East Asian Studies

Courses for EAS Concentration Credit

Plan your course schedule with our list of Spring 2026 courses that satisfy the requirements for an East Asian Studies (EAS) concentration.

Spring 2026

#Course CodeCourse TitleInstructor
EEAST 0140Childhood and Culture in JapanSam Perry
EEAST 0303Literature, Science, and Technology in ChinaKaijun Chen
EEAST 0307China Through the Lens: History, Cinema, and Critical DiscourseLingzhen Wang
EEAST 0309Courtesans, Concubines, and Wives: Gender Relations in Imperial ChinaBeverly Bossler
EEAST 0406Foreign Bodies in Japan, 600–1600Jeffrey Niedermaier
ERELS 0450Both Divine and Deficient: Women between Discourse and Practice in East Asian Religious TraditionsTali Hershkovitz
ERELS 0540Spirit Writing and Popular Religion in ChinaYuqing Luo
EHIST 1156Postwar JapanKerry Smith
EPOLS 1824YThe Political Development of TaiwanEdward Steinfeld

E=EAST Elective
S=Senior Seminar*

*Any course taught by voting EAS faculty above the 1000 level can be taken as a senior seminar if it has 1) has a research component and 2) produces a capstone project. Relevant seminars taught by non-EAS faculty can be petitioned through the DUS with a syllabus provided.