Asian Studies Courses at UBC
Every Asian Studies course at University of British Columbia, with difficulty, workload, and ratings. 202 courses · 690 ratings across the web
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Students give ASIA courses 3.6 out of 5, and 59% would take one again.
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Easiest course
ASIA369
Asian Folklore · 49/100 difficulty
Most challenging
ASIA395
Modern Persian Literature · 82/100 difficulty
All Asian Studies Courses (202)
ASIA100Introduction to Traditional Asia
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 77 ratings
ASIA101Introduction to Modern Asia
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 56 ratings
ASIA308Myth, Ritual and Epic in Ancient India
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 46 ratings
KORN102Basic Korean
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 33 ratings
ASIA326Critical Approaches to Manga and Anime
2.0 out of 5 stars2.0· 32 ratings
ASIA200Cultural Foundations of East Asia
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 28 ratings
ASIA444Topics in Modern Japanese Fiction and Cultural History
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 25 ratings
ASIA311Tibetan Buddhism
2.1 out of 5 stars2.1· 23 ratings
ASIA387Japanese Religions
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 23 ratings
ASIA319Contemporary Chinese Popular Cultures
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 19 ratings
ASIA395Modern Persian Literature
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 19 ratings
ASIA356Korean Cinema
1.4 out of 5 stars1.4· 18 ratings
ASIA321Celebrity Culture in Chinese Societies
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 16 ratings
ASIA314Premodern Japan
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 14 ratings
ASIA456History and Culture of Taiwan
2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 14 ratings
ASIA411Chinese Political Thought and Institutions
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 13 ratings
ASIA392Classical Persian Literature in English Translation
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 12 ratings
ASIA337The Korean People in Modern Times (1600 to the present)
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 11 ratings
ASIA338India in the Age of Empire and Revolution
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 11 ratings
ASIA369Asian Folklore
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 11 ratings
ASIA390History of the Indian Ocean World
4.9 out of 5 stars4.9· 10 ratings
CNTO311Basic Cantonese for Mandarin Speakers
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 10 ratings
ASIA394Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 9 ratings
ASIA398Narrative Literature in Premodern India
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 9 ratings
ASIA410International Relations in Premodern East Asia
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 9 ratings
ASIA348Poetic Life in Classical India
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 8 ratings
ASIA329Gender in South and Southeast Asia
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 7 ratings
ASIA370The Sanskrit Cosmopolis: India and the World, 200-1500 CE
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 7 ratings
ASIA433Representations of Muslims in Hindi/Urdu Films
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 7 ratings
SANS102
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 7 ratings
ASIA315Japan from Feudal to Modern State
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 6 ratings
ASIA317The Rise of Korean Civilization
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 6 ratings
ASIA318Premodern India
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 6 ratings
ASIA320History of Early China
2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 6 ratings
ASIA342Chinese Literature in Translation: The Vernacular Tradition
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings
ASIA428Mughal India
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings
ASIA212Writing About Japan
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 5 ratings
ASIA254Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Japanese Literature and Film
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 5 ratings
ASIA258Religion in South Asia
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 5 ratings
ASIA304Survey of South and Southeast Asian Performing Arts
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 5 ratings
ASIA418Social History of India
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 5 ratings
ASIA430International Relations in Modern East Asia: Korea and Japan
4.6 out of 5 stars4.6· 5 ratings
ASIA204
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings
ASIA361Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation II
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings
ASIA364Modern Japanese Literature in Translation
1.3 out of 5 stars1.3· 4 ratings
CNTO301Basic Cantonese I
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 4 ratings
ASIA102
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 3 ratings
ASIA208Cultural Foundations of South Asia
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
ASIA307Korean Language and Writing in Culture and Society
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
ASIA333Contemporary South Asian Gender and Sexuality Studies
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
ASIA346Topics in Japanese Cultural History II: The Early Modern Age
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
ASIA440Cultural History of Imperial China
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 3 ratings
CNTO303Basic Cantonese II
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
KORN101Basic Korean II
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
ASIA110Introduction to Religions in Asia
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ASIA150Asian Internets
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ASIA209Cultural Foundations of Southeast Asia
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ASIA210Traditions of Yoga
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ASIA211Sex, Sexual Ethics, and Asian Religions
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ASIA213Myth, Literature, and Film in North India
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ASIA222Encountering Asia
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ASIA223Writing Asia
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ASIA250Introduction to Buddhism
