2022 Summer 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.

Summer 2022 Courses

Anthropology

ANTH 102-001: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Stuesse, MTuWThF, 11:30 AM – 2:45 PM (Summer 1)

ANTH 101-001: General Anthropology, Long, MTuWThF, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM (Summer 2)

ANTH 102-001: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, (Summer 2)

ANTH 319-001: Global Health, Mark Sorensen, MTuTh, 3:15 PM – 5:50 PM (Summer 2)

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 203-001: Intermediate Arabic 1, Robinson, MTuWThF, 9:45 AM – 12:45 PM (Summer 1)

ARAB 204-001: Intermediate Arabic 2, MTuWThF, Kauffman, 9:45 AM – 12:45 PM (Summer 2)

Asian Studies

ASIA 150-01M: Asia: An Introduction, Dixon, MTuWThF, 9:12:15 (online via Zoom, Maymester)

ASIA 235-01M: Israeli Cinema: Gender, Nation, and Ethnicity, Shemer, MTuWThF, 11:30 AM – 2:45 PM (Maymester)

ASIA 133-001: Introduction to Chinese History, Santacaterina, MTuWThF, 11:30 PM – 1:00 PM (Summer 1)

ASIA 180-01W: Introduction to Islamic Civilization, Mashhadi (Asynchronous, Summer 1)

ASIA 228-001: Contested Souls: Literature, the Arts, and Religious Identity in Modern India (Mixed Asynchronous and Synchronous Zoom Meetings, Summer 1)

ASIA 277-001: The Conflict Over Israel/Palestine, Shields, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM (Remote, mostly asynchronous, Summer 1)

ASIA 134-001: Modern East Asia, (Summer 1)

ASIA 59-001: First Year Seminar: Media Masala: Popular Music, TV, and the Internet in Modern India and Pakistan, Taj, MTuWThF, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM (Summer 2)

ASIA 65-001: First-Year Seminar, Philosophy on Bamboo: Rethinking Early Chinese Thought, Bergeton, MTuWTh, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Summer 2)

ASIA 240-001: Performance in Southeast Asia: Gongs, Punks, and Shadow Plays, Caldwell, MTuWTh, 4:15 PM – 6:15 PM, (Summer 2)

ASIA 300-01W: The Buddhist Tradition: India, Nepal, and Tibet, Leve, (Summer 2)

Chinese

Chinese 356-01M: Chinese Environmental Literature, Visser, MTuWThF 11:30-2:45 (Maymester)

Chinese 111-001: Elementary Written Chinese, Zhou, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 3:30 PM (Summer 1)

Chinese 203-001: Intermediate Chinese 1, Cai, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 3:15 PM (Summer 1)

Chinese 242-001: Chinese Qin Music, MTuWThF, Hsiao, 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM (Summer 1)

Chinese 361-01W: Chinese Traditional Theater, Hsiao (Asynchronous, Summer 1)

CHIN 204-001: Intermediate Chinese 2, Lini Polin, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 3:15 PM, (Summer 2)

CHIN 212-001: Intermediate Written Chinese, Fan, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 3:30 PM, (Summer 2)

English

ENGL 143-01W: Film and Culture, Larson, (Missing Date and Time), (Summer 1)

ENGL 265-01M: Literature and Race, Literature and Ethnicity, Crystall, TuThF, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM, (Summer 1)

ENGL 268-01M: Medicine, Literature, and Culture, Thraikill, MTuWTh, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Summer 1)

ENGL 143-01W: Film and Culture, Larson (Summer 1)

ENGL 141-001: World Literatures in English, Cohen, MTuWThF, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, (Summer 2)

ENGL 143-01W, Film and Culture, Larson, (Summer 2)

Geography

GEOG 130-001: Development and Inequality: Global Perspectives, Faulkner, MTuWThF, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, (Summer 1)

GEOG 120-001: World Regional Geography, Ghebremicael, (Summer 2)

GEOG 130-001: Development and Inequality: Global Perspectives, Malki, MTuWThF, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM (Summer 2)

