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You can find the full schedule for 2025-2026 Academic Year Here.

Check out some of our courses offered in the fall!

NEW! PAAS 323 Environmental Asia M,R 10-11.20am

NEW! PAAS 125 Introduction to Filipino I M,T,W 3.30-4.20pm

NEW! PAAS 225 Intermediate Filipino I M,T,W 4.30-5.20pm

PAAS 120 Introduction to Indonesian I M,T,W 5-5.50pm

PAAS 138 Intensive Beginner Japanese T,W,F 9.30-11.20am OR 12.30-2.20pm

PAAS 151 Modern Chinese Culture ONLINE

PAAS 181 Modern Japanese Culture M,R 1-2.20pm

PAAS 180 Intro to Premodern Japanese Culture M,R 4.30-5.50pm

PAAS 207 Ghost and Spirits T 4.30-7.20pm

PAAS 252 Pop Cultural Asia M,W,R 2.30-3.20pm

PAAS 220 Intermediate Indonesian I M,T,W 3.30-4.20pm

PAAS 228 Pre-Intermediate Korean I T,W,F 3.30-4.20pm

PAAS 458 Themes in Classical Chinese Lit ONLINE

To see all courses offered at PAAS, go below and expand the level you are interested in. You can read the course descriptions by clicking the course description links below and/or in the university calendar.

100-level courses at a glance

Course	Course title
PAAS 100	Introduction to Pacific and Asian Studies (Description)
PAAS 101	Text, Manipulation, Propaganda (Description)
PAAS 103	Global Wars in Asia and the Pacific (Description)
PAAS 116	Beginner Chinese I (Description)
PAAS 117	Beginner Chinese II (Description)
PAAS 118	Intensive Beginner Chinese (Description)
PAAS 120	Introduction to Indonesian I (Description)
PAAS 121	Introduction to Indonesian II
PAAS 125	Introduction to Filipino I (Description)
PAAS 126	Introduction to Filipino II (Description)
PAAS 128	Introduction to Korean I (Description)
PAAS 129	Introduction to Korean II (Description)
PAAS 138	Intensive Beginner Japanese (Description)
PAAS 150	Premodern Chinese Culture
PAAS 151	Modern Chinese Culture (Description)
PAAS 152	Essentials of Chinese Civilisation (in Chinese)(Description)
PAAS 153	Chinese Food 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)

200-level courses at a glance

Course number	Course title
PAAS 202	Topics in Asian Cinema
PAAS 204/RS 200B	Religious Traditions of India, China and Japan (Description)
PAAS 206	Comics and Graphic Novels in Asia and the Pacific
PAAS 207	Ghosts and Spirits (Description)
PAAS 208	Family and Gender in the Pacific (Description)
PAAS 209	Gender and Marriage in Chinese Popular Media (Description)
PAAS 215	Language, Media and Translation in PAAS (Description)
PAAS 218	Intensive Pre-Intermediate Chinese (Description)
PAAS 220	Intermediate Indonesian I
PAAS 221	Intermediate Indonesian II
PAAS 225	Intermediate Filipino I
PAAS 226	Intermediate Filipino II
PAAS 228	Pre-Intermediate Korean I
PAAS 229	Pre-Intermediate Korean II
PAAS 238	Intensive Pre-Intermediate Japanese (Description)
PAAS 252	Pop Cultural Asia
PAAS 253	Activism in Asia (Description)
PAAS 265A	China and the Premodern World
PAAS 265B	China and the Modern West
PAAS 274	How to Learn a Language
PAAS 275	Modern South Asia from Early Empires to Gandhi
PAAS 279/LING 261	Introduction to the Chinese Language and Linguistics (Description)
PAAS 280	A Taste of Japan
PAAS 299	Experiential Learning

