Contemporary Asian Studies program requirements
What the Contemporary Asian Studies Major and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.
Contemporary Asian Studies Major
- Arts program
- 7.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMAJ0235
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(7.0 credits)
Note 1Please note: each course can only be counted towards one of the requirements below
11.0 credit from CAS100H1/ CAS101H1/ CAS200H1/ CAS201H1/ CAS202H1/ CAS203H1
21.0 credit in 300-level CAS courses (including JHA, JPA, and SAS)
3CAS400H1
41.5 credits from Group A
51.5 credits from Group B
61.0 additional credit from Group A or B, OR 1.0 credit at any level of an Asian language (see Accepted Language Courses below)
7CAS450H1 OR 0.5 credit in a quantitative or qualitative methods course from Group C to fulfill the Research Competency required in the program.
Group A: Social, Political and Economic Topics (Social Science) AFR389H1, CAS200H1, CAS201H1, CAS202H1, CAS310H1, CAS320H1, CAS370H1, CAS390H1, CAS420H1, CAS430H1, CAS490H1, ANT341H1, ANT472H1, ANT477H1, CDN230H1, CDN390H1, EAS105H1, EAS246H1, EAS247H1, EAS270H1, EAS271H1, EAS272H1, EAS273H1, EAS285H1, EAS289Y1, EAS315H1, EAS328H1, EAS333H1, EAS345Y1, EAS347H1, EAS357H1, EAS364H1, EAS372H1, EAS373H1, EAS374H1, EAS375H1, EAS378H1, EAS457H1, EAS459Y1, EAS466H1, EAS468H1, EAS473H1, EAS474H1, EAS476H1, ECO435H1, GGR342H1, GGR343H1, HIS280Y1, HIS282Y1, HIS283Y1, HIS285H1, HIS315H1, HIS316H1, HIS326H1, HIS328H1, HIS333H1, HIS346H1, HIS379H1, HIS385H1, HIS385Y0, HIS400H1, HIS470H1, HIS480H1, HIS494H1, JHA384H1, JHA394H1, JPA331H1, JPA376Y0, JPA453H1, MUN200H1, POL302H1, POL307H1, POL328H1, POL388H1, POL357Y1, POL431H1, POL441H1, RLG362H1, RLG476H1, SAS114H1, SAS318H1, SOC218H1, SOC372H1, WGS420H1
Group B: Cultural Topics (Humanities) BPM214H1, CAS310H1, CAS320H1, CAS350H1, CAS360H1, CAS414H1, CDN225H1, CDN307H1, CDN325H1, CHC456H1, CIN376Y1, EAS231H1, EAS251H1, EAS278H1, EAS279H1, EAS307H1, EAS314H1, EAS333H1, EAS355H1, EAS387H1, EAS391H1, EAS392H1, EAS394H1, EAS419H1, EAS421H1, EAS431H1, EAS489H1, ENG368H1, ENG369H1, FAH260H1, FAH262H1, FAH363H1, FAH364H1, FAH462H1, FAH463H1, FAH464H1, FAH465H1, FAH487H1, FAH490H1, HIS266H1, HIS467H1, MUS209H1, MUS215H1, PHL237H1, PHL239H1, PHL339H1, RLG205H1, RLG206H1, RLG208H1, RLG311H1, RLG312H1, RLG352H1, RLG355H1, RLG356H1, RLG358H1, RLG361H1, RLG365H1, RLG366H1, RLG372H1, RLG373H1, RLG478H1, SAS490H1
Group C: Methodology ANT380H1, CAS450H1, CRI350H1, DTS300H1, ECO220Y1, ECO227Y1, ENV338H1, GGR225H1, GGR270H1, GGR271H1, GGR274H1, INS390H1, INS460H1, LIN405H1, MUN105Y1, PCJ461H1, POL222H1, POL419H1, PSY201H1, STA201H1, STA220H1, SOC202H1, SOC204H1, SOC409H1, WGS360H1
Accepted Language Courses EAS100Y1, EAS101Y1, EAS200Y1, EAS201H1, EAS300Y1, EAS301H1, EAS401H1, EAS402H1, EAS404H1, EAS120Y1, EAS121H1, EAS122Y0, EAS220Y1, EAS221H1, EAS222Y0, EAS223Y0, EAS320Y1, EAS321Y0, EAS322Y0, EAS460H1, EAS461H1, EAS462Y0, EAS463Y0, EAS464Y0, EAS110Y1, EAS210Y1, EAS211Y1, EAS212H1, EAS310Y1, EAS410Y1, EAS416Y1, HIN211H5, HIN212H5, HIN311H5, HIN312H5, HIN313H5, HIN412Y5, LGGA70H3, LGGA71H3, LGGA72Y3, LGGA74H3, LGGA75H3, LGGA76Y3, LGGB74H3, LGGA78Y3, LGGC70H3, PUN212Y5, RLG260H1, RLG263H1, RLG359H1, RLG360H1, RLG474H1, SAN291Y5, SAN392Y5, URD212Y5, URD312Y5
Courses these requirements name
- CAS100H1Locating Asia: An Introduction to Contemporary Asian Studies
- CAS101H1The Rise of Global China: Aspirations and Challenges to Existing World Order
- CAS200H1State Power and Social Diversity in Asia
- CAS201H1Global Asian Studies: Insights and Concepts
- CAS202H1Asia and the World in the 21st Century
- CAS203H1Conflict & Cooperation in Asia
- CAS400H1Advanced Seminar in Methods in Contemporary Asian Studies
- CAS450H1Capstone Research Seminar in Contemporary Asian Studies
