Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
- IED: Indigenous Education
- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
- MEDS: Medical Science
- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- PAAS100: Introduction to Pacific and Asian Studies
- PAAS101: Text, Manipulation, Propaganda
- PAAS103: Global Wars in Asia and the Pacific
- PAAS116: Beginner Chinese I: Part 1
- PAAS117: Beginner Chinese I: Part 2
- PAAS118: Intensive Beginner Chinese I
- PAAS120: Introduction to Indonesian I
- PAAS121: Introduction to Indonesian II
- PAAS128: Introduction to Korean I
- PAAS129: Introduction to Korean II
- PAAS138: Intensive Beginner Japanese I
- PAAS150: Premodern Chinese Culture
- PAAS151: Modern Chinese Culture
- PAAS152: Essentials of Chinese Civilisation (in Chinese)
- PAAS153: Chinese Food Culture
- PAAS170: Premodern Southeast Asian Cultures
- PAAS171: Modern Southeast Asian Cultures
- PAAS180: Premodern Japanese Culture
- PAAS181: Modern Japanese Culture
- PAAS202: Topics in Asian Cinema
- PAAS204: Introduction to Asian Religions
- PAAS206: Comics and Graphic Novels in Asia and the Pacific
- PAAS207: Ghosts and Spirits
- PAAS208: Family, Gender and Sexuality in the Asia-Pacific
- PAAS209: Introductory Special Topics in Pacific and Asian Studies
- PAAS215: Language, Media and Translation in PAAS
- PAAS218: Intensive Beginner Chinese II
- PAAS220: Intermediate Indonesian I
- PAAS221: Intermediate Indonesian II
- PAAS228: Pre-Intermediate Korean I
- PAAS229: Pre-Intermediate Korean II
- PAAS238: Intensive Beginner Japanese II
- PAAS240: Traditions of Death and Dying in Asia
- PAAS252: Pop Cultural Asia
- PAAS253: Activism in Asia
- PAAS265A: China and the Premodern World
- PAAS265B: China and the Modern West
- PAAS274: How to Learn a Language
- PAAS275: Modern South Asia from Early Empires to Gandhi
- PAAS279: Introduction to Chinese Language and Linguistics
- PAAS280: A Taste of Japan
- PAAS285: Environmental Justice in Asia
- PAAS299: Experiential Learning
- PAAS305: Religions of East Asia
- PAAS307: Globalization and Religion
- PAAS309: Human Rights and Cultural Expression in the Asia-Pacific Region
- PAAS315: Critical Approaches to History, Culture and Society in PAAS
- PAAS318: Intermediate Chinese
- PAAS320: Indigenous Modernities in Asia
- PAAS338: Intermediate Japanese
- PAAS340: Integrative Intermediate Japanese
- PAAS341: Advanced Readings in Japanese I
- PAAS342: Advanced Readings in Japanese II
- PAAS343: Advanced Comprehension and Conversation in Japanese
- PAAS344: Advanced Composition in Japanese
- PAAS345: Japanese through Popular Culture
- PAAS346: Digital Asia
- PAAS351: Contemporary Chinese Society
- PAAS352: Global Taiwan
- PAAS353: Survey of Classical Chinese Literature
- PAAS355: Modern Chinese Literature and Society 1900-1949 (in English)
- PAAS356: The Literature of the People's Republic of China 1949 to the Present in English
- PAAS357: Chinese Cinema from Text to Screen
- PAAS358: Screening the Nation: Nationalism, Ideology, and Politics in Chinese Cinema
- PAAS361: War and Revolution in China
- PAAS363: Buddhism
- PAAS366: Gendering India from Empire to Bollywood
- PAAS367: Gandhi and the Ethics of Nonviolence
- PAAS372: Southeast Asian Cinema
- PAAS374: Short Films and Filmmaking in Asia
- PAAS375: History of Decolonization in Asia and Africa
- PAAS376: Street Art and Graffiti in Asia
- PAAS380: Japanese Economy, Politics and Culture
- PAAS385: Sex, Gender and the Body in Japanese Culture
- PAAS386: Premodern Japanese Literature in Translation
- PAAS388: Modern Japanese Literature in Translation
- PAAS393: Humanism in Japanese Cinema to the 1960s
- PAAS394: Pre-modern Japanese Theatre
- PAAS395: Intermediate Topics in Pacific and Asian Studies
- PAAS396: Directed Experiential Learning in Pacific and Asian Studies
- PAAS397: Field School in Pacific and Asian Studies
- PAAS398: Asia-Pacific Experiential Learning Project
- PAAS399: Sociolinguistic Issues in Japanese
- PAAS400: Advanced Research Seminar
- PAAS404: Asian Horror Cinema
- PAAS409: Globalization, Cosmopolitanism and Asian-Pacific Cultures
- PAAS410: Advanced Topics in Chinese Language and Culture
- PAAS411: Directed Readings in Chinese Language
- PAAS412: Understanding Chinese Media
- PAAS413: Effective Communication in Chinese
- PAAS418: Classical Chinese Prose
- PAAS420: Chinese Narrative
- PAAS430: Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature
- PAAS432: Directed Readings in Japanese
- PAAS440: Anti-Colonial Movements in Asia
- PAAS451: Asian Mega-Cities and Urban Regions
- PAAS452: Teaching and Learning Chinese as an Additional Language
- PAAS455: Authors in Contemporary Chinese Literature
- PAAS456: Thematic Study of Contemporary Chinese Literature in Translation
- PAAS457: Authors in Classical Chinese Literature
- PAAS458: Themes in Classical Chinese Literature
- PAAS459: Directed Readings in Chinese Linguistics
- PAAS464: Topics in Studies of Australasia
- PAAS481: Transcultural Japan
- PAAS484: Identity in Animated Japanese Cinema
- PAAS485: Seminar in Japanese Language, Literature and Culture
- PAAS487: Trends in Japanese Cinema, 1960 to Present
- PAAS488: Japanese Fantasy
- PAAS493: Seminar in Buddhism in English
- PAAS494: Special Topics in Translating Asian Languages
- PAAS495: Advanced Topics in Pacific and Asian Studies
- PAAS496: Directed Studies in Pacific and Asian Studies
- PAAS497: Special Topics in Asian Languages
- PAAS499: Honours Thesis
PAAS101
Text, Manipulation, Propaganda
The process of textual analysis, covering the written word, film and theatre from different genres, eras and countries. Analysis of the relationship between narrative features, emotional or ideological manipulation of the reader, and various types of propaganda in Asia.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5