Required Major Course Component (32 credits)

Students must take courses from at least three departments, with no more than 20 credits from any one department. AS 100 is a required course for all major students. Some Freshman Seminar courses may qualify with the approval of the Program Director.

• ADFA 306 Art and Culture of Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania
• ADFA 345 Art of India
• ADFA 346 Art of the Silk Road
• AS 100 Introduction to Asian Studies
• AS 500 Asian American Community Experience
• CHIN 311 Survey of Chinese Literature and Culture I
• CHIN 312 Survey of Chinese Literature and Culture II
• CJN 293 Hong Kong Cinema
• EC 141 Transition and Development Economics
• EC 430 International Trade Theory & Policy
• ENG 362 Asian American Literature
• GVT 317 Korean Summer Institute: East Asian governance
• GVT 318 Korean Summer Institute: East Asian Peace Culture
• GVT 388 The United States and East Asia
• GVT 389 Politics of China
• GVT 408 Political Economy of East Asia
• GVT 411 Politics of Korea
• GVT 487 Japan: Politics and Policy
• GVT 489 Islam and Politics
• HST 255 Films and Contemporary China
• HST 305 Silk Road: Cross-Cultural Journeys
• HST 341 The Emergence of Modern South Asia
• HST 342 Modern Japanese History
• HST 344 The Passages to the Modern World
• HST 345 Chinese Civilization
• HST 346 Modern Chinese History
• HST 347 Japanese Civilization
• HST 452 Ancient China Seminar
• HST 453 The Chinese Classics and the Western Thought
• HST 454 Cracks on the Great Wall
• HST 486 The Vietnam War in History, Literature and Film
• PHIL 261 Eastern Philosophy
• PHIL 262 Buddhism
• PSYCH 247 Asian Perspectives on Health and Work
• RS 112 Introduction to World Religions: Eastern Traditions

Language Courses

• Chinese 101 Elementary Chinese I
• Chinese 102 Elementary Chinese II
• Chinese 201 Intermediate Chinese I
• Chinese 202 Intermediate Chinese II
• Japanese 101 Elementary Japanese I
• Japanese 102 Elementary Japanese II
• Japanese 201 Intermediate Japanese I
• Japanese 202 Intermediate Japanese II

Language Requirement

To qualify for admittance to the major, students must demonstrate proficiency in one Asian Language at the advanced-intermediate level. This can be fulfilled by successful completion of an Intermediate Level II Asian language course with an average grade of “B” or by passing the same level language test offered by the modern language department.

• CHIN 202 Intermediate Chinese II or JPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II

Study Abroad or a Local Asian American Community Experience

Students must complete either option A or B:

A. A Semester, Summer or Short-Term Study Abroad in Asia (which must bear at least 4 credits)              
B. AS 500 Asian American Community Experience (4 credits)