- AFR389H1The Geopolitics and Debates on Africa-China Economic Relations
- CAS310H1Comparative Colonialisms in Asia
- CAS320H1Comparative Modernities in Asia
- CAS370H1Asian Cities
- CAS390H1Special Topics
- CAS420H1Asia and the New Global Economy
- CAS430H1Nationalism and Revolution in Asia
- CAS490H1Special Topics in Contemporary Asian Studies
- ANT341H1China in Transition last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ANT472H1Japan in Global Context: Anthropological Perspectives
- ANT477H1Transnational Korea in and outside the Peninsula last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- CDN230H1Asian Canadian History last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- CDN390H1Chinese Canadian Studies
- EAS105H1Modern East Asia
- EAS246H1Early Modern Japanese History
- EAS247H1History of Capitalism in Modern Japan
- EAS270H1Narratives of 19th-Century Korea
- EAS271H120th Century Korean Colonial History
- EAS272H1The Two Koreas in World History
- EAS273H1Modern Chinese Cities
- EAS285H1Revolutions in Modern China
- EAS289Y1
- EAS315H1The "Yellow Peril": Past & Present
- EAS328H1Science, Technology and Society in Modern China
- EAS333H1Modernism and Colonial Korea
- EAS345Y1The Rise of Greater China: Issues & Topics
- EAS347H1Everyday Life in Modern Japan
- EAS357H1Mao's China and Beyond
- EAS364H1China's Cultural Revolution: History and Memory
- EAS372H1The Postwar, Cold War and Divided Koreas
- EAS373H1Revolutionaries, Rebels, and Dissent in Korea's Long 20th Century
- EAS374H1Modern Japan and the Colonial Question
- EAS375H1Postwar Japan: Crisis, Apocalypse
- EAS378H1Urban Life in Early Modern Japan
- EAS457H1Modern Japanese Historiography
- EAS459Y1Rethinking the Cold War in East Asia
- EAS466H1Rethinking North Korean History
- EAS468H1Democratic Struggles in Korea
- EAS473H1Modern Korean Historiography
- EAS474H1U.S. and Canada's Wars in Asia
- EAS476H1Social Protest in Modern East Asia
- ECO435H1The Economics of Modern China
- GGR342H1The Changing Geography of Southeast Asia
- GGR343H1The Changing Geography of China
- HIS280Y1History of China
- HIS282Y1History of South Asia
- HIS283Y1History of Southeast Asia: How the Lands Below the Winds Reshaped the World
- HIS285H1History of Chinese Diasporas in the Americas
- HIS315H1Decolonial Vietnamese Histories
- HIS316H1Competing Colonialism in Northeast China The Harbin Experiment
- HIS326H1Topics in Asian Histories
- HIS328H1Modern China
- HIS333H1Catholic Asia in the Early Modern Era, 1500-1800
- HIS346H1Rice, Sugar, and Spice in Southeast Asia: a History of Food in the Region
- HIS379H1Vietnam at War
- HIS385H1The History of Hong Kong last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- HIS385Y0The History of Hong Kong last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- HIS400H1The American War in Vietnam
- HIS470H1History, Rights, and Difference in South Asia
- HIS480H1Modernity and its Others: History and Postcolonial Critique last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- HIS494H1Gandhi's Global Conversations
- JHA384H1Japan in the World, Mid-16th to Mid-20th century
- JHA394H1The Asia Pacific War
- JPA331H1Rise of China as a Global Power last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- JPA376Y0Transforming Global Politics: Comparative and Chinese Perspectives
- JPA453H1Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- MUN200H1Understanding Global Controversies
- POL302H1Politics and Society in 20th Century China
- POL307H1Japanese Politics
- POL328H1Politics and Government in South Asia
- POL388H1Politics and Government of Southeast Asia
- POL357Y1
- POL431H1Dynamics of Political Change in Contemporary China
- POL441H1Topics in Asian Politics
- RLG362H1The Ramayana - from Literature to Politics
- RLG476H1Caste and its "Other"
- SAS114H1Introduction to South Asian Studies
- SAS318H1Colonialism and Tradition
