19. Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars

Units: 1.0

Seminar, one hour. Discussion of and critical thinking about topics of current intellectual importance, taught by faculty members in their areas of expertise and illuminating many paths of discovery at UCLA. P/NP grading.

M20. Visible Language: Study of Writing

Units: 5.0

(Same as Indo-European Studies M20, Near Eastern Languages M20, Slavic M20, and Southeast Asian M20.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Consideration of concrete means of language representation in writing systems. Earliest representations of language known are those of Near East dating to end of 4th millennium BC. While literate civilizations of Egypt, Indus Valley, China, and Mesoamerica left little evidence of corresponding earliest developments, their antiquity and, in case of China and Mesoamerica, their evident isolation mark these centers as loci of independent developments in writing. Basic characteristics of early scripts, assessment of modern alphabetic writing systems, and presentation of conceptual basis of semiotic language representation. Origins and development of early non-Western writing systems. How Greco-Roman alphabet arose in 1st millennium BC and how it compares to other modern writing systems. P/NP or letter grading.

30. Languages and Cultures of Asia

Units: 5.0

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Comparative perspective on Asian languages, with emphasis on three major East Asian languages--Chinese, Japanese, and Korean--to show what they share and how they differ in terms of linguistic features, historical development, and larger cultural settings in which these three languages are used. P/NP or letter grading.

M60. Introduction to Buddhism

Units: 5.0

(Same as Religion M60A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course M60W. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. General survey of development of Buddhism in India, with focus on those religious doctrines and meditative practices most essential to various Asian traditions of Buddhism. Letter grading.

M60W. Introduction to Buddhism

Units: 5.0

(Same as Religion M60W.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course M60. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. General survey of Buddhist worldview and lifestyle, with focus on those religious doctrines and meditative practices most essential to various Asian traditions of Buddhism. Particular attention to problems involved in study of religion. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.

M61. Introduction to Zen Buddhism

Units: 5.0

(Same as Religion M61.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Introduction to Zen traditions and to interplay between Zen and other fundamental cultural and religious concerns in East Asia. Topics include role of Zen within Buddhist thought and practice, artistic and literary arts, society, and daily life. Letter grading.

70A. Popular Culture in East Asia: 17th through 19th Centuries

Units: 5.0

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Popular culture in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Topics include popular religion, language, literature, arts, material culture, cinema, and music. Themes include identities, gender, sexuality, and class relations. Letter grading.

70B. Popular Culture in East Asia: 1895 to 1945

Units: 5.0

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Popular culture in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Topics include popular religion, language, literature, arts, material culture, cinema, and music. Themes include identities, gender, sexuality, and class relations. Letter grading.

70C. Popular Culture in East Asia from 1945

Units: 5.0

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Popular culture in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Topics include popular religion, language, literature, arts, material culture, cinema, and music. Themes include identities, gender, sexuality, and class relations. Letter grading.

89. Honors Seminars

Units: 1.0

(Formerly numbered East Asian Languages and Cultures 89.) Seminar, three hours. Limited to 20 students. Designed as adjunct to lower-division lecture course. Exploration of topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities and led by lecture course instructor. May be applied toward honors credit for eligible students. Honors content noted on transcript. P/NP or letter grading.

89HC. Honors Contracts

Units: 1.0

(Formerly numbered East Asian Languages and Cultures 89HC.) Tutorial, three hours. Limited to students in College Honors Program. Designed as adjunct to lower-division lecture course. Individual study with lecture course instructor to explore topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities. May be repeated for maximum of 4 units. Individual honors contract required. Honors content noted on transcript. Letter grading.

99. Student Research Program

Units: 1.0 to 2.0

Tutorial (supervised research or other scholarly work), three hours per week per unit. Entry-level research for lower-division students under guidance of faculty mentor. Students must be in good academic standing and enrolled in minimum of 12 units (excluding this course). Individual contract required; consult Undergraduate Research Center. May be repeated. P/NP grading.

