2021 Fall Courses - Carolina Asia Center

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 all graduate and undergraduate courses on campus that contain Asia content. You can search this list below by academic subject or geographic region. Each listing notes the department abbreviation, course number, course title, last name of the course instructor, meeting days and meeting time.

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.

Fall 2021 Courses

Anthropology

ANTH 101-001: General Anthropology, MULTIPLE

ANTH 102: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, MULTIPLE

Arabic

For a thorough listing of courses related to Arabic language and culture, visit the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations at mideast.unc.edu.

ARAB 101-001: Elementary Arabic I, Robinson, MW 9:05-9:55 & TR 9-9:50

ARAB 101-002: Elementary Arabic I, Kauffman, MWF 10:10-11 & T 10-10:50

ARAB 101-003: Elementary Arabic I, Robinson, MTWR 2:30-3:20

ARAB 101-004: Elementary Arabic I, Robinson, MTWR 3:35-4:25

ARAB 203-001: Intermediate Arabic I, El Kerdany, MW 11:15-12:05 & TR 11:05-11:55

ARAB 203-002: Intermediate Arabic I, El Kerdany, MW 12:20-1:10 & TR 12:30-1:20

ARAB 203-003: Intermediate Arabic I, El Kerdany, MTWR 3:35-4:25

ARAB 305-001: Advanced Arabic I, Kauffman, MWF 9:05-9:55

ARAB 305-002: Advanced Arabic I, Kauffman, MWF 12:20-1:10

ARAB 308-001: Arabic LAC, Kauffman, M 2:30-3:20

Taught in English

ARAB 150: Introduction to Arab Cultures, Vinea, TR 3:30-4:45, remote

Asian Studies

ARAB 150: Introduction to Arab Cultures, Vinea, TR 3:30-4:45, remote

ASIA 55: First-Year Seminar: Kung-Fu: The Concept of Heroism in Chinese Culture, Hsiao, TR 12:30-1:45

ASIA 61: First-Year Seminar: India through the Lens of Master Filmmakers, Lothspeich, TR 9:30-10:45; M 6-9

ASIA/WGST 127: Iranian Women Writers, Yaghoobi, TR 12:30-1:45

ASIA/HIST 133: Introduction to Chinese History, Tsin, MW 12:20-1:10, recitation required

ASIA/HIST 134: Modern East Asia, Fogg, MWF 9:05-9:55

ASIA 150: Asia: An Introduction, Dixon, MW 11:15-12:05, recitation required

ASIA/RELI 180: Introduction to Islamic Civilization, Ernst, MW 12:20-1:10, recitation required

CHIN 150: Introduction to Chinese Civilization, Hsiao, TR 11-12:15, recitation required

KOR 151: Education and Social Changes in Contemporary Korea, Jo, TR 11-12:15

KOR 237: Rebel, Lover, Martyr: Gender and Sexuality in North and South Korean Screen Cultures, Kwon, TR 8-9:15 pm, remote

ASIA/RELI 300: The Buddhist Tradition: India, Nepal, and Tibet, Leve, TR 11-12:15

CHIN 346: History as Fiction or Fiction as History? Early Chinese History in Film and Literature, Bergeton, TR 9:30-10:45

ASIA/CMPL 359: Literary Diasporas of the Middle East, Yaghoobi, TR 2-3:15

JAPN 375: The Culture of Modern, Imperial Japan, 1900-1945, Driscoll, T 6:20-8:50

JAPN 482: Embodying Japan: The Cultures of Beauty, Sports, and Medicine in Japan, Dixon, MWF 1:25-2:15

ASIA/ECON 469: Asian Economic Systems, Rosefielde, TR 9:30-10:45 REMOTE

HNUR 592: Religious Conflict and Literature in India, Taj, TR 5-6:15

ASIA 691H: Senior Honors Thesis, Visser, R 6:30-9, departmental permission required

ASIA 721: Transnational Feminisms of the Middle East and South Asia, Lothspeich, TR 8-9:15

