UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
Search by subject area and course number. Refer to this list of subject areas and their corresponding department.
Tip: A search for the subject area, for example, querying just "HIST" (without quotes), will return all courses of the queried subject area. Searching using subject area and number, such as "HIST 17" (without quotes), would return all courses in the series; in this example that would include HIST 17A, 17AH, 17B, etc.
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| EACS 3 - Introduction to Asian Religious Traditions |
| (4) Powell |
| An introduction to the basic texts, institutions, and practices of the religious traditions of South Asia and East Asia. |
| EACS 4A - East Asian Traditions: Pre-modern |
| (4) STAFF |
| An introduction to the social structures, institutions, systems of thought and belief, and the arts and entertainments of China and Japan during the pre-modern period. |
| EACS 4B - East Asian Traditions: Modern |
| (4) STAFF |
| An introduction to the study of China and Japan in modern times, including the process of modernization, intellectual and political movements, national identity, literature and the arts, and popular culture. |
| EACS 5 - Introduction to Buddhism |
| (4) STAFF |
| The historical and cross-cultural exploration of Buddhism through the examination of basic texts, institutions, and practices of diverse Buddhist traditions. |
| EACS 20 - Nature: East Asian Views |
| (4) Grapard |
| An introduction to the ways in which Chinese and Japanese cultures have conceptualized nature and humankind's place in it. |
| EACS 21 - Zen |
| (4) Grapard |
| An introduction to the history and texts of major lineages of Ch'an Buddhism in China, and Zen Buddhism in Japan. |
| EACS 80 - East Asian Civilization |
| (4) Fogel |
| A basic introduction to the history of East Asia focusing on the emergence and evolution of Chinese civilization and its impact upon the distinctive indigenous cultures of Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. |
| EACS 110 - Tibetan Civilization |
| (4) STAFF |
| A broad overview of Tibetan history and culture from the Tibetan imperial period until modern times. The course will also touch upon the Tibetan language, the literary and fine arts, as well as religion. |
| EACS 130 - Tourism in East Asia |
| (4) Pai |
| Surveys the historical, cultural, and economic significance of tourists destinations in South Korea, China, and Japan. Using case studies ranging from temples, museums, monuments and theme parks, course analyzes how selected "images/myths" of East Asia have been invented, manipulated, and propagated in the commodification of culture and heritage. |
| EACS 157 - Religious Arts of Asia |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| This course introduces students to the study of ritual through an understanding of iconography specifically and aesthetics generally, using the religious traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Shinto. This course is, therefore, more akin to a history of ancient cultures than to art history. |
| EACS 161B - Buddhist Meditation Traditions |
| (4) Grapard |
| A consideration of major forms of Buddhist meditation from both the South Asian and the East Asian traditions, with special attention given to determining the nature of meditation as a variety of religious experience. |
| EACS 164B - Buddhist Traditions in East Asia |
| (4) Powell |
| background in Indian Buddhism. |
| A consideration of the Buddhist tradition and its evolution in China, with emphasis on the changes which Buddhism underwent in its encounter with Chinese traditions and historical circumstances. |
| EACS 175 - Sacred Geography in China and Japan |
| (4) Grapard, Powell |
| A consideration of the cultural and cognitive demensions of East Asian sacred geographies. |
| EACS 178 - The Body Religious in Chinese Culture |
| (4) Powell |
| The human body both as constituted by and constitutive of Chinese religion,culture, society, and geography. Neither purely philosophical nor biological, the course explores the understandings of the body as both subject and object of knowledge. |
| EACS 180A - History and Culture of East Asia |
| (4) Fogel |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An introduction to the history and culture of the major civilizations of East Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam. Emphasis on the shared historical experience of the region and cultural unity and diversity. Prehistory to 600. |
| EACS 180B - History and Culture of East Asia |
| (4) Fogel |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An introduction to the history and culture of the major civilizations of East Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam. Emphasis on the shared historical experience of the region and cultural unity and diversity. 600-1600. |
| EACS 180C - History and Culture of East Asia |
| (4) Fogel |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An introduction to the history and culture of the major civilizations of East Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam. Emphasis on the shared historical experience of the region and cultural unity and diversity. 1600-1945. |
| EACS 180P - Proseminar in East Asian History and Culture |
| (4) Fogel |
| Prerequisites: History 80 or 87 or 180A or 180B or 180C, or East Asian Cultural Studies 80 or 180A or 180B or 180C or upper-division standing. |
| Reading and research on selected issues in the history of East Asia with emphasis on the cultural interconnectedness of the region. |
| EACS 181 - Special Topics in East Asian Studies |
| (4) Staff |
| Special topics in East Asian Studies. Course content varies. |
| EACS 185 - Translation in Theory and Practice |
| (4) Nathan |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| advanced reading ability in Japanese or Chinese. |
| A consideration of twentieth century thinking about language and the function of translation with readings from Benjamin, Derrida, Steiner, Borges. A translation from Chinese or Japanese (or other language) into English is required. |
| EACS 186 - The Invention of Tradition in Contemporary East Asia |
| (4) Pai |
| Analyzes the instructional history, political, and disciplinary backgrounds in the construction of contemporary "Asian" ethnic and cultural identity. Topics include popular media, national monuments, and artistic performance including musicals, theater, drama, film, and tourist sites. |
| EACS 189A - Vietnamese History |
| (4) Fogel |
| An introduction to the history of Vietnam and its place in East and Southeast Asia. Vietnamese history from antiquity through the early twentieth century. |
| EACS 201AS - Advanced Historical Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate students only. |
| A reading course in a field of the professor's specialty. Introduces the student to the sources and literature of the field in question. Written work as prescribed by the instructor. |
| EACS 212 - Canon Formation, Periodization, and Disciplinarity in East Asian Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| An analysis of classical, medieval, and modern sets of "canons" including myth historiography, literature and the arts, with a view to question the way they were mutually distinguished (disciplinary) and changed through time (periodization) recognizing both internal conceptions and external influences. |
| EACS 215 - Topics in Modern East Asian Cultural Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| As a forum for the practice of discussion, critique, and writing, this seminar takes up broad topics within the study of modern and comtemporary East Asian cultures in an interdisciplinary manner. |
| EACS 218 - The Art and Theory of Translation |
| (4) STAFF |
| An introduction to the literature of translation studies and practice in translation from principally, Chinese and Japanese. Students are encouraged to explore the extent to which translation theory can be usefully (artfully?) applied to translations in progress. |
| EACS 257 - Seminar in Buddhist Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Historical, philosophical, methodological, and/or bibliographical analysis of different aspects of Buddhism or of selected areas in the study of Buddhism. |
| EACS 259 - Topics in East Asian Buddhist Thought |
| (4) Powell |
| Prerequisites: Graduate students only. |
| A historical and critical analysis of selected issues in the development ofbuddhist thought in China, Korea and Japan. |
| EACS 281A - Sino-Japanese Cultural and Political Relations, 1850-1945 |
| (4) Fogel |
| Prerequisites: Knowledge of Chinese and/or Japanese. |
| Reading and research seminar on the interrealtionship between chinese and japanese history from the first modern contacts until the end of World War II. Emphasis on cultural and political interactions. |
| EACS 281B - Sino-Japanese Cultural and Political Relations, 1850-1945 |
| (4) Fogel |
| Prerequisites: Knowledge of Chinese and/or Japanese. |
| Reading and research seminar on the interrealtionship between chinese and japanese history from the first modern contacts until the end of World War II. Emphasis on cultural and political interactions. |