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East Asian Studies Minor

Requirements

Required Courses: (18 Credits)

Group A

Choose TWO or THREE courses from the following:
CHI 101Elementary Chinese I (Mandarin)

4 credits
CHI 102Elementary Chinese II (Mandarin)

4 credits
CHI 154Chinese Culture and Literature

3 credits
And
CHI 155Topic from Chinese Literature in Translation

3 credits
CHI 271Intermediate Chinese I

3 credits
JPN 101Elementary Japanese I

3 credits
JPN 102Elementary Japanese II

3 credits
JPN 271Intermediate Japanese I

3 credits
JPN 272Intermediate Japanese II

3 credits
JPN 154Topic: Modern Japanese Literature and Film in English Translation

3 credits
And
JPN 155Topic from Japanese Literature in Translation

3 credits

Note: Students may not count the credit from CHI 101 or JPN 101 unless the corresponding 102 course is completed.

Group B

Choose THREE or FOUR courses from the following:
ART 220Art History: Aspects of Asian Art

3 credits
HIS 131The Asian World: A Historical Survey

3 credits
HIS 239Wars in the Asia-Pacific

3 credits
HIS 241Modern China

3 credits
HIS 242Modern Japan

3 credits
HIS 296ABarbarians and Mandarins: China’s Inner Asian Frontiers

3 credits
HIS 296BTopic: Modern East Asia in Film

3 credits
HIS 296ETopic: Tolstoy, Turks and Taliban: Russia's "Orient"

3 credits
HIS 296ICultural Heritage and Service Learning in Inner Asia

3 credits
HIS 296UBible and Gun: Christianity in China Since 1500

3 credits
HIS 296YTopic: History of Non-Violent Activism in Modern Asia

3 credits
INT 196JThe Sacred and the Secular in East Asia

6 credits
INT 297AHong Kong and Bollywood: Globalization of Asian Cinema

6 credits
LIT 211FWorlds In Literature: The Asian Diaspora

3 credits
RES 202Great Ideas in Eastern Religious Thought

3 credits

Students completing INT 196J may not count HIS 131 or RES 202 towards the EAS Minor.

HIS 296I: (travel course)

Note: Other history and culture courses in the field of Asian Studies can be substituted with approval of program director.

One course from a professional program (e.g., business, accounting) with a clearly defined focus on East Asia may be counted towards this minor with approval of the program director.

Total Credit Hours: 18

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