Academic Year 2020-21
We are excited to introduce our department’s new curriculum for the Academic Year 2020-21. Students should note that this curriculum includes courses offered over three-semesters (including Summer A/B), as well as several new immersive classes that will be offered over a 7-week period.
Please note that this schedule may be subject to change, and students are encouraged not only to revisit this page but also to confirm the course listings in the online Directory of Classes.
Our departmental immersive courses will cover a semester’s worth of material in a shorter period of time and will meet for twice as many hours per week, allowing students to take fewer courses at the same time and a more sustained focus on course content.
Please feel free to contact your major advisor with any questions you may have about your academic schedule.
Fall 2020
- Full semester courses will be held from Tuesday, September 8, 2020 – Wednesday December 23, 2020.
- Fall A courses will be held from Tuesday, September 8, 2020 – Friday, October 23, 2020.
- Fall B courses will be held from Monday, October 26, 2020 – Wednesday, December 23, 2020.
- Course descriptions, sections and times, can be found in the online Directory of Classes.
- The following courses are all semester-long.
| Time | Course number | Course title | Instructor |
| M 10:10-12pm | Comp. Lit. BC3551 | The Arabian Nights and their Influences | Hisham Matar |
| W 3:30-5:20pm | Middle East UN2399 | Ancient Near Eastern Literature | Nathanael Shelley |
| TR 10:10-11:25am | FYS BC1734 | Culture, Identity, and the Self | Nathanael Shelley |
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Fall A TR 12:10-2pm |
AHUM UN1399 | Asian Humanities Middle East/South Asia | Nathanael Shelley |
| W 2:10-4pm | AHUM UN1399 | Asian Humanities Middle East/South Asia | Matthew Keegan |
| TR 11:40-12:55pm | Middle East UN2003 | Intro. to Islamic Civilization | Matthew Keegan |
| TR 2:40-3:55pm | East Asian UN3844 | Culture, Mental Health, and Healing in East Asia | Nick Bartlett |
| T 8:10-10pm | East Asian GU4236 | China's Long 1980s | Nick Bartlett |
| F 6:10-8pm | Chinese GR5013 | Graduate Reading Course in Early Chinese Texts | Guo Jue |
| F 10:10-12pm | AHUM UN1400 | Asian Humanities | Guo Jue |
| TR 1:10-2:25pm | Middle East UN2357 | Intro. to Indian Civilization | Rachel McDermott |
| W 10:10-12pm | Religion GR9330 | Theor-Transmission/Community Formation Religion | Rachel McDermott |
Spring 2021
- Spring semester courses will be held from Monday, January 11, 2021 – Monday, April 26, 2021.
- Spring A courses will be held from Monday, January 11, 2021 – Friday, February 26, 2021.
- Spring B courses will be held from Monday, March 8, 2021 – Monday, April 26, 2021.
- Course descriptions, sections and times, will be available in advance of early registration in November 2020.
| Time | Course number | Course title | Instructor |
| W 2:10-4pm | AHUM UN1399 | Asian Humanities | Rachel McDermott |
| TR 2:10-4pm | EALC GU4011 | Lotus Sutra in East Asian Buddhism | Max Moermann |
| T 2:10-4pm | EALC GU4022 | Japanese Buddhist Visual Culture | Max Moermann |
| MW 10:10-11:25am | ASCE UN1359 | East Asian Civilization: China | Guo Jue |
| FYS BC1339 | Buried Past: Object and History | Guo Jue | |
| FYS | Nick Bartlett | ||
| Middle East UN2008 | Intro. to Contemporary Islamic Civilization | Matthew Keegan | |
| Graduate Reading Course in Medieval Arabic | Matthew Keegan | ||
| INTENSE MTWR 10:10-11:25am | RELI | Perspectives on Evil and Suffering in World Religions | Rachel McDermott |