ESCH, GLBL-core.
- Washington.
LING 075. Field Methods
- Prerequisite:
  Familiarity with IPA transcription and any two of: LING 001 , LING 025 , LING 040 , LING 043 , LING 045 , LING 050 , or permission of the instructor.
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for COGS, ESCH.
- Owusu.
LITR 073J. Transnational Japanese Literature: Diversity and Diaspora in Modern Japanese Literature
- Cross-listed with JPNS 073
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for CPLT, ASIA, INTP, GLBL-paired.
- Gardner.
MUSI 002C. Taiko & Asian American Experiences
- (cross-listed as DANC 003, ASAM 002)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, Lang Engaged Scholarship
- Ouyang.
MUSI 042. Chinese Music Ensemble
- 0.0 or 0.5 credit
- Eligible for ASIA
- Ouyang. Wang.
MUSI 049A. Balinese Gamelan
- 0.5 or 0.0 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Whitman. Suadin.
PHIL 030. Buddhist Philosophy
- Prerequisite:
  First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Picascia.
POLS 050A. Peacebuilding
- Social Science.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for PPE.
- Hartwig.
POLS 073. Disinformation, Propaganda, and Election Interference (IR)
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for PPE; ESCH.
- Casey.
RELG 008. Patterns of Asian Religions
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, GLBL-Paired, ASAM
- Hopkins.
SOCI 036E. Gender, Family, and Work in East Asia
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, GSST
- Suya.

Fall 2026

ARTH 003. Asian Art: Past and Present
- Arts and Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Sakomura.
ARTH 032. Matcha and Sencha: The Arts of Japanese Tea Culture
- Arts and Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Sakomura.
ASAM 010. Asian American History
- (Cross-listed as HIST 010)
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Truong.
CHIN 003. Second-Year Mandarin Chinese
- Humanities.
- 1.5 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff, Staff.
CHIN 005. Chinese for Advanced Beginners I
- Prerequisite:
  Permission of the instructor.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
CHIN 011A. Third-Year Chinese Conversation
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 004 or equivalent language skills.
- 0.5 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
CHIN 011. Third-Year Chinese
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 004 or equivalent language skills.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
CHIN 020. Readings in Modern Chinese
- Prerequisite:
  Three years of Chinese or the equivalent.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, CPLT
- Staff.
CHIN 023. Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature
- (Cross-listed as LITR 023CH)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Gao.
DANC 049D. Repertory/Ensemble: Taiko
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
DANC 049F. Repertory/Ensemble: Kathak
- Prerequisite:
  DANC 046 or prior knowledge of any classical Indian dance forms.
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for ASIA, ISLM
- Staff.
DANC 057. Taiko I
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
ECON 181. Economic Development
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 011, ECON 021, and either ECON 031, STAT 011, or STAT 021
- Social sciences.
- 2 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA, BLST, PEAC
- O'Connell.
FMST 057. Japanese Film and Animation
- (Cross-listed as LITR 024J, JPNS 024)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, CPLT
- Gardner.
HIST 010. Asian American History
- ASAM 010
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA. Concentrations: Culture and Identity, Domination and Resistance
- Truong.
JPNS 003. Second-Year Japanese
- Humanities.
- 1.5 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff. Staff.
JPNS 012A. Japanese Conversation
- Prerequisite:
  Completion of JPNS 004 or permission of the instructor.
- 0.5 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
JPNS 012. Third-Year Japanese
- Prerequisite:
  JPNS 004 or students must pass a placement exam to establish equivalent language skills. They should contact the instructor or the Japanese Section Head to arrange to take the Placement Exam.
  Recommended: Concurrently with JPNS 012A; provides additional opportunities for application and extension of newly acquired skills.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
JPNS 019. Fourth-Year Japanese
- Prerequisite:
  JPNS 013 or students must pass a placement exam to establish equivalent language skills. They should contact the instructor or the Japanese Section Head to arrange to take the placement exam.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
JPNS 024. Japanese Film and Animation
- (Cross-listed as LITR 024J, FMST 057)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, CPLT
- Gardner.
LITR 024J. Japanese Film and Animation
- (Cross-listed as JPNS 024, FMST 057)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for CPLT
- Gardner.
MUSI 042. Chinese Music Ensemble
- 0.0 or 0.5 credit
- Eligible for ASIA
- Ouyang. Wang.
MUSI 049A. Balinese Gamelan
- 0.5 or 0.0 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Whitman. Suadin.
POLS 055. Ethics and International Relations (IR)
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA; PEAC; PPE.
- Paddon Rhoads.
POLS 058. Contemporary Chinese Politics (CP)
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, GLBL-Paired; PPE.
- Jee.
POLS 065. War Games and Simulations (IR)
- Social Sciences
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for PPE.
- Tierney.
RELG 009. The Buddhist Traditions of Asia
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Hopkins.
RELG 114. Love and Religion
- Humanities.
- 2 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA, GSST, MDST
- Hopkins.

