East Asia Related Courses

East Asia
Related
Courses

 

The University of Arizona offers over 65 courses directly related to East Asian languages and cultures through the Department of East Asian Studies (EAS) and hundreds of others which contain East Asian content.

  • EAS/RELI 130 Asian Religions
  • EAS 160A1 The Worlds of Buddhism
  • EAS 160A3 Chinese Civilization
  • EAS 160A5 Languages and Cultures of East Asia
  • EAS 201 Myth Memory and Mind: Traditional East Asia
  • EAS 202 Symbol, Society, and Social Change- Contemporary East Asia
  • EAS/RELI 222 Intro to Zen Buddhism
  • EAS/ASPAS 250 Intro to Asian Pacific American Studies
  • EAS/RELI 333 Buddhist Meditation Traditions
  • EAS 351 Zen, Tea, and Poetry: A Blending of Genres
  • EAS 358 Tibetan Buddhism
  • EAS 359 Buddhism and Healing
  • EAS 390 Asian and Pacific Religions in American Spirituality 
  • EAS 484/584 History of East Asian Buddhism
  • EAS 498 Senior Capstone/Honors Thesis

Language
  • CHN 101 Elementary Chinese 
  • CHN 102 Elementary Chinese 
  • CHN 201 Intermediate Chinese 
  • CHN 202 Intermediate Chinese 
  • CHN 301 Third Year Chinese I 
  • CHN 302 Third Year Chinese II 
Culture
  • CHN 150B1 Language, Love, Life: Study Abroad to and from Asia
  • CHN 241 Chinese Religions 
  • CHN 245 Chinese Popular Culture
  • CHN/FTV 251 New Chinese Cinema
  • CHN 305 Global Kung Fu Cinema
  • CHN 331 Taoist Traditions of China
Culture
  • CHN 345 Buddhists, Bandits, and Beauties: Masterworks of Chinese Fiction
  • CHN 415 Advanced Modern Chinese
  • CHN 422 Classical Chinese
  • CHN 460 US and China Relations in the Modern World
  • CHN 465 Chinese/English Translation: Theory and Practice
  • CHN 476 Modern China

Language
  • KOR 101 Elementary Korean I
  • KOR 102 Elementary Korean II
  • KOR 201 Intermediate Korean II
  • KOR 202 Intermediate Korean II
  • KOR 302 Third-Year Korean II
Culture
  • KOR 245 K-Pop, Webtoons, Ethnic Food, and More: Understanding Korean Popular Culture
  • KOR 251 Korea through Films
Culture
  • KOR 352 Class, Gender, and Family in Korea
  • KOR 391 Preceptorship

Language
  • JPN 101 Elementary Japanese
  • JPN 102 Elementary Japanese
  • JPN 201 Intermediate Japanese
  • JPN 202 Intermediate Japanese
  • JPN 301 Advanced Japanese
  • JPN 302 Advanced Japanese
Culture
  • JPN/RELI 220 Religions in Japanese Society
  • JPN 245 Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More! 
  • JPN 272 Japanese Civilization
  • JPN 304 Intro to Japanese Language and Linguistics
  • JPN 310 Japanese Literature and War
  • JPN 311 Death in Traditional Japanese Literature
  • JPN 345 Megacity Tokyo
  • JPN 355 From Godzilla to Hello Kitty! US-Japan Popular Culture
  • JPN/HIST 362A The Culture of Food and Health in Japan
Culture
  • JPN 405 Classical Japanese
  • JPN 411 Intro to Japanese Linguistics
  • JPN 412 Advanced Japanese Linguistics
  • JPN 422 Advanced Practice in Japanese 
  • JPN 425 Anthropology of Japan: Images and Realities
  • JPN 430 Haruki Murakami and Literature of Modern Japan
  • JPN 436 Japanese Sociolinguistics
  • JPN 450 Contemporary Japanese Literature
  • JPN 462 The History of Modern Japan: Meiji to the Present
  • JPN 489 History of Japanese Religions: Modern
  • JPN 496 Japanese Literature

A downloadable PDF file of the full EAS course list is available below.

List is current as of February 2023, actual course offerings are subject to change. 

 

Courses offered by the EAS department may also be found on their website:

https://eas.arizona.edu/undergraduate/current-students/course-schedule