The science of sedimentary rocks, focusing on the interpretation of sedimentary strata. Topics vary: visit the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences course listing website for details. May be taken more than once for credit provided no topic in EAS 565 or EAS 465 is repeated. Topics include: (1) Carbonate Sedimentology and Diagenesis; (2) Clastic Sedimentology. Classes concurrent with EAS 465.

Origin and formation of igneous and metamorphic rocks in the light of field, mineralogical, chemical and experimental evidence. Topics vary: see www.eas.ualberta.ca/eas566 for details. May be taken more than once for credit provided no topic in EAS 466 or 566 is repeated. Topics include: (1) Cratons, Kimberlites and Diamonds; (2) Petrology of Subduction Processes. Classes concurrent with EAS 466. [Faculty of Science]

The geologically evolving Earth and its context in an evolving solar system. Topics vary: visit the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences course listing website for details. May be taken more than once for credit provided no topic in EAS 467 or EAS 567 is repeated. Topics include: (1) Meteorites and Other Planetary Materials; (2) Earth System Evolution; (3) Astrobiology (this topic may not be taken for credit if credit has been obtained in the same BIO 495 or 595 topic). Classes concurrent with EAS 467. [Faculty of Science]

Application of geochemistry to Earth materials and geological settings. Topics vary: see www.eas.ualberta.ca/eas568 for details. May be taken more than once for credit provided no topic in EAS 468 or 568 is repeated. Topics include: (1) Geochemistry of Ore Deposits (Not available to students with credit in EAS 434); (2) Environmental Geochemistry. Classes concurrent with EAS 468. [Faculty of Science]

A study of recent developments in climatology. Climate models and their use in examining past and future climates. Interactions between the atmosphere and terrestrial systems. [Faculty of Science]

Dynamics and physics of general circulation models. Numerical Weather Prediction models, ocean models, limited area models. Finite difference methods; spectral methods, and numerical stability. Class concurrent with EAS 471. Not available to students with credit in EAS 471. [Faculty of Science]

An introduction to principles of groundwater chemistry, the chemical evolution of natural groundwater flow systems, sources of contamination, and mass transport processes. Hydrogeologic aspects of waste disposal and groundwater remediation. Research project. Classes concurrent with EAS 425. Not available to students with credit in EAS 425. [Faculty of Science]

Cloud properties; convection; precipitation; weather radar; severe convective storms; precipitation forecasting. Research project. Classes concurrent with EAS 470. Not available to students with credit in EAS 470.

Introduces the interactions of electromagnetic radiation with terrestrial materials (rocks, soils, water, snow). These notions are fundamental for the interpretation of optical, thermal, and radar remote sensing imagery. Labs focus on image processing with emphasis on radiometric and geometric enhancements and image classification. Covers existing and upcoming sensors and applications of the data to earth sciences including geologic and land use mapping and resource exploration. Prerequisites: EAS 220 and 221. Classes concurrent with EAS 451. Not available to students with credit in EAS 451. [Faculty of Science]

An introduction to fluid dynamics on the rotating Earth with reference to the atmosphere and ocean, equations of motion and their simplification, the atmospheric boundary layer, wind-driven ocean circulation; waves in the atmosphere and ocean, instability and turbulence. Class concurrent with EAS 475. Not available to students with credit in EAS 475. [Faculty of Science]

Important aspects of pre-modern and modern East Asia from a broad interdisciplinary perspective.

An introduction to the East Asian languages and cultures.

Topics may include language and gender, identity, dialects. Lectures in English. Note: Not open to students with credit in CHINA 241. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and CHINA 102, or consent of Department.

Pre- or co-requisite: JAPAN 201, or consent of Department.

Theoretical and practical approaches to Japanese in real-life communicative situations. Prerequisite: Japan 202 or consent of Department.

Explores indigenous peoples, cultures, and issues of East Asia. No Prerequisites. Taught in English. All readings/viewing in English or with English subtitles.

Survey of the major religious traditions of China, Japan, and Korea.

Survey of the major music traditions of China, Japan, and Korea through an exploration of Silk Road influences on Chinese music and Chinese musical influences on Japanese and Korean Music.

Cultural interactions between China, Japan, and Korea through literature, film and media.

