History, Culture and Society
Courses are listed thematically here.
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Introductory and Advanced Theory, Skills
| Course number |
Course title |
|---|---|
| PAAS 100 | Introduction to Pacific and Asian Studies (Description) |
| PAAS 101 | Text, Manipulation, Propaganda (Description) |
| PAAS 400 | Advanced Research Seminar (Description) |
Introductory and Advanced Culture
|
Course |
Course title |
|---|---|
| PAAS 150 | Premodern Chinese Culture |
| PAAS 151 | Modern Chinese Culture (Description) |
| PAAS 170 | Premodern Southeast Asian Cultures |
| PAAS 171 | Modern Southeast Asian Cultures |
| PAAS 180 | Premodern Japanese Culture (Description) |
| PAAS 181 | Modern Japanese Culture (Description) |
| PAAS 209 | Introductory Special Topics in Pacific and Asian Studies (Description) |
| PAAS 280 | A Taste of Japan |
| PAAS 380 | Japanese Economy, Politics and Culture (Description) |
| PAAS 385 | Sex, Gender and the Body in Japanese Culture |
| PAAS 409 | Globalization, Cosmopolitanism and Asian-Pacific Cultures (Description) |
Film/Theatre
| Course number | Course title |
|---|---|
| PAAS 202 | Topics in Asian Cinema |
| PAAS 207 | Ghosts and Spirits (Description) |
| PAAS 357 | Chinese Cinema from Text to Screen (Description) |
| PAAS 358 |
Screening the Nation: Nationalism, Ideology, and Politics in Chinese Cinema |
| PAAS 372 | Southeast Asian Cinema |
| PAAS 393 | Humanism in Japanese Cinema to the 1960s |
| PAAS 394/THEA 312 | Pre-modern Japanese Theatre |
| PAAS 487 | Trends in Japanese Cinema, 1960 to Present |
Religion and Ideology
| Course number | Course title |
|---|---|
| PAAS 204/RS 200B | Introduction to Asian Religions (Description) |
| PAAS 305 | Religions of East Asia |
| PAAS 307 | Globalization and Religion |
| PAAS 493 | Seminar in Buddhism in English |
Literature
| Course number | Course title |
|---|---|
| PAAS 353 | Survey of Classical Chinese Literature (Description) |
| PAAS 355 | Modern Chinese Literature and Society 1900-1949 in English |
| PAAS 356 | The Literature of the People's Republic of China 1949 to the Present in English (Description) |
| PAAS 386 | Premodern Japanese Literature in Translation |
| PAAS 388 | Modern Japanese Literature in Translation (Description) |
| PAAS 418 | Classical Chinese Prose (formerly PAAS 312) |
| PAAS 455 | Authors in Contemporary Chinese Literature in Translation |
| PAAS 456 | Thematic Study of Contemporary Chinese Literature in Translation (Description) |
| PAAS 457 | Authors in Classical Chinese Literature (Description) |
| PAAS 458 | Themes in Classical Chinese Literature |
| PAAS 488 | Japanese Fantasy (Description) |
Gender Issues
| Course number | Course title |
|---|---|
| PAAS 208 | Family and Gender in the Pacific (Description) |
Linguistics/Language
| Course number | Course title |
|---|---|
| PAAS 279 / LING 261 |
Introduction to the Chinese Language and Linguistics (Description) |
| PAAS 399 / LING 396 | Sociolinguistic Issues in Japanese (Description) |
| PAAS 459 | Directed Readings in Chinese Linguistics (Description) |
| PAAS 485 | Seminar in Japanese Language, Literature and Culture |
| PAAS 497 | Special Topics in Asian Languages |
Special Topics / Seminar
| Course number | Course title |
|---|---|
| PAAS 209 | Introductory Special Topics in Pacific and Asian Studies (Description) |
| PAAS 464 | Topics in Studies of Australasia 2015-16. The Global Positions of Indigenous Peoples |
| PAAS 495 | Special Topics in Pacific and Asian Studies (Fall) (Spring) (Desription) |
| PAAS 496 | Directed Studies in Pacific and Asian Studies |
| PAAS 499 | Honours Thesis |