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.

Fall 2020

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
AMES 1201	Arrow, Fist, and Sword: Conceptions of the Hero in Asian Cultures	Sections [1]
AMES 3001	Concepts in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies	Sections [1]
AMES 3362	Women Writers in Chinese History	Sections [1]
AMES 3377	A Thousand Years of Buddhism in China: Beliefs, Practices, and Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 3420	Topics in Japanese Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 3433	Traditional Japanese Literature in Translation	Sections [1]
AMES 3437	The Japanese Novel	Sections [1]
AMES 3456	Japanese Film	Sections [1]
AMES 3536	Modern Korean Literature	Sections [1]
AMES 3556	Korean Film and Media	Sections [1]
AMES 3576	Language & Society of the Two Koreas	Sections [1]
AMES 3637W	Modern Indian Literature	Sections [1]
AMES 3856W	Palestinian Literature and Film	Sections [1]
AMES 3867	Orientalism and the Arab World	Sections [1]
AMES 3900	Topics in Asian Literature	Sections [1]
AMES 3920	Topics in Asian Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 4901W	Capstone Project in Asian Languages & Literatures	Sections [1]
AMES 5620	Topics in South Asian Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 5920	Topics in Asian Culture	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
KOR 1011	Beginning Korean I	Sections [8]
KOR 3021	Intermediate Korean I	Sections [4]
KOR 3031	Third Year Korean I	Sections [2]
KOR 3290	Korean Language Teaching Tutorial	Sections [1]
KOR 4001	Beginning Korean I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [8]
KOR 4003	Intermediate Korean I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [4]
KOR 4005	Third Year Korean I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
KOR 4041	Advanced Readings in Modern Korean I	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
JPN 1011	Beginning Japanese I	Sections [10]
JPN 3021	Intermediate Japanese I	Sections [7]
JPN 3031	Third Year Japanese I	Sections [3]
JPN 4001	Beginning Japanese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [10]
JPN 4003	Intermediate Japanese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [7]
JPN 4005	Third Year Japanese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [3]
JPN 4041	Advanced Japanese Conversation and Composition I	Sections [1]
JPN 5040	Readings in Japanese Texts	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
URDU 1011	Beginning Urdu I	Sections [1]
URDU 3021	Intermediate Urdu I	Sections [1]
URDU 3031	Advanced Urdu I	Sections [1]
URDU 4001	Beginning Urdu I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
URDU 4003	Intermediate Urdu I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
URDU 4005	Advanced Urdu I for Graduate Research	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
CHN 1011	Beginning Modern Chinese I	Sections [6]
CHN 1015	Accelerated Beginning Modern Chinese	Sections [1]
CHN 3021	Intermediate Modern Chinese I	Sections [3]
CHN 3031	Advanced Modern Chinese I	Sections [2]
CHN 3201	Chinese Calligraphy	Sections [2]
CHN 4001	Beginning Modern Chinese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [6]
CHN 4003	Intermediate Modern Chinese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [3]
CHN 4005	Accelerated Beginning Modern Chinese for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
CHN 4007	Advanced Modern Chinese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [2]
CHN 4021	Flagship Chinese for Academic Purposes	Sections [1]
CHN 4041	Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese I	Sections [1]
CHN 5041	Media Chinese	Sections [2]
CHN 5214	Classical Chinese Language and Culture	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
ARAB 1101	Beginning Arabic I	Sections [4]
ARAB 3101	Intermediate Arabic I	Sections [3]
ARAB 3290	Arabic Language Teaching Tutorial	Sections [1]
ARAB 3811	Egyptian Colloquial Arabic I	Sections [1]
ARAB 3993	Directed Study	Sections [1]
ARAB 4101	Beginning Arabic I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [5]
ARAB 4121	Intermediate Arabic I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [3]
ARAB 5041	Classical and Modern Arabic Prose	Sections [1]
ARAB 5101	Advanced Arabic I	Sections [1]
ARAB 5992	Directed Readings	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
HNDI 1011	Beginning Hindi I	Sections [1]
HNDI 3021	Intermediate Hindi I	Sections [1]
HNDI 3031	Advanced Hindi I	Sections [1]
HNDI 4001	Beginning Hindi I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
HNDI 4003	Intermediate Hindi I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
HNDI 4005	Advanced Hindi I for Graduate Research	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
HMNG 1011	Beginning Hmong I	Sections [2]
HMNG 1015	Accelerated Beginning Hmong	Sections [1]
HMNG 3021	Intermediate Hmong I	Sections [2]
HMNG 3290	Hmong Language Teaching Tutorial	Sections [1]
HMNG 3993	Directed Studies	Sections [1]
HMNG 4001	Beginning Hmong I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [2]
HMNG 4003	Intermediate Hmong I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [2]

Spring 2021

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
AMES 1001	Asian Film and Animation	Sections [1]
AMES 3265W	The Fantastic in East Asia: Ghosts, Foxes, and the Alien	Sections [1]
AMES 3356W	Chinese Film	Sections [1]
AMES 3436	Postwar Japanese Literature in Translation	Sections [1]
AMES 3441W	Japanese Theater	Sections [1]
AMES 3458	Japanese Animation	Sections [1]
AMES 3468	Environment, Technology and Culture in Modern Japan	Sections [1]
AMES 3520	Topics in Korean Culture	Sections [2]
AMES 3586	Cold War Cultures in Korea	Sections [1]
AMES 3636	South Asian Women Writers	Sections [1]
AMES 3651	Ghosts of India	Sections [1]
AMES 3832	The Politics of Arabic Poetry	Sections [1]
AMES 4901W	Capstone Project in Asian Languages & Literatures	Sections [1]
AMES 5220	Pedagogy of Asian Languages and Literatures	Sections [1]
AMES 5420	Topics in Japanese Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 5993	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 4002	Beginning Korean II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [6]
KOR 4004	Intermediate Korean II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [3]
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 4002	Beginning Japanese II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [9]
JPN 4004	Intermediate Japanese II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [6]
JPN 4006	Third Year Japanese II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [3]
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]

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 4022	Flagship Chinese for Professional Purposes	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]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
HNDI 1012	Beginning Hindi II	Sections [1]
HNDI 3022	Intermediate Hindi II	Sections [1]
HNDI 3032	Advanced 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]

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 4002	Beginning Hmong II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [2]
HMNG 4004	Intermediate Hmong II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
HMNG 4006	Accelerated Intermediate Hmong for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
HMNG 5041	Readings in Hmong Social and Cultural Experience	Sections [1]

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