2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Asian Studies Major

Requirements for a Major in Asian Studies

Bachelor of Arts

Core Courses
ASTU 290Introduction to Asian Studies3
Language Requirement
Two consecutive courses in Chinese or Japanese, or completion through intermediate level in Chinese (CHIN 212) or Japanese (JAPN 252)6
Electives
Seven approved electives, no more than three of which may come from outside the Asian Studies Department21
Total Hours30


Elective courses must come from the list below, or have the approval of the chair.

Departmental Electives
ASTU 181Special Topics in Asian Studies3
ASTU 270East Asian Visual Culture3
ASTU 281Special Topics in Asian Studies3
ASTU 291Contemporary East Asia3
CHIN 181Special Topics in Chinese Studies3
CHIN 221Chinese History and Culture3
CHIN 234Chinese Cinema3
CHIN 235Chinese Theatre3
CHIN 236Chinese Popular Culture3
CHIN 237Chinese Tales and Legends3
CHIN 238Modern Chinese Literature3
CHIN 281Special Topics in Chinese Studies3
CHIN 311Advanced Chinese3
CHIN 312Advanced Chinese II3
JAPN 181T:Special Topics3
JAPN 220Culture of Japan3
JAPN 232Japanese Literature in Translation3
JAPN 260Contemporary Japan3
JAPN 270Weird Japan3
JAPN 281T:Special Topics3
JAPN 292Japanese Film as History:The Works of Kurosawa Akira3
JAPN 294Early to Premodern Japan3
JAPN 295Modern Japan3
Outside Electives
ARTH 228Asian Art3
HIST 260East Asia to 16503
HIST 396Modern China, 1800-19493
HIST 397Modern China, since 19493
HONR 110Japanese Religion3
MATH 270Traditional Japanese Mathematics3
MUSC 243Film Music in Japan3
PHIL 220Philosophy East and West3
PHIL 343Confucian Tradition3
PSCI 330Comparative Legislatures3
PSCI 335Chinese Politics3
RELS 221World Religions: Indian, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese3
RELS 223Hinduism: History, Teachings, Practice3
RELS 225Buddhism: History, Teachings, Practice3
RELS 248Religions of Japan:Land of Kami, Land of Buddhas3