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Asian Studies Major (BA)
Required Core Courses:
- AST 102 - Introduction to Asian Studies (5)
- AST 401 - Asia/Pacific Studies Capstone (3)
First- and Second-year Chinese - Credits: 30
- CHIN 151 - First-year Chinese (5)
- CHIN 152 - First-year Chinese (5)
- CHIN 153 - First-year Chinese (5)
- CHIN 251 - Second-year Chinese (5)
- CHIN 252 - Second-year Chinese (5)
- CHIN 253 - Second-year Chinese (5)
OR
First- and Second-year Japanese - Credits: 30
- JAPN 151 - First-year Japanese (5)
- JAPN 152 - First-year Japanese (5)
- JAPN 153 - First-year Japanese (5)
- JAPN 251 - Second-year Japanese (5)
- JAPN 252 - Second-year Japanese (5)
- JAPN 253 - Second-year Japanese (5)
Total Core Credits: 36
Department-Approved Electives (24-27):
Choose a total of six courses from the following list with a minimum of one course from each of the three groups. For students with second majors, elective courses may not be chosen from that major.
(Note: Other courses may be included with advisor’s approval)
Group 1 (Social Sciences)
- ANTH 344 - Cultures of Asia (4)
- ANTH 345 - Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania (4)
- AST 310 - Japan Today (3)
- AST 348 - Contemporary China (4)
- AST 350 - Korea Now (5)
- GEOG 475 - Geography of Asia (5)
- POSC 366 - Government and Politics of East Asia (5)
- POSC 367 - Politics of Japan (5)
- POSC 369 - Korean Politics (5)
- POSC 373 - International Politics of the Pacific Rim (5)
Group 2 (Aesthetic Experience)
- AST 301 - Chinese Literature in Translation (4)
- CHIN 461 - Chinese Cinema (4)
- JAPN 462 - Japanese Cinema (4)
- KRN 311 - Korean Cinema and Culture (5)
- TH 375 - Asian Drama (4)
Group 3 (Humanities)
- HIST 380 - Modern East Asia (5)
- HIST 383 - East Asian Civilization (5)
- HIST 477 - Vietnam: Revolution in Full Circle (5)
- HIST 479 - History of Korea (5)
- HIST 483 - Modern China (5)
- HIST 484 - Modern Japan (3-5)
- HIST 486 - Trauma, History, and Memory is East Asia (5)
- PHIL 345 - Chinese Philosophy (5)
- RELS 350 - Korean Religion and Philosophy (5)
- RELS 351 - Religions of China and Japan (5)
- RELS 352 - Religions of India (5)
- RELS 401 - The Daoist Tradition (5)
- RELS 403 - Buddhist Thought and Practice (5)
Total Credits: 62-65
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