Asian Studies
The Asian Studies Minor is designed for students interested in language, history, culture and philosophies of Asia. With a focus on the peoples of South and East Asia, students will be exposed to interdisciplinary methodologies and comparative perspectives. The Minor is designed to allow students to plan a structured series of courses that will contribute to an intellectual engagement and appreciation of the diversity of Asian societies. The Minor consists of 15 credits selected from the following disciplines: History, Global Languages, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Art and Design, and Business.
The Asian Studies minor requires 15 semester hours of courses selected from the following list. Courses must be from at least three disciplines.
Asian Studies Committee
Christopher Agnew (History), Director
Bein (Philosophy), Dasgupta (Sociology), Lau (Marketing), MacLachlan (Music), Roy (History), Yang (Languages)
Minor in Asian Studies (ANS)
The Asian Studies Minor is designed for students interested in language, history, culture and philosophies of Asia. With a focus on the peoples of South and East Asia, students will be exposed to interdisciplinary methodologies and comparative perspectives. The Minor is designed to allow students to plan a structured series of courses that will contribute to an intellectual engagement and appreciation of the diversity of Asian societies. The Minor consists of 15 credits selected from the following disciplines: History, Global Languages, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Art and Design, and Business.
| Asian Studies | ||
| Select five courses from at least three different disciplines: 1 | ||
| Making of Modern South Asia | ||
| Intermediate Mandarin Chinese II | ||
| Communicating in Chinese | ||
| Chinese Conversation and Composition I | ||
| Chinese Conversation and Composition II | ||
| Chinese Civilization and Culture | ||
| Directed Study | ||
| Intermediate Hindi II | ||
| Making of Modern South Asia | ||
| History of Pre-Modern East Asia | ||
| History of East Asia to 1800 | ||
| India: Traditions and Encounters | ||
| History of Modern East Asia | ||
| Making of Modern South Asia | ||
| State & Secession in South Asia | ||
| Gandhi's India | ||
| China in Revolution | ||
| Seminar in Asian History | ||
| Doing Business in Asia | ||
| Music and Buddhism in Southeast Asia | ||
| Chinese Philosophy | ||
| Japanese Philosophy | ||
| Comparative East-West Philosophy | ||
| Asian Philosophy | ||
| Hinduism | ||
| Buddhism | ||
| Arts of Asia | ||
| Total Hours | 15-16 | |
| 1 | Additional courses may be approved by the Program Director. Individual sections of courses may be approved for credit if the content of the section is focused on Asia. |