The following courses have been approved for the South Asian Studies minor requirements in each category.

History, Religion and Philosophy

ASIA 399 Gandhi: India and Beyond
HC 424 Topics: Mahatma Gandhi
HC 424 Topics: Mahabharata
HIST 386 India
HIST 410 Protest in South Asia
HIST 469 Topics: Indians & Gender
REL 304 Religions of India
REL 305 Hinduism: Myth & Tradition
REL 399 Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
REL 399 Yoga in Theory and Practice

Contemporary Issues

ANTH 331 Cultures of South Asia
ASIA 410 Cities of South Asia
ASIA 410 S Asia Relig/Media
HIST 399 Sp St Mod South Asia
HIST 407 Sem. Cities of S Asia
INTL 407 Pakistan & Afghanistan: Connecting the Problems & the Solutions
INTL 407 Cities in India
J 412 Advertising in India
PS 399 Sp St Afghanistan/ Pakistan
PS 399 Sp St The War in Afghanistan

Media and Culture

ARH 207 History of Indian Art
ARH 399 Sp St Indian Painting
ARH 399 Indian Miniature
ARH 407 Seminar: The Indian City
ARH 410 Early Indian Art & Architecture
ARH 410 Early South Asian Art
ARH 410 Indian Painting
ARH 410 Late Indian Art & Architecture
ARH 410 Later Indian Art
ARH 410 Buddhist-Hindu Art/Arch
ASIA 399 Sp St Cities in India
ENG 246 Topics: South Asia and Globalization
ENG 380 Film, Media, History: South Asia
ENG 381 Film, Media, Culture: South Asia
ENG 399 Topics: Indian Literature
INTL 407: Bollywood’s Lens on Indian Society
LING 199 Sp St Himalayan Languages
MUS 454 Music of India

Suggested courses with a partial focus on South Asia – for elective options

ANTH 407 Seminar: Colonialism & Anthropology
ARH 410 Islamic Architecture
ARH 410 South & SE Asian Art
ARH 490 Islamic Art & Architecture
COLT 360 Gender & Identity in Literature
EC 399 Sp St Asia & Wall Street
EC 490 Economic Growth & Development
ENG 365 Global Literatures in English
ENG 466 Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
ENG 488 Race and Representation in Film
HIST 199 Sp St Islamic Civilization I, II
HIST 410 Islamic Origins
HIST 410 Muslims & Other Religions
INTL 399 Islam & Global Forces
INTL 407 Militant Islam
INTL 421 Gender & International Development
INTL 422 Aid to Developing Countries
INTL 423 Development & the Muslim World
J 396 International Communications
I 467 The Digital World
I 460 International Advertising
LING 199 Sp St World Englishes
MUS 358 Music in World Cultures
PHIL 213 Asian Philosophy
REL 101 World Religions: Asian
REL 233 Introduction to Islam
REL 399 Sp St Islamic Political Thought
REL 399 Sp St Muslim Holidays
REL 399 SP St Otherworldly Journeys
REL 407 Buddhist Philosophy
REL 407 Islamic Law
REL 407 Quran & Interpretations
REL 432 Islamic Mystic Thought
REL 440 Buddhist Scriptures

Anthropology
ANTH 343 Pacif Island Archaeol

Art History
ARH 199 Sp St Contem Asian Art
ARH 208 Hist of Chinese Art (meets in Portland)

Chinese
CHN 480/580 Chinese Linguistics (Jing-Schmidt)

East Asian Languages and Literatures
EALL 210 China: Cultur Odyssey
EALL 211 Japan: Cultur Odyssey (Webb)

History
HIST 396 Samurai in Film (Goble)
HIST 399 Sp St Rel Mod Asia (Glowark)
HIST 410 Pac War in Film (Grunow)

International Studies
INTL 407/507 Sem Militant Islam (Weiss)
INTL 407/507 Sem Bollywood Lens Ind (Weiss)

Japanese
JPN 315 Intro Japanese Ling (Idemaru)

Philosophy
PHIL 213 Asian Philosophy (Simpson)

Political Science
PS 342 Politics of China (Koesel)

Religious Studies
REL 303 Japanese Religions (Grosz)

Language Classes
CHN 101-103; 201-203; 301-303
JPN 101-103; 201-203; 301-303
KRN 101-103

Spring Courses 2013

Anthropology
ANTH 328 New Guinea (Biersack)

Art History
ARH 207 Hist of Indian Art (Nardi)
ARH 399 Sp St Manga (Walley, A.)
ARH 410/510 Eccentrics Japan Art (Walley, A.)
ARH 410/510 Hindu Buddhist Art/Arc (Nardi)

