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East Asian Studies Minor
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).
- 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 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 108 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.