- SOC218H1Asian Communities in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SOC372H1Transnational Asia
- WGS420H1Asian/North American Feminist Issues
- BPM214H1Socially Engaged Buddhism
- CAS350H1Asian Youth Cultures
- CAS360H1Asian Genders
- CAS414H1The Public Event in Asia
- CDN225H1Asian Canadian Space & Place
- CDN307H1Asian Cultures in Canada
- CDN325H1Asian Canadian Space & Place last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- CHC456H1Indian Christianity
- CIN376Y1Chinese Cinemas
- EAS231H1Tales of the Supernatural in Chinese Literature
- EAS251H1Aesthetics and Politics in 20th Century Korea
- EAS278H1Approaches to Korean Cinema
- EAS279H1East Asian Ecocinema
- EAS307H1Traditional Chinese Political Philosophy
- EAS314H1Culture & World After Hiroshima & Nagasaki
- EAS355H1The Art and Politics of Video in Japan
- EAS387H1Images and Ideas in Chinese Art
- EAS391H1Transnational East Asian Cinema
- EAS392H1East Asian Television
- EAS394H1Film Culture in Contemporary China
- EAS419H1Chinese Cultural Studies Seminar: May Fourth
- EAS421H1History of the Chinese Book
- EAS431H1Advanced Seminar in Japanese Cinema
- EAS489H1Advanced Seminar in Asian Media Studies
- ENG368H1Asian North American Literature
- ENG369H1South Asian Literatures in English
- FAH260H1The Artistic Landscape of East Asia
- FAH262H1Art and Visual Experience in Modern and Contemporary East Asia
- FAH363H1The Mechanics of the Image in China
- FAH364H1Visual South Asia
- FAH462H1
- FAH463H1Materiality, Objecthood, Connoisseurship and Collecting in the Arts of East Asia
- FAH464H1Transregional East Asian Art
- FAH465H1Exhibiting China
- FAH487H1Introduction to Asian Textiles
- FAH490H1Introduction to the Textile Arts of the Indian Ocean World
- HIS266H1Asian Canadian History
- HIS467H1French Colonial Indochina: History, Cultures, Texts, Film
- MUS209H1Performing Arts of South Asia
- MUS215H1Performing Arts of East Asia
- PHL237H1Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
- PHL239H1Introduction to South Asian Philosophy
- PHL339H1Topics in South Asian Philosophy last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- RLG205H1Hinduism
- RLG206H1Buddhism
- RLG208H1Sikhism
- RLG311H1Gender, Body and Sexuality in Asian Traditions
- RLG312H1Gender, Body and Sexuality in Islam
- RLG352H1Post-Colonial Islam
- RLG355H1Living Islam
- RLG356H1Islam in China last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- RLG358H1Special Topics in Hinduism
- RLG361H1Hinduism: The Great Books
- RLG365H1Hinduism Today
- RLG366H1Hindu Philosophy
- RLG372H1Engaging Tibet
- RLG373H1Buddhist Ritual
- RLG478H1Burmese Religions last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- SAS490H1Special Topics in South Asian Studies
- ANT380H1Craft of Social/Cultural Anthropology
- CRI350H1Understanding Criminological Research
- DTS300H1Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning
- ECO220Y1Introduction to Data Analysis and Applied Econometrics
- ECO227Y1Foundations of Econometrics
- ENV338H1Environmental Research Data and Decision-making
- GGR225H1The Power of Maps and Geographic Information last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- GGR270H1Introductory Analytical Methods
- GGR271H1Social Research Methods
- GGR274H1Introductory Computation and Data Science for the Social Sciences
- INS390H1Research and Ethics in Indigenous Studies
- INS460H1Indigenous Theory, Research and Methods
- LIN405H1Advanced Quantitative Methods in Linguistics
- MUN105Y1Global Problem-Solving: Laboratory Opportunities last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- PCJ461H1Research Methods in Peace, Conflict and Justice last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- POL222H1Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I
- POL419H1Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- PSY201H1Statistics I
- STA201H1Why Numbers Matter
- STA220H1The Practice of Statistics I
- SOC202H1Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Sociology
- SOC204H1Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Sociology
- SOC409H1Sexuality and Research Design
- WGS360H1Making Knowledge in a World that Matters
- EAS100Y1Modern Standard Chinese I
- EAS101Y1Modern Chinese I for Students with Prior Background
- EAS200Y1Modern Standard Chinese II
- EAS201H1Modern Chinese II for Students with Prior Background
- EAS300Y1Modern Standard Chinese III
- EAS301H1Modern Standard Chinese III for Students with Prior Background
- EAS401H1Modern Standard Chinese IVa
- EAS402H1Modern Standard Chinese IVb
- EAS404H1Business Chinese
- EAS120Y1Modern Standard Japanese I
- EAS121H1Japanese I for Students with Prior Background last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- EAS122Y0Summer Japanese in Japan I last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS220Y1Modern Standard Japanese II
- EAS221H1Modern Standard Japanese II for Students with Prior Background last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- EAS222Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IIa last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS223Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IIb last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS320Y1Modern Standard Japanese III last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- EAS321Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IIIa last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS322Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IIIb last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS460H1Modern Standard Japanese IVa last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- EAS461H1Modern Standard Japanese IVb last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- EAS462Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IVa last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS463Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IVb last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS464Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IV-c last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS110Y1Modern Standard Korean I
- EAS210Y1Modern Standard Korean II
- EAS211Y1Accelerated Modern Standard Korean I & II
- EAS212H1Accelerated Modern Standard Korean II
- EAS310Y1Modern Standard Korean III
- EAS410Y1Modern Standard Korean IV
- EAS416Y1Academic and Professional Korean
- HIN211H5
- HIN212H5
- HIN311H5
- HIN312H5
- HIN313H5
- HIN412Y5
- PUN212Y5
- RLG260H1Introduction to Sanskrit I
- RLG263H1Introduction to Sanskrit II
- RLG359H1Intermediate Sanskrit I
- RLG360H1Intermediate Sanskrit II
- RLG474H1Sanskrit Readings I
- SAN291Y5
- SAN392Y5
- URD212Y5
- URD312Y5
Contemporary Asian Studies Minor
- Arts program
- 4.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMIN0235
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(4.0 credits)
Note 1Please note: each course can only be counted toward one of the requirements below
11.0 credit from CAS100H1, CAS101H1, CAS200H1, CAS201H1, CAS202H1, CAS203H1
21.0 credit from 300-level CAS courses and/or 400-level courses (including JHA, JPA, and SAS)
30.5 credit from Group A and 0.5 credit from Group B (excluding 100-level courses)
41.0 credit from Group A or B (excluding 100-level courses), or at any level in an Asian language (see Accepted Language Courses below)
Group A: Social, Political and Economic Topics (Social Science) AFR389H1, CAS200H1, CAS201H1, CAS202H1, CAS310H1, CAS320H1, CAS370H1, CAS390H1, CAS413H1, CAS420H1, CAS430H1, CAS490H1, ANT341H1, ANT472H1, ANT477H1, CDN230H1, CDN390H1, EAS105H1, EAS246H1, EAS247H1, EAS270H1, EAS271H1, EAS272H1, EAS273H1, EAS285H1, EAS289Y1, EAS315H1, EAS328H1, EAS333H1, EAS345Y1, EAS347H1, EAS357H1, EAS364H1, EAS372H1, EAS373H1, EAS374H1, EAS375H1, EAS378H1, EAS457H1, EAS459Y1, EAS466H1, EAS468H1, EAS473H1, EAS474H1, EAS476H1, ECO435H1, GGR342H1, GGR343H1, HIS280Y1, HIS282Y1, HIS285H1, HIS283Y1, HIS326H1, HIS328H1, HIS333H1, HIS346H1, HIS379H1, HIS385H1, HIS385Y0, HIS470H1, HIS480H1, HIS494H1, JHA384H1, JHA394H1, JPA331H1, JPA376Y0, JPA453H1, MUN200H1, POL302H1, POL307H1, POL328H1, POL388H1, POL357H1, POL431H1, POL441H1, POL463H1, RLG476H1, SAS114H1, SAS318H1, SOC218H1, SOC372H1, WGS420H1
Group B: Cultural Topics (Humanities) BPM214H1, CAS310H1, CAS320H1, CAS350H1, CAS360H1, CAS414H1, CDN225H1, CDN305H1, CDN307H1, CDN325H1, CHC456H1, CIN376Y1, EAS231H1, EAS251H1, EAS278H1, EAS279H1, EAS307H1, EAS314H1, EAS333H1, EAS355H1, EAS387H1, EAS391H1, EAS392H1, EAS394H1, EAS419H1, EAS421H1, EAS431H1, EAS489H1, ENG368H1, ENG369H1, FAH260H1, FAH262H1, FAH363H1, FAH364H1, FAH462H1, FAH463H1, FAH464H1, FAH465H1, FAH487H1, FAH490H1, HIS266H1, HIS315H1, HIS316H1, HIS400H1, HIS467H1, MUS209H1, MUS215H1, PHL237H1, PHL239H1, PHL339H1, RLG205H1, RLG206H1, RLG208H1, RLG311H1, RLG312H1, RLG352H1, RLG355H1, RLG356H1, RLG358H1, RLG361H1, RLG362H1, RLG365H1, RLG366H1, RLG372H1, RLG373H1, RLG478H1, SAS490H1
Accepted Language Courses EAS100Y1, EAS101Y1, EAS200Y1, EAS201H1, EAS300Y1, EAS301H1, EAS401H1, EAS402H1, EAS404H1, EAS120Y1, EAS121H1, EAS122Y0, EAS220Y1, EAS221H1, EAS222Y0, EAS223Y0, EAS320Y1, EAS321Y0, EAS322Y0, EAS460H1, EAS461H1, EAS462Y0, EAS463Y0, EAS464Y0, EAS110Y1, EAS210Y1, EAS211Y1, EAS212H1, EAS310Y1, EAS410Y1, EAS416Y1, HIN211H5, HIN212H5, HIN311H5, HIN312H5, HIN313H5, HIN412Y5, LGGA70H3, LGGA71H3, LGGA72Y3, LGGA74H3, LGGA75H3, LGGA76Y3, LGGA78Y3, LGGB74H3, LGGC70H3, PUN212Y5, RLG260H1, RLG263H1, RLG359H1, RLG360H1, RLG474H1, SAN291Y5, SAN392Y5, URD212Y5, URD312Y5
Courses these requirements name
- CAS100H1Locating Asia: An Introduction to Contemporary Asian Studies
- CAS101H1The Rise of Global China: Aspirations and Challenges to Existing World Order
- CAS200H1State Power and Social Diversity in Asia
- CAS201H1Global Asian Studies: Insights and Concepts
- CAS202H1Asia and the World in the 21st Century
- CAS203H1Conflict & Cooperation in Asia
- AFR389H1The Geopolitics and Debates on Africa-China Economic Relations
- CAS310H1Comparative Colonialisms in Asia
- CAS320H1Comparative Modernities in Asia
- CAS370H1Asian Cities
- CAS390H1Special Topics
- CAS413H1Asia and Canada
- CAS420H1Asia and the New Global Economy
- CAS430H1Nationalism and Revolution in Asia
- CAS490H1Special Topics in Contemporary Asian Studies
- ANT341H1China in Transition last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ANT472H1Japan in Global Context: Anthropological Perspectives
- ANT477H1Transnational Korea in and outside the Peninsula last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- CDN230H1Asian Canadian History last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- CDN390H1Chinese Canadian Studies
- EAS105H1Modern East Asia
- EAS246H1Early Modern Japanese History
- EAS247H1History of Capitalism in Modern Japan
- EAS270H1Narratives of 19th-Century Korea
- EAS271H120th Century Korean Colonial History
- EAS272H1The Two Koreas in World History
- EAS273H1Modern Chinese Cities
- EAS285H1Revolutions in Modern China
- EAS289Y1
- EAS315H1The "Yellow Peril": Past & Present
- EAS328H1Science, Technology and Society in Modern China
- EAS333H1Modernism and Colonial Korea
- EAS345Y1The Rise of Greater China: Issues & Topics
- EAS347H1Everyday Life in Modern Japan
- EAS357H1Mao's China and Beyond
- EAS364H1China's Cultural Revolution: History and Memory
- EAS372H1The Postwar, Cold War and Divided Koreas
- EAS373H1Revolutionaries, Rebels, and Dissent in Korea's Long 20th Century
- EAS374H1Modern Japan and the Colonial Question
- EAS375H1Postwar Japan: Crisis, Apocalypse
- EAS378H1Urban Life in Early Modern Japan