Asian Studies
ASIA 410/510 Exp S Asia Relig/Media (Loan)

Chinese
CHN 151 Intro Chinese Film (Groppe)
CHN 199 Sp St Global Sch Chn (Beecher)
CHN 308 Lit Modern Taiwan
CHN 413/513 Top Issues Modern Cul (Wu)
CHN 422 Inter Lang Strategies (Mao)
CHN 424/524 Iss Mediev Chinese Lit (Wang)
CHN 445/545 Top Business in CHN (Chen)
CHN 607 Sem Republican Shanghai (Groppe)
CHN 607 Sem Rulin Waishi (Epstein)

East Asian Languages and Literatures
EALL 440/540 Japanese and Korean Phon (Idemaru)
EALL 607 Sem Bibliogr & Methods (Jing-Schmidt)

English
ENG 242 Intro Asian Amer Lit (Tanner)

Ethnic Studies
440 Top Conf Asian Am Lit (Tanner)

Geography
GEOG 205 Geog of Pacific Asia (Su)
GEOG 474/575 Top: China’s Economy and Development (Buck)

Honors College
HC 434H Top Japanese Empire (DeBevoise)

History
HIST 192 Japan Past and Present (Hanes)
HIST 388 Vietnam and the US (May)
HIST 396 Samurai in Film (Goble)
HIST 407/507 Sem Cities of S Asia (Valiani)
HIST 415 Top China & The World (Hasegawa)
HIST 487 Top China since 1949 (Hasegawa)
HIST 490/590 Top Modern Japan III (Hanes)

International Studies
INTL 444/544 Dev/Soc Ch SE Asia

Japanese
JPN 199 Sp St Global Sch Jpn (Deegan)
JPN 307 Intro Japanese Lit (Walley, G.)
JPN 410/510 Contemporary Writers (Walley, G.)
JPN 425/525 Top Japan Youth Cultur (Freedman)
JPN 436/536 Adv Readings Japan Lit (O’Brien) *taught in Japanese

Korean
KRN 399 Sp St Imagin Modrn Krn (Lim)

Language Teaching
LT 199 Sp St Persian/Farsi
LT 199 Sp St Vietnamese
LT 199 Sp St Chinese
LT 199 Sp St Hindi/Urdu

Religion
REL 233 Intro to Islam (Hollenberg)
REL 304 Religions of India (Howard)
REL 410/510 Islamic Political Thought (Hollenberg)

Winter Courses 2013

Asian Studies
ASIA 350 What is Asia: Theo Deb (Buck)

Anthropology
ANTH 234 Pacific Island Societies (Biersack)
ANTH 331 Cultures of South Asia (Karim)
ANTH 345 Archeology of East Asia (Lee)
ANTH 440/540 Topic SE Asian Archeology (Ayres)

Art History
ARH 208 Hist of China Art (Lachman)
ARH 397 Japanese Buddhist Art (Walley, Akiko)
ARH 399 Indian Miniature (Nardi)
ARH 410/510: Buddha-Hindu Art/Arch (Nardi)

Chinese
CHN 150 Intro Chinese Novel (Durrant)
CHN 199 Sp St Accelerated Chinese (Han)
CHN 306 History of Chinese Literature (Wang)
CHN 351 Gender & Sexuality in Modern Chinese Literature (Groppe)
CHN 381 City in Chinese Literature and Film
CHN 423/523 Issues in Early Chinese Literature (Durrant)
CHN 437/537 Literary Chinese (Chen)
CHN 445/545 Religion and Culture (Chen and Wei)
CHN 607 Sem Tang Poetry (Wang)

Comparative Literature *as of the 2012-2013 school year, Japanese film courses will be listed under COLT
COLT 410/510 Asian Horror (Brown, Steven)

East Asian Languages and Literatures
EALL 410/510 Jpn/Krn Syntax (Brown, Lucien and Idemaru)
EALL 410/510 E Asian Cultural Studies (Kim)

English
ENG 242 Intro to Asian American Literature (Tanner)

Ethnic Studies
ES 252 Intro to Asian-American Studies (Raza)
ES 399 Sp St Asian Diasporas (Shiekh)

History
HIST 191 China Past and Present (Schwintzer)
HIST 386 India (Valiani)
HIST 387 Early China (Asim)
HIST 410/510 Protest in South Asia (Vallani)
HIST 487/587 Top Ming and Qing Dynasty (Asim)
HIST 487/587 Republican China
HIST 608 Pre-Modern Japan (Goble)