Spring 2027

ARTH 001L. FYS: Handscrolls to Manga: Visual Storytelling in Japan
- Arts and Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Sakomura.
ARTH 034. Calligraphy and Typography in East Asia
- Arts and Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Sakomura.
CHIN 004. Second-Year Mandarin Chinese
- Humanities.
- 1.5 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff, Staff.
CHIN 006. Chinese for Advanced Beginners II
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 005 or CHIN 002 or equivalent language skills.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Staff.
CHIN 012A. Advanced Chinese Conversation
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 011 and/or CHIN 011A or equivalent language skills.
- 0.5 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
CHIN 012. Advanced Chinese
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 011 or equivalent language skills.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
CHIN 021. Reading and Writing in Modern Chinese
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 020 or its equivalent.
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
CHIN 025. Contemporary Chinese & Sinophone Fictions and Social Change
- (Cross-listed as LITR 025CH)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
DANC 046. Kathak
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for ISLM, ASIA
- Staff.
DANC 049D. Repertory/Ensemble: Taiko
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
DANC 057. Taiko I
- 0.5 credit or P.E.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
ECON 081. Economic Development
- Prerequisite:
  ECON 001
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, BLST, PEAC, GLBL-core
- O'Connell.
HIST 001N. First-Year Seminar: Chinatowns: Then & Now
- ASAM 001
- Social Sciences.
- Writing.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA. Concentration: Culture and Identity; Migration, Diaspora, and Space
- Truong.
HIST 009A. Premodern China
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA. Concentrations: Culture and Identity, Empires and Nations
- Chen.
JPNS 004. Second-Year Japanese
- Humanities.
- 1.5 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff. Staff.
JPNS 008. Extensive Reading in Japanese
- 0.5 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
JPNS 013. Third-Year Japanese
- Prerequisite:
  JPNS 012 or students must pass a placement exam to establish equivalent language skills. They should contact the instructor or the Japanese Section Head to arrange to take the placement exam.
  Recommended: Concurrently with JPNS 013A; provides additional opportunities for application and extension of newly acquired skills.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
JPNS 020. Fourth-Year Japanese
- Prerequisite:
  JPNS 019 or students must pass a placement exam to establish equivalent language skills. They should contact the instructor or the Japanese Section Head to arrange to take the placement exam.
- Humanities
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Staff.
JPNS 053. Classical Japanese Literature and Language Change.
- Cross-listed as LING 013.
- HU.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Bundschuh.
LING 013. Classical Japanese Literature and Language Change
- (Crosslisted with JPNS 053)
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Bundschuh.
MUSI 042. Chinese Music Ensemble
- 0.0 or 0.5 credit
- Eligible for ASIA
- Ouyang. Wang.
MUSI 049A. Balinese Gamelan
- 0.5 or 0.0 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Whitman. Suadin.
RELG 008. Patterns of Asian Religions
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, GLBL-Paired, ASAM
- Hopkins.

Fall 2027

ARTH 032. Matcha and Sencha: The Arts of Japanese Tea Culture
- Arts and Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Sakomura.
ARTH 136. Word and Image in Japanese Art Honors Seminar
- Prerequisite:
  Two courses in art history or permission of instructor.
- Art and Humanities.
- 2 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Sakomura.
CHIN 003. Second-Year Mandarin Chinese
- Humanities.
- 1.5 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff, Staff.
CHIN 005. Chinese for Advanced Beginners I
- Prerequisite:
  Permission of the instructor.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
CHIN 011A. Third-Year Chinese Conversation
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 004 or equivalent language skills.
- 0.5 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
CHIN 011. Third-Year Chinese
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 004 or equivalent language skills.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
CHIN 020. Readings in Modern Chinese
- Prerequisite:
  Three years of Chinese or the equivalent.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, CPLT
- Staff.
CHIN 033. Introduction to Classical Chinese
- (Cross-listed as LING 033)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, MDST
- Staff.
CHIN 055. Chinese and Sinophone Cinemas
- (Cross-listed as LITR 055CH)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, CPLT, ASAM, FMST
- Staff.
HIST 009B. Modern China: Reformers, Revolutionaries, and Rebels
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA. Concentration: Culture and Identity, Empires and Nations
- Chen.
LING 033. Introduction to Classical Chinese
- (Cross-listed as CHIN 033)
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA. MDST.
- STAFF.
LITR 055CH. Chinese and Sinophone Cinemas
- (Cross-listed as CHIN 055)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for CPLT, FMST
- Staff.
PHIL 053. Indian Philosophy
- Prerequisite:
  First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, MDST.
- Picascia.
POLS 065. War Games and Simulations (IR)
- Social Sciences
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for PPE.
- Tierney.
RELG 009. The Buddhist Traditions of Asia
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Hopkins.
RELG 108. Poets, Saints, and Storytellers: The Poetry and Poetics of Devotion in South Asian Religions
- Humanities.
- 2 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA, MDST
- Hopkins.

Spring 2028

ARTH 003. Asian Art: Past and Present
- Arts and Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Sakomura.
CHIN 004. Second-Year Mandarin Chinese
- Humanities.
- 1.5 credits.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff, Staff.
CHIN 006. Chinese for Advanced Beginners II
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 005 or CHIN 002 or equivalent language skills.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Staff.
CHIN 012A. Advanced Chinese Conversation
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 011 and/or CHIN 011A or equivalent language skills.
- 0.5 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
CHIN 012. Advanced Chinese
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 011 or equivalent language skills.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
CHIN 021. Reading and Writing in Modern Chinese
- Prerequisite:
  CHIN 020 or its equivalent.
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA
- Staff.
HIST 001N. First-Year Seminar: Chinatowns: Then & Now
- ASAM 001
- Social Sciences.
- Writing.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA. Concentration: Culture and Identity; Migration, Diaspora, and Space
- Truong.
RELG 008. Patterns of Asian Religions
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, GLBL-Paired, ASAM
- Hopkins.

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