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ASIA270China in World History
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ASIA300Writing and Culture in East Asia
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ASIA301Buddhism in the Modern Era
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ASIA302Theravada Buddhism
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ASIA303Mahayana Buddhism
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ASIA305Asian Horror Cinema: National Nightmares and Specters of Trauma
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ASIA306Esoteric Buddhism
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ASIA310Studies in the History of a Major Asian Civilization
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ASIA312Buddhism in Korea
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ASIA313Tibetan and Himalayan Culture and Society
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ASIA316Race and Ethnicity in Japanese Literature and Film
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ASIA323History of Cantonese Worlds
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ASIA324Literature of Hong Kong
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ASIA327Korean Popular Music in Context
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ASIA328Modern Islam
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ASIA330Muslims in Modern South Asia
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ASIA331Islam in South Asia (750-1750)
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ASIA332Confucianism in China and Beyond: Reinventions of Tradition
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ASIA334Writing Women in Premodern East Asia
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ASIA335Cantonese Music
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ASIA336Sufi and Bhakti Devotional Literatures
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ASIA339The Construction of South Asian Communities in the Diaspora
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ASIA340History of Later Imperial China
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ASIA343Film in South Asia
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ASIA344Topics in Japanese Cultural History I: Aristocrats and Warriors
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ASIA345Chinese Film Classics
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ASIA347Traditional Korean Literature in Translation
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ASIA349Ecoculture and Literature in Japan
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ASIA350Asian Literature in Translation: A Comparative Approach
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ASIA352Topics in Traditional Chinese Vernacular Literature
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ASIA353Introduction to Hindi Film
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ASIA354Introduction to Japanese Cinema
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ASIA357Modern Korean Literature in Translation
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ASIA358Literature of Medieval India in Translation
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ASIA359Afghan History
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ASIA362Pre-Modern Japanese Fiction (in translation)
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ASIA365Punjabi Cinema
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ASIA366Topics in Asian Studies
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ASIA367Contemporary Korean Culture
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ASIA368Modern Literatures of South Asia in Translation
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ASIA371Foundations of Chinese Thought
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ASIA372Development of Traditional Chinese Thought
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ASIA373History of Hong Kong
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ASIA374Imagining Punjab
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ASIA375Global Chinese Cinemas
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ASIA376The Sikhs: Formations, Contexts, and Historical Development
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ASIA377History of Korean Thought
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ASIA378Philosophical Wisdom of Early India
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ASIA380Modern Arabic Literature from the Middle East and North Africa in Translation
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ASIA381Daoist (Taoist) Religion and Its Philosophical Background
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ASIA382Buddhism in China
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ASIA383Korean History Through Film
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ASIA384The Zhuangzi (Chuang-Tzu)
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ASIA385Chan/Zen Buddhism: Doctrine and Practice
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ASIA386Chinese Grammar and Usage I
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ASIA388Classical South Asian Philosophy
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ASIA389Life Writings of South Asian Diasporic Women
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ASIA391Classical Islam
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ASIA393History of Iran from the Sasanians to the Safavids
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ASIA396Chinese Grammar and Usage II
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ASIA397The Idea of India
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ASIA399Films of the South Asian Diaspora
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ASIA400Chinese Characters: Script, Languages, and Civilizations
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ASIA402Language, Writing, and Linguistic Thought in the History of the Sinographic Cosmopolis
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ASIA403Language and Colonialism in East Asia
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ASIA405The Interaction of Science, Religion, and Philosophy in East Asia
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ASIA407North Korea in Historical Context
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ASIA408Religion, Society, and Secularism in Modern India
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ASIA412Pre-Modern Chinese Poetry (Pre-Qin to Tang)
