East Asian Studies Minor

Minor Requirements 

Required Courses
Group A
Select two or three of the following:6-8
CHI 101
Elementary Chinese I (Mandarin) 1
CHI 102
Elementary Chinese II (Mandarin)
CHI 154
Chinese Culture and Literature
JPN 101
Elementary Japanese I 1
JPN 102
Elementary Japanese II
JPN 271
Intermediate Japanese I
JPN 272
Intermediate Japanese II
JPN 154
Topic: Modern Japanese Literature and Film in English Translation
Group B
Select three or four courses from the following:12-18
ART 220
Art History: Aspects of Asian Art
HIS 131
The Asian World: A Historical Survey
HIS 217
Modern East Asia in Film
HIS 218
Nonviolent Activism in Modern Asia
HIS 239
Wars in the Asia-Pacific
HIS 241
Modern China
HIS 242
Modern Japan
HIS 296A
Barbarians and Mandarins: China and Her Inner Asian Neighbor
HIS 296E
Topic: Tolstoy, Turks and Taliban: Russia's "Orient"
HIS 296I
Topic: Cultural Heritages and Learning in Inner Asia 2
HIS 296U
Topic: Bible and Gun: Christianity in China since 1500
INT 196J
The Sacred and the Secular in East Asia 3
INT 297A
Hong Kong and Bollywood: Globalization of Asian Cinema
LIT 211F
Worlds In Literature: The Asian Diaspora
RES 202
Great Ideas in Eastern Religious Thought
Total Credits18-26
1

Students may not count the credit from CHI 101 Elementary Chinese I (Mandarin) or JPN 101 Elementary Japanese I unless the corresponding 102 course is completed.

2

HIS 296I Topic: Cultural Heritages and Learning in Inner Asia: (travel course)

3

Students completing INT 196J The Sacred and the Secular in East Asia may not count HIS 131 The Asian World: A Historical Survey or RES 202 Great Ideas in Eastern Religious Thought towards the EAS Minor.

Note: Other history and culture courses in the field of Asian Studies can be substituted with approval of program director.

One course from a professional program (e.g., business, accounting) with a clearly defined focus on East Asia may be counted towards this minor with approval of the program director.