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. Students seeking to conduct an Independent Study with an APSI faculty member should complete the Application for Research Independent Study in East Asian Studies in order to register for EAS 791; instructor and DGS approval are required.
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, Fall 2023
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMES 129 | Masters of Chinese Cinema | Guo-Juin Hong | CINE 250, LIT 214, VMS 235 | |
| AMES 146 | Korean Pop Music (K-Pop) | Jung Min Lee | MUSIC 148 | |
| AMES 165S | The World of Japanese Pop Culture | Staff | CULANTH 365S | |
| AMES 171 | The World of Korean Cinema | Staff | CINE 256, CULANTH 255, LIT 212, VMS 234 | |
| AMES 195S | Rethinking Asia and Me | Carlos Rojas | ||
| AMES 308S | Bilingualism | Hae-Young Kim | LINGUIST 308S | |
| AMES 335 | Chinatowns: A Cultural History | Eileen Chow | HISTORY 228, ICS 336, AADS 335 | |
| AMES 390S | Special Topics | Linshan Jiang | ||
| AMES 435 | Chinese Media and Pop Culture | Kang Liu | ISS 435, POLSCI 435 | |
| AMES 609S | Transpacific Asia/America | Aimee Kwon | AADS 609, CULANTH 609, ICS 609, GSF 609, CINE 609 | |
| AMES 631 | National Cinemas | Guo-Juin Hong | CINE 632, LIT 632, VMS 632 | |
| AMES 790S | Special Topics in Critical Asian Humanities Methodologies | Carlos Rojas | ||
Asian american and diaspora Studies | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| AADS 198 | Intro to Asian American History | Calvin Cheung-Miaw | History 198 | |
| AADS 242S | Race, Gender, and Sexuality | Anna Storti | SXL 264S | |
| AADS 382S | Intimacies | Anna Storti | GSF 382S | |
Art History | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| ARTHIST 378 | Chinese Buddhist Art | Stan Abe | VMS 378 | |
| ARTHIST 778 | Chinese Buddhist Art | Stan Abe | ||
Chinese | ||||
| 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 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 331D | Modern Chinese Media | |||
| CHINESE 333 | Advanced Chinese for Bilingual Learners | Tianshu He | ||
| CHINESE 408S | Issues in Chinese Language & Society | Yan Liu | ||
| CHINESE 450S | Understanding China & the US | Yan Liu | ||
| CHINESE 791 | Independent Study | Departmental Staff | ||
Cultural Anthropology | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| CULANTH 130 | Anthropology and Film | Ralph Litzinger | ||
| CULANTH 190S | Special Topics: China Meets Africa | Boyang Ma | AMES 190S, ICS 190S, AAAS 190S | |
| CULANTH 278* | Sec/Gender - Nature/Nurture | Ara Wilson, Christina Williams | GSF 278, SXL 278 | |
EAST ASIAN STUDIES | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| EAS 700 | East Asian Studies Core Course: Fields and Methods | Eileen Chow | RELIGION 700, HISTORY 707 | |
| EAS 791 | Independent Study | Staff | ||
Education | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
Economics | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| ECON 390* | Special Topics: Space Economics | Giovanna Zanalda | ||
| ECON 825* | Industrial Organization | Allan Collard-Wexler, Daniel Xu | ||
History | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| HISTORY 111 | History of Global Health | Nicole Barnes | ||
| HISTORY 226 | Anicent and Early Modern Japan | Staff | AMES 167 | |
| HISTORY 512S | Travel Japan | Simon Partner | AMES 512S, EAS 512S | |
| HISTORY 548S | Global History of Medicine | Nicole Barnes | GSF 584S | |
Japanese | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| JPN 102 | Elementary Japanese | NaokoKurokawa | ||
| JPN 204 | Intermediate Japanese | Azusa Saito | ||
| JPN 306 | Advanced Japanese | Azusa Saito | ||
| JPN 791 | Independent Study | Departmental Staff | ||
Korean | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| KOREAN 102 | Elementary Korean | Barohny Eun | ||
| KOREAN 204 | Intermediate Korean | EunyoungKim | ||
| KOREAN 306S | Advanced Korean | EunyoungKim | ||
| KOREAN 408S | Issues in Korean Lang/Soc II | Hae-Young Kim | ||
LAW | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
Linguistics | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| LINGUIST 125FS* | Languages, Margins, Borders: Representations, Practices, and Policies | Gareth O Price | SOCIOL 125FS, ICS 125FS | |
| LINGUIST 201-02* | Intro to Linguistics | Gareth O Price | CULANTH 201 | |
LITERATURE | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
Music | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| MUSIC 210 | Chinese Music Ensemble | Jennifer Chang | AMES 145 | |
Philosophy | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| PHIL 263 | Chinese Philosophy | David Wong | AMES 275 | |
Political Science | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| POLSCI 317 | Global Corruption | Melanie Manion | ||
| POLSCI 321 | International Law and International Institutions | Joseph Grieco | ICS 324 | |
| POLSCI 721 | Authoritarian Institutions | Edmund Malesky | ||
Public Policy | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| PUBPOL 840S* | Introductory Demographic Measures and Concepts | Giovanna Merli | GLHLTH 761S | |
Religion | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| RELIGION 267 | Spiritual but not Religious | Anna Sun | AMES 267 | |
| RELIGION 780 | Anerican Missions/Chinese Xianity | Xi Lian | ||
Slavic & Eurasian Studies | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
| SES 388S | Illiberal Nondemocracies | Mustafa O Tuna | HISTORY 331S, ICS 346S, POLSCI 301S, PUBPOL 317S | |
SOCIOLOGY | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing | |
THEATER STUDIES | ||||
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
* = 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 2023 Asian Studies course listings at UNC-Chapel Hill here.