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. Duke students are also eligible to enroll in classes at the University of North Carolina. Details on receiving credit can be found on the Registrar's website.
An EAS MA student who wishes to take an undergraduate-level course must meet with the DGS and gain approval. Students must fill out the Permission to Enroll in A Course Below the 500 Level Form and submit it to The Graduate School before 5:00 p.m. two business days before the last day of the drop/add period. As of Summer 2018, undergraduate courses will not be applicable towards the requirements for a graduate degree (courses previously approved under prior policy will still be accepted towards degree requirements).
If a desired course is not listed as an East Asia course, EAS MA students can petition the DGS to count the course toward the degree requirement if at least 1/3 of the graded work (such as exams, weekly writing assignments, and mid-term or final papers) is on East Asia. Students must fill out the Request to Take Unlisted East Asian Courses Form and submit it to the DGSA before 5:00 p.m. two business days before the last day of the drop/add period.
Course descriptions and schedules for current and prospective students are available at DukeHub.
Click here for current gateway and capstone courses for the Undergraduate Certificate.
East Asian Studies Courses, Spring 2022
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
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| AMES 107 | Intro to East Asian Cultures | Eileen Chow | ICS 144 |
| AMES 161 | Japanese Cinema | William Carroll | CINE 255, LIT 213, VMS 232 |
| AMES 439 | Queer China | Carlos Rojas | CULANTH 439, GSF 439, LIT, 439, VMS 439 |
| AMES 456S | Chinese Culture and Ideology | Kang Liu | POLSCI 456S |
| AMES 511 | Documentary/East Asian Culture | Guo-juin Hong, William Carroll | DOCST 511, ICS 513 |
| AMES 539S | Queer China | Carlos Rojas | CULANTH 539S, GSF 539S, LIT 539S, RIGHTS 539S, VMS 539S |
| AMES 605 | East Asian Cultural Studies | Leo Ching | CULANTH 605, ICS 605, LIT 571 |
Art History |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| ARTHIST 432S | From the Art of the Pleasure Quarters to Tokyo Pop | Gennifer Weisenfeld | VMS 432S |
| ARTHIST 566S | Imaging a Nation: Japanese Visual Culture 1868-1945 | Gennifer Weisenfeld | VMS 523S |
| ARTHIST 588S | Sculpture Europe to China | Stanley Abe | VMS 588S |
Chinese |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| CHINESE 101 | First-Year Chinese I | Departmental Staff | |
| CHINESE 102 | First-Year Chinese II | Departmental Staff | |
| CHINESE 131 | First-Year Chinese Bilingual Learners | ||
| CHINESE 203 | Intermediate Chinese I | Yan Liu, Ya-Chuan Chou | |
| CHINESE 204 | Intermediate Chinese II | Chi-Ju Hsieh, Jia Yan | |
| CHINESE 205 | Intermediate-Mid Chinese | Chi-Ju Hsieh, Jia Yan | |
| CHINESE 232 | Intermediate Chinese for Bilingual Learners | Carolyn Lee | AMES 271T |
| CHINESE 306 | Advanced Chinese II | Shu Ting Hsu | |
| CHINESE 321S | Business/Interculture in China | Shu Ting Hsu | |
| CHINESE 333 | Advanced Chinese for Bilingual Learners | Tianshu He | |
| CHINESE 408S | Issues in Chinese Language & Society | Yan Liu | |
| CHINESE 791 | Independent Study | Departmental Staff | |
Cultural Anthropology |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| **CULANTH 195 | Comparative Approaches to Global Issues | Jessica Namakkal | HIST 103; SOCIOL 195 |
| **CULANTH 210 | Global Culture | Engseng Ho | AMES 210; VMS 247 |
| CULANTH 890S | Precarity and Affect | Anne Allison | |
EAST ASIAN STUDIES |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| EAS 508 | Chinese Science & Technology Policy & Innovation | Denis Simon | TBA |
Education |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
