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Courses

The Department of Asian Studies offers courses with topics arranged under our rubrics of "Literature & Linguistics", "Religion", and "Society & Culture", as well as offering more broad courses under our "General Education" heading and more specialized courses such as honors or graduate classes. Additionally,associated faculty throughout the university teach courses exploring issues in the politics, economics, history, culture, and development of different Asian regions. Some of these may be cross-listed with us, but many courses offered in other departments and not cross-listed still count toward the Asian Studies major. Consult with the DUS for further details.

Information on Language Placement Exams

Department of Asian Studies Course Offerings Fall 2008

Cornell University Class and Time Roster Fall 2008

Fall 2008 Organizational Meetings



Asian Studies:

Courses with the prefix ASIAN fall under one of our four main categories (General Education, Literature and Linguistics, Religion, Society and Culture) or our other special
categories (e.g., First-year Writing Seminars, honors, or graduate courses). They are generally taught in English and require no knowledge of any Asian language.

First-year Writing Seminars; General Education ; Literature & Linguistics ; Religion ; Society & Culture ; Honors and Supervised Readings;
Graduate Courses

Asian Literature:

These classes typically require previous knowledge of an Asian language, usually beyond the second or third-year level.

Chinese Literature; Japanese Literature; Korean Literature; Sanskrit Literature; Vietnamese Literature

Asian Languages:

The department offers instruction in many of the major and lesser-taught languages of Asia starting from the introductory level.

Bengali; Burmese; Chinese; Hindi; Indonesian; Japanese; Khmer; Korean; Nepali; Pali; Sanskrit; Sinhala; Tagalog; Tamil; Thai; Urdu; Vietnamese;
FALCON -Intensive Chinese and Japanese;

The Department of Asian Studies also offers Summer Courses on Asian Studies and Asian Languages. These courses are offered through the School of Continuing Education
and Summer Sessions
. Please note that Summer Courses offered by Asian Studies are listed under "Special Programs" in the Summer Sessions On-Line Course Catalog.

To see descriptions of all of the courses offered through the Department of Asian Studies, go to Cornell University Courses of Study