Spring 2022 Undergraduate Courses
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Spring 2022
East Asian Art II:China, Korea, Japan, 1000Ce-Pr
Professor Michele Matteini | TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
* Main Sponsor: Department of Art History
An introduction to the art and culture of the Far East, presented in a chronological and thematic approach corresponding to the major dynastic and cultural changes of China, Korea, and Japan. Teaches how to "read" works of art in order to interpret a culture or a historical period; aims at a better understanding of the similarities and differences among the cultures of the Far East.
Underground Warriors and Empress Wu
Professor Yijung Wang | M 4:55-7:35 PM
* Main Sponsor: Department of History
This seminar is designed to introduce the cultural history of China through the lens of material culture. From the underground warriors of the First Emperor to Empress Wu’s fashion, materials culture shows all aspects of state and society in Chinese culture. Different from political and social history, which are structured by a linear timeline and national boundaries, material culture offers us a perspective to look at the connections, transmission, and nuanced changes by tracking the itineraries of things. Moreover, material culture offers us a chance to listen to the voice of nameless and faceless people in history, such as women and artisans. Students are going to read widely across the history of science and technology, art history, and anthropology. The big questions that we are going to ask in this seminar are: How does material culture rescue the agencies of women and other underrepresented historical subjects? What kind of history can we discover by utilizing non-textual sources? All readings are in English, no prior knowledge of East Asia is necessary.
Topics: Japanese performing arts in cultural context
Professor Peter Eckersall | MW 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
This course will investigate Japanese performing arts in their cultural context, spanning historical times and the modern and contemporary eras. Students can expect to learn about Japan’s diversity and complexity through the imaginative, transgressive, and embodied medium of performance. They will gain insights into how art and society in Japan are closely entwined. This course will introduce students to noh, kyôgen, and kabuki as exemplars of Japanese tradition and will consider their aesthetic formation and social context in history as well as their impact today. We will consider Japan’s encounter with modernity in the early 20th century when aesthetic developments in Japanese theatre occurred in dialogue with European avant-gardism. Radical theatre and performance during the 1960s will be discussed in relation to the rise of student protest and the remaking of Japan after the Pacific War. We will consider how contemporary theatre and performance in Japan has developed in response to social, political, and technological changes as well as the economic malaise and environmental crises that Japan is facing today. A selection of plays and performances will be examined in English translation alongside the work of visionary thinkers, directors and performance makers including artists working to develop interdisciplinary and transhistorical forms of theatre. We will study pioneers who have influenced Japanese performance practices including playwrights and directors such as Abe Kôbô, Yukio Mishima, Kishida Rio, Kawamura Takeshi, and Hirata Oriza. We will also study contemporary performance practitioners such as the butoh pioneers Hijikata Tatsumi, Ohno Kazuo and Ashikawa Yoko, and groups such as Red Tent, dumb type, the Suzuki Company of Toga, and chelfitsch. No previous knowledge of theatre is needed to take this course.
Topics: Mapping the Soundscape of Popular Music Cultures in East Asia
Professor Stephanie Choi | M 6:20 PM - 8:50 PM
This course will investigate Japanese performing arts in their cultural context, spanning historical times and the modern and contemporary eras. Students can expect to learn about Japan’s diversity and complexity through the imaginative, transgressive, and embodied medium of performance. They will gain insights into how art and society in Japan are closely entwined. This course will introduce students to noh, kyôgen, and kabuki as exemplars of Japanese tradition and will consider their aesthetic formation and social context in history as well as their impact today. We will consider Japan’s encounter with modernity in the early 20th century when aesthetic developments in Japanese theatre occurred in dialogue with European avant-gardism. Radical theatre and performance during the 1960s will be discussed in relation to the rise of student protest and the remaking of Japan after the Pacific War. We will consider how contemporary theatre and performance in Japan has developed in response to social, political, and technological changes as well as the economic malaise and environmental crises that Japan is facing today. A selection of plays and performances will be examined in English translation alongside the work of visionary thinkers, directors and performance makers including artists working to develop interdisciplinary and transhistorical forms of theatre. We will study pioneers who have influenced Japanese performance practices including playwrights and directors such as Abe Kôbô, Yukio Mishima, Kishida Rio, Kawamura Takeshi, and Hirata Oriza. We will also study contemporary performance practitioners such as the butoh pioneers Hijikata Tatsumi, Ohno Kazuo and Ashikawa Yoko, and groups such as Red Tent, dumb type, the Suzuki Company of Toga, and chelfitsch. No previous knowledge of theatre is needed to take this course.
