This page uses information from the UMBC Catalog to provide a listing of Asian Studies courses. Not every course is offered each semester.
The number listed in parenthesis following the course title (e.g., “(3)” or “(4)”) indicates the course’s credit value.
Where applicable, courses also include their General Education Program (GEP) attributes. If you began your studies at UMBC before 2007, please contact us if you have questions about your General Foundation Requirement (GFR) classes.
Core Courses
- ASIA 100 Introduction to Asian Studies (3)
Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GEP) - HIST 103 East Asian Civilization (3)
Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)
Language Courses
- CHIN 101 – Elementary Chinese I (4)
- CHIN 102 – Elementary Chinese II (4)
- CHIN 201 – Intermediate Chinese I (4)
201 Level Language Requirement (GEP) - CHIN 202 – Intermediate Chinese II (4)
Culture (GEP) - CHIN 301 – Advanced Chinese I (3)
Culture (GEP) - CHIN 302 – Advanced Chinese II (3)
- CHIN 309 – Business Chinese (3)
- CHIN 319 – Chinese Translation (3)
- JPNS 101 – Elementary Japanese I (4)
- JPNS 102 – Elementary Japanese II (4)
- JPNS 201 – Intermediate Japanese I (4)
201 Level Language Requirement (GEP) - JPNS 202 – Intermediate Japanese II (4)
Culture (GEP) - JPNS 301 – Advanced Japanese I (3)
- JPNS 302 – Advanced Japanese II (3)
- JPNS 309 – Business Japanese (3)
- KORE 101 – Elementary Korean I (4)
- KORE 102 – Elementary Korean II (4)
- KORE 201 – Intermediate Korean I (4)
201 Level Language Requirement (GEP) - KORE 202 – Intermediate Korean II (4)
Culture (GEP) - KORE 301 – Advanced Korean I (3)
- KORE 302 – Advanced Korean II (3)
- KORE 309 – Business Korean (3)
- KORE 310 – Korean Language in Social and Cultural Context (3)
Culture (GEP)
Electives
- ASIA 207 – Asian Diasporas (3) (cross-listed as HIST 207)
- ASIA 214 – Focused Cultural Study: South Asia (3) (cross-listed as ANTH 214)
Culture (GEP) - ASIA 300 – Topics in Asian Studies (3)
- ASIA 318 – Visual Culture of City and Cinema in South Asia (3) (cross-listed as ART 318)
- ASIA 329 – Early and Medieval Chinese Literature (3) (cross-listed as MLL 329)
- ASIA 330 – The Dao of Intermedia (3) (cross-listed as ART 355)
- ASIA 333 – International Relations in East Asia (3)
- ASIA 353 – Society in Two Koreas (3)
- ASIA 399 – Internship in Asian Studies (1-3)
- ASIA 400 – Special Projects in Asian Studies (1-3)
- AMST 365 – Asian American Fictions (3)
Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP) - AMST 375 – Studies in Asian American Culture (3)
Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP)
- ART 329 – Topics in Art History and Visual Culture (3) (approved topics)
- DANC 301 – Special Studies in Dance (1-3) (approved topic: Introduction to Indian Dance)
- ECON 380 – The Global Economy (3)
Social Sciences (GEP) - ECON 382 – Asian Economic History (3)
Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Writing Intensive (WI)
- ENGL 360 – The Literature of Minorities (3) (approved topics)
- ENGL 448 – Seminar in Literature and Culture (3) (approved topics)
- ENGL 469 – Studies in Race and Ethnicity (3) (approved topics)
- GWST 342 – Gender in Modern South Asia (3)
Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP) - GWST 380 – Women and Gender in Asia (3) (cross-listed as HIST 380)
Culture (GEP)
- HIST 381 – From Samurai to “Salariman”: Japanese History through Film and Literature (3)
Culture (GEP) - HIST 382 – Pacific Crossings: Race, War, and Gender in Asian Migrations (3)
Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP) - HIST 383 – Japan in the Shogun Age (3)
Culture (GEP) - HIST 384 – Viewing History through Maps: East Asia in Native and European Cartography (3)
- HIST 386 – Hindus, Muslims, and their Others: The Construction of Identities in India and Pakistan (3)
Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP) - HIST 387 – Medicine and Healthcare in China (3)
Culture (GEP) - HIST 388 – Society and Culture in China (3)
Culture (GEP) - HIST 390 – Wars in 20th Century East Asia (3)
- HIST 434 – The Vietnam Wars in International Context (3)
Social Sciences (GEP) - HIST 436 – The Rise of China and the United States’ Response (3)
- HIST 458 – Japan to 1800 (3)
Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP) - HIST 459 – The Rise of Modern Japan: From the “Black Ships” to Hatsune Miku (3)
Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP) - HIST 479 – China’s Long Revolution (3)
Writing Intensive (WI) - HIST 480 – Mao and After: History of Contemporary China (3)
- HIST 494 – Seminar in World History (3) (approved topics)
- HIST 497 – Historical Research: (3) (approved topics)
Writing Intensive (WI)
- MLL 220 – Film and Society in China (3)
Culture (GEP) - MLL 300 – Selected Topics in Modern Languages and Linguistics (3) (approved topics)
- MLL 311 – Introduction to Korean Culture (3)
Culture (GEP) - MLL 315 – Images of Society in Contemporary Korean Films (3)
Culture (GEP) - MLL 316 – Japanese Language in Society (3)
- MLL 317 – Images of Society in Contemporary Japanese Films (3)
Culture (GEP) - MLL 327 – Modern Japanese Culture (3)
Culture (GEP) - MLL 328 – Traditional Chinese Fiction and Drama (3)
Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP) - MLL 333 – Japanese Food Culture (3)
- MLL 334 – Modern Chinese Poetry and Lyric Culture (3)
Culture (GEP) - MLL 335 – Modern China: Culture, Society, and Environment (3)
Culture (GEP)
- MUSC 230 – Musics of the World (3)
Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP) - MUSC 310 – Beginning Gamelan (1)
- POLI 309 – Selected Topics in Political Science (3) (approved topic: Chinese Politics)
- POLI 488 – Politics and International Relations of South Asia (3)
- PHIL 334 – Asian Philosophy (3)
Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP)