Check the Registrar's official listings, updated daily, for the most accurate information on EALAC courses being offered in a given semester:
Fall 2006
Spring 2007.

The Registrar's website does not include courses taught by Barnard faculty, or courses offered by other departments. Please follow the links below for courses offered by other departments taught by EALAC and EALAC-affiliated faculty.

China

Ko, Dorothy
Feminisms in China

Yang, Guobin
Critical Approaches to East Asia in the Social Sciences
China's Cultural Revolution in History and Memory

Yu, Chun-fang
The Lotus Sutra: East Asian Buddhism
Chinese Buddhist Literature

Japan

Faure, Bernard
Theory and Methods II
Buddhism: East Asian

Gluck, Carol
Introduction to History and Historiography
World War II

Moerman, Max
Japanese Religious Landscapes
The Lotus Sutra: East Asian Buddhism
Introduction to East Asian Civilizations: Japan

 

China and Japan

Denecke, Wiebke
Topics on Early China and Japan
Wisdom Literatures
Colloquium on Major Texts


Korea

All courses on Korean literature or history are listed on the department course listing for spring 2007.

Admission to East Asian Language Courses:

All students wishing to enter the language program at other than the first term of the elementary level must pass a language placement test before registering. Language placement exams are held the Friday before the first day of a term's classes. For more information on the placement tests, please see the Japanese, Chinese, or Korean language sites. Students who have been absent from the campus for one term or more must take a placement test before enrolling in a language course beyond the first term of the elementary level.

 



 

EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS AND HUMANITIES V2002x/y
Introduction to Major Topics in Asian Civilizations: East Asia
4 pts x and y:  Staff
2002x: Sec. 1: TR 10:35-11:50 (W.T. de Bary); Sec. 2: TR 10:35-11:50, (M. Moerman); Sec. 3: MW 10:35-11:50 (Mason Gentzler); Sec. 4: MW 11:00-12:15 (C. Schirokauer); Sec. 5: MW 4:10-5:25 (G. Mickey)
2002y: Sec. 1: TR 10:35-11:50 (W. de Bary); Sec. 2: TR 6:10-7:25 (G.Tuttle); Sec. 3: MW 1:10-2:25 (Mason Gentzler); Sec. 4: MW 10:35-11:50 (M. Scanlon)
An interdisciplinary and topical approach to the major issues and phases of East Asian civilizations and their role in 0the contemporary world.  CC GS (MC) 

EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS AND HUMANITIES V2359x/y
Introduction to East Asian Civilizations: China
3 pts x: A. Schonebaum, MW 2:40-3:55; y: W. Denecke, MW 2:40-3:55
The evolution of Chinese civilization from ancient times to the twentieth century, with emphasis on characteristic institutions and traditions.  CC GS (MC) 

EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS AND HUMANITIES V2361x/y
Introduction to East Asian Civilizations: Japan
3 pts x: K. Brandt, TR 1:10-2:25, y: Moerman, TR 10:30-11:50
The development of Japanese society and culture, with special attention to national self‑image and values as revealed in thought, institutions, literature, and art. CC GS (MC) 

EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS AND HUMANITIES V2363y
Introduction to East Asian Civilizations: Korea
3 pts T. Hughes, TR 2:40-3:55; recitation M 12-12:50
The evolution of Korean society and culture, with special attention to Korean values as reflected in thought, literature, and the arts. CC GS (MC)
 

ASIAN HUMANITIES

ASIAN HUMANITIES V3399x
Major Texts: Middle East
4 pts W.T. de Bary, M 4:10-6
Please see under Asian and Middle Eastern Studies for a complete course description. 

ASIAN HUMANITIES V3400 x/y
Colloquium on Major Texts
4 pts, The staff
3400x: Sec 1: M 4:10-6 (P. Keulemans); Sec 2: R 2:10-4, (W. Swartz); Sec. 3: R 2:10-4, (M. Moerman); Sec 4: T 2:10-4, (M. Scanlon); Sec. 5: T 11:00-12:50, (W. Denecke)
3400y; Sec 1: M 4:10-6 (W.T. de Bary); Sec 2: R 4:10-6 (M. Moerman); Sec 3: T 2:10-4 (Schoenbaum); Sec 4:  M 2:10-4, (Instructor TBA); Sec 5: T 11-12:50 (G. Mickey)
V3399 and V3400 form a sequence but either may be taken separately. V3399 may also be taken as part of a sequence with Asian Humanities V3830x.  Readings in translation and discussion of texts of Middle Eastern, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese origin, including (V3399) the Quran, Islamic philosophy, Sufi poetry, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist sutras, Indian epics and drama, Gandhi's Autobiography; (V3400) the Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, the Lotus Sutra, Dream of the Red Chamber, Tale of Genji, Zen literature, Noh plays, bunraku (puppet) plays, Chinese and Japanese poetry. CC GS (MC) 

ASIAN HUMANITIES V3830y
Colloquium on Modern East Asian Texts
4 pts T. Suzuki, T 2:10-4:00
AHUM V3400 is recommended as background. Introduction to and exploration of modern East Asian literature through close reading and discussion of selected masterpieces from the 1890s through the 1990s by Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writers such as Mori Ogai, Wu Jianren, Natsume Soseki, Lu Xun, Tanizaki Jun’ichiro, Shen Congwen, Ding Ling, Eileen Chang, Yi Sang, Oe Kenzaburo, O Chong-hui, and others. Emphasis will be on cultural and intellectual issues and on how literary forms manifested, constructed, or responded to rapidly shifting experiences of modernity in East Asia. (MC) 

ASIAN HUMANITIES W4027x
Colloquium on Major Works of Chinese Philosophy, Religion, and Literature
4pts W.T. deBary, F 10-11:50
Prerequisite:  AHUM V3400, ASCE V2361, or ASCE V2002.  This colloquium extends the work begun in AHUM V3400 by focusing on reading and discussion of major works of Chinese philosophy, religion, and literature, including important texts of Confucian, Daoist, Mohist, Legalist, Huang-Lao, and Neo-Daoist traditions and recently discovered texts.  Forms a sequence with W4028y but may be taken separately.  (MC) 

ASIAN HUMANITIES W4028y

Colloquium on Major Works of Chinese Philosophy, Religion and Literature
4pts W.T. deBary, F 10-11:50
Prerequisites: AHUM 3400, ASCE V2359, or ASCE V2002.  Reading and discussion of major works of Chinese philosophy, religion and literature, including important texts of the Buddhist and Neo-Confucian traditions.  (MC) 

CHINESE

General Information

 Admission to Chinese Courses:  Please see Admission to Language Courses for information on the language placement test and schedule.  Please also note that students whose native language is not English are not required to take an additional foreign language if they have completed the secondary school requirement in the native language.

 For more information on Chinese language courses please visit the Chinese Language Program web site.

 Introductory Chinese For beginners who wish to study Chinese at a slower pace. The entire course consists of two parts covering the same material as the first semester of Elementary Chinese (C1101/F1101).  Students who have successfully completed the Courses I and II (W1010-1011) will be admitted to Elementary Chinese II (C1102y/F1102y) in the spring semester. Alternatively a student graduated from Course I and/or II can choose to study in a summer or another program and be placed into the intermediate Chinese course if he or she passes the Program placement test.

 Elementary Chinese (Level 1)  

N-Sections:               For students with zero or limited background in Chinese.

W-Sections:              For students of Chinese heritage or advanced beginners with Mandarin speaking ability but minimal reading and writing skills.