Development of Western influenced popular music in Chinese Speaking East Asia from 1911 to the present day. Prerequisites: EASIA 101, or consent of the department. Taught in English. All readings in English.

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

Major trends in Chinese literature, art, and other forms of cultural expression, from earliest times to the modern period. Note: Not open to students with credit in CHINA 240. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 or consent of Department.

Cultural representations of gender and sexuality throughout history in the Chinese-speaking world.

Literary and historical perspectives on the elite of pre-modern China. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 or consent of Department.

The development of modernity in modern and contemporary China, Taiwan, and/or Hong Kong and its influence on literature, cinema, visual culture and/or popular culture.

Adaptation, reinvention, and scholarly analysis of premodern East Asian art, literature, and performance.

Classical Chinese Confucian thought and its influence on the later history and culture of China.

Classical Chinese Daoist thought and its influence on the later history and culture of China.

Major trends in Japanese literature, art, and other forms of cultural expression, from earliest times to the modern period. Note: Not open to students with credit in JAPAN 240.

Literature and art of early modern Japan, with attention paid to representations of warriors, women, and the supernatural. Prerequisite: EASIA 101, or consent of the Department.

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

Major trends in Korean literature, art, and other forms of cultural expression, from earliest times to the modern period. Note: Not open to students with credit in KOREA 240.

Survey of the society and culture of modern Korea.

Survey of the society and culture of contemporary Korea.

Exploration of 20 important keywords crucial for understanding Korean culture in an East-Asian context.

Sound system, basic sentence structure, writing system, and language change and variation. Note: Not open to students with credit in CHINA 308. Prerequisites: LING 101 and CHINA 202, or consent of Department.

Issues and methods in Chinese language processing and spoken language comprehension. Prerequisite: LING 101 and CHINA 202, or consent of Department.

A Chinese linguistic course that discusses the linguistic patterns used in interactions in Chinese social institutions, such as legal, medical, and classroom interactions. Lectures in English. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and CHINA 202 or consent of Department.

Japanese pronunciation and introduction to Japanese sound structure. Prerequisite: JAPAN 202 or consent of Department.

Sound system, parts of speech, basic sentence structure, writing system, and language change and variation. Note: Not open to students with credit in JAPAN 325. Prerequisite: JAPAN 202 and one of EASIA 211, EASIA 316 or LING 101, or consent of Department.

Introduction to social and interactional aspects of the Japanese language. Prerequisite: JAPAN 202 and 3 units from EASIA 211, EASIA 315 or LING 101, or consent of Department.

An examination of how visual representations of indigenous peoples across East Asia both perpetuate colonial power structures and enable contemporary self-representation, cultural resilience, and decolonizing practices.

Introduction to the history of Buddhist art of South and East Asia. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

Note: May be repeated for credit when course content differs. Prerequisite: EASIA 223 or RELIG 240, or consent of Department.

Note: Not open to students with credit in EASIA 323 with the topic Edo and Modern Japan.

Cultural interactions involving China, Japan, and Korea in media in East Asia. Topics may include Singleton and Otaku culture, Asian Martial Arts, Taekwondo, Three Kingdoms, The Great War in East Asia, Judge Dee stories and films, Internet Literature.

A workshop on translating poetry from Chinese, Japanese, or Korean into English. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and one of CHINA 301, JAPAN 301, or KOREA 301, or consent of Department.

From earliest times through the Qing Dynasty. Note: Not open to students with credit in CHINA 321. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

Chinese literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

May be repeated for credit when course content differs. Prerequisite: one of EASIA, or consent of Department.

Survey of Japanese anime focused on history of the animation industry in Japan, processes and aesthetics of Japanese animation, anime's role in contemporary Japanese popular culture, and global fandoms of anime. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 or FS 100.

Course on video games originating from Japan and their role within Japanese society, and as a vessel for exporting Japanese popular culture over the last half century. Readings will include current research on Japanese history and popular culture as well as theory of the aesthetics and ludics and video games. Students will play and analyze video games made in Japan.Prerequisite: EASIA 101.

Environmental history and representations of nature and the environment in premodern Chinese literature. Prerequisites: EASIA 101 or 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of the department.