Japanese
JPN 306 Intro to Japanese Literature (Freedman)
JPN 407/507 Sem Psych in Japan (Furikado) * taught in Japanese
JPN 410/510 Early Modern Comics (Walley, Glenn)
JPN 435/535 Adv Reading Japanese Lit (Ikei) *taught in Japanese
JPN 610 Japan’s Global Media (Freedman)

Korean
KRN 315 Intro to Korean Linguistics (Brown, Lucien)
KRN 361 Korean Popular Culture and Transnationalism (Kim)

Language Teaching
LT 199 Sp St Vietnamese (Zahir)
LT 199 Sp St Chinese (Zahir)
LT 199 Sp St Persian/Farsi
LT 199 Sp St Hindi/Urdu

Music
MUS 490/590 Balinese Gamelan (Kyr)

Political Science
PS 399 Sp St SE Asian Politics (Vu)

Religious Studies
REL 302 Chinese Religions (Grosz)
REL 353 Dark Self East/West (Unno)
REL 444/544 Medieval Japanese Buddhism (Unno)

Avi Conant - MA 2014

Avi Conant graduated from Whitman College with a degree in Politics. He has lived and taught abroad in China. He is currently researching food in China.

Contact Info: aconant@uoregon.edu

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Julie DePaulo

Julie DePaulo - MA 2013

Julie DePaulo graduated from Ohio University in 2006 with a degree in World Religions. She was a Fulbright Fellow to Japan and remained there for over three years teaching English. Julie is currently finishing her MA focusing on the Japanese ritual of mizuko kuyo and digital media.
Contact info: jdepaulo@uoregon.edu

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Sara Menton

Sara Menton - MA 2014

Sara Menton graduated from Birmingham-Southern College in 2012 with a degree in History. She studies Chinese and is interested in Chinese Art History.

Contact Info: smenton@uoregon.edu

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Jesse Rodenbiker

Jesse Rodenbiker - MA 2013

Jesse Rodenbiker graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in Philosophy. His recent research through the University of Oregon’s Asian Studies M.A. Program broadly focuses on issues of China’s urban sustainability, eco-city development, culture, land-use, landscape aesthetics, urban form, and human-environment relationships. His work engages Chinese language urban planning discourses, urban-geographic analysis, and anthropological methods. In addition, Jesse currently works with the Sustainable Cities Initiative’s China programs and is a graduate teaching fellow in the History department. After completing his M.A. studies at the University of Oregon, he will pursue a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in the field of Geography.

Contact info: jgr@uoregon.edu

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Eric Tojimbara

Eric Tojimbara - MA 2013

Eric Tojimbara completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Oregon in 2008 and returned as a Post-Bacceaulaureate in 2009. He majored in English, philosophy, and religious studies.

Currently he is in his final term as a M.A. student in Asian Studies focusing on Japan with his research specialization in Medieval Japanese religion and vernacular literature. His thesis, tentatively titled “Re-Presenting the Chigo: The Figure of the Acolyte in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Literature,” focuses on the Chigo Monogatari (acolyte tales) tradition. In the fall of 2013 Eric will begin his Ph.D at UCLA in the Asian Languages and Civilizations department.

Contact Info: ytojimbara@uoregon.edu

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Rachel Wallner

Rachel Wallner - MA 2014

In 2011, Rachel Wallner applied and was awarded a scholarship to pursue Chinese language study at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China. Rachel spent 2011-12 developing her language skills abroad. In 2012, she applied for and won another full-year scholarship and a second year of leave from the UO, so she can complete her second and final year at Sichuan University. She will return to the University of Oregon in fall 2013 to complete her degree in Asian Studies, and equipped with advanced language skills and an improved understanding of Chinese culture and society. She hopes to make unique and significant contributions to Chinese social history as she intends to pursue a Ph.D. after graduating from the Asian Studies master’s program.

Contact info: rwallner@uoregon.edu

Matthew Hayes – MA Spring 2012

Matthew Hayes - MA 2012

These courses have been approved for students who wish to focus on South Asia. Courses not listed may be approved for the regional focus area by talking to the undergraduate adviser.

