Course Offerings

Schedule of Classes

The online Schedule of Classes maintained by IU Registrar's Office shows the courses that are offered in current and upcoming semesters:

Full Schedule of Classes

Spring 2013 EALC Class Schedule

Fall 2012 EALC Class Schedule

Bulletins

Academic Bulletins list all possible courses offered by departments as well as important information regarding degree requirements, and academic policies and procedures. If you use the PDF version our Departmental information begins on the bottom of page 122. The PDF version will give you a short description of each course offered.

Full College of Arts and Sciences Bulletin (undergraduate) 2012-2013
Full College of Arts and Sciences Bulletin (undergraduate) 2011-2012
EALC Undergraduate Bulletin Listing 2012-2013
EALC Undergraduate Bulletin Listing 2011-2012

Full Univerity Graduate School Bulletin 2012-2013
Full Univerity Graduate School Bulletin 2010-2012
EALC Graduate Bulletin Listing 2012-2013
EALC Graduate Bulletin Listing 2012-2012

Historical EALC Course Descriptions

Current course descriptions are now accessed through IU's SIS system by looking up individual course numberss. Please follow the links from the Enrollment Bulletin.

Course descriptions for classes taught Fall 2011 and prior can be found by using the links below:

EALC provides a large number of courses that cover almost every aspect of East Asian languages, societies and cultures. Courses at the 100-level are general overviews and typically best suited for students with little to no previous exposure to the region. 200-level courses are somewhat more tailored introductions and usually have slightly greater work requirements. 300- and 400-level courses are more focused classes that analyze a specific country or issue. Although most upper level culture courses do not have formal prerequisites, students are advised to have some previous exposure to East Asia, through course work or otherwise, before enrolling in these classes. Almost all upper-level courses are limited to 35 students in order to promote greater faculty-student interaction.

500- and 600-level courses are predominantly graduate seminars typically open to a maximum of 12 students. Exceptional undergraduates may enroll in graduate seminars with the permission of the instructor. Besides these graduate classes, graduate students also can have 300-400 level language courses apply toward their degree, and often some of the 300- and 400-level courses on East Asian society and culture have a graduate section (often listed as E505) under which graduate students can enroll.

Most courses are offered directly by this department and carry an EALC designation -- 'C,' 'J,' or 'K' for language courses (e.g., K101: Elementary Korean), and 'E' for culture courses (e.g., E271: Twentieth-Century Japanese Culture); however, EALC also recognizes a significant number of courses for EALC major/minor credit offered by other departments that do not have an EALC designation. All such courses are listed below. Students may apply to this department to have a course not listed here count for EALC major/minor credit if it can be demonstrated that a significant portion of the course (lectures, readings and written assignments) is devoted to East Asia.

Undergraduate Crosslisted Courses

Anthropology

ANTH-E 345 China through Anthropological Eyes (3 cr.)
ANTH-E 347 The Anthropology of Contemporary Japan (3 cr.)

Comparative Literature

CMCL-C 398 National Cinemas (3 cr.) (when substantial East Asia content)
CMLT-C 365 Japanese-Western Literary Relations (3 cr.)
CMLT-C 375 Imagining China, Translating China (3 cr.)

Fine Arts

FINA-A 360 Topics in East Asian Art (3 cr.)
FINA-A 464 Art and Archaeology of Early China (4 cr.)
FINA-A 466 Early Chinese Painting (4 cr.)
FINA-A 467 Later Chinese Painting (4 cr.)

Folklore and Ethnomusicology

FOLK-F 305 Asian Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.)

History

HIST-G 357 Premodern Japan (3 cr.)
HIST-G 358 Early Modern Japan (3 cr.)
HIST-G 369 Modern Japan (3 cr.)
HIST-G 372 Modern Korea (3 cr.)
HIST-G 380 Early China (3 cr.)
HIST-G 382 China: The Age of Glory (3 cr.)
HIST-G 383 China: The Later Empires (3 cr.)
HIST-G 385 Modern China (3 cr.)
HIST G 387 Contemporary China (3 cr.)

Political Science

POLS-Y 333 Chinese Politics (3 cr.)
POLS-Y 334 Japanese Politics (3 cr.)

Religious Studies

REL-B 310 East Asian Buddhism (3 cr.)
REL-B 360 Religions in Japan (3 cr.)
REL-B 410 Topics in the Buddhist Tradition (3 cr.)(when on East Asian topic)
REL-B 440 Topics in Taoism and Chinese Religion (3 cr.)
REL-B 460 Topics in East Asian Religions (3 cr.)

Theater

THTR-T 468 Non-Western Theater and Drama (3 cr.)(when on East Asian topic)

Graduate Crosslisted Courses

Comparative Literature

C546 Sexuality and the Arts (4 cr.)
C574 Japanese-Western Studies (4 cr.)
C575 Chinese-Western Studies I (4 cr.)
C576 Comparative Approaches to Chinese Literature(4 cr.)

Fine Arts

A560 Special Studies in Chinese Art (4 cr.)
A564 Art and Archaeology of Early China (4 cr.)
A566 Early Chinese Painting (4 cr.)
A567 Later Chinese Painting (4 cr.)
A662 Problems in Chinese Painting (4 cr.)

Folklore and Ethnomusicology

F600 Asian Folklore/Folk Music (3 cr.)

History

G567 Premodern Japan (3 cr.)
G568 Early Modern Japan (3 cr.)
G569 Modern Japan (3 cr.)
G580 Early China (3 cr.)
G582 Imperial China I (3 cr.)
G583 Imperial China II (3 cr.)
G585 Modern China (3 cr.)
G587 Contemporary China (3 cr.)
H675 Colloquium in East Asian History (4 cr.)
H775 Seminar in East Asian History (4 cr.)1

Political Science

Y333 Chinese Politics (3 cr.)
Y334 Japanese Politics (3 cr.)
Y557 Comparative Politics Approaches and Issues (3 cr.)1
Y657 Comparative Politics (3 cr.)1

Religious Studies

R554 Religions of East Asia (3 cr.)
R654 The Taoist Tradition (3 cr.)
R655 East Asian Buddhism (3 cr.)
R657 Religion in Japan (3 cr.)