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Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate Major

The interdepartmental major requires 36 hours from the approved Asian Studies course list (below). Of these, 21 must be 300-level or above. Thirty-six credit hours total: 3 hours Senior Thesis (COMP, HIST, PHIL, POLS, RELG 453); 6 hours History; 6 hours Philosophy or Religious Studies; 3 hours Geography, Anthropology, Economics, Political Science or Sociology; 12 hours in an Asian language; 6 hours elective; 453 may not be counted twice. Each student will be required to declare a regional focus and to have the proposed course distribution approved by the Asian Studies Committee at the beginning of the junior year. Regional areas of focus are: East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. A Senior Thesis is required. The student may choose a topic within a single discipline or culture, or may elect an interdisciplinary and/or cross-cultural approach. The Asian Studies Committee will appoint two thesis readers, normally the primary supervisor and another faculty member from an appropriate field. Three copies of the thesis must be submitted. Modification of the language requirement may be made on an individual basis with the approval of the Committee Chairperson.

Undergraduate Minor

An interdepartmental minor in Asian Studies consists of at least 18 hours in courses selected from the approved list below, including at least 3 hours in history, 3 hours in philosophy or religious studies and 3 hours in geography, anthropology or languages. It is recommended that the student take appropriate language courses. No more than 9 hours may be selected in any one department, and courses used to satisfy the major field may not be applied to the minor.

Approved Asian Studies Courses
The following courses have been approved (see appropriate departmental listings for course descriptions and prerequisites):

AFST 106, 107, 206, 207; ANTH 328; ARAB 101, 102, 201, 202; ARTH 323 or 429 when the topic is appropriate; CJ 314, 413 when the topic is appropriate; COMP 331 or 480 when topic is appropriate; 480; UHON 302; HIST 251, 252, 323, 324, 340, 341, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 386, 387, 388, 480, 481, plus 492 and 496 when topic is appropriate; CHIN 101, 102, 201, 202, 297, 301, 302; ECON 478; JAPN 101, 102, 201, 202, 297, 301, 302, 320, 339, 411; PHIL 108, 331, 334, 336, 337, 348, 438, 439, 440, 449; POLS 478; RELG 107, 109, 230, 231, 263, 323, 324, 438, 439, 440, 442, 447/547 when topic is appropriate, 448, 449, 481; SOC 221, 478; UHON 221, 222 when “Eastern Legacy,” 301, 302 when topic is appropriate; WMST 331 when topic is appropriate; Asian Studies Senior Thesis given as COMP, HIST, PHIL, RELG or POLS 453. For information about Arabic, Hebrew, Classical Chinese, Persian and Sanskrit see the Asian Studies Committee Chairperson.

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