Asian Studies Courses
Chinese
CHIN 1001. Chinese Level 1 (3) Lab work. Intensive training in basic skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Mandarin Chinese.
CHIN 1002. Chinese Level II (3) Lab work. P: CHIN 1001 or placement by Chinese placement test. Continued intensive training in basic skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Mandarin Chinese. Second of a two-course sequence.
Japanese
JAPN 1001. Japanese Level I (3) Lab work. First of four-course sequence. Intensive training in basic skills of understanding and speaking Japanese.
JAPN 1002. Japanese Level II (3) Lab work. P: JAPN 1001 or placement in 1002 by Japanese placement test. Second off our-course sequence. Further intensive training in basic skills of understanding and speaking Japanese. Introduction to reading and writing Japanese.
JAPN 1003. Japanese Level III (3) Lab work. P: JAPN 1002 or placement in 1003 by Japanese placement test. Third off our-course sequence. Further intensive training leading to more advanced achievement in understanding, speaking, reading,and writing Japanese.
JAPN 1004. Japanese Level IV (3) Lab work. P: JAPN 1003 or placement in 1004 by Japanese placement test. Fourth off our-course sequence. Further intensive training leading to more advanced achievement in understanding, speaking, reading,and writing Japanese.
Other Asian Language Courses
Students may take beginning and intermediate level courses in other Asian languages, such as Hindi, Arabic and Korean, at accredited institutions in the US or overseas and transfer the credits to ECU using the FLGC prefix. Students should consult with the director of Asian Studies and obtain approval before enrolling in such courses.
Asian Language Opportunities in Greenville
Greenville Chinese School every Sunday afternoon from 2-4 pm on the ECU campus. Contact Dr. Xiaoming Zeng, College of Allied Health Sciences. Flyer.
NC Greenville Korean Language School, meets every Saturday morning from 10am to noon. Contact Dr. Hyo-Bum Kwak, kwakh@ecu.edu, for more information.
Asian Studies Multidisciplinary Major
New Courses
Two new courses are being introduced to the Asian studies curriculum:
Samurai History and Cinema HIST 3635
This course examines the history of the samurai as a warrior elite in Japanese history and, most especially, film representations of the samurai and Japanese history. The course seeks to show how Japanese history has been interpreted, often romantically if not ideologically, via depictions of the samurai, either positively, negatively, or accurately. In addition to developing a critical perspective on claims about the samurai in Japanese history, the course provides a good introduction to the larger field of Japanese history from ancient times to the present.
Passion and Sex in Asian History HIST 2300
This course explores Asian understandings of human passion and sexuality by the study of a series of pivotal texts including the Kama sutra, the Gita Govinda, Conference of the Birds, Dream of the Red Chamber, Tale of Genji, and Memoirs of a Geisha. The course covers a spectrum of attitudes toward passion and sexuality from the highly spiritual Hindu and Muslim traditions, to the more secular and humanistic perspectives of China and Japan. In addition to reading classic texts, the course features lectures and class discussions on these topics. Students learn more about human nature and human sexuality, plus considerably more about Asia than is taught in most survey courses.