ASIA 725: Critical Approaches to Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Pitelka, M 3:35-6:05

ASIA 740: Chinese Civilization: A Conceptual History, Bergeton, W 3:35-6:20

Business

BUSI 529-001 – Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace, Cannon, TBA 3:30-4:45

BUSI 625: Global Healthcare Management, Saba, TBA 3:30-4:45

Chinese

CHIN 101-001: Elementary Chinese I, Cai, MW 9:05-9:55 & TR 9-9:50

CHIN 101-002: Elementary Chinese I, Cai, MW 11:15-12:05 & TR 11:05-11:55

CHIN 101-003: Elementary Chinese I, TBA, MWF 12:20-1:10 & T 12:30-1:20

CHIN 101-004: Elementary Chinese I, Cai, MTWR 3:35-4:25

CHIN 111-001: Elementary Written Chinese, Fan, MWF 10:10-11

CHIN 111-002: Elementary Written Chinese, Fan, MWF 12:20-1:10

CHIN 203-001: Intermediate Chinese I, Lin, MWF 9:05-9:55 & T 9-9:50

CHIN 203-002: Intermediate Chinese I, Lin, MWF 10:10-11 & T 10-10:50

CHIN 203-003: Intermediate Chinese I, Polin, MWF 1:25-2:15 & T 1:30-2:20

CHIN 203-004: Intermediate Chinese I, Polin, MTWF 2:30-3:20

CHIN 203-005: Intermediate Chinese I, TBA, MTWF 2:30-3:20

CHIN 305-001: Advanced Chinese I, Zhou, MWF 10:10-11

CHIN 305-002: Advanced Chinese I, Zhou, MWF 1:25-2:15

CHIN 313-001: Advanced Written Chinese, Polin, MWF 11:15-12:05

CHIN 407-001: Readings in Chinese I, Lin, MWF 12:20-1:10

CHIN 443-001: Business Communications in Chinese, Zhou, MWF 11:15-12:05

CHIN 525: Ancient Philosophers and Their Modern Reincarnation, Yue, TR 2-3:15

Taught in English

CHIN 150: Introduction to Chinese Civilization, Hsiao, TR 11-12:15, recitation required

CHIN 346: History as Fiction or Fiction as History? Early Chinese History in Film and Literature, Bergeton, TR 9:30-10:45

Economics

ECON 460-001: International Economics, Vaidyanathan, TR 11:00-12:15

ECON 460-002: International Economics, Vaidyanathan, TR 12:30-1:45

ECON 469: Asian Economic Systems, Rosefielde, TR 9:30-10:45, REMOTE

Education

EDUC 415: Schooling of Immigrant Children, Rong, TR 3:30-4:45

EDUC 526: Ethics and Education: From Global Problems to Classroom Dilemmas, Gulledge, MWF 12:20-1:10

EDUC 707: Promoting Cultural Competence and Social Justice in School Counseling, TH 9:00-11:45

EDUC 877: Critical Multicultural Education, Rong, T 12:30-3:15

English

ENGL 141: World Literatures in English, Remetir, TR 9:45-11

ENGL 270: Studies in Asian American Literature, MWF 1:25-2:15

Environment

ENVR 525: Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Global Health, Fisher, TR 3:30-4:45

ENVR 610: Global Perspectives on Environmental Health Inequalities, TBA, TBA

Geography

GEOG 120-001: World Regional Geography, MULTIPLE

GEOG 121: Geographies of Globalization, MULTIPLE

GEOG 130: Development and Inequality: Global Perspectives, Havice, TR 11:00-12:15