- EAS457H1Modern Japanese Historiography
- EAS459Y1Rethinking the Cold War in East Asia
- EAS466H1Rethinking North Korean History
- EAS468H1Democratic Struggles in Korea
- EAS473H1Modern Korean Historiography
- EAS474H1U.S. and Canada's Wars in Asia
- EAS476H1Social Protest in Modern East Asia
- ECO435H1The Economics of Modern China
- GGR342H1The Changing Geography of Southeast Asia
- GGR343H1The Changing Geography of China
- HIS280Y1History of China
- HIS282Y1History of South Asia
- HIS285H1History of Chinese Diasporas in the Americas
- HIS283Y1History of Southeast Asia: How the Lands Below the Winds Reshaped the World
- HIS326H1Topics in Asian Histories
- HIS328H1Modern China
- HIS333H1Catholic Asia in the Early Modern Era, 1500-1800
- HIS346H1Rice, Sugar, and Spice in Southeast Asia: a History of Food in the Region
- HIS379H1Vietnam at War
- HIS385H1The History of Hong Kong last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- HIS385Y0The History of Hong Kong last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- HIS470H1History, Rights, and Difference in South Asia
- HIS480H1Modernity and its Others: History and Postcolonial Critique last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- HIS494H1Gandhi's Global Conversations
- JHA384H1Japan in the World, Mid-16th to Mid-20th century
- JHA394H1The Asia Pacific War
- JPA331H1Rise of China as a Global Power last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- JPA376Y0Transforming Global Politics: Comparative and Chinese Perspectives
- JPA453H1Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- MUN200H1Understanding Global Controversies
- POL302H1Politics and Society in 20th Century China
- POL307H1Japanese Politics
- POL328H1Politics and Government in South Asia
- POL388H1Politics and Government of Southeast Asia
- POL357H1Topics in South Asian Politics
- POL431H1Dynamics of Political Change in Contemporary China
- POL441H1Topics in Asian Politics
- POL463H1State and Society in 20th Century China last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- RLG476H1Caste and its "Other"
- SAS114H1Introduction to South Asian Studies
- SAS318H1Colonialism and Tradition
- SOC218H1Asian Communities in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SOC372H1Transnational Asia
- WGS420H1Asian/North American Feminist Issues
- BPM214H1Socially Engaged Buddhism
- CAS350H1Asian Youth Cultures
- CAS360H1Asian Genders
- CAS414H1The Public Event in Asia
- CDN225H1Asian Canadian Space & Place
- CDN305H1Topics in Canadian Studies II
- CDN307H1Asian Cultures in Canada
- CDN325H1Asian Canadian Space & Place last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- CHC456H1Indian Christianity
- CIN376Y1Chinese Cinemas
- EAS231H1Tales of the Supernatural in Chinese Literature
- EAS251H1Aesthetics and Politics in 20th Century Korea
- EAS278H1Approaches to Korean Cinema
- EAS279H1East Asian Ecocinema
- EAS307H1Traditional Chinese Political Philosophy
- EAS314H1Culture & World After Hiroshima & Nagasaki
- EAS355H1The Art and Politics of Video in Japan
- EAS387H1Images and Ideas in Chinese Art
- EAS391H1Transnational East Asian Cinema
- EAS392H1East Asian Television
- EAS394H1Film Culture in Contemporary China
- EAS419H1Chinese Cultural Studies Seminar: May Fourth
- EAS421H1History of the Chinese Book
- EAS431H1Advanced Seminar in Japanese Cinema
- EAS489H1Advanced Seminar in Asian Media Studies
- ENG368H1Asian North American Literature
- ENG369H1South Asian Literatures in English
- FAH260H1The Artistic Landscape of East Asia
- FAH262H1Art and Visual Experience in Modern and Contemporary East Asia
- FAH363H1The Mechanics of the Image in China
- FAH364H1Visual South Asia
- FAH462H1
- FAH463H1Materiality, Objecthood, Connoisseurship and Collecting in the Arts of East Asia
- FAH464H1Transregional East Asian Art
- FAH465H1Exhibiting China
