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East Asia BA

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Chinese

Basic Classical and Literary Chinese (Chinese 204) (15 590 1223)
Chinese 101: Elementary modern Chinese language I (15 590 1217)
Chinese 102: Elementary modern Chinese language II (15 590 1218)
Chinese 103: History and Culture of China (15 590 1001)
Chinese 104: Introduction to Classical Chinese (15 590 1219)
Chinese 201 - Modern Chinese Language and Reading Comprehension (15 590 1120)
Chinese 202 - Readings in Modern Chinese (15 590 1221)
Chinese 204 - Basic Classical and Literary Chinese (15 590 1223)
Chinese 301: Intermediate modern Chinese I (15 590 1224)
Chinese 302: Intermediate modern Chinese II (15 590 1225)
Chinese 303: Modern Chinese Film and Theatre (15 590 1226)
Chinese 304: Traditional Chinese Language and Literature I (15 590 1227)
Chinese 401 - Advanced Modern Chinese Language (15 590 1229)
Chinese 403: Modern Chinese Literature (15 590 1231)
Chinese 404: Traditional Chinese Language and Literature II (15 590 1232)
Chinese 405 - Styles of Modern Chinese Literary Language (15 590 1332)
Modern Chinese Language and Reading Comprehension (15 590 1220)
Modern Chinese Literature: Analysis and Interpretation (15 590 1130)
Modern Chinese Theatre and Film (15 590 1226)
Qing Literature (15 590 0784)
Readings in modern Chinese (Chinese 202) (15 590 1221)
Special Course in Chinese I (15 590 0828)
Special Course in Chinese II (15 590 0829)
Special Course in Chinese III (15 590 1097)
Special Course in Chinese IV (15 590 1144)
Special Course in Chinese: Mandarin for Cantonese speakers (15 590 1233)
Special Course in Chinese: Reading Classical and Literary Chinese (15 590 1234)
Styles of Modern Chinese Literary Language: Chinese 405 (15 590 1332)

Japanese

Advanced Practical Japanese (15 590 1285)
Advanced Practical Japanese JIVC (15 590 0954)
Analysis of Japanese Media and Popular Culture (15 590 1328)
Aspects of Japanese Culture (15 590 0544)
Aspects of Japanese Culture I (15 590 1199)
Aspects of Japanese Culture II (15 590 1200)
Aspects of Japanese Popular Culture (15 590 1153)
Basic Japanese I (15 590 0874)
Basic Japanese II (15 590 0875)
Higher Intermediate Japanese (15 590 1255)
Intermediate Japanese II (15 590 1346)
Introduction to Pre-Modern Japanese Language and Literature (15 590 1294)
Issues in Post War Japanese Society (15 590 1262)
Issues in Post War Japanese Society I (15 590 1329)
Issues in Post War Japanese Society II (15 590 1330)
J1 - Accelerated Elementary Japanese Paper A - oral and writing (15 590 1196)
  • 2010 (A-2 Oral & Writing - version 2)
  • 2010 (A-2 Oral & Writing - version 1)
J1 - Accelerated Elementary Japanese Paper A - listening (15 590 1196)
J1 - Accelerated Elementary Japanese Paper B (15 590 1196)
J1 - Accelerated Elementary Japanese Paper C (15 590 1196)
J1 - Elementary Japanese Paper A (15 590 1195)
  • 2010 (A-2 Oral & Writing - version 1)
  • 2010 (A-1 Listening)
J1 - Elementary Japanese Paper B (15 590 1195)
J1 - Elementary Japanese Paper C (15 590 1195)
J2: Japanese Paper A (15 590 1215)
J2: Japanese Paper B (15 590 1215)
J2: Japanese Paper C (15 590 1215)
J2: Japanese Readings (15 590 1235)
Japanese Cinema: a Critical Survey (15 590 1181)
Modern Japanese Literature (15 590 0880)
Readings in Modern Japanese Literature (15 590 1273)
Readings in Modern Japanese Society (15 590 0953)
Readings in Japanese History J4Bi (15 590 0881)
Readings in Japanese Intellectual History J4Bii (15 590 0882)
Readings in Pre-modern Japanese Literature (15 590 1284)
Structure of Japanese I (15 590 0747)
Structure of Japanese II (15 590 0748)

Korean

Advanced Composition in Korean (15 590 0725)
Advanced Readings in Modern Korean (15 590 0968)
Composition in Korean (15 590 0722)
Culture and Society in 20th Century Korea (15 590 0809)
Elementary Korean (15 590 0842)
History and structure of the Korean language (15 590 1272)
History and culture of Korea to the late 19th Century (15 590 1263)
History of the Korean Language (15 590 0717)
Intermediate Korean (15 590 0843)
Introduction to Mixed Script Korean (15 590 0844)
Korean-English-Korean Translation (15 590 1276)
The Other Korea – North Korea Since 1945 (15 590 1356)
Readings in Modern Korean Fiction (15 590 0841)
Readings in Modern Korean Society (15 590 1177)

Tibetan

Colloquial Tibetan : Beginners (15 590 1178)
Colloquial Tibetan : Intermediate (15 590 1179)
Cultural History of Tibet (15 590 0794)
Elementary Classical Tibetan (15 590 1275)
Elementary Modern Tibetan (15 590 1274)
Intermediate Classical Tibetan (15 590 1289)
Intermediate Modern Tibetan (15 590 1290)
Introduction to Classical Literary Tibetan - Paper 1 (15 590 1146)
Introduction to Classical Literary Tibetan - Paper 2 (15 590 1146)
Pre-Classical Tibetan (15 590 1157)
Tibetan Historical and Biographical Literature (15 590 1156)