Catalog Navigator : 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, or Korean; 2) two courses in Asian studies, specifically 01:098:322 and 444 (when these two specific courses in Asian studies are not offered, other courses from the following approved list of courses may be substituted); 3) three 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 East 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:

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

� 01:070:248� Anthropology of China (3)

� 01:082:252� 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)

� 01:165:103� Elementary Chinese Conversation (2)

� 01:165:107,108� Basic Spoken Chinese (4,4)

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

� 01:165:121� Beginning Chinese Reading and Writing for Mandarin Speakers (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� The Chinese Language: Description and History (3)

� 01:165:220� Chinese Classics and Thought: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism (3)

� 01:165:222� Intermediate Chinese Reading and Writing for Mandarin Speakers (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 Classical Chinese (3,3)

� 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)

� 01:165:393� Guided Research in China: Global and Local (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)

� 01:165:430� Advanced Chinese Grammar (3)

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

� 01:165:461� History of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1300 (3)

� 01:165:471� Early "China" in the "World" - Cosmography, Epistemology, and Encountering the Strange (3)

� 01:165:473� The Silk Road: A History of Cultural and Material Exchanges (3)

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

� 01:170:284� Chinese Philosophical Themes and Literary Writings (3)

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

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

� 01:195:332� The Samurai Tradition in Japanese Literature and Film (3)

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

� 01:214:241� East Asian Civilizations: Premodern Era (3)

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

� 01:214:245� Global East Asia (3)

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

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

� 01:220:358� Economics of Japan (3)

� 01:220:359� Economics of Asia (3)

� 01:450:342� East Asia (3)

� 01:508:240� Classical Asia (3)

� 01:508:242� Modern East Asia (3)

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

� 01:508:246� History of Chinese Civilization (3)

� 01:508:250� Southeast China and the World (3)

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

� 01:508:341� Chinese Renaissance, 1000 to 1400 (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)

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

� 01:565:333� Anime: Introduction to Japanese Animation (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)

� 01:565:380� Contemporary Japanese Literature and Film (3)

� 01:565:395� Issues in Japanese Literature (3)

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

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

� 01:565:420� Japanese Gardens in Cultural Context (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)

� 01:565:475� The Tale of Genji as World 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� Introduction to Korean Literature in Translation I (3)

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

� 01:574:230� Introduction to Korean Cinema and Cinematic Language (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)

� 01:574:310� Gender and Social Change in Korea (3)

� 01:574:320� Korean Translation: Introduction to Practical Translation and Translation Theories (3)

� 01:574:350� North Korea in the Socialist and Post-Socialist Worlds (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)

� 01:574:470� Seminar on Modern Korean History (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)

� 01:840:205� Buddhist Scriptures (3)

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

� 01:840:323� Buddhism (3)

� 01:840:324� Chinese Religions (3)

� 01:840:335� Buddhist Meditation Traditions (3)

� 01:840:337� Tibetan Religions (3)

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

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

� 01:840:369� Buddhist Philosophy (3)

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

� 01:840:423� Seminar in Buddhism (3)

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

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