The Asian Studies Minor
The College of Arts and Sciences offers an interdisciplinary minor in Asian studies. The minor provides students with a multifaceted understanding of Asian societies, histories, languages, political systems, and geographies. The minor requires a total of 21 credit hours, distributed as 12 hours of core courses and 9 hours of designated electives.
Core courses:
HST 103 - Introduction to Global History 1500-1848PAR 232 - Asian Religions
PLS 317/337/339 - This course is no longer offered; we will substituate another Asian Studies course in its stead.
3 hours of a foreign language (either JPN 101, CHN 101, or transfer credit of study of another Asian language)
Elective courses:
CHN 101 - Introductory Chinese ICHN 102 - Introductory Chinese II
FST 380 - Introduction to Bollywood Cinema
FST 385 - Japanese Cinema
GGY 181 - World Geography II
HST 203 - The Sea in History
HST 360 - History of Modern China
HST 361 - History of Modern Japan
HST 363 - History of Premodern East Asia
HST 365 - India and Pakistan after 1947
HST 366 - History of Southeast Asia
HST 497 - Topics in Asian History
INT 335 - Topics in Asia
INT 336 - Modern China through Film
INT 337 - China Encounters the World
INT 338 - Modern Japan through Film
JPN 101 - Introductory Japanese I
JPN 102 - Introductory Japanese II
JPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I
JPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II
JPN 211 - Perspectives on Contemporary Japanese Culture
JPN 294 - Japanese Study Abroad I
PAR 370 - Tibetan Buddhism
PAR 371 - Buddhism
PAR 372 - Religions of India
PAR 373 - Chinese Religions
PAR 374 - Japanese Religions
PAR 375 - Islam
PLS 317 - Political Thought of Asia
PLS 337 - Chinese Politics
PLS 339 - Asian Politics
Total: 21 hours
Additional Information:At least six credits of the total 21 must be taken at the 300-level or above. No more than 9 hours in a single discipline may be counted towards the minor.
Substitutions may be approved for topic courses, seminars, directed individual study, field work, and/or study abroad that focus primarily on Asia. Students must have a grade of “C-” or better for each course counted towards the minor and an overall “C” (2.00) average or better for all courses counted for the minor.