Topics in East Asian Cinema: Korean Cinema
Professor Haneul Lee | R 6:00 PM -10:00 PM
What is Korean cinema? And what do the history, forms, and aesthetic of Korean cinema tell us about itself? This course aims to present the changing faces of Korean cinema in response to historical and social/political/cultural events: colonialism, war, dictatorship, social movements, capitalism, and globalization. It also aims to delve into what makes Korean cinema national, international or transnational, and post-national simultaneously. Paired with scholarly readings, a broad selection of fiction and nonfiction films from the colonial era to the platform age invites students to review the development of Korean cinema in a chronological sense. Intersecting the readings and films, students will be encouraged to confer with each other about how “the national cinema” as a concept has been negotiated, challenged, and redefined through diverse ways in which each film is produced, circulated, and consumed.
Approaches to Chinese Cinema
Professor Todd Foley | MW 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Beginning with one of the earliest Chinese films still in existence and ending with a 2017 blockbuster, our class will examine not only a variety of Chinese films spanning nearly a hundred years of production, but also a number of different intellectual approaches to understanding these films. By focusing on one selected film per week, we will develop our own critical capacities in a way that pays attention to issues of history, politics, ideology, the material conditions of production, aesthetics, and intellectual life. We will generally follow a chronological organization and focus on important works by major directors from different parts of the Sinophone world. We will complement our critical focus on individual films with a selection of secondary readings, some of which will help to paint a broader picture of Chinese cinematic history, and some of which will provide specific readings of films through a variety of interpretive methods. The course is by no means exhaustive, and after being introduced to these several representative films and critical approaches, by the end of the semester students will hopefully be better equipped to continue navigating this rich field of cinematic production on their own.
Readings in Chinese Philosophy
Professor Moss Roberts | MW 6:30 PM - 7:35 PM
Overage from the era of Confucius (d. 479 B.C.E.) to the unification of the realm in 206 B.C.E., the pre-imperial period that is also known as the warring states. Begins with the Analects to establish the key elements of Confucius' ethical and political philosophy and then examines his critics and followers. Concludes with Sima Qian's Record of the Historian (excerpts) and the novel The Three Kingdoms. The former addresses the establishment of the Qin and Han dynasties; the latter chronicles the fall of the Han dynasty some four centuries later and the reconstitution of a unified realm.
Historical Epics of China and Japan
Professor Moss Roberts | TR 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Involves the in-depth study of the major epics of China, Japan, and Vietnam, focusing on the historical-military and the social-romantic. The Chinese historical epic Three Kingdoms is read against the Japanese epic Tale of the Heike. Emphasis is placed on the political nature of the dynastic state form, the types of legitimacy and the forms of rebellion, the process of breakdown and reintegration of an imperial house, the empire as dynasty and as territory, and the range of characterology. In the second half of the course, the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber is read against the Japanese Tale of Genji. In addition to the above-mentioned topics, attention is given to the role of women and marriage in a governing elite, the modalities of social criticism in a novel of manners. The Vietnamese national classic Tale of Kieu is used as an introduction to the course because it combines all of the key topics. Finally, we pay particular attention to the ways in which Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian doctrines function in each work.
Twentieth Century Chinese Literature in Translation
Professor Xudong Zhang | W 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
This class explores the changing trends in literary writing and how it relates to the social and historical contexts of the period. Students study the literature to reflect on the culture and self-understanding of modern China.
Vietnam: The War & Its History
Professor Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox | R 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Focus on the American War in Vietnam. Begins by examining Vietnamese cultural and national identity and the impact of French colonialism and then examines: the war of 1946-54 between the French and the Viet Minh; the early American OSS links with Ho Chi Minh and the Truman administration's deepening commitments to the French; the policies of the Eisenhower administration, from Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Conference in 1954 to the decision to back Ngo Dien Diem; the deepening commitment of the Kennedy administration; the escalating war of the Johnson years; and the end of the war under Nixon and Ford. Concludes with legacies and interpretations of the war.
