Davidson College
Asian Studies
Course Catalog

Courses Counted Toward Asian Studies Concentration
(EA = East Asia Track; ME = Middle East Track; SA = South Asia Track)

Anthropology
265: Contemporary Chinese Society and Culture (EA)

Art
102: Survey of Asian Art (SA)
226: Indian Art (SA)
228: Islamic Art (SA) (ME)
332: Seminar on Indian Art History (Semester in India) (SA)

Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
160: Introduction to East Asian Studies (EA)

Chinese
120: Introduction to (Modern) Chinese Culture (EA)
121: Introduction to (Traditional) Chinese Culture (EA)
201: Intermediate Chinese I (EA)
202: Intermediate Chinese II (EA)
206: Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation (EA)
207: Engendering Chinese Cinema (EA)
301: Advanced Chinese I (EA)
302: Advanced Chinese II (EA)
350: Advanced Reading and Writing I (EA)
351: Advanced Reading and Writing II (EA)
405: Seminar in Chinese Cinema and Modern Chinese Literature (EA)
406: Seminar in Traditional Chinese Literature (EA)

English
292: Chinese Literature (EA)

French
329: L’Asie dans le Roman (EA)
363: Francophone Authors of the Maghreb (ME)

History
171: India (SA)
175: Islamic Civilization and the Middle East, 600-1500 (ME)
176: Islamic Civilization and the Middle East Since1500 (ME)
181: China (EA)
183: East Asian History Until 1600 (EA)
184: East Asian History - 1600 to the Present (EA)
375: Nationalism and Colonialism in the Modern Arab World (ME)
381: Asia and Western Dominance (SA) (EA) (ME)
383: Topics in East Asian History (EA)
384: Modern Japan - Meiji to the Present (EA)
471: Gandhi (SA)
475: Revolution and Revolt in Modern China (EA)

Music
242: Music of Asia (SA) (EA)
245: Music in World Religions (EA) (SA)
263: Composition in Non-Western Styles (SA) (EA)

Political Science
241: Politics of the Middle East (ME)
332: Chinese Politics (EA)
333: Politics of Japan and the East Asian Dragons (EA)

Religion
180: Japanese Buddhism (EA)
244: Modern Jewish Literature (ME)
270: Classical Hinduism (SA)
271: Classical Buddhism (SA) (EA)
272: Classical Islam (SA) (ME)
280: Chinese Religious Thought (EA)
281: Chinese Buddhism (EA)
285: Daoist Traditions (EA)
370: Asian Contemplative Traditions (EA) (SA)

Sociology
210: Being Asian in America (SA) (EA)
354: Issues in Contemporary India (Semester in India) (SA)
356: Class, Caste and Ethnicity in South Asia (SA)

Semester in India
SOU 310: India: Past and Present (SA)
SOU 385: Public Health in India (SA)
SOU 395: Seminar on Religions of India (SA)