ANTH 331 Cultures of South Asia

ARH 207 History of Indian Art
ARH 399 Sp St Indian Painting
ARH 399 Indian Miniature
ARH 407 Seminar: The Indian City
ARH 410 Early Indian Art & Architecture
ARH 410 Early South Asian Art
ARH 410 Indian Painting
ARH 410 Late Indian Art & Architecture
ARH 410 Later Indian Art
ARH 410 Buddhist-Hindu Art/Arch

ASIA 399 Gandhi: India and Beyond
ASIA 399 Sp St Cities in India
ASIA 410 Cities of South Asia
ASIA 410 S Asia Relig/Media

ENG 246 Topics: South Asia and Globalization
ENG 380 Film, Media, History: South Asia
ENG 381 Film, Media, Culture: South Asia
ENG 399 Topics: Indian Literature

HC 424 Topics: Mahatma Gandhi
HC 424 Topics: Mahabharata

HIST 386 India
HIST 399 Sp St Mod South Asia
HIST 407 Sem. Cities of S Asia
HIST 410 Protest in South Asia
HIST 469 Topics: Indians & Gender

INTL 407 Pakistan & Afghanistan: Connecting the Problems & the Solutions
INTL 407: Bollywood’s Lens on Indian Society
INTL 407 Cities in India

J 412 Advertising in India

LING 199 Sp St Himalayan Languages

MUS 454 Music of India
PS 399 Sp St Afghanistan/ Pakistan
PS 399 Sp St The War in Afghanistan

REL 304 Religions of India
REL 305 Hinduism: Myth & Tradition
REL 399 Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
REL 399 Yoga in Theory and Practice

Due to the limited number of available classes, students may use classes in other Asian areas to supplement their regional focus course requirements.

ANTH 341 Asian Archeology
ANTH 342 Northeast Asia Prehistory
ANTH 345 Archeology of East Asia

COLT 410 Asian Horror

DAN 302 Dance in Asia

EALL 209 Lang & Society of East Asia
EALL 360 East Asian Cinema
EALL 440 Japanese and Korean Phonetics
EALL 443 Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Pedagogy
EALL 460 Teaching East Asian Languages and Literatures at College Level

KRN 199 Introduction to Korean Cinema
KRN 309 Language, History and Society in Korea
KRN 311/312/313 Third Year Korean
KRN 315 Introduction to Korean Linguistics
KRN 360 Contemporary Korean Cinema
KRN 361 Korean Popular Culture and Transnationalism
KRN 399 All KRN 399 courses can be counted for the major
KRN 410 All KRN 410 courses can be counted for the major

REL 201 Great Religions of Asia
REL 330 Buddhism and Asian Culture

These courses have been approved for students who wish to focus on China. Courses not listed may be approved for the regional focus area by talking to the undergraduate adviser.

ANTH 341 Asian Archeology
ANTH 342 Northeast Asia Prehistory
ANTH 345 Archeology of East Asia

ARH 208 History of Chinese Art
ARH 382 Art of the Silk Route
ARH 384 Chinese Art I
ARH 385 Chinese Art II
ARH 386 Chinese Art III
ARH 387 Chinese Buddhist Art
ARH 399 Sung China
ARH 484 Problems in Chinese Art

CHN 150 Introduction to Chinese Novel
CHN 151 Introduction to Chinese Film
CHN 152 Introduction to Chinese Popular Culture
CHN 311/312/313 Third Year Chinese
CHN 305/306/307 Introduction to Chinese Literature
CHN 308 Lit Modern Taiwan
CHN 350 Women in Traditional Chinese Literature
CHN 351 Women in Modern Chinese Literature
CHN 381 City in Chinese Literature and Film
CHN all CHN 410 courses can be counted towards the major
CHN 411 & 412 Fourth-year Chinese
CHN 413 Modern Chinese Texts
CHN 423 Issues in Early Chinese Literature
CHN 424 Issues in Medieval Chinese Literature
CHN 425 issues in Modern Chinese Literature
CHN 431/432/433 Advanced Chinese
CHN 436/437 Literary Chinese
CHN 438 Literary Chinese Texts
CHN 445 Religion and Culture
CHN 445Top Business in CHN
CHN 450 Chinese Bibliography
CHN 451 Post-Mao Fiction and Debate
CHN 452 Chinese Film and Theory
CHN 454 Early Chinese Poetry: Scholar’s Lament
CHN 455 The Han-Tang Poetic Tradition
CHN 456 Traditional Chinese Law and Literature
CHN 461 The Confucian Canon
CHN 462 The Beginnings of Chinese Narrative

DAN 302 Dance in Asia

EALL 209 Lang & Society of East Asia
EALL 210 China: A Cultural Odyssey
EALL 360 East Asian Cinema
EALL 410 E Asian Cultural Studies
EALL 443 Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Pedagogy
EALL 460 Teaching East Asian Languages and Literatures

