Asian Studies Minor

Dr. Gao Bei, coordinator.

The College of Arts and Sciences offers an interdisciplinary minor in Asian studies. The minor provides students with a multifaceted understanding of Asian societies, histories, languages, political systems, and geographies. For additional information, students should contact the coordinator in the Department of World Languages and Cultures.

Requirements for a Minor in Asian Studies:

A minor in Asian studies requires a total of 21 credit hours, distributed as 12 hours of core courses and 9 hours of designated electives.

The core consists of the following courses:

HST 103 - Introduction to Global History 1500-1848
PAR 232 - Asian Religions
PLS 317 - Political Thought of Asia or
PLS 337 - Chinese Politics or
PLS 339 - Asian Politics
3 hours of a foreign language (either JPN 101 , CHN 101 , or transfer credit of study of another Asian language)

The remaining 9 hours may be chosen from:

Total: 21 hours

Additional Information:

At least six credits of the total 21 must be taken at the 300-level or above. No more than 9 hours in a single discipline may be counted towards the minor.

Substitutions may be approved for topic courses, seminars, directed individual study, field work, and/or study abroad that focus primarily on Asia. Students must have a grade of “C-” or better for each course counted towards the minor and an overall “C” (2.00) average or better for all courses counted for the minor.