Minor Program

The interdisciplinary minor program in Asian studies consists of nine courses distributed as follows: (1) four courses in one Asian language, normally two years of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Hindi; (2) three courses in Asian studies, specifically 01:098:321, 322, and 444 (when these three specific courses in Asian studies are not offered, other courses from the following approved list of courses may be substituted); (3) two courses from the list given below, selected from two different discipline areas (e.g., humanities, social sciences, ecological sciences); and (4) a substantial paper written in 01:098:444 Seminar on Asian Societies or an approved equivalent. Students interested in the minor program should see the program director for advising on selection of courses.

Courses in other disciplines approved for minor requirements include:

  01:070:244  Anthropology of South Asia (3)

  01:070:246  Anthropology of Southeast Asia (3)

  01:070:248  Anthropology of China (3)

  01:070:389  Ethnography of Gender in South Asia (3)

  01:082:109  East Asian Art (3)

  01:082:321  Art of Early China (3)

  01:082:322  Survey of Japanese Art (3)

  01:082:323  Buddhist Art of Asia (3)

  01:082:324  Japanese Painting (3)

 01:082:325  Chinese Painting (3)

 01:082:326  Chinese Sculpture (3)

 01:082:480  Buddhist Cave Temples of China (3)

 01:082:481  Seminar on Buddhist Religion and Art of China (3)

 01:082:483  From Text to Image in Japanese Art (3)

 01:165:101,102  Elementary Chinese (4,4)

 01:165:111,112  Chinese Calligraphy (2,2)

 01:165:121  Intensive Reading and Writing in Chinese (3)

 01:165:125  Introduction to Chinese Civilization (3)

 01:165:201,202  Intermediate Chinese (4,4)

 01:165:205  Intermediate Chinese in China (4)

 01:165:210  Characteristics of the Chinese Language (3)

 01:165:220  Chinese Classics and Thought: I-Ching, Taoism, and  Confucianism (3) 

 01:165:222  Intensive Reading and Writing in Chinese II (3)

 01:165:241  Chinese Literature in Translation I: Prose and Poetry (3)

 01:165:242  Chinese Literature in Translation II: Popular Fiction and  Drama (3) 

 01:165:262  The Chinese Cinema (3)

 01:165:264  Chinese Drama and Performing Arts (3)

 01:165:301,302  Advanced Modern Chinese (3,3)

 01:165:305  Advanced Chinese in China (4)

 01:165:310  Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature in Translation (3)

 01:165:321,322  Introduction to Literary Chinese (3,3)

 01:165:325  Advanced Chinese Grammar (3)

 01:165:341,342  Major Traditions in Chinese Thought (3,3)

 01:165:361  Business Chinese (3)

 01:165:362  Business Chinese II (3)

 01:165:371  Contemporary Expository Chinese (3)

 01:165:401  Advanced Chinese Conversation and Composition (3)

 01:165:402  Advanced Chinese Conversation and Composition II (3)

 01:165:410  The Chinese Novel (3)

 01:165:412  Chinese Poetry (3)

 01:165:419,420  Readings in Classical Chinese Literature (3,3)

 01:165:424  The Origin and Development of Chinese Writing (3)

 01:165:425  Chinese Dialects (3)

 01:165:451,452  Readings in Modern Chinese Literature (3,3)

 01:165:490  Seminar in Chinese Literature and Thought (3)

 01:195:243  Introduction to the Literatures of India (3)

 01:195:249  Modern Literatures of India (3)

 01:195:329  Modern Japanese Novel and the West (3)

 01:195:331  The Novel, East and West (3)

 01:195:332  Love, Honor, and Suicide in Japanese Literature (3)

 01:195:333  Modern Writers and East Asia (3)

 01:214:241  East Asian Civilizations: Traditional Era (3)

 01:214:242  East Asian Civilizations: Modern Era (3)

 01:214:310  Writing and Literacy in East Asia (3)

 01:214:338  Religious Themes in East Asian Literature (3)

 01:220:357  Economics of India (3)

 01:220:358  Economics of Japan (3)

 01:220:359  Economics of Asia (3)

 01:450:341  South Asia and the Middle East (3)

 01:450:342  East Asia (3)

 01:505:101,102  Elementary Hindi (4,4)

 01:505:201,202  Intermediate  Hindi (4,4)

 01:508:230  South Asian History: 600 b.c.e.-1950 c.e. (3)

 01:508:240  Classical Asia (3)

