Subject	Course Number	Long Course Title	Description
EAST	140	Traditional East Asian Civilization	An introductory survey of East Asia from the dawn of indigenous civilization to the 16th century. Focus on the growth of a Sinitic center and its interaction with the sedentary and nomadic peoples on its Inner Asian and Pacific rims. Emphasis on the diverse peoples and societies of the area and the historical processes that bound them together through a common tradition.
EAST	150	Modern East Asian Civilization	An introductory survey of the modern history of East Asia, examining the efforts of traditional states, particularly China and Japan, to respond to Western intrusion into the region after 1600. Focus on social and cultural problems created by attempts to modernize yet defend tradition and on the differing results of Chinese and Japanese approaches.
EAST	175	Introduction to the Arts of China and Japan	An introductory survey of the traditional arts of China and Japan from prehistoric times until the beginning of the modern era. The course will examine representative examples of painting, sculpture, architecture, garden designs, and the decorative arts in the context of religious practices and historical developments.
EAST	190	Tutorial Studies in East Asian Studies	Individualized advanced study under regular staff direction on topics not covered in lower-level courses.
EAST	199	Independent Study in East Asian Studies	Individualized advanced research under staff guidance to prepare a substantial paper, usually for submission for honors.
EAST	216	Buddhism in China and Japan	An introductory survey of Buddhist thought and practice in China and Japan. The history of key Buddhist concepts and schools in East Asia is the primary focus. Readings include translations from East Asian Buddhist canonical works.
EAST	255	Special Topics in Ceramics: Asian Craft and Design	A combination of research and studio practice. Through slide lectures, readings, and discussions, this course will survey the historical development of traditional through contemporary crafts and design in China, Korea, and Japan and focus on the diverse craft customs of Japan in particular. Emphasis will be placed on independent research to develop ideas and critical thinking and on building a variety of ceramic skills to achieve a personal body of work.
EAST	260	East Asian Classics in Translation	This introductory course explores encounters with nature in East Asian texts through close reading of primary texts in English translation — Taoist philosophy, lyric poetry, personal memoirs, and fiction — from the traditional periods of China and Japan, ending with a contemporary Japanese novel from the mid-1990s. Particular attention is paid to literary form, voice, aesthetic concerns, and issues relating to humans’ relationship with nature.
EAST	265	Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture	A survey introducing major characteristics of Japanese language with reference to the structure of Japanese society. Topics include honorifics, use of pronouns, loan words, age and gender differences in the language. The course will also familiarize students with various aspects of traditional and contemporary Japanese culture.
EAST	310	Introduction to East Asian Linguistics	Survey of genetic, regional, and typological classification of East Asian languages; writing systems for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan languages; descriptive and comparative analyses of phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures of East Asian languages. More than one language may be investigated in detail.
EAST	335	Political Economy of East Asia	This course examines the policies and politics associated with the emergence and continued dynamism of the East Asian economies. The course will cover various debates over the roles of the state, culture, and market institutions in explaining the region’s rapid economic development and the viability of current development models in a global economy.
EAST	350	Modern Chinese Literature and Cinema in Translation	A survey of 20th-century Chinese fiction and cinema. Iconoclastic works of modern Chinese vernacular fiction from 1919 through the post-Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) will be juxtaposed alongside films dealing with the same period, such as Yellow Earth (1984) and Farewell, My Concubine (1992) made by the so-called Fifth Generation of film directors (born after 1949, when the People’s Republic was founded). Class conducted in English. No knowledge of Chinese required.
EAST	358	Race and Ethnicity in East Asia	This course will explore the use of the concepts of race and ethnicity in China and Japan to show how identity is constructed and used in forging national identity. The course will also examine transnationalism and the formation and articulation of ethnicity in East Asia.
EAST	364	Ethnography of East Asia	A critical and comparative examination of key areas of sociocultural change in present-day East Asia. What do we mean when we speak of "tradition" in the East Asian context? Does tradition refer to an imagined past, or to actual practices that have been discarded in response to demographic, economic or political forces? Using ethnographic studies, we will see how society shapes assumed realms of private experience in Japan, China, and South Korea such as gender, identity, work, and the family, and how these realms of private experience are undergoing marked change. We will then address new areas of research in East Asian anthropology such as the body politic, sexuality, pop culture, consumption and national cultural identities.
EAST	366	Ethnography of Japan	Critical examination of social and cultural (re)presentations of Japan from the postwar to the postmodern. Exploration of diversities of lived reality and social change in contemporary Japan. Topics include: nationalism and historical consciousness, family and gender ideologies, invisible and visible others, sexuality, pop culture, and the Heisei recession.
EAST	390	Tutorial Studies in East Asian Studies	Individualized advanced study under regular staff direction on topics not covered in lower-level courses.
EAST	399	Independent Study in East Asian Studies	Individualized advanced research under staff guidance to prepare a substantial paper, usually for submission for honors.
EAST	410	Chinese Government and Politics	This course explores the political development, political institutions, forms of political participation, and the policy-making process in the People’s Republic of China. Coverage includes the Chinese Revolution, Maoist China, and contemporary China, with an emphasis on economic reforms and political changes in recent decades.
EAST	420	Contemporary China	A discussion course on selected issues in the social and cultural history of modern China. Literature, films, documents, and historical studies are examined to explore the intimate side of personal, family, and social life and the nature and impact of social and cultural changes in 20th-century China.
EAST	491	Borderlands in Modern East and Inner Asia: History, Culture, and Identity	Seminar on Euro-Asian borderlands, with a focus on East Asia during the Modern Period. Adopting a transnational approach, the course examines the fluidity of the concept of the “frontier,” along with various understandings of what borderlands are, from the perspective of both indigenous peoples and those from afar.
EAST	510	Seminar on Zen Buddhism	Zen Buddhism is perhaps the most widely known form of Buddhism in the West and also the most widely misunderstood. This course provides a detailed look at the history and doctrines of Zen Buddhism in China and Japan. Combining the use of original source materials (in translation) with an emphasis on intellectual history, the course covers specific doctrines that have differentiated the major schools of Zen.
EAST	520	Seminar in Chinese Literature	An introduction to some of China’s greatest literary texts of a single genre, period, author, or theme. Issues addressed include gender relations, responses to traditional roles, and the development of fiction in China. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Advanced students of Chinese language may take concurrently CHJA 190, for three units, and work with the instructor to read excerpts in the original Chinese.
EAST	590	Tutorial Studies in East Asian Studies	Individualized advanced study under regular staff direction on topics not covered in lower-level courses.
EAST	599	Independent Study in East Asian Studies	Individualized advanced research under staff guidance to prepare a substantial paper, usually for submission for honors.
EAST	690	Tutorial Studies in East Asian Studies	Individualized advanced study under regular staff direction on topics not covered in lower-level courses.
EAST	699	Independent Study in East Asian Studies	Individualized advanced research under staff guidance to prepare a substantial paper, usually for submission for honors.