School of Liberal Arts: Asian Studies
2008-2009 Academic Year
275
Office:
220 Newcomb Hall
Phone:
504-862-3024
Fax:
504-865-5869
Website:
www.tulane.edu/~asia
Program Administrators
Carl L. Bankston, Sociology (Director)
Asian Studies Faculty
Huimin Xie, Chinese
Michael Wood, Japanese
Adjunct Faculty
Guy Beck, Asian Religions
Chingchi Chiang, Chinese
Kumiko Akama, Japanese
Saeko Jensen, Japanese
Victoria Tsai, Chinese
Joseph Vuong, Vietnamese
Faculty Associates
Kathleen Davis, Spanish and Portuguese
Shanshan Du, Anthropology
Richard A. Marksbury (Dean, School of Continuing Education)
Allison Truitt, Anthropology
The coordinate major in Asian studies consists of nine courses irrespective of
whether the courses are three or four credits taken from the courses listed below.
Students who do not satisfy the language proficiency with an Asian language
must include within the nine courses at least two courses in an Asian language.
Asian Studies credit may be earned in the semester abroad program at Kansai
Gaidai University in Japan.
ASTA 146 Contemporary Asian Communities (3)
Prof. Bankston. This course provides a sociological introduction to America's
rapidly growing Asian American populations and to the major issues facing these
populations. Same as SOCI 146.
ASTA 300 Chinese Literature in Translation (3)
Prof. Davis. This course provides an overview of Chinese literature from its
beginnings in early Chinese history to the present.