Asian Studies Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Three core courses:

ASN 210	Introduction to Asia	3
ASN 310	Asian Humanities	3
REL 130	Asian Religions	3

One history course chosen from:

HIS 333	Chairman Mao's China	3
HIS 342	Modern Japan: Samurai to Sony	3

One politics course chosen from:

POL 345	Politics of South Asia	3
POL 346	Politics of East Asia	3
	or topics courses approved by the program committee	3

Language:

ARB 120	Elementary Arabic II	4
	OR
CHN 120	Fundamentals of Chinese-II	4
	OR
JPN 120	Fundamentals of Japanese-II	4
	Or Equivalent

One elective chosen from:

	An additional ASN course	3
ECO 315	The Chinese Economy	3
EDU 256/ENS 256	Environmental Conservation & Education in Asia	3
ENG 374	Unmaking Asian America	3
ENG 385	Postcolonial Literature of Resistance	3
ENS 254/ASN 254	Thailand: Aquaculture and the Environment	3
HIS 321	World War I in the Middle East	3
HIS 340	Age of the Samurai	3
HIS 391	20th-Century Vietnam	3
HIS 434	Creating the Orient	3
HIS 435	Spirits, Gods and Ghosts of East Asia	3
PSY 451/ENS 257	The Roots of Mindfulness	3
REL 131	Introduction to Hinduism and Hindu Traditions	3
REL 132	Introduction to Buddhism and Buddhist Traditions	3
REL 311	Holy Lands: Sacred Realities and Political Stories	3
REL 379	Sacred Space in South Asia	3
REL 381	Shari’a Justice: Visions of Rights and Responsibilities in Islam	3
REL 385	Sufism and Islamic Spirituality	3
REL 456	Life and Death in Varanasi	3

or any course not utilized in the above categories, or other courses approved by the program committee.

NOTES:

1. Upon program committee approval, additional courses may be added to the list of courses fulfilling minor requirements.
2. Several courses listed above are not offered regularly or are offered only once every two or three years. Students interested in the minor are encouraged to consult with a program committee member early on to plan their preparation for the minor and to discuss course offering schedules.