Every semester, Duke offers a variety of courses focused on East Asia in multiple academic disciplines. These courses can be used to meet minor, major, certificate, and/or degree requirements.
An interdisciplinary track EAS MA student who wishes to take a course that is not on the approved list below must meet with the DGS and gain approval from the DGS so that the course can count toward the MA degree. There must be a written record of this approval such as an e-mail or a signed document confirming that the DGS has approved the course.
Course descriptions and schedules for current and prospective students are available at DukeHub.
Consult your adviser for additional information about any courses listed below.
East Asian Studies Courses, Fall 2017
Course #, Title, Instructor
| AMES 332S, Storyworlds, Eileen Chow |
| AMES 384S/489S, Language and Migration, Eileen Chow |
| AMES 409, Chinese Im/migration, Carlos Rojas |
| AMES 431, Modern Chinese Cinema, Guo-Juin Hong |
| AMES 435S, Chinese Media and Pop Culture, Kang Liu |
| AMES 438S/549S, Techno-Orientalism, Nayoung Aimee Kwon |
| AMES 463S/563S, Nightmare Japan, Leo Ching |
| AMES 490S, Special Topics Visualizing Cultures , Departmental Staff |
| AMES 495, Collaborative Research (Gamelab intro), Leo Ching, Shai Ginsburg |
| AMES 580S, Buddhism and Christianity, Richard Jaffe |
| AMES 631S, Modern Chinese Cinema, Guo-Juin Hong |
| AMES 738, Theories of Minority Discourse, Carlos Rojas |
| AMES 790S, Topics in Asian Humanities, Nayoung Aimee Kwon |
| ARTHIST 378, Chinese Buddhist Art, Stanley Abe |
| CHINESE 101, First-year Chinese I, Tianshu He |
| CHINESE 105, First Year Chinese in Review I, Kun Shan (Carolyn) Lee |
| CHINESE 131, Literacy in Chinese, Departmental Staff |
| CHINESE 203, Intermediate Chinese, Yan Liu |
| CHINESE 305, Advanced Chinese, Qiang Zhang |
| CHINESE 333, Advanced Literacy in Chinese, Chi-Ju Hsieh |
| CHINES 407S, Issues in Chinese Lang/Soc I, Departmental Staff |
| CHINESE 435S, Readings in Contemp Chinese Lit I, Departmental Staff |
| CHINESE 455, Modern Chinese Culture, Kang Liu |
| ♦ ECON 379, Emerging Markets, Giovanni Zanalda |
| ECON 881, Topics in Applied Microecon, Daniel Xu |
| GLHLTH 761S, Demographic Measures/Concepts, Maria-Giovanna Merli |
| ♦ HISTORY 101, Introduction to Global History, Prasenjit Duara |
| ♦ HISTORY 159S, Gtwy Sem: Grandparents (Seminar), Simon Partner |
| HISTORY 227, Emergence of Modern Japan, Simon Partner |
| HISTORY 323, China and the Silk Roads, Sucheta Mazumdar |
| HISTORY 507S, Asian Studies: Fields & Methods, Sucheta Mazumdar |
| JPN 101, Elementary Japanese, Hitomi Endo |
| JPN 203, Intermediate Japanese, Naoko Kurokawa |
| JPN 305, Advanced Japanese, Azusa Saito |
| JPN 471S, Topics in Classical Japanese, John Tucker |
| JPN 771S, Topics in Classical Japanese, John Tucker |
| KOREAN 101, Elementary Korean, Barohny Eun |
| KOREAN 203, Intermediate Korean, Barohny Eun |
| KOREAN 305, Advanced Korean, Eunyoung Kim |
| KOREAN 391, Independent Study, Departmental Staff |
| KOREAN 407S, Issues in Korean Lang/Soc I, Eunyoung Kim |
| LINGUIST 213FS, The Politics of Language, Gareth Price |
| LIT 190S, Sp Topics: Intro to Literature Global China, Xuenan Cao |
| PHIL 263, Chinese Philosophy, David Wong |
| POLSCI 317S, Global Corruption, Melanie Manion |
| POLSCI 333S, Democracy and Social Choice, Emerson Niou |
| POLSCI 726S, Informal Institutions, Melanie Manion |
| RELIGION 246S, Music in South Asia, Jonathan Kramer |
| RELIGION 247, T'ai Chi and Chinese Thought, David Need |
| RELIGION 323, Buddhist Meditation, Richard Jaffe |
| ♦ RELIGION 330S, Atheism and Buddhism, Hwansoo Kim |
| ⇒ RELIGION 580S, Buddhism and Christianity, Richard Jaffe |
| RELIGION 782, The Next Christendom, Xi Lian |
| RELIGION783, Xty Other Rel. Cultures, Xi Lian |
| RELIGION 912S, Theorizing Religion, Hwansoo Kim |
| SES 370S, Islam in Asia, Mustafa Tuna |
| SOCIOL 341/541, US, China and the Asian Pacific, Bai Gao |
| SOCIOL 344, Tech and Org Environments, Bai Gao |
| SOCIOL 345, Nat/Reg/Global Economy, Mary Hovsepian |
| SOCIOL 346S, Asians in American Higher Ed, Li-Chen Chin |
| SOCIOL 730S, Prosem: Compa/Hst Sociol, Gary Gereffi |
| TIBETAN 101, Elementary Tibetan, Rinzin Dorjee |
| TIBETAN 203, Intermediate Tibetan, Rinzin Dorjee |
| TIBETAN 701, Elementary Tibetan I, Rinzin Dorjee |
| TIBETAN 703, Intermediate Tibetan I, Rinzin Dorjee |
| VMS 525S, Camera Asia, Sumathi Ramaswamy, Gennifer Weisenfeld |
**All assignments must be done on East Asia to be applied to the MA in East Asian Studies or Undergraduate Certificate.
⇒ These courses count as capstone courses for the undergraduate certificate in East Asian Studies.
♦ These courses count as gateway courses for the undergraduate certificate in East Asian Studies.