Global Studies

GLBL 221-01M: The Migratory Experience, Huerta-Bapat, MTuWThF, 11:30 AM – 2:45 PM, (Summer 1)

GLBL 450-01M: Social Change in Times of Crisis: Knowledge, Action, and Ontology, Osterweil, 11:30 AM – 2:45 PM (Summer 1)

GLBL 210-001: Global Issues and Globalization, (Summer 2)

History*

HIST 133-001: Introduction to Chinese History, Santacaterina, MTuWThF, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, (Summer 1)

HIST 245-001: The United States and the Cold War: Origins, Development, Legacy, Larres, MTuWThF, 11:30 AM – 2:45 PM (Summer 1)

HIST 277-001: The Conflict Over Israel/Palestine, Shields, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM (Summer 1)

HIST 266-990: Global History of Warfare (Summer 1)

HIST 140-01W: The World Since 1945, (Summer 2)

HIST 141-001: Globalization Since 1500, Jarvis, MTuWThF, 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM (Summer 2)

Korean

KOR 101-001: Elementary Korean 1, Bang, MTuWThF, 9:45 AM – 12:45 PM (Summer 1)

KOR 102-001: Elementary Korean 2, Lee, MTuWThF, 9:45 AM – 12:45 PM (Summer 2)

Linguistics

LING 138-001: Linguistic Anthropology (Summer 1)

LING 203-001: Language Acquisition and Development (Summer 1)

LING 101-001: Introduction to Language, (Summer 2)

LING 145-001: Language, Communication, and Human Animal Minds, Bold, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM, (Summer 2)

LING 165-990: Exploring the World’s Languages, (Summer 2)

Music

MUSC 146-001: Introduction to World Musics, Borecky, MTuWThF, 4:15 PM – 6:15 PM, (Summer 1)

MUSC 286-01M: Music as Culture, Katz, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 4:30 PM, (Summer 1)

MUSC 240-001: Performance in Southeast Asia: Gongs, Punks, and Shadow Plays, Caldwell, MTuWTh, 4:15 PM – 6:15 PM, (Summer 2)

MUSC 286-001: Music as Culture, MTuWThF, 3:00 PM – 7:30 PM, (Summer 2)

MUSC 286-002: Music as Culture, Ge, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM, (Summer 2)

Peace, War, and Defense

PWAD 150-001: International Relations and Global Politics, Case-Ruchala, MTuWThF, 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM (Summer 1)

PWAD 120-001: World Regional Geography, Ghebremicael, (Summer 2)

PWAD 150-001: International Relations and Global Politics, Saroka, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM, (Summer 2)

Political Science

POLI 287-01M: Strategy and International Relations, Gent, MTuWThF, 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM, (Summer 1)

POLI 288-01M: Strategy and Politics, Bassi, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 4:30 PM, (Summer 1)

POLI 150-001: International Relations and Global Politics, Saroka, MTuWThF, 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM, (Summer 2)

Public Health

PUBH 714-01W, 965, 966: Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluating Global Health Programs, (Summer 1)

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 180: Introduction to Islamic Civilization, Sheikholharam (Remote, Asynchronous), (Summer 1)

RELI 121-990: Introduction to Religion and Culture, (Summer 2)

RELI 283-01W: The Buddhist Tradition: India, Nepal, and Tibet, Leve, (Summer 2)

Sociology*

SOCI 122-01M: Race and Ethnicity, Fitzgerald, MTuWThF, 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM, (Summer 1)

SOCI 411-01M: Social Movements, MTuWThF, Andrews, 1:15 PM – 4:30 PM, (Summer 1)

SOCI 101-01W: Sociological Persepctives, Chen, MTuWThF, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, (Summer 2)

SOCI 415-001: Economy and Society, Manrique-Betanzos, MTuWThF, 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM, (Summer 2)

Women and Gender Studies

WGST 101-001: Introduction to Women’s Studies, Mangravite, MTuWTh, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, (Summer 2)