Tibetan Buddhism
Professor William McGrath | TR 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Main Sponsor: Department of Religious Studies
This course explores Buddhism's cultural and spiritual traditions of Buddhism that developed in Tibet and continues to flourish in various parts of the Himalayas, China, Mongolia, and the West. Students will examine a variety of works from the rich Tibetan literary and philosophical traditions in their historical contexts: from classic biographies of yogic masters on mountain tops to those of familiar practitioners living life in the monastery; from "songs of realization," intended to provide a glimpse of truth "as it is," to basic instructions on how to meditate, how to train the mind in compassion and wisdom, and how to navigate the passage between life and death. Visual art, ritual objects/environments, and the film will provide additional sources for analysis. Topics will include Tantric Buddhist theory and practice, issues of gender and sexuality in Tibetan Buddhism, the role of the teacher/mentor, and the relationship between religious institutions and the state.
Topics in Asian Studies: East Asian Art & Civilizations
Professor Sooran Choi | T 4:55 PM - 7:40 PM
This course will introduce the major artistic traditions of China, Korea, and Japan, treating the subject chronologically from the Neolithic period to the present. Although Korea and Japan share similar artistic and cultural values with China, students will realize that each country has also had its own distinctive development and unique style in art and architecture. The course provides an overview of the pictorial, sculptural, and architectural traditions through the ages in East Asia, along with the philosophies originated in China and India such as Legalism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. The class will also examine ways in which Korean and Japanese art, religion, and culture were influenced by its neighbor, China, as well as, the ways in which religious and political ends were served through art and architecture in each historical period. Each session is designed to help students understand the historical background, along with philosophical and literary traditions embedded in Asian culture. Students will appreciate, recognize and understand historical events and monuments of the visual arts of East Asia, including the ability to interpret meanings, concepts, theories, and collective attitudes embodied in the works discussed. In addition, they will develop effective communication and analytical skills to discuss, compare and contrast works of art.
Topics in Asian Studies: War Media
Professor Laurence Coderre | TR 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
This class explores the intersection of modern media and modern warfare in East Asia. We will pay particular attention to the roles of photography, stereoscopy, and newsreels/documentary film in the framing, circulation, and consumption of armed conflict and East Asian “barbarity" and/or “civility.” Conflicts to be discussed include the Opium Wars, the Russo-Japanese War, World War II, and the Vietnam War.
Topics in Korean Studies: Korean Sci-Fi and Global Economy: Genre and Region
Professor Yoon Jeong Oh | TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
This course explores the theme of parallel worlds in Korean science-fiction and how it reflects the uncertainty of Korea’s regional position in the global economy. As a genre, science-fiction is constituted of its own set of rules, and the recent sci-fi boom in Korean literature shows interesting variations of the genre while hinting at certain economic processes involved in the global market as well as world literature. Tracing the forking paths of different voices in short stories, novels, films, and TV dramas, we will examine the nonlinear logic of time and space that corresponds to multiple possibilities yet reproduces homogeneous rules to restrict radical alterities. By bringing together interdisciplinary discourses and cultural artifacts, the course will tackle regional boundaries and disciplinary divisions at once. Topics will include the bordering principles of parallel worlds, the transitory nature of the transhuman, robot industries, and discourses of the future. Readings will also include non-Korean writers, such as Ted Chiang, Kurt Vonnegut, and Jorge Luis Borges, for comparative analysis.
Topics in Japanese Studies: Ludic Japan: Games as Technology, Culture, and Commerce
Professor Daniel Johnson | MW 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Game media have, alongside anime and manga, become one of the most globally recognizable forms of popular culture produced in Japan. From home console systems to mobile gaming applications and "game center" arcades, different forms of game and game-related media are integrated into the visual culture and everyday experience for consumers of Japanese media. They also represent an increasingly dominant aspect of global media capitalism. This course will approach game media from in and around Japan in relation to questions of media aesthetics, industrial history, and cultural identity. No background in Japanese language is required. Some experience with game media will be helpful.
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Cultures & Context: China
Professor Ethan Harkness | MW 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
An introduction to the main issues and foundational texts of imperial and modern China. Selected readings include excerpts from early Chinese classics such as Classic of Odes and the Analects to the vernacular novels of late imperial China. The classical canon is then coupled with central texts from modern China, from the initial reflections of the mandarin scholars on a rapidly changing world, to writings on revolution, the modern state, and the new culture of the enlightened individual by leading Chinese intellectuals in the 20th century. Rather than a display of cultural and literary edifices, our intellectual and critical interest is to rethink Chinese traditions, both imperial and modern, in terms of continuity as well as discontinuity.
