Introduction

The Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies welcomes students who wish to combine concentrated study in a traditional academic discipline with an interdisciplinary major program that focuses on contemporary developments in this rapidly changing region. A broad survey course offered by the Department of Political Science provides students with a solid understanding of the complex political, economic, social and cultural life of the region. An additional range of optional courses that span the humanities and the social sciences allow students to develop more specialized knowledge of the region. Finally, a fourth-year capstone course allows students in the program to synthesize what they have learned in various optional courses while undertaking independent research on a topic of special interest.

Study of a major language of the region is an important component of the program. In many cases, this can be achieved by taking two courses in one of the three main languages taught in the Department of East Asian Studies: Chinese, Japanese or Korean. All possible efforts will also be made to assist and support students who wish to achieve basic fluency in another language of the region, such as Indonesian, Vietnamese, Malay, Tagalog or Thai. Students who are already fluent in a language of the
region are allowed to substitute optional courses for the language course requirements.

Program Director

Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies
Munk Centre for International Studies, room 265S
1 Devonshire Place
416-946-0333

Program Administrator

Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies
Munk Centre for International Studies, room 227N
1 Devonshire Place
munk.aps@artsci.utoronto.ca
416-946-8996

Program website: www.utoronto.ca/davidchu

Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies

Enrolment in the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies is open to students who have successfully completed four full courses. A minimum CGPA of 2.5 is required. Those who seek advanced language standing must receive permission from the Program Director, and will be required to complete recommended substitute courses.

Major program:

(7 full courses or their equivalent, including at least two 300+series courses)

1. POL215Y1; ASI400Y1. These courses must be taken in sequential order.

2. Two sequential Y1 courses in an East Asian or Southeast Asian language. Students may choose to study one of three languages - Chinese, Japanese, or Korean - offered by the Department of East Asian Studies. For other languages, such as Thai, Vietnamese, Malay and Indonesian, students should consult with the Program Director. Generally two sequential courses are required for these languages as well but the Program will consider other arrangements including study abroad and intensive summer courses at other universities.

3. Three additional full course equivalents on appropriate Asia-Pacific topics from offerings in the following departments: ANT, EAS, ECO, FAH, GGR, HIS, INI, PHL, POL, RLG, SOC. Current Asia-Pacific course offerings from those departments are listed below. Please consult the Program Director if you have any questions about your course selection.

Courses eligible for program credit

Courses eligible for program credit include those appearing below. Please note that some of the courses have prerequisites; in all cases, and for updates on courses being offered, check individual department websites. Please consult the Program Director about receiving credit for courses not listed here.

Anthropology
ANT341H1 China in Transition
ANT354H1 Japan in Global Context: Anthropological Perspectives
ANT466H1 The Philippines and the Filipino Diaspora

