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Asian Studies Minor

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Requirements for the Minor (20 units)

Required Core courses (12 units)

AAAS 200 - Pacific Asian Culture, People, and Society (4)
AAAS 300 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Asian/Asian American Studies (4)
Any Elementary, Intermediate or Advanced Asian Language (4)
Note: Students may waive and receive credit for language requirement by examination. When applicable, this course may be double-counted towards block C in the GE Requirements.

Electives (8 units)

With adviser’s guidance and approval, select 4 units from each of the following areas:

Area I: Art, Literature, Music, Philosophy, History, and Religious Studies

AAAS 350 - Ancient East Asian Literature and the Modern World (4)
AAAS 418 - History of Islamic Central Asia (4) also listed as
HIST 418 - History of Islamic Central Asia (4)
ART 431A - The Arts of Asia: India and Iran (4)
HIST 494A - Traditional China (4)
HIST 494B - Modern China (4)
HIST 494C - People’s Republic of China (4)
HIST 495B - Modern Japan (4)
JAPN 307 - Japanese Literature in Translation (4)
JAPN 460 - Proseminar: Masters of Japanese Culture and Thought (4)
ML 382 - Maturity and Aging in East Asia and Romance Literatures (4)
PHIL 436 - South Asian Philosophy (4)

Area II: Anthropology, Geography, Political Science, Sociology, Education, and Economics

ANTH 414 - Peoples of Asia (4)
AAAS 450A - Advanced Seminar in Asian and Asian-American Studies - Research Method (4)
or
AAAS 450C - Advanced Seminar in Asian and Asian-American Studies- Cultural Competency (4)
ECON 360 - Developing Countries and the New Global Economy (4)
GEOG 430 - China (4)
POLS 452 - Government and Politics of China (4)
POLS 459 - Politics of East Asia (4)
SOC 435 - Asian Societies (4)