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East Asian Studies, Minor

2022-2023 Edition

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East Asian studies minors can choose from either a nonlanguage or a language track. For the nonlanguage track, minors focus on gaining a broad interdisciplinary understanding of Asian societies, economies, politics, and cultures. The core course, East Asian studies, provides students with an understanding of the interlinkages in the historical, social, and political development of China, Korea, and Japan. Students can then choose from elective courses that represent a spectrum of disciplinary knowledge of Asian societies. For the language track, students are required to achieve at least first-year proficiency in an Asian language and also take East Asian studies and two elective courses of their choosing.   

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified.

Complete either the nonlanguage track or the language track.

Nonlanguage Track

Course List
Code Title Hours
Core Course
ASNS 1150East Asian Studies4
Elective Courses
Complete four of the following. They may include up to two courses taken as part of an approved study-abroad program:16
ASNS 2245
The Asian-American Experience
HIST 1253
History of Vietnam Wars
HIST 1500
Modern Chinese History and Culture
HIST 1252
Japanese Literature and Culture
HIST 2308
Law, Justice, and Society in Modern China
HIST 2351
Modern Japan
CHNS 1101
Elementary Chinese 1
CHNS 1102
Elementary Chinese 2
CHNS 2101
Intermediate Chinese 1
CHNS 2301
Intermediate Chinese Immersion 1
CLTR 1500
Modern Chinese History and Culture
JPNS 1101
Elementary Japanese 1
JPNS 1102
Elementary Japanese 2
JPNS 2101
Intermediate Japanese 1
CLTR 1700
Introduction to Japanese Pop Culture
CLTR 1260
Japanese Film
PHIL 1275
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
PHIL 2395
Japanese Buddhism

Language Track

Course List
Code Title Hours
Core Course
ASNS 1150East Asian Studies4
Required Courses
Complete the following two courses in either Chinese or Japanese:8
Chinese
CHNS 1101
and CHNS 1102
Elementary Chinese 1
and Elementary Chinese 2
Japanese
JPNS 1101
and JPNS 1102
Elementary Japanese 1
and Elementary Japanese 2
Elective Courses
Complete two of the following. They may include up to two courses taken as part of an approved study-abroad program:8
ASNS 2245
The Asian-American Experience
HIST 1253
History of Vietnam Wars
HIST 1252
Japanese Literature and Culture
HIST 2308
Law, Justice, and Society in Modern China
HIST 2351
Modern Japan
CLTR 1500
Modern Chinese History and Culture
CHNS 2101
Intermediate Chinese 1
CHNS 2301
Intermediate Chinese Immersion 1
CLTR 1700
Introduction to Japanese Pop Culture
CLTR 1260
Japanese Film
JPNS 2101
Intermediate Japanese 1
PHIL 1275
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
PHIL 2395
Japanese Buddhism

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor

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