GEOG 210: Global Issues, MULTIPLE

GEOG 266: Society and Environment in Southeast Asia, Lentz, MWF 2:30-3:20

GEOG 435: Global Environmental Issues, Havice, TR 12:30-1:45

GEOG 453: Political Geography, Kirsch, TR 11:30-12:45

Global Studies

GLBL/GEOG 210: Global Issues and Globalization, MULTIPLE

GLBL 487: Social Movements: Rethinking Globalization, Osterweil, W 2:30-5:00

GLBL 702: Global Politics, Institutions and Societies, Johnson, TH 2-4:30

Hindi-Urdu

HNUR 101-001: Elementary Hindi-Urdu I, Caldwell, MW 11:15-12:05 & TR 11:05-11:55

HNUR 101-002: Elementary Hindi-Urdu I, Caldwell, MW 1:25-2:15 & TR 1:30-2:20

HNUR 101-003: Elementary Hindi-Urdu I, Caldwell, MTWR 3:35-4:25

HNUR 203-001: Intermediate Hindi-Urdu I, TBA, MW 10:10-11 & TR 10-10:50

HNUR 203-002: Intermediate Hindi-Urdu I, TBA, MW 12:20-1:10 & TR 12:30-1:20

HNUR 220: Introduction to the Hindi Script (Devanagari), Caldwell, M 2:30-3:20

HNUR 221: Introduction to the Urdu Script (Nastaliq), Caldwell, W 2:30-3:20

HNUR 305: Advanced Hindi-Urdu I, Taj, TR 3:30-4:45

Taught in English

HNUR 592: Religious Conflict and Literature in India, Taj, TR 5-6:15

History

HIST 133: Introduction to Chinese History, Tsin, MW 12:20-1:10, recitation required

HIST 134: Modern East Asia, Fogg, MWF 9:05-9:55

HIST 140: The World Since 1945, MULTIPLE

HIST 210: Global Issues and Globalization, MULTIPLE

HIST 220: The Olympic Games: A Global History, MULTIPLE

HIST 266: Global History of Warfare: MULTIPLE

HIST 443: Settler Colonialism in Global Perspective, Moses, W 4-7:10

HIST 448H-001: Global Intellectual History, Moses, Tu 5-7:30

Japanese

JAPN 101-001: Elementary Japanese I, Fujioka, MW 9:05-9:55 & TR 9-9:50

JAPN 101-002: Elementary Japanese I, Fujioka, MW 10:10-11 & TR 10-10:50

JAPN 101-003: Elementary Japanese I, Sawamura, MW 11:15-12:05 & TR 11:05-11:55

JAPN 101-004: Elementary Japanese I, Sawamura, MW 12:20-1:10 & TR 12:30-1:20

JAPN 101-005: Elementary Japanese I, Iwashita, MW 1:25-2:15 & TR 1:30-2:20

JAPN 101-006: Elementary Japanese I, Sawamura, MTWR 3:35-4:25

JAPN 203-001: Intermediate Japanese I, Iwashita, MW 10:10-11 & TR 10-10:50

JAPN 203-002: Intermediate Japanese I, Iwashita, MW 11:15-12:05 & TR 11:05-11:55

JAPN 203-003: Intermediate Japanese I, Kato, MWF 1:25-2:15 & T 1:30-2:20

JAPN 203-004: Intermediate Japanese I, Kato, MTWF 2:30-3:20

JAPN 305-001: Advanced Japanese I, Aratake, MWF 11:15-12:05

JAPN 305-002: Advanced Japanese I, Aratake, MWF 2:30-3:20

JAPN 401: Gateway to Mastering Japanese, Aratake, MWF 10:10-11

JAPN 416: Understanding Japanese Business Culture and Its Practice, Kato, MWF 11:15-12:0

Taught in English

JAPN 375: The Culture of Modern, Imperial Japan, 1900-1945, Driscoll, T 6:20-8:50

JAPN 482: Embodying Japan: The Cultures of Beauty, Sports, and Medicine in Japan, Dixon, MWF 1:25-2:15

