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Asian Studies Requirements

Requirements for the Asian Studies Minor (20 semester hours)

Twenty semester hours are required for the Asian Studies minor. Credits to be earned abroad should be approved by the Asian Studies faculty before the foreign study program begins.

One course from the following entry courses (4)

  • GCS201 Gateway to East Asia

  • CCM288 Introducing Asia to the World

  • HIST118 East Asian Civilization Since 1800

Four courses from the following list, two of which must be 300 or 400 level courses (16 semester hours)

  • Any course with an ASIA prefix

  • ARTH113 Introduction to Chinese Art History

  • ARTH114 Introduction to Japanese Art History

  • CCM258 Gender and Mass Communication in China

  • CCM301 Asian Visual and Creative Culture

  • CCM310 Asian Social Media in a Global Context: Critique and Design

  • CHNSE199 Topics in Chinese Studies

  • GCS254 Folklore and Identity

  • CHNSE299 Topics in Chinese Studies

  • GCS352 Rites of Passage in Chinese Society

  • CHNSE399 Topics in Chinese Studies

  • CHNSE429 Topics in Chinese Studies

  • HIST131W Culture, Power, Society (topic dependent)

  • HIST233 Asian Empires on the Silk Road

  • HIST265 Late Imperial China

  • HIST281 History of Modern Japan

  • HIST282 China in Revolution, 1911-1949

  • HIST331 Asian Environmental History

  • HIST344W Studies in East Asian History

  • HIST383 Mao's China 1949-1979

  • INTST374 Asia and the International System

  • INTST380 Asia Politics and Development

  • JAPN201W Modern Japanese Society and Culture

  • JAPN314W Japanese Literature in Translation

  • JAPN340 The Japanese Cinema

  • REL354 Topics in Asian Religion

Note: Where scheduling difficulties resulting from participation in an overseas study program may arise, some course substitutions, including independent study courses, may be allowed, subject to faculty approval. For advising or information, contact one of the program faculty.

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