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MINOR IN EAST ASIAN STUDIES

This interdisciplinary minor offers students the opportunity to enchance their major with 18 credit hours of Asia-related coursework.  Students have the option of an East Asian Studies Minor Without Language or East Asian Studies Minor With Language.

EAST ASIAN STUDIES WITHOUT LANGUAGE
Number of credits required: 18

Required courses:
A. Introductory Courses:


6 credits in two different disciplines from the following courses in the humanities. (NOTE: CHIN, FLLT, and JAPN courses are all from a single discipline/department).
ARSC 136 East Asian Film*
ARTH 233 Art of China
ARTH 237 Art of Tibet (if not selected as a required course)
CHIN 208 Contemporary Chinese Culture I
FLLT 321 Topics: Chinese Literature in Translation
FLLT 328 Topics: Japanese Literature in Translation
FLLT 330 Chinese Women Writers
FLLT 331 Introduction to Chinese Films
FLLT 338 Introduction to Japanese Films
FLLT 360 Japanese Visual Culture
FLLT 380 Topics: Japanese Culture in Translation
FLLT 381 Topics: Chinese Culture in Translation
JAPN 208 Contemporary Japanese Culture I
MUSC 206 Music of China
PHIL 309 Indian Religion and Philosophy
PHIL 310 Chinese Religion and Philosophy

6 credits from the following courses in the social sciences:
ANTH 210 Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia
OR
ANTH 211 Peoples and Cultures of East Asia
  
HIST 137 East Asian Civilizations: China
HIST 138 East Asian Civilizations: Japan
HIST 270 History of Modern Asia
POSC 312 East Asian Political Systems

B. Advanced Courses:
6 credits of advanced course work that includes, among others:
ANTH 310 Asian Women's Lives
ANTH 312 Asian Women in the Globalized Workplace
ANTH 313 New Rich in Asia
ARTH 445 Seminar in Asian Art
CHIN 455 Selected Authors and Works in Chinese
CRJU 467 Crime & Criminal Justice in East Asia
ENGL 381 Asian American Women:  Culture and History
ENGL 382 Literature and History of Asian America
FLLT 328 Modern Japanese Literature
FLLT 330 Chinese Women Writers
HIST 365 Topics in East Asian History*
HIST 367 (only when Asia related)*
HIST 369 China Since 1900
HIST 370 History of Modern Japan
HIST 371 Post-war Japan
HIST 372 Popular Culture in Urban Japan
HIST 391 World War II in Asia and the Pacific
HIST 392 Buddhism and Politics in Modern Asia
HIST 393 History of Modern Vietnam
HIST 479 Seminar in Asian History*
JAPN 455 Selected Authors, Works and Themes
PHIL 367 Comparative Philosophy (when Asia related)
POSC 427 Politics in China
POSC 429 Southeast Asia and the World
POSC 443 China and the World

*May be repeated if topics varied.

For approval of Independent Studies and Special Problems courses and for course substitutions in all the East Asian Studies degree programs, please contact the Director of East Asian Studies before registering for them. This course list will be updated from time-to-time. A minimum of C- is required in all courses.

EAST ASIAN STUDIES WITH LANGUAGE

The minor with language consists of the above listed 18 credits of requirements plus completion of either CHIN 107 or JAPN 107 or their equivalents in transfer credit or proficiency examination.



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