Economics |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| ECON 379 | Emerging Markets: Finance, Trade, Institutions andthe World Economy | Giovanni Zanalda | ICS 379 |
History |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| HISTORY 162S | Gateway Seminar: Asia Global History | Sucheta Mazumdar | |
| HISTORY 198 | Intro to Asian American History | Calvin Cheung-Miaw | AADS 198, HISTORY 198 |
| **HISTORY 201 | Globalization And History | Giovanni Zanalda | PUBPOL 236 |
| **HISTORY 216S | Between Moscow, Beijing, Delhi | Mustafa Tuna | |
| HISTORY 227 | Emergence of Modern Japan | Linda Ehrlich | AMES 169 |
| **HISTORY 548S | Global History of Medicine | Nicole Barnes | GSF 584; GLHLTH 548 |
Japanese |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| JPN 102 | Elementary Japanese | Naoko Kurokawa | |
| JPN 204 | Intermediate Japanese | Azusa Saito | |
| JPN 306 | Advanced Japanese | Azusa Saito | |
| JPN 407S | Issues in Japanese Lang/Soc I | Yunchuan Chen | AMES 390S |
| JPN 791 | Independent Study | Departmental Staff | |
Korean |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| KOREAN 102 | Elementary Korean | Barohny Eun | |
| KOREAN 204 | Intermediate Korean | Eunyoung Kim | |
| KOREAN 306S | Advanced Korean | Eunyoung Kim | |
| KOREAN 408S | Issues in Korean Lang/Soc II | Hae-Young Kim | |
| KOREAN 791 | Independent Study | Departmental Staff | |
Linguistics |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| **LINGUIST 202 | Languages of the World | Dominika Baran | |
| **LINGUIST 471S | Language and Politics | Gareth Price | SOCIOL 471S; SES 484S |
LITERATURE |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| **LIT 302S | Hashtags, Memes, Digital Tribes | Negar Mottahedeh | ISS 302S; GSF 320S; VMS 349S; AME |
| **LIT 380 | Marxism and Society | Michael Hardt | CULANTH 203, EDUC 239, POLSCI 371, SOCIOL 339 |
| LIT 490S | Special Topics: China as World Picture | Rey Chow | AMES 490S, ICS 490S, VMS 490S |
Music |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| **MUSIC 190S | Special Topics: Sound, Music and Death | Yun Wang | CULANTH 190S |
| MUSIC 210 | Chinese Music Ensemble | Jennifer Chang, Hsiao-Mei Ku | AMES 145 |
| **MUSIC 290S | Ethnomusicology: Sound, Music and Gender | Yun Wang | GSF 290S, CULANTH 290S |
Philosophy |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
Political Science |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| POLSCI 590-2 | Intermediate Topics: The Ladder of Success in Chinese Politics | Melanie Manion | |
Public Policy |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| **PUBPOL 790-04 | Special Topics in International Development Policy: Global Chains |
Gary Gereffi, Lukas Brun | |
Religion |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| **RELIGION 120 | Buddhism | Yasmine Singh | AMES 114 |
| RELIGION 780 | American Foreign Missions and Chinese Christianity | Xi Lian | WXTIAN 813 |
| **RELIGION 818 | Pioneers in Western Christianity | Xi Lian | WXTIAN 818 |
Slavic & Eurasian Studies |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| **SES 373S | Between Moscow, Beijing and Delhi: Narratives of Europe and Asia |
Mustafa O Tuna | ICS 373S; HISTORY 216S |
SOCIOLOGY |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| **SOCIOL 344 | Technology and Organizational Environments | Bai Gao | |
| **SOCIOL 345 | National, Regional, & Global Economy | Mary Hovsepian | |
THEATER STUDIES |
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| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
| THEATRST 233 | Dance/Dance Theater of Asia | Purnimah Shah | AMES 246, DANCE 356, ICS 243, RELIGION 241 |
** = All assignments must be done on East Asia to be applied to the MA in East Asian Studies or the Undergraduate or Graduate Certificate in East Asian Studies
View Fall 2021 Asian Studies course listings at UNC-Chapel Hill here.
