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 202	Asia to the Eighteenth Century	4
PHIL 133	Asian Philosophy	4
AS 216	Asian 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 216	Asian American Cinema	4
ART 252	Arts of China and Japan	4
CHIN 201	Intermediate Chinese I	4
CHIN 202	Intermediate Chinese II	4
CHIN 260/ AS 260	Chinese Calligraphy	4
ECON 222	Comparative Economies of East Asia	4
HIST 201	Japanese History: Politics, Society, and Everyday Life	4
HIST 202	Asia to the Eighteenth Century	4
HIST 203	Power & Culture: East Asia	4
HIST 206	Rise of Modern China	4
HIST 207	Family, Gender, and Sexuality in Chinese History	4
JAPN 201	Intermediate Japanese I	4
JAPN 202	Intermediate Japanese II	4
PHIL 119	World Religions	4
PHIL 133	Asian Philosophy	4
POLS 220	International Organization and Law	4
POLS 223	Human Rights: The Basic Dilemmas	4
SOCI 270	South Asia, People & Power	4

Department Contact

Shirong Luo, Ph.D
Philosophy Department
Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities
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