Upcoming Semester Courses that apply to the Asian Studies program (BA, Minor, Certificate)
The following Fall 2026 classes count towards the requirements for the Asian Studies major, minor, and certificate. Where applicable, a class’s GEP attributes (“Arts and Humanities,” “Writing Intensive,” etc) have been indicated. If you have questions, please email us, and we’ll be happy to assist you!
- ASIA 100 (GEP: Culture), Mika Thornburg, In Person, M/W 1-2:15pm
- HIST 103 (GEP: Culture, Social Sciences), Constantine Vaporis, Online, T/Th 10-11:15
- PHIL 230 (GEP: Culture, Arts & Humanities), Joonho Lee, In Person, M/W 1-2:15
For available language courses, please refer to the schedule of classes below for a full list from the search bar.
- AMST 375 (Studies in Asian American Culture), Tamara Bhalla, In Person, M/W 1-2:15
- ASIA 330 / ART 335 (The Dao of Intermedia), Irene Chan, In Person, M/W 10-11:50
- ASIA 399 (Internship in Asian Studies), Fan Yang (TBD)
- ECON 382 (Asian Economic History), David Mitch, In Person, T/Th 5:30-6:45
- ENGL 315 (Studies in World Literature), Emily Yoon, In Person, M/W 1-2:15
- ENGL 369 (Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Literature), Emily Yoon, In Person, M/W 2:30-3:45
- HIST 202 (Islamic Empires: Gunpowder, Merchants, and Miniatures), Noorzehra Zaidi, In Person, T/Th 10-11:15
- HIST 380 (Women and Gender in Asia), Jinghong Zhang, In Person, T/Th 4-5:15
- HIST 368 (Hindus, Muslims, and their Others: The Construction of Identities in India and Pakistan), Noorzehra Zaidi In Person, T/Th 12:30-3:45
- HIST 434 (The Vietnam Wars in International Context; GEP: Social Sciences), Meredith Oyen, In Person, F 1-3:30
- HIST 479 (China’s Long Revolution), Jinghong Zhang, In Person T/Th 11:30-12:45
- MLL 311 (Introduction to Korean Culture), Kyung-Eun Yoon, In Person M/W 10-11:15
- MLL 317 (Images of Society in Contemporary Japanese Films), TBA, In Person T/Th 1-2:15
- MUSC 230 (Musics of the World; GEP: Culture, Arts & Humanities), Michelle Purdy, In Person, T/Th 11:30-12:45
- MUSC 310 (Gamelan Ensemble), Michelle Purdy, In Person, T/Th 2:30-3:45
- PHIL 460 (Virtue Ethics East and West), Joonho Lee, In Person, M/W 4-5:15
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Advising! Survey! Boren Scholarship Info!
Fall 2022 has ended and the year also is coming to a close. Congratulations on completing the semester - we wish you a very happy and healthy end of the year and January, and hope to see you again this spring!
Advising for Spring 2023
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Survey on Waste, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice
This information is shared on behalf of UMBC graduate student Mackenzie Bodman:
"My thesis project is on waste, climate change and environmental justice. I was wondering if you would be willing to help distribute my survey for me? I am hoping to get input from other departments. I have attached a link
here. It is only meant for UMBC students. I am hoping to get as many responses as possible, but would be ending the survey collection on the 23rd of December."
Boren Scholarship Information
The Boren Scholarship, an initiative of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office, funds U.S. citizen undergraduates to study languages and cultures deemed critical to U.S. national security. Awards of up to $25,000 are available for programs lasting six months or longer. STEM students are eligible to apply for summer language study awards of up to $8000.
Students can apply this money for studying Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hindi and other Asian languages throughout the continent for summer, semester and academic year programs at universities. Special programs include the South Asian Flagship Languages Initiative for the study of Hindi/Urdu, as well as the Indonesian Flagship Language Initiative for study of Indonesian.
You can find more information on the Boren Scholarship at https://www.borenawards.org. Dr. Brian Souders, UMBC's Associate Director for Global Awards in the Center for Global Engagement is happy to discuss the requirements of the scholarship with you, as well as review your essays to make a competitive application. Please do not hesitate to
contact him at souders@umbc.edu for more information and to set up an appointment.
Applications are due January 30, 2023.
UMBC Closed Dec 23-Jan 2
In observance of the end of the year holidays, UMBC is closed from Friday, Dec 23 through Monday, January 2. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to responding to any messages or inquiries which arrive during this time upon our return to campus in the new year!
Posted: December 19, 2022, 12:40 PM