Requirements for a Major in Asian Studies

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Thirty semester hours including the following:
Required Courses
Asian Studies Core
Select eighteen semester hours from the following:		18
AST 2380	The Peoples and Culture of Asia
AST/HIS 3305	Traditional China
AST/HIS 3307	Modern Japan
AST 3315	Geography of East Asia
AST 3V80	Special Topics in Asian Studies
AST 3390	Special Studies and Projects
AST 4305/HIS 3304	Modern China
AST/ANT 4310	Societies and Cultures of East Asia
AST/PSC 4325	Asian International Relations
AST/ECO 4335	Asian Economic Development
AST/PHI 4340	East Asian Philosophy
AST/REL 4346	Topics in Asian Religions
AST 4350	Seminar in Asian Studies
AST/PSC 4364	The Governments and Politics of the Asia-Pacific Region
AST/PSC 4374	Governments and Politics of East Asia
AST/MLC 4376	Asian Literature in Translation
AST 4V80	Contemporary Issues in Asian Studies
AST 4388	Contemporary Chinese Society and Culture
AST 4390	Reading Course in Political Science
CHI 3301	Chinese Conversation, Composition, and Readings I
CHI 3302	Chinese Conversation, Composition, and Readings II
CHI 3305	Chinese for Business I
CHI 3306	Chinese for Business II
CHI 3310	Chinese Language and Culture through Films
CHI 3V70	Special Problems
CHI 4301	Chinese Literature and Culture I
CHI 4302	Chinese Literature and Culture II
JPN 3301	Advanced Japanese I
JPN 3302	Japanese Culture through Reading
JPN 3303	Japanese Conversation and Composition
JPN 3304	Japanese Civilization
JPN 3305	Japanese for the Professions
JPN 3306	Japanese Cinema
PSC 4344	Government and Politics of Russia
International Foundation Courses
Select twelve semester hours from the following:		12
ANT 1306	Cultural Anthropology in Global Context
ANT 1310	Cultural Geography
AST/PSC 3314	Politics and Problems of Developing Countries
AST/REL 3345	World Religions
AST/ECO 4338	Economic Systems of the World
GEOG 1300	World Geography
PSC 3304	Comparative Politics
PSC 3324	World Political Systems
PSC 4315	Political Geography
Subtotal		30
Required Courses in Other Fields
HIS 1305	World History to 1500	3
HIS 1307	World History since 1500	3
Twelve semester hours in a modern Asian language, satisfied by completing one of the following sequences: 1, 2		12
Chinese
CHI 1301	Elementary Chinese
CHI 1302	Elementary Chinese
CHI 2310	Intermediate Chinese
CHI 2320	Intermediate Chinese for Communication
Japanese
JPN 1301	Introductory Japanese
JPN 1302	Elementary Japanese
JPN 2310	Intermediate Japanese
JPN 2320	Exploring Japan
Korean
KOR 1301	Elementary Korean
KOR 1302	Elementary Korean
KOR 2310	Intermediate Korean
KOR 2320	Intermediate Korean II
Intensive Version
Study abroad in Asia or Internship experience in Asia
AST 4390	Reading Course in Political Science (Directed Reading and Research in Asian Studies) 1
Total Hours		48

¹

If AST 4390 Reading Course in Political Science is counted for hours in the major, a petition must be filed to document completion of this requirement for the Intensive version.

²

Coursework in other Asian languages, including Russian, Central Asian languages (such as Kazakh or Uzbek), Punjabi, Vietnamese, Thai, or the like may be substituted with permission from the advisor.