Asian Studies Minor
Students are required to take 18 hours, selected from at least three departments, from a variety of courses focusing on the history and thought of the peoples in Asia. Up to six hours of a single foreign language (Japanese or Chinese) at any level may be applied to minor requirements. No more than nine hours may be taken in any one program, and at least nine hours must be taken at the 30000 level or above.
Asian Studies Approved Courses
Introduction to Asian Studies | 3 | |
Asian Cultures, Politics, and Societies through Media | 3 | |
Ethnology of Selected Areas | 3 | |
Chinese Calligraphy | 3 | |
Beginning Chinese I | 3 | |
Beginning Chinese II | 3 | |
Intermediate Chinese I | 3 | |
Intermediate Chinese II | 3 | |
Intermediate Chinese IV | 3 | |
Chinese Culture in Film | 3 | |
Chinese Civilization and Culture | 3 | |
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Communicating in the Chinese Workplace | 3 | |
Directed Study in Chinese | 1-6 | |
Asian Economics | 3 | |
Modern India: Literature and Culture | 3 | |
East Asian Civilization to 1700 | 3 | |
East Asian Civilization Since 1700 | 3 | |
Honors History Asian Civilization to 1500 | 3 | |
Honors History of Asian Civilization Since 1500 | 3 | |
History of Modern China: from Ming to Mao | 3 | |
The Vietnam War | 3 | |
Second Semester College Japanese | 3 | |
Third Semester College Japanese | 3 | |
Fourth Semester College Japanese | 3 | |
Asian Philosophies | 3 | |
Political Economy of Human Trafficking | 3 | |
International Relations of East Asia | 3 | |
The International Relations of Japan | 3 | |
Chinese Foreign Policy | 3 | |
Japanese Politics and Society Through Film | 3 | |
The Politics of Japan | 3 | |
Politics of China | 3 | |
Contemporary Issues in China | 3 | |
Entrepreneurship in China | 3 | |
Defining the Nation: China and India in Crisis | 3 | |
Hindu Religious Perspectives | 3 | |
East Asian Religious Perspectives | 3 | |
Buddhism: Thought and Practice | 3 | |
Religion and Goddess Traditions of India | 3 | |
The Many Faces of Krishna | 3 | |
Religion and Violence | 3 |
Course offerings may vary, and other courses may be allowed with approval of the minor director when those courses focus on Asia. For more information, contact the program director, Michael Strausz, in the Department of Political Science.