Courses
Check the Smith College Course Catalogue for current offerings, times and locations.
Approved Courses in the Humanities
| ARH 101 | Buddhist Art |
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| ARH 120 | Introduction to Art History: Asia |
| ARH 221 | The Art of East Asia |
| ARH 222 | The Art of China |
| ARH 224 | The Art of Japan |
| ARH 275 | Studies in Asian Art. Topic: Chinese Painting |
| EAL 231 | The Culture of the Lyric in Traditional China |
| EAL 232 | Modern Chinese Literature |
| EAL 236 | Modernity: East and West |
| EAL 237 | Chinese Poetry and the Other Arts |
| EAL 238 | Literature From Taiwan |
| EAL/CLT 239 | Contemporary Chinese Women's Fiction |
| EAL 240 | Japanese Language and Culture |
| EAL 241 | Literature and Culture in Premodern Japan |
| EAL 242 | Modern Japanese Literature |
| EAL 243 | Japanese Poetry in Cultural Context |
| EAL 244 | Construction of Gender in Modern Japanese Women's Writing |
| EAL 245 | Writing, Japan and Otherness |
| EAL 248 | The Tale of the Genji and The Pillow Book |
| EAL 261 | Major Themes in Literature: East-West Perspectives (topics course) |
| EAL 360 | Seminar: Topics in East Asian Languages and Literatures (topics course) |
| EAS 214 | Korean Film and Culture |
| EAS 218 | Thought and Art in China |
| EAS 270 | Colloquium in East Asian Studies. Topic: Art of Korea |
| EAS 279 | Colloquium: The Art and Culture of Tibet |
| FYS 123 | From Edo to Tokyo: Images of Japan's Modern Capital |
| REL 265 | Colloquium in East Asian Religions: Chinese Religions |
| REL 270 | Sites and Sights: A Pilgrim's Guide to Pre-Modern Japanese Buddhism |
| REL 360 | Seminar: Zen in China and Japan |
| Approved Courses in the Social Sciences | |
| ANT 200 | Topics in Anthropology: Humans and Nature in China |
| ANT 251 | Women and Modernity in East Asia |
| ANT 252 | The City and the Countryside in China |
| ANT 253 | Introduction to East Asian Societies and Cultures |
| ANT 342 | Seminar: Topics in Anthropology |
| EAS 100 | Introduction to Modern East Asia |
| EAS 200 | Colloquium: Topics in East Asian Studies |
| EAS 210 | Colloquium: Culture and Diplomacy in Asia |
| EAS 215 | Pre-Modern Korean History: Public Stories and Private Lives |
| EAS 216 | Urban Modernity in Colonized Korea |
| EAS 217 | Colloquium: Korean Popular Culture: Translating Tradition into Pop Culture |
| EAS 219 | Modern Korean History |
| EAS 220 | Environment and Society in Contemporary China |
| EAS 270 | Colloquium in East Asian Studies. Topic: Travel and the Historical Imagination in Korea |
| EAS 375 | Seminar: Dimensions in Japan-United States Relations |
| EAS/GOV 228 | The Government and Politics of Japan |
| GOV 230 | The Government and Politics of China |
| GOV 251 | Foreign Policy of Japan |
| GOV 344 | Seminar on Foreign Policy of the Chinese People's Republic |
| GOV 348 | Seminar in International Politics: Conflict and Cooperation in Asia |
| HST 101 | Geisha, Wise Mothers, and Working Women |
| HST 211 | The Emergence of China |
| HST 212 | China in Transformation, A.D. 750–1900 |
| HST 214 | Aspects of Chinese History. Topic: The World of Thought in Early China |
| HST 215 | The Decline and Fall of the Chinese Empire |
| HST 216 | Women in Chinese History |
| HST 217 | World War Two in East Asia: History and Memory |
| HST 218 | Thought and Art in China |
| HST 220 | Colloquium: Japan to 1600 |
| HST 221 | The Rise of Modern Japan |
| HST 222 | Aspects of Japanese History |
| HST 223 | Women and Gender in Japanese History. Topic: Gendering Modern Japanese History |
| PRS 327 | Legends of the Fall (and Rise): Japan & Germany as Visions of the Future |