100. Methods in Asian Linguistics

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Research methodologies for dealing with Asian languages, with emphases on bibliographical, data, and professional resources, issues in analyzing and presenting language examples, explaining language phenomena beyond what is observed, cross-linguistic comparisons, oral presentation skills, and writing reports in organized ways. P/NP or letter grading.

104. Asian Language Pedagogy

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Required of all Asian Languages and Linguistics majors. Current issues in teaching Asian languages. Pedagogical grammar, curricular development, social, cultural, and cognitive foundations of Asian language acquisition, best practices in teaching Asian language writing systems, special issues in teaching heritage students, comparisons of K-12 language teaching and college language teaching, assessment methods, and emerging trends in Asian language teaching. P/NP or letter grading.

120FL. Readings in East Asian Languages

Units: 2.0

Seminar, two hours. Requisite: Chinese 6 or 6A or 6C or Japanese 6 or Korean 6 or 6A. Enforced corequisite: course 120. Additional work in major East Asian languages to enrich and augment work assigned in course 120, including reading, writing, and other exercises in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. P/NP or letter grading.

121. Field Methods in Asian Languages and Cultures

Units: 3.0

Lecture, three hours. Recommended preparation: at least one year of one Asian language. Examination and application of methodologies to better understand language and culture acquisition by working directly with native speaker of Asian language and/or through available materials. One language per term to be selected from languages spoken in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Asia. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

CM124. Teaching and Learning of Heritage Languages

Units: 4.0

(Same as Near Eastern Languages CM114 and Slavic CM114.) Lecture, three hours. Consideration of issues relevant to heritage language learners (HLL) and to heritage language (HL) instruction. Readings and discussion on such topics as definitions of HLs and HLLs; linguistic, demographic, sociolinguistic, and sociocultural profile of HLLs, particularly HL groups most represented among UCLA students; institutional and instructor attitudes toward HLLs; impact of student motivation and expectations on HL curriculum and teaching approaches; similarities and differences between HLLs and foreign language learners (FLLs) regarding teaching methods and materials; diagnostic testing and needs analysis; use of oral/aural proficiency as springboard for literacy instruction; optimization of instruction of mixed HL and FL classes. Action research component included. Concurrently scheduled with course CM224. P/NP or letter grading.

130. Ideas of Culture in East Asian Studies

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Literature and intellectual discourse of modern Japan and Korea from 1910 to 1945. Letter grading.

135. Asian Foodways across Borders

Units: 4.0

Lecture, two and one half hours. Examination of Asian foodways from 19th century to present, looking at how Asian and Western foods have impacted each other as they cross borders. Offers insight into how political, economic, and cultural forces of globalization manifest themselves in everyday life. Focus is on East Asian cuisines, but students are encouraged to incorporate additional information on South and Southeast Asian cuisines. P/NP or letter grading.

151. Buddhist Literature in Translation

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours. Recommended preparation: prior course on Buddhism or traditional Asian religions. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Readings from variety of Buddhist literature of Indic and non-Indic origin, with emphasis on key Buddhist themes and critical issues in cross-cultural interpretations of Asian religious texts. Letter grading.

152. Tibetan Buddhism

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Survey of thought and practices of Buddhism in Tibet from its beginnings to present. Letter grading.

155. Buddhism, Film, and Media

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Recommended requisite: course M60 (or Religion M60A) or M60W (or Religion M60W). Examination of issues related to Buddhism in globalizing world, with focus on changing and diverse presentations of Buddhism in film, print, and new media. P/NP or letter grading.

158. Sinophone Literature: Theories and Texts

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours. Preparation: one upper-division humanities course. Survey of foundational theories of Sinophone studies concerning issues such as Chineseness, diaspora, ethnicity, identity, and multilingualism. Reading of key Sinophone literary texts from Asia. Letter grading.

161. Topics in Asian Religions

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. In-depth examination of selected topics in one or more religious traditions of Asia. Topics vary, but may include death, gender, and state and religion. May be repeated for credit with topic change. Letter grading.

162. Buddhist Meditation Traditions

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Survey of theory and practice of meditation in Buddhism, with emphasis on Theravada and Zen schools. Topics include various typologies of meditation, symbiotic relationship between meditation and soteriology, and processes by which doctrinal innovation prompts changes in meditative praxis. Letter grading.

