An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the diversity of cultures and societies in Asia and both the continuities and discontinuities between past and present. History, religion, art, anthropology, geography, literature, political science, and economics provide complementary ways of grasping the complexities of contemporary Asian worlds.
Cluster Coordinator: Sharon Carstens
Office: CH 141 O
Phone: (503) 725-3315
E-mail: carstenss@pdx.edu
This course introduces students to the study of diverse cultures and societies in Asia through history, literature, anthropology, and geography. Contemporary issues related to the political, cultural, and economic transformation of Asia in the twentieth century are discussed in light of tradition and its place in Asian societies as well as the powerful forces of modernity.
This SINQ leads to the Asian Studies Cluster.
ANTH 312U Southeast Asian Societies and Cultures
ANTH 318U Asian American Experience
ANTH 316U Traditional East Asia
ANTH 317U Peoples and Cultures of South Asia
ArH 311U History of Asian Art: Indian and Indonesian
ArH 312U History of Asian Art: Chinese
ArH 313U History of Asian Art: Japanese
ArH 321U Survey of Korean Art
ArH 411U Chinese Buddhist Art
ArH 412U Japanese Buddhist Art
ArH 415U Issues in Asian Art
ArH 422U Chinese Painting
ArH 423U Japanese Painting
ArH 425U Modern Japanese Painting
CHN 341U Topics in Chinese Literature and Thought
CHN 342U Chinese Vernacular Literature (Traditional)
CHN 343U Chinese Vernacular Literature (Modern)
EC 446U Institutional Economics
ENG 399U Chinese Vernacular Literature (Traditional)
GEOG 352U The Himalayas and Tibet
GEOG 353U Pacific Rim
GEOG 453U Japan
HST 320U East Asian Civilization
HST 321U Modern East Asia
HST 399U Topics in Chinese Literature and Thought
INTL 317U Topics in Asian Thought
INTL 321U Globalization & Identity: Humanities
INTL 322U Globalization & Identity: Social Science
INTL 323U Tradition & Innovation: Humanities
INTL 324U Tradition & Innovation: Social Science
INTL 410U Politics of East Asia
JPN 341U Topics in Japanese Literature: Intro to Classical and Medieval Japanese Literature
JPN 342U Topics in Japanese Literature: Intro to Early Modern and Modern Japanese Literature
JPN 361U Japanese Literature Through Film
JPN 452U Japanese Traditional Drama
MUS 375U World Music II: Asia
PS 466U Politics of East Asia
PS 468U International Politics of East Asia
USP 445U Cities & Third World Development
