Asian Studies Major

Degree Requirements

General Education Requirements

Additional Degree Requirements

• Foreign Language/Foreign Culture - Total Credits: 6

• Humanities - Total Credits: 6

• Fine Arts - Total Credits: 6

• Asian Studies Major Requirements - Total Credits: 33

• (at least 21 credit hours at the upper-division level)

• AIS 101 - Introduction to Asian Studies

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• IDS 495A - Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone

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• IDS 495B - Independent Study: Capstone II

• (IDS 495B can only be completed as an internship during the summer)

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• Select 27 credits from approved courses with at least one course from each of the first four groups:

• Group 1:

• HIST 150 - Introduction to Chinese Civilization
• HIST 151 - Introduction to Japanese Civilization
• HIST 449A - History of Japan to 1800
• HIST 449B - History of Japan Since 1800
• HIST 449C - Topics in Japanese History
• PSC 405L - East Asia in World Politics
• PSC 405M - The Pacific Rim and World Politics
• PSC 407B - Political Systems of East Asia
• PSC 407O - Islamic Politics

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• Group 2:

• PHIL 117 - Indian Philosophy of Mind and Mental Health
• PHIL 124 - Philosophical Traditions of Asia
• PHIL 225 - Introduction to Indian Philosophy
• PHIL 452 - Aesthetics
• PHIL 467 - Indian Philosophy
• PHIL 468 - Chinese and Japanese Philosophy
• PHIL 469 - Gandhian Welfare Philosophy and Culture

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• Group 3:

• ART 481 - Art of Japan
• ART 480 - Art of China
• ART 495 - Special Topics in Art History
• CHI 331 - Chinese Literature in Translation
• ENG 416C - Special Problems in English
• ENG 473A - The Early American Novel
• ENG 473B - The Modern American Novel
• ENG 473C - The Contemporary American Novel
• ENG 426A - Religion and Literature
• ENG 485A - Asian Literature

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• Group 4:

   

  (see note 4)

• AIS 499 - Independent Study
• HIST 455A - History of China to 1800
• HIST 455B - History of China Since 1800
• HIST 455C - Topics in Modern China
• PHIL 352 - Special Topics
• PHIL 472 - Selected Topics in Religion
• SW 461 - Seminar: Contemporary Issues in Social Welfare
• SW 471 - Advanced Seminar: Special Problems
• SW 493 - Gandhian Welfare Philosophy and Nonviolent Culture

Electives - Total Credits: 29-33

Total Credits: 120

Notes

1. Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements, except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.
2. Courses taken in any one Asian language with a grade of C or better may be applied toward the needed electives with a total of eight to ten credits for the major and three to six credits for the minor.
3. ART 495X may be taken only when the topic is Asian Art. Art Department pre-requisites may be waived for Asian Studies majors for upper division Asian Art courses by permission of instructor.
4. For SW 461 and SW 471 in group 4, please see academic advisors regarding appropriate topics and number of credits needed.

Committee:

Kathleen Bergquist, Program Chair (Social Work)
Jonathan Strand, Program Chair (Political Science)
Jiemin Bao (Anthropology)
Ying Bao (Foreign Languages)
Kathleen Berquist (Social Work)
Sue Fawn Chung (History)
Mel Jameson (Finance)
William Jankowiak (Anthropology)
Louisa McDonald (Art)
Satish Sharma (Social Work)
William Smith (Environmental Studies)
Jonathan Strand, (Political Science)