William Carroll, PhD

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts - East Asian Studies Dept
Directory

Winter Term 2026 (1940)

EASIA 260 - Popular Culture and Contemporary Japanese Society

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Cultural texts and social changes in contemporary Japan. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 or consent of Department.

LECTURE B01 (87688)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
MWF 09:00 - 09:50



EASIA 369 - East Asian Cinema

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-2.5)

Survey of East Asian cinemas such as those of mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. Prerequisite: FS 100 or EASIA 101

LECTURE B01 (87690)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
MWF 12:00 - 12:50

LAB H01 (87691)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
T 18:00 - 20:30



FS 100 - Introduction to Film Study

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-2.5)

Introduction to basic formal concepts in film analysis including mise-en-scène, cinematographic properties, editing, and sound, as well as narrative qualities.

LECTURE B04 (88555)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
TR 14:00 - 15:20

LAB H04 (88556)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
T 18:00 - 20:30



FS 369 - East Asian Cinema

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-2.5)

Survey of East Asian cinemas such as mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. Prerequisite: FS 100.

LECTURE B01 (88181)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
MWF 12:00 - 12:50

LAB H01 (88182)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
T 18:00 - 20:30

Winter Term 2027 (1980)

EASIA 422 - Urban Crime Film in East Asia

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-2.5)

Seminar on the crime genre in East Asian cinema, focusing on how it visualizes unseen and illicit networks of interaction in urban spaces in the modern and contemporary metropolises of Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 or FS 100.

LECTURE B01 (82363)

2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09
TR 12:30 - 13:50

LAB H01 (82364)

2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09
T 18:00 - 20:30



JAPAN 429 - Japanese-English Translation

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Theory and practice in translation as applied to Japanese and English literary and non-literary texts. Prerequisite or corequisite: JAPAN 401 or consent of Department.

LECTURE B01 (82365)

2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09
TR 09:30 - 10:50