- FAH487H1Introduction to Asian Textiles
- FAH490H1Introduction to the Textile Arts of the Indian Ocean World
- HIS266H1Asian Canadian History
- HIS315H1Decolonial Vietnamese Histories
- HIS316H1Competing Colonialism in Northeast China The Harbin Experiment
- HIS400H1The American War in Vietnam
- HIS467H1French Colonial Indochina: History, Cultures, Texts, Film
- MUS209H1Performing Arts of South Asia
- MUS215H1Performing Arts of East Asia
- PHL237H1Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
- PHL239H1Introduction to South Asian Philosophy
- PHL339H1Topics in South Asian Philosophy last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- RLG205H1Hinduism
- RLG206H1Buddhism
- RLG208H1Sikhism
- RLG311H1Gender, Body and Sexuality in Asian Traditions
- RLG312H1Gender, Body and Sexuality in Islam
- RLG352H1Post-Colonial Islam
- RLG355H1Living Islam
- RLG356H1Islam in China last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- RLG358H1Special Topics in Hinduism
- RLG361H1Hinduism: The Great Books
- RLG362H1The Ramayana - from Literature to Politics
- RLG365H1Hinduism Today
- RLG366H1Hindu Philosophy
- RLG372H1Engaging Tibet
- RLG373H1Buddhist Ritual
- RLG478H1Burmese Religions last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- SAS490H1Special Topics in South Asian Studies
- EAS100Y1Modern Standard Chinese I
- EAS101Y1Modern Chinese I for Students with Prior Background
- EAS200Y1Modern Standard Chinese II
- EAS201H1Modern Chinese II for Students with Prior Background
- EAS300Y1Modern Standard Chinese III
- EAS301H1Modern Standard Chinese III for Students with Prior Background
- EAS401H1Modern Standard Chinese IVa
- EAS402H1Modern Standard Chinese IVb
- EAS404H1Business Chinese
- EAS120Y1Modern Standard Japanese I
- EAS121H1Japanese I for Students with Prior Background last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- EAS122Y0Summer Japanese in Japan I last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS220Y1Modern Standard Japanese II
- EAS221H1Modern Standard Japanese II for Students with Prior Background last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- EAS222Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IIa last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS223Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IIb last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS320Y1Modern Standard Japanese III last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- EAS321Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IIIa last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS322Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IIIb last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS460H1Modern Standard Japanese IVa last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- EAS461H1Modern Standard Japanese IVb last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- EAS462Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IVa last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS463Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IVb last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS464Y0Summer Japanese in Japan IV-c last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EAS110Y1Modern Standard Korean I
- EAS210Y1Modern Standard Korean II
- EAS211Y1Accelerated Modern Standard Korean I & II
- EAS212H1Accelerated Modern Standard Korean II
- EAS310Y1Modern Standard Korean III
- EAS410Y1Modern Standard Korean IV
- EAS416Y1Academic and Professional Korean
- HIN211H5
- HIN212H5
- HIN311H5
- HIN312H5
- HIN313H5
- HIN412Y5
- PUN212Y5
- RLG260H1Introduction to Sanskrit I
- RLG263H1Introduction to Sanskrit II
- RLG359H1Intermediate Sanskrit I
- RLG360H1Intermediate Sanskrit II
- RLG474H1Sanskrit Readings I
- SAN291Y5
- SAN392Y5
- URD212Y5
- URD312Y5
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