Cinema Studies
INI390Y1 Chinese Cinemas

East Asian Studies
EAS102Y1 Introduction to East Asian Civilizations
EAS103Y1 Premodern East Asian History
EAS105H1 Modern East Asian History
EAS206Y1 Classical Chinese I
EAS209H1 Approaches to East Asia
EAS211Y0 Chinese Art
EAS215H1 History of Chinese Thought: Tang through Ming Periods
EAS217Y1 Major Aspects of Contemporary Korea
EAS233H1 History of China’s Performing Arts
EAS237Y1 Japanese Cinema: Film Form and the Problems of Japanese Modernity
EAS241H1 History of Chinese Philosophy
EAS246H1 Early Modern Japanese History (Early Modern Japan)
EAS247H1 History of Capitalism in Modern Japan
EAS251H1 Aesthetics and Politics in 20th Century Korea
EAS256H1 Chinese Literature (Pre-Qin to Tang)
EAS257H1 Chinese Literature (Song to Qing)
EAS271H1/Y1 20th Century Korean History
EAS272H1 Post-War Korean Society & Culture
EAS284H1 Modern Chinese Literature
EAS289Y1 Environment and East Asia
EAS295Y0 Selected Topics in East Asian Studies
EAS297H1 Texts, Images and Objects in East Asia
EAS299Y1 Research Opportunity Program
JMC301Y1 State & Society in 20th Century China
EAS303H1 Technology of Social Engineering: Women in 20th Century East Asia
EAS306Y1 Classical Chinese II
EAS307H1 Chinese Political Philosophy
EAS309H1 Modern Chinese Prose
EAS311H1 A History of Japanese Monsters
EAS318H1 Rethinking Modernism: The Perspectives of Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
EAS324H1 Mysticism in East Asia Revisited
EAS325H1 The Body in East Asian Religions
EAS327H1 Japanese Fiction and the Nation
EAS330H1 Narrative Strategies in Modern Japanese Fiction
EAS333H1 Modernism and Colonial Korea
EAS334Y1 The Chinese Novel
EAS338H1 Classical Daoism
EAS340Y1 The Chinese: Society & Culture in Transition
EAS344H1 Topics in Chinese Society and Culture
EAS345Y1 The Rise of Greater China: Issues & Topics
EAS346H1 Self and Imagination in Pre-Modern China
EAS347H1 Everyday Life in Modern Japan
EAS357H1 From Socialism to Postsocialism: Mao’s China and Beyond
EAS361Y1 Zen Buddhism
EAS362Y1 Classical Japanese
EAS364H1 China’s Cultural Revolution- History and Memory
EAS366H1 Lovers and Madmen in Chinese Literature
EAS368Y1 The Philosophy of the Buddha
EAS369Y1 Transformation of Buddhist Practice in the Contemporary World
EAS373H1 Choson History
EAS374H1 Modern Japan and Colonialism
EAS378H1 Edo, Osaka, and Kyoto: Urban Life in Early Modern Japan
EAS389Y1 History of Korean Religion
EAS393H1/Y1 Topics in Buddhism
EAS394H1 Film Culture in Contemporary China
EAS395Y0 Selected Topics in East Asian Studies
EAS396H1 Practical Learning in East Asia
EAS397H1 Literary Lives in Late Imperial China (Lit Lives Imp China)
EAS406Y1 Thinking about things: Material Culture in East Asia
EAS407H1 Textual Analysis of Classical Chinese Philosophy
EAS408H1 Modern Taiwanese Literature
EAS409H1 The Cosmopolitan City: Chang'an
EAS411H1 Art and Archaeology of Early China 1
EAS412H1 Technology and Material Cultures of Ancient China
EAS413H1 Medieval Chinese Civilization
EAS418H1 Topics in Chinese Art Theories
EAS420H1 Travels, Travelers and Travel Accounts in Asia
EAS431H1 Advanced Topics in Japanese Cinema
EAS432H1 Korean Cultural Studies Seminar
EAS438H1 Architecture in Pre-modern China
EAS439H1 The Global Bildungsroman: Narratives of Development, Time and Colonialism
EAS444H1 The City, Body and Text in Modern Japanese Literature
EAS448H1 EAS Archive: Language, Number, Money
EAS453H1 Gender, Sexuality & Modernity in China, Korea, and Japan
EAS456H1 Japan as seen by ?: Reference, Apparatus, Operation
EAS457H1 Special Topics in Modern Japanese History
EAS462H1 Ethnographic Literature on Korea: Class, Gender & Family
EAS464H1 The Korean War
EAS465H1 Domesticity and Family in 20th Century East Asia
EAS467H1 Photographic Narratives of Japan
EAS473H1 Modern Korean History Seminar
EAS475Y1 Issues in East Asian Historiography
EAS476Y1 Democracy and History in Korea
EAS478Y1 Samurai Culture
EAS484Y1 The Japanese Empire
EAS490H1 Introduction to Japanese Linguistics: Syntax and Semantics
EAS495Y1 Topics in East Asian Studies
EAS496H1 Topics in East Asian Studies
EAS497H1 Beyond Orientalism

