Minor in Asian Studies

The minor in Asian studies provides students with a general introduction to the history and culture of Asian countries through a combination of courses in the humanities and social sciences.

Students interested in the minor must submit a completed Application for a Program of Minor Study to the School of Humanities main office (Durst Family Humanities Building, Room 2020). The student is assigned a minor advisor in Asian studies after consultation with the coordinator of the Asian Studies Program.

Academic Requirements for the Minor in Asian Studies
Five courses, as follows:

1. Two courses must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.
2. One course must be in history. The remaining four courses may be selected from Asian art history, anthropology, Chinese language (strongly suggested), cinema, economics, literature, philosophy, and politics.

Courses available for the minor in Asian studies include:

Anthropology (School of Natural and Social Sciences):

ANT 2235/Islam in the American Imagination

ANT 2330/New Immigrants in the United States

ANT 2400/Anthropology of South Asia

ANT/ENV 2410/Environment and Sustainable Development in
    South Asia

ANT/MSA 3185/Global Media, Local Cultures

ANT 3600/Contemporary Japan: Aesthetics, Politics, Modernity

ANT 3610/Gender and Popular Culture in South Asia

Art History (School of Humanities):

ARH 2795/Introduction to East Asian Art

ARH 3760/Chinese Calligraphy: History and Practice

ARH 4710/Exoticism in Modern Art

Chinese Language and Culture (School of Humanities):

CHI 1010/Beginning Chinese I

CHI 1020/Beginning Chinese II

CHI/HIS 1505/Chinese Culture and Social Life (added
    Spring 2012)

CHI 2010/Intermediate Chinese I

CHI 2020/Intermediate Chinese II

CHI 3010/Advanced Chinese I

CHI 3020/Advanced Chinese II

Cinema Studies (School of Film and Media Studies):

CIN 3757/New Waves of East Asian Cinema

CIN 3760/Japanese Cinema

CIN 3753/Indian Cinema: From Art Cinema to Bollywood

CIN 3763/Contemporary Asian Cinema

History (School of Humanities):

HIS 2250/Introduction to Asian Studies

HIS 2600/History of Modern Japan

HIS 2830/Modern East Asia

HIS 3269/Vietnam and Modern America

HIS 3310/Politics and Literature in 20th-Century China

HIS 3505/Chinese Intellectual and Cultural History

HIS 3510/China in the Modern Age

HIS 3770/Traditional China

HIS 3835/Confucianism and Chinese Culture

Literature (School of Humanities):

LIT 3215/South Asian Literature

Philosophy (School of Humanities):

PHI 2430/Classical Buddhist Philosophy

PHI 3290/Chinese Philosophy: From Confucius through the
    Neo-Confucian Synthesis of the Sung Dynasty

Political Science (School of Natural and Social Sciences):

POL/GND 2105/Citizens Living Under Islamic Laws

POL/GND 3255/The Islamic State, Gender, and Sexuality

POL 3257/The Islamic State, Heresy, and Freedom of Speech

POL 3425/Southeast Asian Politics

POL 3573/States, Citizens, Human Rights, and Literature

Updated Sept. 23, 2011

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