163. Buddhism across Boundaries

Units: 4.0

Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour. Recommended preparation: prior course on Buddhism or traditional Asian religions. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Investigation of various themes in development of Buddhist traditions across historical periods as well as national and cultural boundaries, including issues of praxis, politics, and translation. Letter grading.

164. Buddhism and Early Religious History of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia: Introduction

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Survey of regions and religions of Central Asia, especially Buddhism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Topics include archaeological, art historical material, and linguistic approaches to history of religions. Letter grading.

C170. Approaches to Study of Religion

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Investigation of many ways in which religion and religions may be studied, including anthropological, sociological, psychological, phenomenological, political, reductionist, and other approaches. Readings of primary and secondary sources of modern scholarship. Concurrently scheduled with course C270. Letter grading.

189. Advanced Honors Seminars

Units: 1.0

(Formerly numbered East Asian Languages and Cultures 189.) Seminar, three hours. Limited to 20 students. Designed as adjunct to undergraduate lecture course. Exploration of topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities and led by lecture course instructor. May be applied toward honors credit for eligible students. Honors content noted on transcript. P/NP or letter grading.

189HC. Honors Contracts

Units: 1.0

Tutorial, three hours. Limited to students in College Honors Program. Designed as adjunct to upper-division lecture course. Individual study with lecture course instructor to explore topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities. May be repeated for maximum of 4 units. Individual honors contract required. Honors content noted on transcript. Letter grading.

190. Research Colloquia in Asian Languages and Cultures

Units: 1.0

Seminar, one hour. Corequisite: course 198A or 198B or 198C or 199. Designed to bring together advanced undergraduate students undertaking individual supervised tutorial research in seminar setting with one or more faculty members to discuss their own work or related work in discipline. Led by one supervising faculty member. May be repeated for credit. P/NP grading.

191A. Variable Topics Research Seminars: Life Writing in East Asia

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Research seminar on selected topics. Readings of biography and autobiography as elements of East Asian cultural traditions, with focus rotating between China, Japan, and Korea. Readings in English and relevant East Asian languages, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading.

191B. Variable Topics Research Seminars: Buddhist Studies

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Limited to juniors/seniors. Research seminar on selected topics in Buddhist studies. Reading, discussion, and development of culminating project. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading.

191H. Honors Research Seminars: Asian Languages and Cultures

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Limited to departmental and College honors students. Introduction to research methods and critical approaches to study of Asia in preparation for writing of senior honors thesis. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading.

193. Speaker Series Seminars: Asian Languages and Cultures

Units: 2.0

Seminar, two hours. Limited to undergraduate students. Introduction to latest scholarship in field of Asian studies. Attendance at selected scholarly presentations required, as well as sessions with faculty adviser to discuss presentations and published works of speakers. May be repeated for credit. P/NP grading.

195. Community Internships in Asian Languages and Cultures

Units: 4.0

Tutorial, one hour; fieldwork, eight hours. Limited to juniors/seniors. Internship in supervised setting in community cultural or organizational setting. Students meet on regular basis with instructor and provide periodic journal reports of their experience. Final paper that combines academic research and knowledge gained from community experience required. Individual contract with supervising faculty member required. P/NP or letter grading.

198A. Honors Research in Asian Languages and Cultures

Units: 4.0

Tutorial, three hours. Preparation: one undergraduate departmental seminar. Limited to junior/senior departmental majors. Development of honors thesis under direct supervision of faculty member. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract required. Letter grading.

198B. Honors Research in Asian Languages and Cultures

Units: 4.0

Tutorial, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 198A. Limited to junior/senior departmental majors. Continuation of work initiated in course 198A. Presentation of research and relevant progress to supervising faculty member. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract required. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 198C).

198C. Honors Research in Asian Languages and Cultures

Units: 4.0

Tutorial, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 198B. Limited to junior/senior departmental majors. Completion of research developed in courses 198A, 198B. Presentation of honors project to supervising faculty member. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract required. Letter grading.

