Asian Studies, Bachelor of Arts (45 Hours)

Requirements for an Asian Studies major:

Required Courses (21 Hours)

CHIN 130	Perspectives on Chinese Culture	3
CHIN 101	Elementary Conversational Chinese Level I	3
CHIN 102	Elementary Conversational Chinese Level II	3
CHIN 201	Intermediate Chinese I	3
CHIN 202	Intermediate Chinese II	3
CHIN 301	Advanced Chinese I	3
CHIN 302	Advanced Chinese II	3

Humanities (3 Hours)

ASN 361	Asian Literature I: Pre-Modern China & Japan	3
	Or
ASN 362	Asian Literature II: Modern China & Japan	3

History: Two of the following (6 Hours)

HIST 260	Chinese Civilization	3
HIST 270/RELI 270	History of Buddhism	3
HIST 359	East Asian History to 1850	3
HIST 360	East Asian History From 1800	3

Political Science and Economics (9 Hours)

Three of the following:

ECON 372	Comparative Economic Systems	3
ECON 414	International Economics	3
POLS 120	Introduction to Comparative Politics	3
POLS 130	Introduction to World Politics	3
POLS 207	American Foreign Policy	3
POLS 230	International Security	3
POLS 312	Political Systems of Developing Nations	3
POLS 325	Middle East Politics	3
POLS 340	International Political Economy	3

Approved Study Abroad (One semester)

Junior Core & Capstone (6 Hours)

ASN 370	East Asian Culture through Film	3
ASN 491	Directed Research on Asia	3

A minimum of 18 credits at the 300-level or higher

Total Credit Hours: 45