 01:508:242  Modern East Asia (3)

 01:508:244  China and the United States (3)

 01:508:330  Early Modern South Asia, 1500-1800 (3)

 01:508:331  Women in South Asian History (3)

 01:508:332  Slavery in South Asian History (3)

 01:508:340  Late Imperial Chinese Culture and Society (3)

 01:508:342  China, 1800 to the Present (3)

 01:508:344  China's Socialist Revolution (3)

 01:508:346  Women in Chinese History (3)

 01:508:350  Traditional Japan (3)

 01:508:352  Japan's Rise to World Power (3)

 01:508:391  Historical Studies (3)

 01:508:442  China's Foreign Relations (3)

 01:508:450  Society and Culture in Japan (3)

 01:565:101,102  Elementary Japanese (4,4)

 01:565:103  Introduction to Japanese Writing (3)

 01:565:104  Speaking Elementary Japanese (3)

 01:565:201,202  Intermediate Japanese (4,4)

 01:565:213,214  Japanese Conversation and Culture (3,3)

 01:565:241  Japanese Literature in Translation (3)

 01:565:242  Modern Japanese Literature in Translation (3)

 01:565:250  Language and Society in Japan (3)

 01:565:301,302  Advanced Japanese (3,3)

 01:565:303,304  Advanced Japanese for Business (3,3)

 01:565:313,314  Advanced Japanese Conversation and Contemporary Issues (3,3) 

  01:565:315  Japanese Literature and the Atomic Bomb (3)

  01:565:317  Love, Honor, and Suicide in Japanese Literature (3)

  01:565:320  The Samurai Tradition in Japanese Literature and Film (3)

  01:565:325  Advanced Japanese Grammar and Rhetoric (3)

  01:565:350  Japanese Film (3)

  01:565:360  Japanese Women Writers (3)

  01:565:361,362  Japanese Popular Culture in Japanese (3,3)

  01:565:370  Community and Difference in Japanese Literature and Film (3)

  01:565:401,402  Advanced Readings in Japanese (3,3)

  01:565:411  Readings in Classical Japanese: Bungo (3)

  01:565:451,452  Translating Japanese Popular Media (3,3)

  01:565:460  Seminar in Japanese Film (3)

  01:565:470  Seminar in Japanese Language and Literature (3)

  01:565:483  From Text to Image in Japanese Art (3)

  01:574:101,102  Elementary Korean (4,4)

  01:574:201,202  Intermediate Korean (4,4)

  01:574:210  Introduction to Korean Culture (3)

  01:574:220  Korean Literature in Translation I (3)

  01:574:221  Korean Literature in Translation II (3)

  01:574:250  Korean Language in Culture and Society (3)

  01:574:301,302  Advanced Korean (3,3)

  01:574:303  Advanced Korean for Business I (3)

  01:574:304  Advanced Korean for Business II (3)

  01:574:401,402  Advanced Readings in Korean (3,3)

  01:574:410,411  Readings in Korean Literature (3,3)

  01:574:450  Korea in Translations: Modern Literature and Film (3)

  01:574:451  Korea in Translations: Contemporary Media (3)

  01:730:368  Hindu Philosophy (3)

  01:730:369  Buddhist Philosophy (3)

  01:790:353  Government and Politics of Southeast Asia (3)

  01:790:354  Southeast Asia in World Affairs (3)

  01:790:386  Political Change in China (3)

  01:790:454  Political Development of Asia (3)

  01:840:204  Hindu Scriptures (3)

  01:840:205  Buddhist Scriptures (3)

  01:840:211  Religions of the Eastern World (3)

  01:840:322  Hinduism (3)

  01:840:323  Buddhism (3)

  01:840:324  Chinese Religions (3)

  01:840:335  Buddhist Meditation Traditions (3)

  01:840:338  Religious Themes in East Asian Literature (3)

  01:840:345  Hindu Gurus in the West (3)

  01:840:350  Women in Eastern Religions (3)

  01:840:357  Krishna (3)

  01:840:358  Bhagavad Gita (3)

  01:840:368  Hindu Philosophy (3)

  01:840:369  Buddhist Philosophy (3)

  01:840:411  Seminar in the History of Eastern Religions (3)

  01:840:481  Seminar on Buddhist Religion and Art of China (3)

  01:988:310  South Asian Feminisms (3)

  01:988:389  Ethnography of Gender in South Asia (3)

Courses offered to fulfill the minor requirements generally refer to courses of 3 or more credits.