Recitation
Yuhang Zhu | T: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Yuhang Zhu | T: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Emily Stewart Long | T: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Emily Stewart Long | T: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Elementary Chinese I
This course is for students with no previous Mandarin Chinese experience. If you can speak in Mandarin Chinese about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level, you should enroll in EAST-UA 231 Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners.
Designed to develop and reinforce language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing as it relates to everyday life situations. The objectives are: to master the Chinese phonetic system (pinyin and tones) with satisfactory pronunciation; to understand the construction of commonly used Chinese Characters (both simplified and traditional) and learn to write them correctly; to understand and use correctly basic Chinese grammar and sentence structures; to build up essential vocabulary; to read and write level appropriate passages; to become acquainted with aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials.
Instructor | Schedule
Xin Li | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Xin Li | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Chen Gao | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Chen Gao | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Elementary Chinese II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 201 or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Designed to develop and reinforce language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing as it relates to everyday life situations. The objectives are: to master the Chinese phonetic system (pinyin and tones) with satisfactory pronunciation; to understand the construction of commonly used Chinese Characters (both simplified and traditional) and learn to write them correctly; to understand and use correctly basic Chinese grammar and sentence structures; to build up essential vocabulary; to read and write level appropriate passages; to become acquainted with aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials.
Instructor | Schedule
Wenqian Yu | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Catherine Liu | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Wenqian Yu | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Intermediate Chinese I
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 202 or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Designed to consolidate the student's overall aural-oral proficiency. Focuses gradually on the written aspect of Chinese. The objectives are: to be able to obtain information from extended conversation; to both express and expound on, in relative length, feelings and opinions on common topics; to expand vocabulary and learn to decipher meaning of compound words; to develop reading comprehension of extended narrative, expository and simple argumentative passages; to solve non-complex textual problems with the aid of dictionaries; to write in relative length personal narratives, informational narratives, comparison and discussion of viewpoints with level appropriate vocabulary and grammatical accuracy, as well as basic syntactical cohesion; to continue being acquainted with aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials.
Instructor | Schedule
Jing Ying Sun | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Cong Zhou | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Cong Zhou | MTWR: 4:55 - 6:10 PM
Intermediate Chinese II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 203 or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Continuation of Intermediate Chinese I, focusing semi-formal usage of Chinese language when discussing more academic-flavored cultural or social topics.
Instructor | Schedule
Guangyu Hao | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Jiayi Xu | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Jiayi Xu | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Advanced Chinese I
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 204 or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Designed to further develop proficiency in speaking and writing through readings on and discussions of socio-cultural topics relevant to today's China. Focuses on improving reading comprehension and writing skills. The objectives are: to further improve oral communicative competence by incorporating semi-formal or formal usages; to acquire vocabulary and patterns necessary for conducting semi-formal or formal discussions of socio-cultural topics; to increase reading speed of texts with more advanced syntax; to learn to make context-based guess about the meaning of a new word, conduct sentence analysis and solve textual problems with the aid of dictionaries; to write and present more fully developed narratives or reasoned and structured arguments in length; to learn to employ basic rhetoric methods; to learn to appreciate stylistic usage of Chinese language.
Instructor | Schedule
Chen Gao | MW: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Jiayi Xu | TR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Advanced Chinese II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 205 or the equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Designed to further develop proficiency in speaking and writing through readings on and discussions of socio-cultural topics relevant to today's China. Focuses on improving reading comprehension and writing skills. The objectives are: to further improve oral communicative competence by incorporating semi-formal or formal usages; to acquire vocabulary and patterns necessary for conducting semi-formal or formal discussions of socio-cultural topics; to increase reading speed of texts with more advanced syntax; to learn to make context-based guess about the meaning of a new word, conduct sentence analysis and solve textual problems with the aid of dictionaries; to write and present more fully developed narratives or reasoned and structured arguments in length; to learn to employ basic rhetoric methods; to learn to appreciate stylistic usage of Chinese language.
