Instructor: C. Clayton
As one of two introductory level courses for Asian Studies majors (the other being ASAN 202, on South and Southeast Asia), this course covers a broad range of disciplines in examining the parts of Asia currently known as China, Japan, Korea (including North and South), and Taiwan. Lectures and reading combine approaches from the fields of anthropology, sociology, history, literature and the arts, religion, politics and economics. The goal of the course is to provide students with a broad historical knowledge of elements of both the humanities and social sciences in this part of the world, and to provide a basis for further study in more advanced and specialized classes.