2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Asian Studies Minor

The minor in Asian Studies at Kean University is an 18-credit interdisciplinary program that can be taken in conjunction with any major academic curriculum. The program cultivates knowledge of Asian culture, worldview, history, economics, and politics. Asian Studies minors develop the skills and dispositions needed for global cooperation in the diversity of the Asian world, making them attractive to employers. Graduates with an Asian Studies background could succeed in discipline-related careers in education, government, journalism, public service, and in nonprofit organizations; or they can go on to pursue post baccalaureate degrees.

 

Requirements 18

Foundation Courses 6

AS 2000INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN STUDIES

3

AS 3451IMAGES OF ASIANS AND ASIAN-AMERICANS

3

Program Related Elective Courses 12

Select 12 credits from list of approved courses below; at least 2 of the courses must be at the 3000-4000 level:

AS 2110SURVEY OF CHINESE CULTURE

3

AS 2260ASIAN THEATRE

3

AS 3116INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE CIVILIZATION

3

AS 3211SURVEY OF CHINESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION I

3

AS 3212SURVEY OF CHINESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION II

3

AS 3215CHINESE LITERTAURE ACROSS MEDIA

3

AS 3231INDIAN BHAKTI POETRY

3

AS 3233INDIAN CINEMA: NATION AND IMAGINATION

3

AS 3416CHINESE POPULAR CULTURE AND FILMS

3

AS 4991INTERNSHIP: FIELD EXPERIENCE IN ASIAN STUDIES

3

AS 4999ASIAN STUDIES; INDEPENDENT STUDY

3

AH 3750THE ART OF CHINA

3

AH 3751THE ART OF JAPAN

3

AH3720BAROQUE ART

3

COMM 3613INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MEDIA

3

COMM 3623INTERNATIONAL NEWS

3

ENG 3365LITERATURES AND THEORIES OF COLONIALISM AND POST-COLONIALISM

3

ENG 3725ETHNIC AMERICAN LITERATURE

3

ENG 3750WRITERS OF THE ASIAN DIASPORA

3

HIST 2471HISTORY OF EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATION TO 1600

3

HIST 3400DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF FAR EAST

3

HIST 3410CHINA IN THE 20TH CENTURY

3

HIST 4410RISE OF MOD JAPAN: 1600-1970

3

HIST 4430GENOCIDE IN ASIAN HISTORY

3

PHIL 2203PHILOSOPHIES OF ASIA

3

PS3320POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

3

PS3330FAR EASTERN POLITICS

3

PS 3430INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

3

PS 3450CONDUCT OF US FOREIGN POLICY

3

PS 3455CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY

3

PS3470POLITICS OF INTL ECON RELATION

3

PS 3490US-CHINA RELATION SINCE WWII

3

REL 2700EASTERN RELIGIONS

3

SOC 3061CHINA: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH

3