199. Directed Research in Asian Languages and Cultures

Units: 2.0 to 8.0

Tutorial, to be arranged. Recommended preparation: advanced reading knowledge of one Asian language. Limited to juniors/seniors. Supervised individual research or investigation under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating paper or project required. May be repeated once with consent of instructor. Individual contract required. Letter grading.

200. Research Methods in East Asian Linguistics

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Research methodologies for East Asian languages, with emphasis on compiling bibliographic data and using professional resources for research. Examination of issues in analyzing language examples, theoretical implications of linguistic data, and applications of functional linguistics in order to explain language phenomena. S/U or letter grading.

201. Proseminar: Approaches to Buddhist Studies

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Designed for graduate students in Buddhist studies. Introduction to history of field, bibliography, relations with other disciplines, and current issues and research trends. S/U or letter grading.

202. Proseminar: Functional Approaches to Japanese/Korean Linguistics

Units: 4.0

Seminar, four hours. Preparation: three years of Japanese or Korean, one year of any East Asian language, one functional linguistics course. Survey of recent empirical and theoretical research in syntax, semantico-pragmatics, theory of language change, and comparative sociolinguistics in Japanese/Korean. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructors. S/U or letter grading.

203. Variable Topics in East Asian Linguistics

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Advanced course that explores topics in East Asian linguistics through critical reading of current research on Asian languages and in-depth analysis of linguistic data. Topics include linguistic structure, communicative function, pragmatics, language, society, and culture, and language change. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.

204A. Issues and Practices in Teaching Asian Languages

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours. Course 204A is enforced requisite to 204B. Critical reading and discussion of major pedagogical issues in teaching Asian languages (chiefly Chinese, Japanese, Korean) as second languages, with focus on second language acquisition theories and best practices as related to Asian language teaching. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 204B).

204B. Issues and Practices in Teaching Asian Languages

Units: 4.0

Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 204A. Critical reading and discussion of major pedagogical issues in teaching Asian languages (chiefly Chinese, Japanese, Korean) as second languages, with focus on second language acquisition theories and best practices as related to Asian language teaching. S/U or letter grading.

205. Variable Topics in East Asian Culture and History

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Selected topics in East Asian culture and history, with focus on China, Japan, and Korea. May be repeated for credit with topic change. S/U or letter grading.

210. Proseminar: Cultural and Comparative Studies

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Introduction to theoretical topics relevant to comparative study of East Asian cultures in modern period. Readings include Western theoretical works balanced with texts taking congruent approaches to East Asian topics. S/U or letter grading.

215. Seminar: Cultural Studies Theory

Units: 2.0

Seminar, two hours. Requisite: course 210. Reading and discussion of recent theoretical works in cultural studies. S/U grading.

216. Seminar: History and Asia

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Readings and discussion of major historiographical trends, with focus on how they have been applied to Asia. Topics include Marxist histories, Annales school and cultural history, microhistories, gender, space, historical memory, postcolonial histories, subaltern, and modernity and Asia. S/U or letter grading.

220A. Seminar: Topics in Cultural Studies

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Complements course 210. Further investigation of methodology and materials of cultural studies in connection with specific topics selected by instructors. May be repeated for credit. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 220B).

220B. Seminar: Topics in Cultural Studies

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Complements course 210. Further investigation of methodology and materials of cultural studies in connection with specific topics selected by instructors. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading.

222A. Corpus Linguistics

Units: 4.0

(Formerly numbered M222A.) Seminar, three hours. Construction and exploitation of computerized language corpora for studying issues in areas such as lexicology, discourse grammar, language change and variation, language learning, and teaching. Discussion of special issues in working with East Asian language corpora. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 222B).

222B. Corpus Linguistics

Units: 4.0

(Formerly numbered M222B.) Seminar, three hours. Construction and exploitation of computerized language corpora for studying issues in areas such as lexicology, discourse grammar, language change and variation, language learning, and teaching. Discussion of special issues in working with East Asian language corpora. S/U or letter grading.

