Asian Studies (Minor)

A minor in Asian Studies allows students to enhance their major academic program with an understanding of Asian history, politics, and/or culture. A minor may consist of, but does not require, language courses. A minor in Asian Studies requires 5 AS courses (20 semester hours) including 1 core course and 4 electives.

Minor Requirements

 

Core Courses

Select and complete at least 1 core course from the following Core Course list:
HIST 202Asia to the Eighteenth Century

4

AS 216Asian American Cinema

4

Electives

Select and complete 4 electives from the following list. No more than 2 courses may be taken in any one participating department. If an AS minor has already taken 1 core course, additional core courses will count as electives.
 
AS 216Asian American Cinema

4

ART 252Arts of China and Japan

4

CHIN 201Intermediate Chinese I

4

CHIN 202Intermediate Chinese II

4

CHIN 260/ AS 260Chinese Calligraphy

4

ECON 222Comparative Economies of East Asia

4

HIST 201Japanese History: Politics, Society, and Everyday Life

4

HIST 202Asia to the Eighteenth Century

4

HIST 203Power & Culture: East Asia

4

HIST 206Rise of Modern China

4

HIST 207/WGSS 207Family, Gender, and Sexuality in Chinese History

4

JAPN 201Intermediate Japanese I

4

JAPN 202Intermediate Japanese II

4

POLS 220International Organization and Law

4

POLS 223Human Rights: The Basic Dilemmas

4

SOCI 270South Asia, People & Power

4

Department Contact

Shirong Luo, Ph.D
Philosophy Department
Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities
shirong.luo@simmons.edu