300-level courses at a glance

Course Number	Course title
PAAS 305	Religions of East Asia
PAAS 307	Globalization and Religion
PAAS 309	Human Rights and Social Justice in Asia (Description)
PAAS 315	Critical Approaches to History, Culture and Society in PAAS (Description )
PAAS 318	Intesnive Intermediate Chinese (Description )
PAAS 320	Indigenous Asia (Description )
PAAS 323/ES 303	Environmental Asia (Description )
PAAS 338	Intensive Intermediate Japanese (Description )
PAAS 340	Integrative Intermediate Japanese (Description)
PAAS 341	Advanced Readings in Japanese I
PAAS 342	Advanced Readings in Japanese II (Description)
PAAS 343	Advanced Comprehension and Conversation in Japanese
PAAS 344	Advanced Composition in Japanese
PAAS 345	Japanese through Popular Culture (Description)
PAAS 346	Digital Asia (Description)
PAAS 351	Contemporary Chinese Society (Description)
PAAS 352	Global Taiwan (Description)
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 357	Chinese Cinema from Text to Screen (Description)
PAAS 358	Global Chinese Cinema (Description)
PAAS 361	War and Revolution in China
PAAS 363	The Buddhist Tradition
PAAS 366	Gendering India from Empire to Bollywood
PAAS 367	Religion and Non-violent Civil Disobedience (Description)
PAAS 372	Southeast Asian Cinema (Description)
PAAS 374	Short Films and Filmmaking in Asia
PAAS 375	History of Decolonization in Asia and Africa
PAAS 376	Street Art and Graffiti in Asia
PAAS 380	Japanese Economy, Politics and Culture (Description)
PAAS 385	Sex, Gender and the Body in Japanese Culture (Description)
PAAS 386	Premodern Japanese Literature in Translation
PAAS 388	Modern Japanese Literature in Translation (Description)
PAAS 393	Humanism in Japanese Cinema to the 1960s (Description)
PAAS 394	Pre-modern Japanese Theatre
PAAS 395	Intermediate Topics in Pacific and Asian Studies (Fall) (Spring)
PAAS 396	Directed Experiential Learning in Pacific and Asian Studies
PAAS 397	Field School in Pacific and Asian Studies
PAAS 398	Asia-Pacific Experience Research Project
PAAS399/LING 396	Sociolinguistic Issues in Japanese (Description)

400-level courses at a glance

Course number	Course title
PAAS 400	Advanced Research Seminar (Description)
PAAS 404	Asian Horror Cinema
PAAS 409	Globalization, Cosmopolitanism and Asian-Pacific Cultures (Description)
PAAS 410	Advanced Mandarin for Native Speakers of Chinese (Description)
PAAS 411	Directed Readings in Chinese Language
PAAS 412	Understanding Chinese Media
PAAS 413	Effective Communication in Chinese (Description)
PAAS 418	Classical Chinese Prose (Description)
PAAS 420	Chinese Narrative (Description)
PAAS 430	Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature
PAAS 432	Directed Readings in Japanese
PAAS 440	Anti-Colonial Movements in Asia
PAAS 451	Asian Mega-Cities and Urban Regions (Description)
PAAS 452	Teaching and Learning Chinese as an Additional Language (Description)
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 (Description)
PAAS 459	Directed Readings in Chinese Linguistics (Description)
PAAS 464	Topics in Studies of Australasia 2015-16. The Global Positions of Indigenous Peoples
PAAS 481	Transcultural Japan
PAAS 484	Identity in Animated Japanese Cinema (Description)
PAAS 485	Seminar in Japanese Language, Literature and Culture
PAAS 487	Trends in Japanese Cinema, 1960 to Present
PAAS 488	Japanese Fantasy (Description)
PAAS 493	Seminar in Buddhism in English
PAAS 494	Special Topics in Translating Asian Languages (Description)
PAAS 495	Special Topics in Pacific and Asian Studies (Fall) (Spring) (Desription)
PAAS 496	Directed Studies in Pacific and Asian Studies
PAAS 497	Special Topics in Asian Languages
PAAS 499	Honours Thesis