CM224. Teaching and Learning of Heritage Languages

Units: 4.0

(Same as Near Eastern Languages CM214 and Slavic CM214.) Lecture, three hours. Consideration of issues relevant to heritage language learners (HLL) and to heritage language (HL) instruction. Readings and discussion on such topics as definitions of HLs and HLLs; linguistic, demographic, sociolinguistic, and sociocultural profile of HLLs, particularly HL groups most represented among UCLA students; institutional and instructor attitudes toward HLLs; impact of student motivation and expectations on HL curriculum and teaching approaches; similarities and differences between HLLs and foreign language learners (FLLs) regarding teaching methods and materials; diagnostic testing and needs analysis; use of oral/aural proficiency as springboard for literacy instruction; optimization of instruction of mixed HL and FL classes. Action research component included. Concurrently scheduled with course CM124. S/U or letter grading.

230A. Seminar: Theoretical Topics in East Asian Literature

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of at least one East Asian language. Concerns of literary theory that are brought to fore by reading of literature from or about East Asia. Readings from both Western and Eastern theorists; issues of translation, comparison, and categorization. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 230B).

230B. Seminar: Theoretical Topics in East Asian Literature

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of at least one East Asian language. Concerns of literary theory that are brought to fore by reading of literature from or about East Asia. Readings from both Western and Eastern theorists; issues of translation, comparison, and categorization. Letter grading.

240A. Seminar: Topics in East Asian Literary History

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of at least one East Asian language. Critical issues common to literary historiography in East Asia, including periodization, canon, ideology, interaction between high and low culture, written and oral, etc. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 240B).

240B. Seminar: Topics in East Asian Literary History

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of at least one East Asian language. Critical issues common to literary historiography in East Asia, including periodization, canon, ideology, interaction between high and low culture, written and oral, etc. Letter grading.

243. Translation Workshop: East Asian Texts

Units: 2.0

Seminar, two hours. Requisite: Chinese 200A or Japanese 200 or Korean 200. Translation, grammatical analysis, and discussion of selections from premodern texts that enjoyed classical status throughout East Asia. S/U grading.

245A. Seminar: Position of Modernity in East Asian Literature

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: at least five years of one East Asian language. Designed for graduate students. Conceptual architecture and archaeology of modernity, with readings largely from European sources. In-class debate probes relevance of these readings for work as Asianists. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 245B).

245B. Seminar: Position of Modernity in East Asian Literature

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: at least five years of one East Asian language. Designed for graduate students. Focus on Asian writings. Letter grading.

255. Topics in Southeast Asian Literature and/or Cinema

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Knowledge of one Southeast Asian language recommended but not required. Theoretical concerns raised by works from Southeast Asia, one Southeast Asian nation, and/or Southeast Asian diasporas. Critical and historical examination of literary and/or film representations connected to practices of empire, nation, diaspora, and globalization. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.

261A. Current Issues in Buddhist Studies

Units: 2.0

Seminar, 90 minutes. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Critical reading and discussion of recent scholarship in Buddhist studies and closely related fields. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.

261B. Current Issues in Buddhist Studies

Units: 2.0

Seminar, 90 minutes. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Critical reading and discussion of recent scholarship in Buddhist studies and closely related fields. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.

261C. Current Issues in Buddhist Studies

Units: 2.0

Seminar, 90 minutes. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Critical reading and discussion of recent scholarship in Buddhist studies and closely related fields. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.

265A. Seminar: Selected Topics in Buddhist Studies

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Coverage varies. May be repeated for credit. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 265B).

265B. Seminar: Selected Topics in Buddhist Studies

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Coverage varies. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading.

C270. Approaches to Study of Religion

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Investigation of many ways in which religion and religions may be studied, including anthropological, sociological, psychological, phenomenological, political, reductionist, and other approaches. Readings of primary and secondary sources of modern scholarship. Concurrently scheduled with course C170. Letter grading.

281A. Field Methods for Study of East Asian Oral Traditions

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Description and evaluation of modern approaches to collecting and documenting oral tradition as text, performance, and sociocultural event, providing hands-on experience in fieldwork and archiving methods. Consideration of approaches ranging from written transcription and textualization to audio and video presentations. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 281B).

