East Asian Language and Culture

fall 2026
 
All Classes
  • East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Head of Department: Shao Dan
  • Department Office: 2090 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building, 707 South Mathews, Urbana
  • P: 217-244-1432
Subjects associated with this department include: Asian Studies (ASST), Chinese (CHIN), East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC), Japanese (JAPN), and Korean (KOR).
COURSE NUMBER COURSE TITLE
EALC 120 East Asian Civilizations
EALC 199 Undergraduate Open Seminar
EALC 212 East Asian Art History
EALC 222 Chinese Thought and Culture
EALC 227 Modern Japanese History
EALC 230 Popular Cultures of Contemporary East Asia
EALC 231 Across Borders: Language and Identity in Greater China and the Chinese Diaspora
EALC 250 Intro to Japanese Culture
EALC 260 Topics in Korean Studies
EALC 275 Masterpieces of East Asian Lit
EALC 276 Asian Film Genres
EALC 287 Introduction to Buddhism
EALC 288 Contemporary East Asia
EALC 344 Government and Politics of Japan
EALC 360 Seminar in Korean Studies
EALC 367 History of Korea
EALC 390 Individual Study
EALC 398 Colloquium in EALC
EALC 402 Ways of Seeing in Edo Japan
EALC 485 Karma of Words: Buddhism, Language and the Literary Arts of Japan
EALC 490 Individual Study
EALC 495 Topics in Asian Religions
EALC 500 Proseminar in EALC
EALC 511 Applied Literary Translation I
EALC 550 Seminar in EALC
EALC 560 East Asian Language Pedagogy
EALC 590 Individual Study and Research