2020 Summer Courses
UNC-Chapel Hill boasts not only a thriving Asian Studies department but also a wide variety of interdisciplinary courses with Asia-related content. The Carolina Asia Center maintains a list of courses on campus that contain Asia content.
We strive to keep this list as accurate and up-to-date as possible. If a course listing is incorrect or missing from this page, please contact Shuyi Lin. To view requirements for Asian Studies majors, visit our Department of Asian Studies.
Summer 2020 Courses
Maymester | Summer Session I | Summer Session II
Maymester (all courses in English)
ASIA 150-01M: Asia: An Introduction, Dixon, MTWRF 11:30-2:45. This class will meet online via Zoom during its scheduled time, but will also offer alternatives for asynchronous learning to students unable to participate at the scheduled time.
ASIA/JWST/PWAD 235-01M: Israeli Cinema: Gender, Nation, & Ethnicity, Shemer, MTWRF 11:30-2:45. This class will meet online via Zoom every day for its scheduled time.
ASIA 262-01M: Nation, Film, & Novel in Modern India, Lothspeich, This hybrid course will meet online via Zoom every day (MTWRF) from 11:30-12:30, and from 11:30-2:30 on May 28-29; the rest of the instruction will be asynchronous.
Summer Session I
Courses in English
ASIA 124-01W: Iranian Post-1979 Cinema, Yaghoobi. This is a completely asynchronous online course.
ASIA 228-01W: Contested Souls: Literature, the Arts, and Religious Identities in Modern India, Taj. This hybrid course will meet online via Zoom on Wednesdays 3-5; the rest of the instruction will be asynchronous.
ASIA 243-01W: Asian Societies: Journalism & Society in India & Pakistan, Caldwell. This hybrid course will meet online via Zoom on Thursdays 4:15-6:15; the rest of the instruction will be asynchronous.
This course counts for the interdisciplinary Asian Studies and South Asian Studies majors.
CHIN 150-01W: Introduction to Chinese Civilization, Hsiao. This is a completely asynchronous online course.
CHIN 255: Bandit or Hero: Outlawry in Chinese Literature and Film, Hsiao. This is a completely asynchronous online course.
Courses in Chinese
Courses in Japanese
Crosslisted Courses
These courses are offered in other departments and crosslisted under an Asian Studies number.
HIST/ASIA 134-001: Modern East Asia, Wu, MWTRF 11:30-1
HIST/ASIA 277-001: The Conflict over Israel/Palestine, Shields, MTWRF 9:45-11:15
RELI 283/ASIA 300-01W: The Buddhist Tradition: India, Nepal, Tibet, Leve
Continuing Education Courses
Open to UNC and non-UNC students, more info here.
ARTH 153: Introduction to South Asian Art, Wellington
GEOG 120: World Regional Geography, Lepofsky
HIST 266: Global History of Warfare, Akers
LING 165: Exploring the World’s Languages, Peng
Summer Session II
Courses in English
ASIA 65-001: First-Year Seminar: Philosophy on Bamboo: Rethinking Early Chinese Thought, Bergeton, MTWRF 1:15-2:45. This class will meet online via Zoom during its scheduled time, but will also offer alternatives for asynchronous learning to students unable to participate at the scheduled time.
ASIA 106-01W: Israeli Popular Culture: The Case of Music, Sprintzik. This is a completely asynchronous online course.
Courses in Chinese
Courses in Japanese
Continuing Education Courses
Open to UNC and non-UNC students, more info here.
GEOG 120: World Regional Geography, Lepofsky
ANTH 102: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Rivkin-Fish