Instructor | Schedule
Wenteng Shao | MW: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Wenteng Shao | MW: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Shiqi Lao | TR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Advanced Conversational Chinese
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 204 or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
This is a 2-credit repeatable course designed for students who have completed Intermediate Chinese II or equivalent, and wish to get additional opportunities to further expand their vocabulary and grammatical knowledge with a focus on strengthening their conversational skills and/or get more chance to practice speaking outside of their regular Advanced Chinese I/II classes. Students will perform in various conversational tasks, such as presenting, discussing, debating, etc. and improve the description and narration skills that the advanced level learners are expected to have. Students will engage in conversation in a clearly participatory manner in order to communicate information on autobiographical topics, as well as topics of community, national, or international interest.
Instructor | Schedule
Xiaoxiao Jiao | T: 4:55 PM - 6:35 PM
Xiaoxiao Jiao | R: 4:55 PM - 6:35 PM
Learning Chinese Through Media
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 226 or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Prepares intermediate level, non-heritage students for Advanced Chinese I through exposure to various media sources, such as films, magazines, newspapers, TV, Internet, and user-created content (UCC). Students will learn conversation and composition from the sources, further develop communication skills in Chinese, and discuss various topics related to contemporary issues in China.
Instructor | Schedule
Xin Li | TR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Chinese Poetry II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 204 or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Designed to help students understand and appreciate the linguistic and aesthetic features of Chinese language rendered in poetic form and to improve their ability to read and interpret authentic texts in general. Integrates language learning with poetry study, introduces the formal structure of Chinese classical poetry and surveys its stylistic variations at different historical conjunctures. Conducted primarily in Chinese. English translations of the poems are provided as references from time to time.
Instructor | Schedule
Cong Zhou | T: 2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Cong Zhou | R: 2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Politico-Philosophical Texts in Classical Chinese
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 221 or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
A continuation of Introduction to Classical Chinese (EAST-UA 226). Through close reading and understanding of selected foundational texts, aims to further familiarize students with important linguistic features unique to Classical Chinese and develop their reading comprehension skills in this highly stylized linguistic form. Readings from The Analects, Mencius, Mozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Book of Lord Shang, and Springs and Autumns of Master Lü, as well as from writings by Han Dynasty thinkers such as Chao Cuo and Jia Yi .
Instructor | Schedule
Shiqi Liao | MW: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners
EAST-UA 231 is designed for students who can understand and speak conversational Mandarin related to daily-life situations, but have not learned to read/write Chinese characters. Students with no background in the language should enroll in EAST-UA 201 Elementary Chinese I. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor.
The course is designed for students who can understand and speak conversational Chinese related to daily-life situations, but have not learned to read/write Chinese characters. This includes students who were raised in a non-Chinese speaking country but in a home where Mandarin Chinese dialect was spoken, and/or students who have acquired a certain level of Mandarin Chinese language proficiency (primarily speaking and listening) by living or working in a Chinese speaking country/region for an extended time. Students who understand or speak a Chinese dialect other than Mandarin should consult the Chinese language faculty about whether this is the appropriate course for them. This course aims to develop students’ correct pronunciation, grammatical accuracy and overall competence in reading and writing.
Instructor | Schedule
Wenteng Shao | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Intermediate Chinese for Advanced Beginners
*PREQUISITE: EAST-UA 231 or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Continuation of Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners.
Instructor | Schedule
Catherine Liu | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Catherine Liu | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Shiqi Liao | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Readings in Chinese Culture II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 206 or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Designed to enhance Chinese proficiency through reading authentic materials rich in cultural connotations. Stresses primarily reading and writing. The objectives are: to develop speaking skills needed for semi-formal or formal presentation on academic topics; to develop specialized vocabulary; to further improve reading speed and develop skills needed to conduct textual analysis on and, on some occasions, translate texts with syntactical sophistication and stylistic nuance; to develop responsiveness to and ability to interpret linguistic features of different genres and writing styles; to advance strategies for autonomous learning of Chinese from an analytical perspective.
Instructor | Schedule
Xiaoxiao Jiao | MW: 4:45 PM - 6:10 PM
Elementary Korean I
This course is for students with no previous language experience. If you can speak in Korean about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level, you should enroll in EAST-UA 281 Elementary Korean for Advanced Learners.
First-year Korean designed to introduce the Korean language and alphabet, Hangul. This course provides a solid foundation in all aspects of the language, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students study the language’s orthographic and phonetic systems, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary within social and cultural contexts.