Korean

KOR 101-001: Elementary Korean I, Lee, MWF 9:05-9:55 & T 9-9:50

KOR 101-002: Elementary Korean I, Lee, MWF 11:15-12:05 & T 11:05-11:55

KOR 101-003: Elementary Korean I, TBA, MWF 1:25-2:15 & T 1:30-2:20

KOR 101-004: Elementary Korean I, TBA, MTWF 2:30-3:20

KOR 203-001: Intermediate Korean I, Bang, MWF 9:05-9:55 & T 9-9:50

KOR 203-002: Intermediate Korean I, TBA, MWF 10:10-11 & T 10-10:50

KOR 203-003: Intermediate Korean I, Bang, MWF 12:20-1:10 & T 12:30-1:20

KOR 305-001: Advanced Korean I, Lee, MWF 12:20-1:10

KOR 408-001: Changes and Continuities in Korean History, Bang, MWF 11:15-12:05

Taught in English

KOR 151: Education and Social Changes in Contemporary Korea, Jo, TR 11-12:15

KOR 237: Rebel, Lover, Martyr: Gender and Sexuality in North and South Korean Screen Cultures, Kwon, TR 8-9:15 pm, remote

Linguistics

LING 101: Introduction to Language, MULTIPLE

LING 165: Exploring the World’s Language, Li, TBA

Peace, War, and Defense

PWAD 134: Modern East Asia, Fogg, MWF 9:05-9:55

PWAD 150: International Relations and Global Politics, MULTIPLE

PWAD 287: Strategy and International Relations, Gent, TR 3:30-4:45

PWAD 359-018: Comparative History of National Intelligence Regimes, Whitaker, TR 9:30-10:45

PWAD 460: International Economics, MULITPLE

PWAD 488: Nuclear Security in the 21st Century, Caddell, TR 12:30-1:45

Persian

For a thorough listing of courses related to Middle Eastern languages and cultures, visit the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations at mideast.unc.edu.

PRSN 101: Elementary Persian I, Adel, MWF 10:10-11

PRSN 203: Intermediate Persian I, Adel, MWF 11:15-12:05

Political Science

POLI 130: Introduction to Comparative Politics, MULTIPLE

POLI 150: International Relations and World Politics, MULTIPLE

POLI 210:Global Issues and Globalization, MULTIPLE

POLI 255H: International Migration and Citizenship Today, Steiner, W 2:30-5

POLI 287: Strategy and International Relations, Gent, TR 4:45-6

POLI 288: Strategy and Politics, Bassi, TR 9:30-10:45

POLI 442: International Political Economy, Ballard-Rosa, MW 2:30-3:45

POLI 753: International Conflict and Cooperation, Bapat, M 12:20-3:10

Portuguese

PORT 408: The Portuguese Empire: Conquests and Cultural Exchange, 15th-21st centuries, Vernon, W 10:10-11

Public Health

PUBH 711: Critical Issues in Global Health, Dube, TR 6:30-7:45

PUBH 712: Global Health Ethics, MULTIPLE

Public Policy

PLCY 76H: First-Year Seminar: The Global Health Policy, Meier, TR 11:30-12:45

PLCY 110: Global Policy Issues, Sullivan, MW 10:10-11 Recitation Required

Religious Studies

For a thorough listing of courses related to Islam, visit the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations at mideast.unc.edu.

RELI 64: First-Year Seminar: Reintroducing Islam, Carter, TR 11-12:15

RELI 73H: First-Year Seminar: From Dragons to Pokemon: Animals in Japanese Myth, Folklore, and Religion, Ambros, TR 2-3:15

RELI 180: Introduction to Islamic Civilization, Ernst, MW 12:20-1:10 recitation required

RELI 283/ASIA 300: Buddhist Tradition in India, Nepal, & Tibet, Leve, TR 11:00-12:15

RELI 445: Asian Religions in America, Flodin-Ali, TR 3:30-4:45

RELI 581: Sufism, Ernst, TR 2-3:15

Social Work

SOWO 881: Development Theory and Practice in Global Settings, Bilotta, Tu 2:00-4:50

Sociology

SOCI 58: First-Year Seminar: Globalization, Work, and Inequality, Mouw, TR 9:30-10:45

SOCI 101: Sociological Perspectives, MULTIPLE

SOCI 180: Introduction to Global Health, Stoutamire, TR 8-9:15

Vietnamese

VIET 101: Elementary Vietnamese I, TBA, MWF 9:05-9:55