Courses

As part of a large public research university, the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) is dedicated to increasing awareness and learning about Asia among the public as a whole. Offerings are available at a variety of levels—from the introductory to the advanced. You don't need to be majoring or minoring in AMES or ALCM to take courses in the department.

Spring 2020

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
AMES 1001	Asian Film and Animation	Sections [1]
AMES 1912	Fashioning Islam in Literature and Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 3232W	"Short" Poetry in China and Japan	Sections [1]
AMES 3265W	The Fantastic in East Asia: Ghosts, Foxes, and the Alien	Sections [1]
AMES 3337	Contemporary Chinese Literature and Popular Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 3356W	Chinese Film	Sections [1]
AMES 3433	Traditional Japanese Literature in Translation	Sections [1]
AMES 3458	Japanese Animation	Sections [5]
AMES 3536	Modern Korean Literature	Sections [1]
AMES 3576	Language & Society of the Two Koreas	Sections [1]
AMES 3586	Cold War Cultures in Korea	Sections [1]
AMES 3651	Ghosts of India	Sections [1]
AMES 3800	Topics in Arab Literature	Sections [1]
AMES 3820	Topics in Arab Culture	Sections [2]
AMES 3832	The Politics of Arabic Poetry	Sections [1]
AMES 3920	Topics in Asian Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 3990	Directed Study	Sections [1]
AMES 4901W	Capstone Project in Asian Languages & Literatures	Sections [1]
AMES 5446	Kabuki: A Pop, Queer, and Classical Theater in Japan	Sections [1]
AMES 5820	Topics in Arab Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 5920	Topics in Asian Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 5990	Directed Study	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
KOR 1012	Beginning Korean II	Sections [6]
KOR 3022	Intermediate Korean II	Sections [3]
KOR 3032	Third Year Korean II	Sections [1]
KOR 3290	Korean Language Teaching Tutorial	Sections [1]
KOR 4006	Third Year Korean II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
KOR 4042	Advanced Readings in Modern Korean II	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
JPN 1012	Beginning Japanese II	Sections [9]
JPN 3022	Intermediate Japanese II	Sections [6]
JPN 3032	Third Year Japanese II	Sections [3]
JPN 3290	Japanese Language Teaching Tutorial	Sections [1]
JPN 4004	Intermediate Japanese II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
JPN 4042	Advanced Japanese Conversation and Composition II	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
URDU 1012	Beginning Urdu II	Sections [1]
URDU 3022	Intermediate Urdu II	Sections [1]
URDU 4002	Beginning Urdu II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
URDU 4004	Intermediate Urdu II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
URDU 5040	Readings in Urdu Texts	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
CHN 1012	Beginning Modern Chinese II	Sections [5]
CHN 3016	Accelerated Intermediate Modern Chinese	Sections [1]
CHN 3022	Intermediate Modern Chinese II	Sections [4]
CHN 3032	Advanced Modern Chinese II	Sections [2]
CHN 3202	Intermediate Chinese Calligraphy	Sections [1]
CHN 3203	Advanced Chinese Handwriting	Sections [1]
CHN 4002	Beginning Modern Chinese II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [5]
CHN 4004	Intermediate Modern Chinese II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [4]
CHN 4006	Accelerated Intermediate Modern Chinese for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
CHN 4008	Advanced Modern Chinese II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [2]
CHN 4022	Flagship Chinese for Professional Purposes	Sections [1]
CHN 4040	Chinese Content-Based Instruction	Sections [1]
CHN 4042	Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese II	Sections [1]
CHN 5042	Contemporary Chinese Texts 1949-present	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
ARAB 1102	Beginning Arabic II	Sections [4]
ARAB 3102	Intermediate Arabic II	Sections [3]
ARAB 3290	Arabic Language Teaching Tutorial	Sections [1]
ARAB 3813	Jordanian Colloquial Arabic	Sections [1]
ARAB 4102	Beginning Arabic II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [4]
ARAB 4122	Intermediate Arabic II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [3]
ARAB 5102	Advanced Arabic II	Sections [1]
ARAB 5992	Directed Readings	Sections [4]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
HNDI 1012	Beginning Hindi II	Sections [1]
HNDI 3022	Intermediate Hindi II	Sections [1]
HNDI 4002	Beginning Hindi II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
HNDI 4004	Intermediate Hindi II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
HNDI 5040	Readings in Hindi Texts	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
HMNG 1012	Beginning Hmong II	Sections [2]
HMNG 3016	Accelerated Intermediate Hmong	Sections [1]
HMNG 3022	Intermediate Hmong II	Sections [1]
HMNG 3290	Hmong Language Teaching Tutorial	Sections [1]
HMNG 5041	Readings in Hmong Social and Cultural Experience	Sections [1]

Summer 2020

There are no AMES courses available for Summer 2020.
Please see classinfo.umn.edu for more info.

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
KOR 1011	Beginning Korean I	Sections [1]
KOR 1012	Beginning Korean II	Sections [1]
KOR 3021	Intermediate Korean I	Sections [1]
KOR 3022	Intermediate Korean II	Sections [1]
KOR 4001	Beginning Korean I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
KOR 4002	Beginning Korean II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
KOR 4003	Intermediate Korean I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
KOR 4004	Intermediate Korean II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
JPN 1011	Beginning Japanese I	Sections [1]
JPN 1012	Beginning Japanese II	Sections [1]
JPN 3021	Intermediate Japanese I	Sections [1]
JPN 3022	Intermediate Japanese II	Sections [1]
JPN 4001	Beginning Japanese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
JPN 4002	Beginning Japanese II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
JPN 4003	Intermediate Japanese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
JPN 4004	Intermediate Japanese II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]

There are no URDU courses available for Summer 2020.
Please see classinfo.umn.edu for more info.

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
CHN 3021	Intermediate Modern Chinese I	Sections [1]
CHN 3022	Intermediate Modern Chinese II	Sections [1]
CHN 4003	Intermediate Modern Chinese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
CHN 4004	Intermediate Modern Chinese II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
ARAB 1101	Beginning Arabic I	Sections [1]
ARAB 1102	Beginning Arabic II	Sections [1]
ARAB 3101	Intermediate Arabic I	Sections [1]
ARAB 3102	Intermediate Arabic II	Sections [1]
ARAB 4101	Beginning Arabic I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
ARAB 4102	Beginning Arabic II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
ARAB 4121	Intermediate Arabic I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
ARAB 4122	Intermediate Arabic II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]

There are no HNDI courses available for Summer 2020.
Please see classinfo.umn.edu for more info.

There are no HMNG courses available for Summer 2020.
Please see classinfo.umn.edu for more info.

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