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.