The Interdisciplinary Minor in East Asian Studies provides an opportunity for students to acquire a multifaceted knowledge of the East Asian Region as well as some in-depth understanding of at least one country in the region.
Coordinator: Wei-chin Lee ()
Minor Requirements
A total of 15 credit hours is required. 3 or more credit hours must focus specifically on either Japan, China, or Korea. Students must select courses from at least two of the four curriculum groupings listed below.
Appropriate credit in various fields of East Asian Studies may also be obtained by study abroad in programs approved by the coordinator. Interested students are encouraged to consult with the coordinator or an affiliated faculty to discuss their interests and structure a coherent course of study.
1. Literature & Humanities:
EAL 219 Major Works of Japanese Literature I (3h)
EAL 220 Major Works of Japanese Literature II (3h)
EAL 221 Themes in Chinese Literature I (3h)
EAL 222 Themes in Chinese Literature II (3h)
EAL 223 Traditional Chinese Literature (3h)
EAL 231 Experiments in Modern Chinese Literature and Visual Culture (3h)
EAL 241 Gender and Sexuality in Modern and Contemporary Japan (3h)
EAL 252 Chinese Cinemas (3h)
EAL 253 Japanese Film: Themes and Methods (3h)
EAL 260 Global Work and Life: A Chinese Linguistics Approach (3h)
EAL 270 Contemporary Japanese Culture (3h)
EAL 271 Mass Culture in Modern China (3h)
EAL 272 Fiction and Film from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Beyond (3h)
EAL 273 Kung Fu China: Culture, Narrative, Globalization (3h)
EAL 275 Survey of East Asian Cultures (3h)
EAL 279 Korean Cinema: History, Gender, and Genre (3h)
EAL 285 Contemporary East Asian Cinema (3h)
ENG 345 Studies in Fiction (when the topic is related to Asian-Americans) (3h)
HMN 211 Dialogues with Antiquity (3h)
HMN 219 Introduction to Japanese Literature (3h)
2. Art, Music, Philosophy, and Study of Religions
ART 236 Art of East Asia (3h)
ART 238 Art and Culture of China (3h)
ART 251 Print Culture in East Asia (3h)
MSC 105 Performing Arts of Asia (3h)
PHI 235 Main Streams of Chinese Philosophy (3h)
REL 104C Introduction to East Asian Religions (3h)
REL 109 Introduction to Buddhist Traditions (3h)
REL 263 The Religions of Japan (3h)
REL 282 Religion and Culture in China (3h)
REL 329 Asian Medicine, Health, and Healing Traditions (3h)
REL 349 Asian Meditation Practices (3h)
REL 350 Religion in Manga, Anime, and Popular Media (3h)
REL 361 Topics in Buddhism (3h)
REL 381 Zen Buddhism (3h)
REL 391 Topics in East Asian Religions (3h)
3. Social Sciences
COM 351A Comparative Communication: Japan (1.5h, 3h)
COM 351E Comparative Communication: China (1.5h, 3h)
ECN 250 Chinese Economy (3h)
POL 248 Chinese Politics (3h)
POL 252 Topics in International Politics (when topic is “China and the Global South) (3hr)
POL 260 United States and East Asia (3h)
WGS 210 Transnational Asian/Asian American Feminism (3h)
WGS 363 Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Korea (3h)
4. History
HST 109 Asia and the World (3h)
HST 244 Pre-Modern China to 1850 (3h)
HST 245 Modern China since 1850 (3h)
HST 246 Japan before 1600 (3h)
HST 247 Japan since 1600 (3h)
HST 345 China and the World in the Age of Discovery (3h)
HST 346 Tea in Global History & Art (3h)
HST 347 The Rise of Asian Economic Power since WWII (3h)
HST 348 Samurai and Geisha: Fact, Film, and Fiction (3h)
HST 352 Ten Years of Madness: The Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966 to 1976 (3h)