281B. Field Methods for Study of East Asian Oral Traditions

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Description and evaluation of modern approaches to collecting and documenting oral tradition as text, performance, and sociocultural event, providing hands-on experience in fieldwork and archiving methods. Consideration of approaches ranging from written transcription and textualization to audio and video presentations. S/U or letter grading.

M292. Japan in Age of Empire

Units: 4.0

(Same as Anthropology M247P and History M286.) Seminar, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Since late 19th century, Japan expanded its empire into East and Southeast Asia. Coverage of that period and array of anthropological studies conducted in Japan's colonies and occupied areas in this hardly explored area of study of colonialism. S/U or letter grading.

293. Graduate Student Colloquium

Units: 4.0

Research group meeting, three hours. Designed to provide graduate students in Asian studies with opportunity to present their research to other students and faculty members. S/U grading.

297. Life Writing in East Asia

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Readings of biography and autobiography as elements of East Asian cultural traditions, with focus rotating between China, Japan, and Korea. Readings in English and relevant East Asian languages. Letter grading.

299. Independent Study

Units: 2.0 to 6.0

Tutorial, to be arranged. Designed for graduate students. Guided research and writing of research paper. May be repeated, but only 4 units may be applied toward MA degree. May not be applied toward PhD degree. S/U or letter grading.

301. Teaching East Asian Language as Foreign Language

Units: 4.0

Lecture, four hours. S/U or letter grading.

375. Teaching Apprentice Practicum

Units: 1.0 to 4.0

Seminar, to be arranged. Preparation: apprentice personnel employment as teaching assistant, associate, or fellow. Teaching apprenticeship under active guidance and supervision of regular faculty member responsible for curriculum and instruction at UCLA. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.

495. Teaching Asian Languages at College Level

Units: 4.0

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: appointment as teaching assistant in East Asian languages and cultures or South and Southeast Asian languages and cultures. Study in team-teaching, teaching methodology, developing course materials, and testing. Participation in peer observations and workshops required. Students receive unit credit toward full-time equivalence but not toward any degree requirements. S/U grading.

496C. Computer Technologies for Teaching College-Level Chinese

Units: 2.0

Lecture, two hours. Intended for current or potential teaching assistants in Chinese. Introduction to tools and technology designed to enrich classroom learning, help effectively manage student records, and expose students to current computer software and web resources. May not be applied toward degree requirements. S/U grading.

496E. Computer Technologies for Teaching College-Level East Asian Languages

Units: 2.0

Lecture, two hours. Intended for current or potential teaching assistants in East Asian languages. Introduction to tools and technology designed to enrich classroom learning, help effectively manage student records, and expose students to current computer software and web resources. May not be applied toward degree requirements. S/U grading.

496J. Computer Technologies for Teaching College-Level Japanese

Units: 2.0

Lecture, two hours. Intended for current or potential teaching assistants in Japanese. Introduction to tools and technology designed to enrich classroom learning, help effectively manage student records, and expose students to current computer software and web resources. May not be applied toward degree requirements. S/U grading.

496K. Computer Technologies for Teaching College-Level Korean

Units: 2.0

Lecture, two hours. Intended for current or potential teaching assistants in Korean. Introduction to tools and technology designed to enrich classroom learning, help effectively manage student records, and expose students to current computer software and web resources. May not be applied toward degree requirements. S/U grading.

501. Cooperative Program

Units: 2.0 to 8.0

Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation: consent of UCLA graduate adviser and graduate dean, and host campus instructor, department chair, and graduate dean. Used to record enrollment of UCLA students in courses taken under cooperative arrangements with USC. S/U grading.

596. Directed Individual Studies

Units: 2.0 to 4.0

Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.

597. Preparation for MA Comprehensive Examination or PhD Qualifying Examinations

Units: 4.0 to 8.0

Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.

598. Research for and Preparation of MA Thesis

Units: 4.0 to 8.0

Tutorial, to be arranged. Maximum of 8 units may be applied toward MA degree requirements. S/U grading.

599. Research for and Preparation of PhD Dissertation

Units: 4.0 to 8.0

Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.