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ASIA413Pre-Modern Chinese Poetry (Tang to Qing)
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ASIA414Architecture and Urbanism in Islamic South Asia
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ASIA419Economic History of India
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ASIA427Topics in Korean Popular Culture (Hallyu)
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ASIA429Rebels, Martyrs, and Outlaws in Early Modern Japan
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ASIA431Tibetan Literature, Genres, and Book Culture
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ASIA436The Partition of India in Film and Narrative
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ASIA438Twentieth Century South Asia
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ASIA441Masterworks of Chinese Fiction and Drama in Translation
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ASIA442Lives of Chinese Books
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ASIA443National Narratives in Chinese Literature and Film
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ASIA445Japanese Crime Fiction
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ASIA447Korean Women's Literature
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ASIA448Narrative and Performance in South Asia
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ASIA450Special Topics in Buddhist Studies
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ASIA451Modern Chinese Authors in Translation
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ASIA452Literature of the Korean Diaspora
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ASIA453Japanese Travel Literature
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ASIA454Japanese Poetry in Translation
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ASIA455Adaptations of Japanese Classics
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ASIA457The Modern Korean Novel
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ASIA458Gender and Sexuality in Classical Persian Literature
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ASIA459Gender, Sexuality, and Feminism in Sikhi (the Sikh Religion)
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ASIA460Modern Asian Women in Narrative
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ASIA461Gender and Sexuality in Modern Iranian Narratives
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ASIA462Japanese Cinema and Genre
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ASIA463Japanese Documentary Media
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ASIA464Japanese Women's Self-Writing
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ASIA465Japanese Horror
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ASIA466The History of Christianity in Asia
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ASIA468Approaches to the Study of Asian Religions
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ASIA470Comparative Conceptions of the Self
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ASIA474From the Chronicle to the Archive: Cultures of History in South Asia
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ASIA475Documenting Punjabi Canada
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ASIA476Topics in South Asian Studies
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ASIA477New Religious Movements of East Asia
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ASIA478The Religious Image in Asia
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ASIA484The History of the Choson Dynasty
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ASIA485Inventing Asian Religions in the West/East Encounter
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ASIA490Asian Classics - Fourth Year Seminar
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ASIA491India and the Persianate World
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ASIA495Folk Cultures in the Asian Diaspora
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ASIA498Asia in Museums and Beyond
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CNTO401Intermediate Cantonese I
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CNTO403Intermediate Cantonese II
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CNTO451Advanced Cantonese through Popular Culture
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KORN100Basic Korean I
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KORN104Basic Korean Grammar
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KORN161Enriched Summer Intensive Beginning
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KORN200Intermediate Korean
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KORN201Intermediate Korean I
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KORN202Intermediate Korean II
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KORN300Readings in Korean Topics
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KORN301Readings in Korean Topics I
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KORN302Readings in Korean Topics II
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KORN351Introduction to Hancha: Sinographs and Sino-Korean Vocabulary I
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KORN352Introduction to Hancha: Sinographs and Sino-Korean Vocabulary II
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KORN410Modern Korean Short Fiction
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KORN411Advanced Readings in Korean Non-Fiction
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KORN412Korean-to-English Translation
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KORN415Korean Conversation and Composition
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KORN420Readings in Middle and Early Modern Korean
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KORN440Supervised Study in the Korean Language
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SANS300Introductory Sanskrit
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SANS301Introductory Sanskrit I
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SANS302Introductory Sanskrit II
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SANS400Intermediate Sanskrit
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SANS401Intermediate Sanskrit I
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SANS402Intermediate Sanskrit II
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SANS450Further Readings in Sanskrit
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