{"id":653,"date":"2019-05-21T09:30:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/?p=653"},"modified":"2019-05-21T10:07:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T17:07:34","slug":"asia230-introduction-to-asian-cultures-offered-again-in-spring-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/asia230-introduction-to-asian-cultures-offered-again-in-spring-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"ASIA230 (Introduction to Asian Cultures) Offered Again in Spring, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Modern Languages Studies is offering ASIA230, Introduction to Asian Cultures, in Spring 2020 for the 6th year.&nbsp; It is currently scheduled from 16:00 to 17:30 on Mondays &amp; Wednesdays.<\/p>\n<p>This course will provide students with a basic knowledge and understanding of the cultures of the main Asian countries, including elements from linguistics, literature, history of the region, socio-economic and political structures.&nbsp; The course is taught in English and also open to Japanese and Chinese native speakers.&nbsp; It is a part of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/programs.viu.ca\/arts-humanities-social-sciences\/proficiency-language-and-culture-certificate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Certificate of Proficiency in Language and Culture<\/a><\/strong> in Asian Studies.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on ASIA230, please contact the instructor, Lei Chen at&nbsp;(250)753-3245 x2327 or <a href=\"mailto:Lei.Chen@viu.ca\">Lei.Chen@viu.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Modern Languages Studies is offering ASIA230, Introduction to Asian Cultures, in Spring 2020 for the 6th year.&nbsp; It is currently scheduled from 16:00 to 17:30 on Mondays &amp; Wednesdays. This course will provide students with a basic knowledge and understanding of the cultures of the main Asian countries, including elements from linguistics, literature, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11,6,17],"class_list":["post-653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest_news","tag-asian-culture","tag-proficiency-certificate","tag-spring-semester"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}