Asian Studies Minor

The College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts 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 Credit Hours: 3
PAR 232 - Asian Religions Credit Hours: 3
PLS 317 - Political Thought of Asia Credit Hours: 3 or
PLS 337 - Chinese Politics Credit Hours: 3 or
PLS 339 - Asian Politics Credit Hours: 3
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:

CHN 101 - Introductory Chinese I Credit Hours: 3
CHN 102 - Introductory Chinese II Credit Hours: 3
FST 380 - Introduction to Bollywood Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 385 - Japanese Cinema Credit Hours: 3
HST 362 - History of Premodern East Asia Credit Hours: 3
HST 363 - History of Modern East Asia Credit Hours: 3
HST 364 - History of Premodern South Asia Credit Hours: 3
HST 365 - History of Modern South Asia Credit Hours: 3
HST 497 - Topics in Asian History Credit Hours: 3
INT 335 - Topics in Asia Credit Hours: 3
INT 336 - Modern China through Film Credit Hours: 3
INT 337 - China Encounters the World Credit Hours: 3
JPN 101 - Introductory Japanese I Credit Hours: 3
JPN 102 - Introductory Japanese II Credit Hours: 3
JPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I Credit Hours: 3
JPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II Credit Hours: 3
JPN 294 - Japanese Study Abroad I Credit Hours: 1 To 9
JPN 311 - Perspectives on Contemporary Japanese Culture Credit Hours: 3
PAR 370 - Tibetan Buddhism Credit Hours: 3
PAR 371 - Buddhism Credit Hours: 3
PAR 372 - Religions of India Credit Hours: 3
PAR 373 - Chinese Religions Credit Hours: 3
PAR 374 - Japanese Religions Credit Hours: 3
PAR 375 - Islam Credit Hours: 3
PLS 337 - Chinese Politics Credit Hours: 3
PLS 317 - Political Thought of Asia Credit Hours: 3
PLS 339 - Asian Politics Credit Hours: 3

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.