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.

Summer 2021

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
AMES 3356W	Chinese Film	Sections [1]
AMES 3672	Buddhism	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
ARAB 1101	Beginning Arabic I	Sections [1]
ARAB 1102	Beginning Arabic II	Sections [1]
ARAB 3030	Arabic Content-Based Instruction	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]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
CHN 3021	Intermediate Modern Chinese I	Sections [1]
CHN 3022	Intermediate Modern Chinese II	Sections [1]
CHN 3031	Advanced Modern Chinese I	Sections [1]
CHN 3032	Advanced 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]
CHN 4007	Advanced Modern Chinese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]
CHN 4008	Advanced Modern Chinese II for Graduate Student Research	Sections [1]

There are no HMNG courses available for Summer 2021.
Please see classinfo.umn.edu for more info.

There are no HNDI courses available for Summer 2021.
Please see classinfo.umn.edu for more info.

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 KOR courses available for Summer 2021.
Please see classinfo.umn.edu for more info.

There are no URDU courses available for Summer 2021.
Please see classinfo.umn.edu for more info.

Fall 2021

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
AMES 1201	Arrow, Fist, and Sword: Conceptions of the Hero in Asian Cultures	Sections [1]
AMES 1806	Modern Arab Cultures and Societies	Sections [1]
AMES 1913	End Times: Narrating Extinction & Apocalypse	Sections [1]
AMES 1914	Bollywood Blockbusters and Beyond	Sections [1]
AMES 3001	Concepts in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies	Sections [1]
AMES 3336	Revolution and Modernity in Chinese Literature and Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 3362	Women Writers in Chinese History	Sections [1]
AMES 3456	Japanese Film	Sections [1]
AMES 3471	Introduction to Japanese Religions	Sections [1]
AMES 3576	Language & Society of the Two Koreas	Sections [1]
AMES 3637W	Modern Indian Literature	Sections [1]
AMES 3679	Religion and Society in Modern South Asia	Sections [1]
AMES 3720	Topics in Southeast Asian Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 3877	The Arab Renaissance: Narrating Modernity	Sections [1]
AMES 5720	Topics in Southeast Asian Culture	Sections [1]
AMES 5877	The Arab Renaissance: Narrating Modernity	Sections [1]
AMES 5993	Directed Study	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 3900	Topics in Arabic	Sections [1]
ARAB 3993	Directed Study	Sections [1]
ARAB 4101	Beginning Arabic I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [4]
ARAB 4121	Intermediate Arabic I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [3]
ARAB 5101	Advanced Arabic I	Sections [1]
ARAB 5992	Directed Readings	Sections [1]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
CHN 1011	Beginning Modern Chinese I	Sections [4]
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 3100	Topics in Chinese	Sections [1]
CHN 3201	Chinese Calligraphy	Sections [2]
CHN 4001	Beginning Modern Chinese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [4]
CHN 4003	Intermediate Modern Chinese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [3]
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 [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 [1]
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 [1]
HMNG 4005	Accelerated Beginning Hmong for Graduate Research	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
JPN 1011	Beginning Japanese I	Sections [10]
JPN 3021	Intermediate Japanese I	Sections [6]
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 [4]
JPN 4005	Third Year Japanese I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [2]

Course Number	Course Title	Sections
KOR 1011	Beginning Korean I	Sections [6]
KOR 3021	Intermediate Korean I	Sections [4]
KOR 3031	Third Year Korean I	Sections [2]
KOR 3290	Korean Language Teaching Tutorial	Sections [1]
KOR 3993	Directed Studies	Sections [1]
KOR 4001	Beginning Korean I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [6]
KOR 4003	Intermediate Korean I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [4]
KOR 4005	Third Year Korean I for Graduate Student Research	Sections [2]
KOR 5993	Directed Studies	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]

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