Instructor | Schedule
Yongjun Choi | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Kyungmi Jang | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Jeesun Park | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Jeesun Park | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Su Jin Jung | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Elementary Korean II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 254 OR placement exam. For students who did not complete EAST-UA 254, Elementary Korean I, yet can speak in Korean about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level, you should enroll in EAST-UA 281 Elementary Korean for Advanced Learners. If you need a permission code to enroll into the course, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department
First-year Korean designed to introduce the Korean language and alphabet, Hangul. This course provides a solid foundation in all aspects of the language, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students study the language’s orthographic and phonetic systems, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary within social and cultural contexts.
Instructor | Schedule
Eun Jung Ji | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Eun Jung Ji | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Kyungmi Jang | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Elementary Korean for Advanced Learners
This course is for students who can speak in Korean about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level. This course covers the 1st year Korean material in a semester. Students with no language background should enroll in EAST-UA 254 Elementary Korean I. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the Korean Language Coordinator, Jeesun Park: jeesun.park@nyu.edu.
This intensive elementary course covers the first-year Korean material in a single semester. The course is designed for students with some Korean-speaking background, who can understand and speak basic to intermediate conversational Korean but do not have previous formal language training in reading and writing. It aims to develop students’ correct pronunciation, grammatical accuracy and overall competence in reading and writing.
Instructor | Schedule
Cheun Mi Kim | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Intermediate Korean I
*PREREQUISITES: EAST-UA 255,OR EAST-UA 281 OR PLACEMENT EXAM.
The Korean language at the intermediate level: phonetics, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. Emphasizes the development of communicative skills in speaking, reading, and writing. Develops the language’s major social and cultural contexts. Requires students to write about and discuss various topics.
Instructor | Schedule
Cheun Mi Kim | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Intermediate Korean II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 256 OR PLACEMENT EXAM
The Korean language at the second-year level: phonetics, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. Emphasizes the development of communicative skills in speaking, reading, and writing. Develops the language's major social and cultural contexts. Requires students to write about and discuss various topics.
Instructor | Schedule
Yongjun Choi | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Yun Kim | MTWR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
Intermediate Korean for Advanced Learners
*PREREQUISITE: EAST UA 255, EAST UA 281 OR PLACEMENT EXAM. This course is for students who can speak in Korean about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level. This course covers the 2nd year Korean material in a semester. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
This intensive intermediate course covers the second-year Korean material in a semester. The course is designed for students with intermediate-level speaking proficiency but with reading and writing ability equivalent to a student who has completed elementary level Korean, who can understand, with near-standard pronunciation and without basic major grammatical errors, conversational Korean related to daily-life situations and simple sociocultural topics. It aims to further strengthen students’ correct pronunciation and intonation, grammatical accuracy, ability to understand differences in nuances and overall competence in reading and writing.
Instructor | Schedule
Cheun Mi Kim | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Advanced Korean I
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 257, EAST-UA 282 OR PLACEMENT EXAM. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
This course is designed to assist advanced students of Korean language as they continue to learn skills in conversation, reading, and writing. Reading Korean newspapers and visiting Korean Web sites are integrated as part of the course’s instruction.
Instructor | Schedule
Eun Jung Ji | MW: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Advanced Korean II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 258 OR PLACEMENT EXAM. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
This course is designed to assist advanced students of Korean language as they continue to learn skills in conversation, reading, and writing. Reading Korean newspapers and visiting Korean Web sites are integrated as part of the course’s instruction.
Instructor | Schedule
Jeesun Park | TR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Readings in Modern Korean
*PREQUISITE: EAST-UA 259, EAST-UA 261, or Placement Exam Please contact instructor Dongmin Kim (dongmink@nyu.edu) for a permission code.
This advanced reading course provides students the opportunity to enhance their Korean literacy skills while doing some concentrated reading on issues, areas, and genres of their own interest. A wide range of texts is used in class, including fiction, poetry, social and cultural criticism, and journalism, among others.
Instructor | Schedule
Dongmin Kim | TR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
Structure of Korean
*PREQUISITE: EAST-UA 259 or co-requisite.
