Transfer Student Courses in Asian Studies This page was created at 7:11 PM on Mon, Jan 21, 2002. Winter Academic Term, 2002 (January 7 - April 26) Open courses in Asian Studies (*Not real-time Information. Review the "Data current as of: " statement at the bottom of hyperlinked page) Wolverine Access Subject listing for ASIAN Winter Academic Term '02 Time Schedule for Asian Studies. ASIAN 120 / JAPANESE 120. Understanding Japan: A Multidisciplinary Introduction. Section 001. Instructor(s): David Rosenfeld (dmrosen@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. See Japanese 120.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. ASIAN 253 / SSEA 250. Undergraduate Seminar in South and Southeast Asian Culture. Section 001 – South Asian Literary Humor. Instructor(s): Christi Merrill (merrillc@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of any Asian language required. (3). (HU). May be repeated with department permission. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. From Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories, to R.K. Narayan's Waiting for the Mahatma, to Kirin Narayan's Love, Stars, and All That, this course offers a survey of facetious – sometimes even funny – fiction from South Asia that has us consider the ways "us" and "them" are constructed in a literary text. If humor allows pointed judgments and complex criticisms to be made of the world, then how are readers of a literary text able to share this world? Students will be expected to prepare a one-page reading response for each class and to open discussion once during the term. There will be a take-home final examination in addition to the journal being turned in at the end of the term. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. ASIAN 302(402) / JAPANESE 302. Rewriting Identities in Modern Japan. Section 001. Instructor(s): Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen (qmz@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. See Japanese 302.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. ASIAN 321 / SSEA 321. Sikh History II (19th Century-Present). Section 001. Instructor(s): Pashaura Singh (psingh@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. See South & Southeast Asia 321.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. ASIAN 360(475) / CHIN 360 / RCHUMS 375 / HISTART 387 / PHIL 360. The Arts and Letters of China. Section 001. Instructor(s): Shuen-Fu Lin (lsf@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: https://coursetools.ummu.umich.edu/2002/winter/asian/360/001.nsf See Chinese 360.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: 1 ASIAN 381. Junior/Senior Colloquium for Concentrators. Section 001 – Asia In Theory. Instructor(s): Nancy Florida (nflorida@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior or senior standing and concentration in Asian Studies. (3). (Excl). Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. In this course, students will be invited to investigate ways in which Asia has been formed as a subject of scholarly study. Drawing on a variety of materials that concern Asian and Asianist culture, history, and literature, the course will explore the colonial and postcolonial formation of the subject of Asia and its translation into modern academic discourse. The students will learn to address critically a selection of theoretical works that concern South, Southeast, and East Asian subjects. They will also develop and present their own original projects on Asian topics of their choice. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. ASIAN 440. National Cinema of Asia. Section 001 – Dialogue of Violence: Cinema in WWII's Pacific Theater. Meets with Film-Video 455.001 Instructor(s): Mark H Nornes (amnornes@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits. Credits: (3). Lab Fee: Laboratory fee ($35) required. Course Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~amnornes/violence.html See Film and Video Studies 440.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 1 Waitlist Code: No Data Given. ASIAN 469 / CHIN 469 / PHIL 469. Later Chinese Thought. Section 001. Instructor(s): Philip Ivanhoe Prerequisites & Distribution: Upperclass standing; no knowledge of Chinese required. (3). (Excl). Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term). Course Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ivanhoe/phil469.htm See Chinese 469.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. ASIAN 472 / KOREAN 472. The Korean War. Section 001. Instructor(s): Henry Em (henryem@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. See Korean 472.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. ASIAN 481 / BUDDHST 481 / RELIGION 483. Zen Buddhism. Section 001. Instructor(s): Robert H Sharf (rsharf@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: One previous course in Buddhist Studies recommended. (4). (Excl). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. See Buddhist Studies 481.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: 1 ASIAN 492. Topics in S&SEA Studies. Section 001 – Philippines Studies Seminar. Credits? Instructor(s): Gayl D Ness , Peter Gosling Prerequisites & Distribution: (1-3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits. Credits: (1-3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. 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