All courses
You can find the full schedule for 2026-2027 Academic Year Here.
Check out some of our courses offered in the fall!
NEW! PAAS 104 A Traveller’s Guide to Asian Culture and History T,W,F 11.30-12.20pm
NEW! PAAS 251 Music Cultures of Global Asia M,R 1-2.20pm
NEW! PAAS 254 Martial Arts Across Asia ONLINE
NEW! PAAS 377 Modern Asia through Narrative M,R 11.30-12.50pm
PAAS 138 Intensive Beginner Japanese T,W,F 10.30am-12.20pm
PAAS 180 Premodern Japanese Culture T,R 4.30-5.50pm
PAAS 280 A Taste of Japan T,W,F 12.30-1.20pm
PAAS 305 Religions of East Asia M,W,R 2.30-3.20pm
PAAS 341 Advanced Japanese M,W,R 2.30-3.20pm
PAAS 353 Survey of Classical Chinese Literature M,W 4.30-5.50pm
PAAS 484 Identity in Animated Japanese Cinema F 2.30-5.20pm
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 (Description) |
| PAAS 125 | Introduction to Filipino I (Description) |
| PAAS 126 | Introduction to Filipino II (Description) |
| PAAS 128 | Introduction to Korean I |
| PAAS 129 | Introduction to Korean II |
| PAAS 138 | |
| PAAS 150 | Premodern Chinese Culture |
| PAAS 151 | Modern Chinese Culture (Description) |
| PAAS 152 | |
| PAAS 153 | Chinese Food Culture |
| PAAS 170 | Premodern Southeast Asian Cultures |
| PAAS 171 | Modern Southeast Asian Cultures (Description) |
| PAAS 180 | Premodern Japanese Culture (Description) |
| PAAS 181 | Modern Japanese Culture (Description) |
200-level courses at a glance
| Course number | Course title |
|---|---|
| PAAS 202 | |
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PAAS 204/RS 200B |
Religious Traditions of India, China and Japan (Description) |
| PAAS 206 | |
| PAAS 207 | Ghosts and Spirits |
| PAAS 208 | Family and Gender in the Pacific (Description) |
| PAAS 209 | |
| 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 |