The class is designed for students who would like to enhance the understanding the linguistic features of Korean. The Structure of Korean introduces various aspects of the Korean language, focusing on its uniqueness in light of general linguistics. The course begins with a brief introduction to the language structure in general and proceeds to more extensive overviews of the Korean language such as genetic affiliation, historical development, lexicon, writing system, sound patterns, word structure, and sentence structure. The primary objective of the course is to gain a general understanding of the Korean language and to be able to analyze some of the linguistic phenomena that are unique to the Korean language.
Instructor | Schedule
Dongmin Kim | TR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Elementary Japanese I
If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Introductory course in modern spoken and written Japanese, designed to develop fundamental skills in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Gives contextualized instructions to develop both communicative and cultural competency. Systematically introduces the Japanese writing system (Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji).
Instructor | Schedule
Kazue Kurahara | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Toshiko Omori | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Mayumi Matsumoto | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Shuichiro Takeda | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Shuichiro Takeda | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Kazue Kurokawa | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Kazue Kurokawa | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Toshiko Omori | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Elementary Japanese II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 247 WITH A MINIMUM GRADE OF C- OR EQUIVALENT.
Introductory course in modern spoken and written Japanese, designed to develop fundamental skills in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Gives contextualized instructions to develop both communicative and cultural competency. Systematically introduces the Japanese writing system (Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji).
Instructor | Schedule
Masaki Kinjo | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Masaki Kinjo | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Kayo Nonaka | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Tsumugi Yamamoto | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Yukiko Hanawa | MTWR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
Intermediate Japanese I
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 248 WITH A MINIMUM GRADE OF C- OR EQUIVALENT. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Continuing study of Japanese at the intermediate level. Stresses reading comprehension, spoken fluency, and composition, with materials organized around social and cultural topics; continues to introduce new Kanji characters.
Instructor | Schedule
Mayumi Matsumoto | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Tsumugi Yamamoto | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Yukiko Hanawa | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Intermediate Japanese II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 249 WITH A MINIMUM GRADE OF C- OR EQUIVALENT. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Continuing study of Japanese at the intermediate level. Stresses reading comprehension, spoken fluency, and composition, with materials organized around social and cultural topics. Continues to introduce new Kanji characters.
Instructor | Schedule
Masaki Kinjo | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Kayo Nonaka | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Tsumugi Yamamoto | MTWR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
Advanced Japanese I
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 250 WITH A MINIMUM GRADE OF C+ OR EQUIVALENT. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Continuing study of Japanese at the advanced level. Stresses reading comprehension, spoken fluency, and composition; uses original materials, such as newspaper/magazine articles, TV news, and video. Introduces additional Kanji characters. Advanced use of Japanese and character dictionaries.
Instructor | Schedule
Kayo Nonaka | TR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Advanced Japanese II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 252 with a minimum grade of C+ or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Continuing study of Japanese at the advanced level. Stresses reading comprehension, spoken fluency, and composition; uses original materials, such as newspaper/magazine articles, TV news, and video. Introduces additional Kanji characters. Advanced use of Japanese and character dictionaries.
Instructor | Schedule
Kazue Kurokawa | TR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 PM
Readings in Contemporary Japanese Writings
PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 253 with a minimum grade of C+ or equivalent. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Close readings of contemporary Japanese writings in social commentaries, history, and literature. Emphasizes further reading and writing skills and, to a lesser extent, speaking and listening. Students develop further strategies for autonomous learning.
Instructor | Schedule
Yukiko Hanawa | TR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Topics: Extensive Reading in Japanese
Instructor | Schedule
Mayumi Matsumoto | T: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Prerequisite: EAST-UA 249 with a minimum grade of C+
This course is designed for students whose levels of Japanese are EAST-UA 250 and above. The overall goal of this course is to help students build reading speed, reading fluency, and vocabularies and expressions through experiencing the pleasure of reading in Japanese. The focus of the class will be individual reading activity and consultations with the instructor. Contact the instructor for a permission code to register.
Mayumi Matsumoto | R: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Prerequisite: EAST-UA 247 with a minimum grade of C+
This course is designed for students whose levels of Japanese are EAST-UA 248 and EAST-UA 249. The overall goal of this course is to help students build reading speed, reading fluency, and vocabularies and expressions through experiencing the pleasure of reading in Japanese. The focus of the class will be individual reading activity and consultations with the instructor. Contact the instructor for a permission code to register.