East Asian Studies Minor

Coordinator:
Hiroko Hirakawa

Department of Foreign Language

This minor offers an interdisciplinary approach to the culture, history and contemporary issues of the area. Acquaintance with a diverse cultural tradition broadens students’ perspectives and helps them appreciate the achievements of societies with different values and behavioral patterns. In so doing, the minor helps students better understand their own culture and fosters a critical understanding of global interdependence in the 21st century.

Minor Requirements

The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses).

1.-4.  Four courses from: (At least one course must be at the 300 level or above.)

16 credits

         HIST 264 The Asian Pacific in Modern Times

 

         HIST 266 Contemporary Chinese Society in Film

 

         HIST 268 History of Chinese Women

 

         HIST 383 Imperial China

 

         HIST 384 China in Revolution

 

         HIST 385 Medieval Japan

 

         HIST 386 Japan: The Road to War

 

         IDS 408/THEA 341 East Asian Theatre

 

         JAPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II

 

         JAPN 220 Women in Modern Japan

 

         JAPN 221 Contemporary Japanese

 

         JAPN 310 Media, Gender and Nation in Japan

 

         PSCI 210 East Asian Politics

 

         PSCI 275 Asia and the World

 

         PSCI 315 Chinese Politics

 

         PSCI 316 China and the World

 

         REL 284 Spread of Buddhism across Asia

 

         REL 319 Buddhist Emptiness

 
 

Total credit hours required for East Asian studies minor

16 credits


Note
: Courses taken while in China or Japan also apply to the East Asian minor.