East Asian Studies (Language courses)
EAS100Y1 Modern Standard Chinese I
EAS101Y1 Modern Chinese I for Students with Prior Background
EAS200Y1 Modern Standard Chinese II
EAS201Y1 Modern Chinese II for Students with Prior Background
EAS290Y1 Chinese Language for Non-Mandarin Speakers I
EAS300Y1 Modern Standard Chinese III
EAS400Y1 Modern Standard Chinese IV
EAS120Y1 Modern Standard Japanese I
EAS121H1 Japanese I for Students with Prior Background
EAS122Y0 Summer Japanese in Japan I
EAS220Y1 Modern Standard Japanese II
EAS220Y0 Summer Japanese in Japan II-a
EAS223Y0 Summer Japanese in Japan II-b
EAS320Y1 Modern Standard Japanese III
EAS321Y0 Summer Japanese in Japan III-a
EAS322Y0 Summer Japanese in Japan III-b
EAS390Y1 Chinese Language for Non-Mandarin Speakers II
EAS460H1 Modern Standard Japanese IVa
EAS461H1 Modern Standard Japanese IVb
EAS462Y0 Summer Japanese in Japan IVa
EAS463Y0 Summer Japanese in Japan IVb
EAS110Y1 Modern Standard Korean I
EAS210Y1 Modern Standard Korean II
EAS216Y1 Modern Standard Korean for Students with Prior Background
EAS310Y1 Modern Standard Korean III
EAS410Y1 Modern Standard Korean IV
EAS415Y1 Advanced Readings in Korean

Economics
ECO309H1 Economic Growth and Development in Southeast Asia
ECO435H1 The Chinese Economy

Fine Art History
FAH260H1 The Artistic Landscape of East Asia
FAH262H1 Art and Visual Experience in Modern and Contemporary East Asia
FAH361H1 Art and Ritual in East Asia
FAH362H1 Landscape and the Built Environment in East Asia
FAH363H1 The Mechanics of the Image in East Asia
FAH368H1 Encounters: Art Within and Beyond East Asia
FAH396Y0 Studies Abroad in Asian Art and Architecture
FAH461H1 East Asian Art as a Cultural System
FAH463H1 Materiality, Objecthood, Connoisseurship and Collecting in the Arts of East Asia
FAH464H1 Transregional East Asian Art
FAH496H1/Y1 Independent Studies in Asian Art and Architecture

Geography
GGR342H1 The Changing Geography of Southeast Asia
GGR343H1 The Changing Geography of China

History
HIS107Y1 Approaches to East Asian History
HIS280Y1 History of China
HIS281Y1 History of Modern Japan
HIS283Y1 Southeast Asian Crossroads
HIS284Y1 Viet Nam: Crossroads of Asia
HIS315H1 Narratives of “Viet Nam”
HIS326H1 Topics in Chinese History
HIS328Y1 Modern China siNCE 1800
HIS347H1 History of Modern Chinese Foreign Relations
HIS380H1 Late Imperial China
HIS385H1/Y1 The History of Hong Kong
HIS409H1 One Day in Vietnamese Religious History: The Meetings of the Four Religions
HIS448H1 Gender in East and Southeast Asia
HIS467H1 French Colonial Indochina: History, Cultures, Texts, Film
HIS485H1 Topics in Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History

Philosophy
PHL237H1 History of Chinese Philosophy
PHL337H1 Topics in Chinese Philosophy

Political Science
JMC301Y1 State and Society in 20th Century China
POL335H1 Politics and Government of Japan
POL376Y1 Transforming Global Politics: Comparative and Chinese Perspectives
POL431Y1 Politics and Society in Contemporary China
POL435H1 Political Economy of Asia-Pacific
POL441H1 Topics in Asian Politics

Religion
RLG206Y1 The Buddhist Religious Tradition
RLG207Y1 The Study of East Asian Religions
RLG236H1 Gender, Body and Sexuality in Asian Traditions
RLG356H1 Islam in China
RLG379H1 Daoism in Practice
RLG466H1 Buddhism and Society in East Asia
RLG468H1 Religion and Society in Classical Japan

Sociology
SOC218Y1 Asian Communities in Canada