UW-Madison Graduate School requires students to take classes at 300-level and above. Here is a list of possible courses to consider for Fall 2023.
All language courses may be found on Course Search & Enroll. Students should discuss their course selection with their faculty advisor(s).
Asian Languages & Cultures (ASIAN):
ASIAN 300 (002): Korean Popular Culture, 3 cr. (H. Kim)
ASIAN 300 (003) Picturing Korea, 3 cr. (H. Kim)
ASIAN 300 (oo4) Folk Performance: South Asia, 3 cr. (S. Vamsi and J. Jones)
ASIAN 301 (002) Language & Social Interaction, 3 cr. (Y. Yang)
ASIAN 307: A Survey of Tibetan Buddhism, 3 cr. (J. Khedup)
ASIAN 310: Introduction to Comics and Graphic Novels: Theory, History, Method, 3 cr. (A. Kern)
ASIAN 351: Survey of Classical Chinese Literature, 3 cr. (R. Huntington), ASIALANG 356
ASIAN 370: Islam: Religion and Culture, 3 cr. (A. Gade)
LITTRANS 373: Contemporary Japanese Novels, 3 cr. (S. Ridgely)
ASIAN 375: Survey of Chinese Film, 3 cr. (A. Detwyler)
ASIAN 378: Anime, 3 cr. (S. Ridgely), ASIALANG 356
ASIAN 379: Cities of Asia, 3 cr. (P. Chopra)
ASIAN 434: Introduction to Japanese Linguistics, 3 cr. (J. Mori), ASIALANG 356
ASIAN 438: Buddhism and Society in Southeast Asian History, 3 cr. (tbc)
ASIAN 443: Indian Cinema and Beyond, 3 cr. (D. Mini)
ASIAN 473: Meditation Buddhism & Hinduism, 3 cr. (G. Buhnemann)
ASIAN 533: Readings in Early Modern Japanese Literature: Graphic Narrative, 3 c. (A. Kern), ASIALANG 303
ASIAN 630: (001) Communism, Anarchism, Other, (t. Haberkorn)
ASIAN 630: (002) Gender, Work, and Family: East Asia, (E. Oh)
Note: students may not take this course twice, if you already completed A301, you may not enroll in A630,002.
ASIAN 631: History of Chinese Language, 3 cr. (Y. Yang), ASIALANG 356
ASIAN 633: Chinese Applied Linguistics, 3 cr. (W. Zhu)
ASIAN 672: Studies in Chinese Fiction, 3 cr. (R. Huntington)
ASIAN 698: Directed Study, 2-3 cr. (permission of instructor) Pass/Fail
ASIAN 699: Directed Study, 2-3 cr. (permission of instructor)
ASIAN 799: Reading for Research, 1-3 cr. (permission of instructor, pre-dissertation stage)
ASIAN 990: Thesis Research, 3 cr. (permission of instructor, post-dissertation stage)
ASIAN 999: Independent Research, 1-3 cr. (permission of instructor, post-dissertation stage)
Affiliate faculty:
ART HIST 411: Opera & Chinese Visual Culture, 3 cr. (Y. Li)
HIST 600 (005): Empire and Revolution in Southeast Asia, 3 cr., (A. McCoy)
Note: students interested in taking this seminar should send a short email with their (a.) campus ID (for registration); (b.) student status (senior/junior/grad student); (c.) major/discipline; (d.) GPA; and; (e.) reasons for their interest in the class to Professor Al McCoy, for permission to enroll in the course.
Enrollment notes:
If you haven’t taken language at UW-Madison, you may require permission to enroll in some courses. For ALC courses, please contact Rachel Weiss.
For non-ALC courses, questions about enrollment should be sent to the faculty of record, or department offering the course.
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Spring 2023
Asian Languages & Cultures (ASIAN):
ASIAN 300: Topics in Asian Studies: Evangelion, 3 cr (S. Ridgely)
ASIAN 301: Social Studies Topics in EAS: Social Change in Contemporary Korea, 3 cr (E. Oh)
ASIAN 306: Hinduism, 3 cr (A. Cerulli)
ASIAN 308: Introduction to Buddhism, 4 cr (T. Lehrer)
ASIAN 342: Peoples Republic of China, 1949 to the present, 4 cr (J. Kinzley)
ASIAN 352: Survey of Modern Chinese Lit, 3 cr (A. Detwyler)
ASIAN 358: Language in Japanese Society, 3 cr (J. Mori)
ASIAN 361: Love and Politics: Genji, 3 cr (C. D Etcheverry)
ASIAN 371: Topics-Chinese Literature: Confucius’ Analects, 3 cr (W. Nienhauser)
ASIAN 403: Southeast Asian Literature, 3 cr (T. Haberkorn)
ASIAN 405: Gods and Goddesses of South Asia, 3 cr (G. Buhnemann)
ASIAN 432: Intro to Chinese Linguistics, 3 cr (Y. Yang)
ASIAN 433: Topics-E Asian Visual Cultures: The Two Koreas, 3 cr (H. Kim)
ASIAN 460: The History of Yoga, 3 cr (G. Buhnemann) ASIAN 563: Rdgs Modern Japanese Lit: Tanizaki, 3 cr (S. Ridgely)
ASIAN 573: Rdgs-Classical Japanese Lit: The Tale of Genji, 3 cr (C. D Etcheverry)
ASIAN 630 (001): Proseminar: Cultures of Asia: Women Make Movies, 3 cr (H. Kim)
ASIAN 630 (002): Proseminar: Cultures of Asia: Law and Judgement in Asia, 3 cr (T. Haberkorn)
ASIAN 632 (002): Studies in Chinese Linguistics: Second Language Pragmatics, 3 cr (W. Zhu)
ASIAN 642: History of Chinese Lit II, 3 cr (A. Detwyler)
ASIAN 775: Japanese Applied Linguistics, 3 cr (N. Geyer)
ASIAN 833: Topics-E Asian Visual Cultures: The Two Koreas, 3 cr (H. Kim)
ASIAN 932: Smr-Chinese Linguistics, 3 cr (Y. Yang)
Affiliate faculty courses:
HIST/INTL ST 332: East Asia & The U.S. Since 1899, 3 cr (D. Fields
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Fall 2022
300 (002) Topics in Asian Studies: Korean Popular Culture
300 (003) Topics in Asian Studies: Picturing Korea
300 (004) Topics in Asian Studies: Queer Asia
300 (005) Topics in Asian Studies: Teaching of Japanese
300 (008) Topics in Asian Studies: Teaching of Chinese
301 Social Studies Topics in EAS: Gender Work Family: East Asia
307 A Survey of Tibetan Buddhism
308 Introduction to Buddhism
319 The Vietnam Wars
337 Hist-China 589 AD-1919
341 Hist-Modern China,1800-1949
353 Lovers, Warriors and Monks
371 Topics-Chinese Literature: Liaozhai: Strange Tales
376 Manga
379 Cities of Asia
473 Meditation Buddhism & Hinduism
630 (001) Proseminar: Cultures of Asia: Violence, Justice, History SEA
630 (002) Proseminar: Cultures of Asia: Gender Work Family: East Asia
630 (003) Proseminar: Cultures of Asia: Queer Asia
631 History of Chinese Language
641 History-Chinese Literature I
655 Ethnography in Asia
701 Prosem-Chinese Literature
712 Teaching of Chinese
713 Tchg-Japanese-Foreign Lang
763 Studies-Japanese Literature
775 Japanese Applied Linguistics
799 Reading for Research
990 Thesis Research
999 Independent Research