UW-Madison Graduate School requires students to take classes at 300-level and above. Here is a list of possible courses to consider for Spring 2026.
Asian Languages & Cultures — Courses
ASIAN 301 (001): Everyday Politics & Peoples of Southeast Asia, Dr. Nhu Truong
ASIAN 301 (002): Cultural Expressions of Political Protest in Modern Korea, Course Share – ONLINE, contact Dr. Charles Kim
ASIAN 335: Korean War to the 21st Century, Dr. Charles Kim – ONLINE
ASIAN 336: Social Change in Contemporary South Korea, Dr. Eunsil Oh
ASIAN 342: History of the Peoples Republic of China, 1949 to the Present, Dr. Judd Kinzley
ASIAN 352: Survey of Modern Chinese Literature, Dr. Anatoly Detwyler
ASIAN 357: Japanese Ghost Stories, Dr. Charo D’Etcheverry
ASIAN 367: Haiku, Dr. Adam Kern
ASIAN 378: Anime, Dr. Steve Ridgely, ASIALANG 104 required
ASIAN 405: Gods and Goddesses of South Asia, Dr. Gudrun Buhnemann
ASIAN 428: Visual Cultures of India, Dr. Preeti Chopra
ASIAN 430: Indian Traditions in the Modern Age, Dr. Jamal Jones
ASIAN 460: The History of Yoga, Dr. Gudrun Buhnemann
ASIAN 563: Readings in Modern Japanese Literature: Ogawa Yoko, Dr. Steve Ridgely
ASIAN 573: Readings in Classical Japanese Literature: Haiku, Dr. Adam Kern
ASIAN 630: Land and Labor in Asia, Dr. Nhu Truong
ASIAN 632: Studies in Chinese Linguistics: Contrastive Pragmatics, Dr. Weihua Zhu
ASIAN 672: Remembering Ming-Qing Transition, Dr. Rania Huntington