The minor consists of a total of 15 hours.
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Nine or more of the hours towards the minor must focus on a geographical area—Japan, China, or Korea.
Appropriate credit in various fields of East Asian Studies also may be obtained by study abroad in programs approved by the coordinator. Interested students are encouraged, preferably in their sophomore year, to consult with the coordinator or an affiliated advisor to discuss their interests and structure a coherent course of study.
Courses may be chosen from among the list of approved courses. Additional elective courses may have been approved since publication of this bulletin. The program coordinator maintains a complete list of all approved elective courses. For course descriptions, see the relevant department’s listings in this bulletin.
East Asian Studies Electives Group One: Literature & Humanities
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| EAL 219 | Major Works of Japanese Literature I | 3 |
| EAL 220 | Major Works of Japanese Literature II | 3 |
| EAL 221 | Themes in Chinese Literature I | 3 |
| EAL 222 | Themes in Chinese Literature II | 3 |
| EAL 223 | Traditional Chinese Literature | 3 |
| EAL 231 | Experiments in Modern Chinese Literature and Visual Culture | 3 |
| EAL 241 | Gender and Sexuality in Modern and Contemporary Japan | 3 |
| EAL 252 | Chinese Cinemas | 3 |
| EAL 253 | Japanese Film: Themes and Methods | 3 |
| EAL 270 | Contemporary Japanese Culture | 3 |
| EAL 271 | Mass Culture in Modern China | 3 |
| EAL 272 | Fiction and Film from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Beyond | 3 |
| EAL 273 | Kung Fu China: Culture, Narrative, Globalization | 3 |
| EAL 275 | Survey of East Asian Cultures | 3 |
| EAL 279 | Korean Cinema: History, Gender, and Genre | 3 |
| EAL 285 | Contemporary East Asian Cinema | 3 |
| ENG 345 | Studies in Fiction (when the topic is related to Asian-Americans) | 3 |
| HMN 219 | Introduction to Japanese Literature | 3 |
East Asian Studies Electives Group Two: Art, Music, Philosophy, and Study of Religions
Course List
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Title |
Hours |
| ART 104 | Topics in World Art (when focus is East Asia) | 3 |
| MSC 105 | Performing Arts of Asia | 3 |
| PHI 235 | Main Streams of Chinese Philosophy | 3 |
| REL 104C | Introduction to East Asian Religions | 3 |
| REL 109 | Introduction to Buddhist Traditions | 3 |
| REL 263 | The Religions of Japan | 3 |
| REL 282 | Religion and Culture in China | 3 |
| REL 329 | Chinese Medicine | 3 |
| REL 349 | Asian Meditation Practices | 3 |
| REL 361 | Topics in Buddhism | 3 |
| REL 381 | Zen Buddhism | 3 |
| REL 391 | Topics in East Asian Religions | 3 |
East Asian Studies Electives Group Three: Social Sciences
Course List
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Title |
Hours |
| COM 351A | Comparative Communication: Japan | 1.5,3 |
| COM 351E | Comparative Communication: China | 1.5,3 |
| POL 242 | Topics in Comparative Politics (when topic is China-Africa Encounters) | 3 |
| POL 248 | Chinese Politics | 3 |
| POL 260 | United States and East Asia | 3 |
| WGS 363 | Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Korea | 3 |
East Asian Studies Electives Group Four: History
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| HST 109 | Asia and the World | 3 |
| HST 244 | Pre-Modern China to 1850 | 3 |
| HST 245 | Modern China since 1850 | 3 |
| HST 246 | Japan before 1600 | 3 |
| HST 247 | Japan since 1600 | 3 |
| HST 343 | The Silk Roads | 3 |
| HST 344 | Early Modernity in China | 3 |
| HST 347 | The Rise of Asian Economic Power since WWII | 3 |
| HST 348 | Samurai and Geisha: Fact, Film, and Fiction | 3 |
| HST 352 | Ten Years of Madness: The Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966 to 1976 | 3 |