Selected works by prominent writers from 1868 to the present. Note: Not open to students with credit in JAPAN 322. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

Representations of the supernatural in Japanese literature from the earliest times to the present day. Prerequisites: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of the Department.

Representations of the supernatural in Chinese literature, from the earliest times to the present. Prerequisites: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of the department. All readings in English.

The relationship between culture and identity in Taiwan through the study of literature and film in translation. Note: Not open to students with credit in CHINA 351. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

Culture and identity in Hong Kong through the study of literature and film in translation. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

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

Note: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

From earliest times through the Joseon (Choson) Dynasty. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

Note: Not open to students with credit in EASIA 370 when its topic is Culture Reflected on K-Pop. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 or consent of Department.

The development of art made in and about Korea, from the Three Kingdoms era to the 21st century. Painting, sculpture, architecture, urban design, video art, installation, performance, and photography.

Examination of the political, economic, social, or cultural relationship between Korea and Canada.

Sound system, parts of speech, basic sentence structure, writing system, and language change and variation. Prerequisite: LING 101 and KOREA 202, or consent of Department. Note: Not open to students with credit in KOREA 325.

Introduction to social and cultural aspects of the Korean language. Prerequisite: LING 101 and KOREA 202 or consent of Department.

Discussion of the major linguistic features of the Chinese language. Note: Not open to students with credit in CHINA 408. Prerequisite: CHINA 302 and EASIA 305, or consent of Department.

Discussion and application of the research methods for Chinese linguistics and pedagogy. Prerequisites: CHINA 302 or equivalent and EASIA 305, or consent of Department.

Discussion of the major linguistic features of the Japanese language. Lectures in English. Note: Not open to students with credit in JAPAN 425. Prerequisite: 3 units from EASIA 315, EASIA 316, or EASIA 456, or consent of Department.

Critical reading of Western representations of the East, and Eastern representations of the West. All readings in English. Prerequisite: EASIA 101, or consent of Department. Not to be taken by students with credit in C LIT 426.

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.

May be repeated for credit when course content differs. Prerequisite: 3 units from EASIA 223, EASIA 323, or RELIG 240, or consent of the Department.

Exploration of changing visions of Japanese religions, past and present. Prerequisite: 3 units from EASIA 101, RELIG 103, EASIA 223, RELIG 240, EASIA 325, or RELIG 343, or consent of instructor.

Readings in English of East Asian and Euro-American philosophers and critics. Prerequisite: EASIA 101, or 3 units in literary theory, or consent of Department.

Colonialism, soft power and transnational connections in East Asia through the lens of cultural production. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

May be repeated for credit when course content differs. Prerequisite EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at a senior level, or consent of Department.

The interdisciplinary study of East Asian traditional landscape painting and music through combined research and creative practices. Prerequisites; EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at a senior level, or consent of Department.

The major works of a particular period or aspect of Chinese literature prior to 1900. Note: May be repeated for credit when course content differs. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department. CHINA 341 recommended.

Addresses material and social aspects of book history in premodern China. Prerequisites: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at a senior level, or consent of Department. Taught in English. All readings in English.

Emphasis on the production of poetry as a cultural object. Note: Not open to students with credit in CHINA 410. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department. CHINA 341 recommended.

A crossdisciplinary study of Chinese and Sinophone literary and cinematic texts in English translation. May be repeated for credit when content varies. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

May be repeated for credit when course content differs. May involve discussions in Chinese. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 AND 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of the Department.

The major works of a particular period or aspect of Japanese literature. Note: May be repeated for credit when course content differs. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

A critically-informed exploration and examination of Japan's greatest literary text and its thousand-year reception history. Not open to students with credit in EASIA 441. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in senior-level EASIA, or consent of Department. Not open to Students with Credits in EASIA 441 When the Topic was 'Tale of Genji'.

Note: Not open to students with credit in JAPAN 416. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

Depictions of the rise and rule of the warrior class in Japan in the medieval war epic The Tale of the Heike and other texts. Prerequisites: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

May be repeated for credit when course content differs. Not open to web registration. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.

Note: May be repeated for credit when course content differs. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 and 3 units in EASIA at the senior level, or consent of Department.