ENG 399 Cinematic Chinese Cinema
ENG 490 Transnational Chinese Cinema

GEOG 474 Top: China’s Economy and Development

HIST 290 Foundations of East Asia
HIST 291 China-Past and Present
HIST 387 Early China

HIST 487 Topics in Chinese History:
I-Song and Yuan
II-Ming and Qing
III-Late Qing
IV-Republican China
V-China since 1949

HIST 488 Knowledge and Power in China:
I-Confucianism, State, and Society
II-Communication and Print Culture
HIST 489 State and Society Relations in Modern China
I-The Peasants’ Revolution
II-Republican China
III-Ethnicity and Nationalism

HIST 494 East Asia: Concepts and Issues
I-Social Elites
II-Revolution
III-Education and Society
IV-Cities

HIST 496 Chinese Society in the Late Imperial Period
I-Vernacular Fiction and Social History
II-Popular Culture and Popular Resistance

HIST 497 Culture, Modernity, and Revolution in China
I-Modernity and Gender
II-Cultural Revolution and Memory
III-Historiography of the Communist Revolution

PHIL 213 Eastern Philosophy

PS 342 Politics of China
PS 459 US-China Relations

REL 201 Great Religions of Asia
REL 302 Chinese Religions
REL Buddhism and Asian Culture

These courses have been approved for students who wish to focus on Japan. Courses not listed may be approved for the regional focus area by talking to the undergraduate adviser.

ANTH 341 Asian Archeology
ANTH 342 Northeast Asia Prehistory
ANTH 345 Archeology of East Asia

ARCH 432 Settlement Patterns: Japanese Vernacular I
ARCH 433 Settlement Patterns: Japanese Vernacular II

ARH 209 History of Japanese Art
ARH 394 Japanese Art I
ARH 395 Japanese Art II
ARH 396 Japanese Art III
ARH 397 Japan Buddhist Art
ARH 399 Japan Edo Painting
ARH 399 Sp St Manga
ARH 410 Eccentrics Japan Art
ARH 488 Japanese Prints
ARH 494 Problems in Japanese Art

COLT 410 Asian Horror
COLT 410 Japanese Horror
COLT 410 Tokyo Cyberpunk

DAN 302 Dance in Asia

EALL 209 Lang & Society of East Asia
EALL 211 Japan: A Cultural Odyssey
EALL 360 East Asian Cinema
EALL 410 E Asian Cultural Studies
EALL 440 Japanese and Korean Phonetics
EALL 443 Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Pedagogy
EALL 460 Teaching East Asian Languages and Literatures

HIST 290 Foundations of East Asia
HIST 292 Japan-Past and Present
HIST 396 Samurai in Film

HIST 490 Topics in Japanese History
I-To 1333
II-Medieval, 1333-1800
III-Modern Age
HIST 491 Medicine and Society in Premodern Japan
HIST 492 Postwar Japan
I-The American Occupation
II-The Postwar Experience
III-The Information Age
HIST 494 East Asia: Concepts and Issues
I-Social Elites
II-Revolution
III-Education and Society
IV-Cities

HIST 498 Early Japanese Culture and Society
I-Buddhism and Society in Medieval Japan
II-The Heian Aristocracy
III-Medieval Japan
IV-Samurai and War
HIST 499 Japanese Popular Culture
I-Tokugawa Urbanism
II-Media Culture
III-Consumer Lifestyles

JPN 305/306/307 Introduction to Japanese Literature
JPN 311/312/313 Third Year Japanese
JPN 410 All JPN 410 courses can be counted for the major
JPN 411/412/413 Fourth-Year Spoken Japanese
JPN 414/415/416 Fourth-Year Reading and Writing Japanese
JPN 424 Premodern Japanese Literature
JPN 425 Modern Japanese Literature
JPN 426 Major Japanese Writers
JPN 428 Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
JPN 431/432/433 Advanced Spoken Japanese
JPN 434/435/436 Advanced Readings in Japanese
JPN 440 Japanese Phonology and Morphology
JPN 441 Structure of the Japanese Language
JPN 443& 444 Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
JPN 450 Japanese Bibliography
JPN 453 Japanese Sociolinguistics
JPN 471 The Japanese Cinema
JPN 472 Japanese Film and Literature

PHIL 213 Eastern Philosophy

PS 454 Japanese Politics

REL 303 Japanese Religions
REL 330 Buddhism and Asian Cultures
REL 440 Readings in Buddhist Scriptures
REL 444 Medieval Japanese Buddhism

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