Asian Studies

Minor Requirements - 23 Credits

This minor is designed to provide students with a broad-based interdisciplinary understanding of Asian culture through a coordinated program of studying language, history, philosophy, art, geography or political science. The program is administered by a faculty coordinator and committee in the Department of English (970.351.2851). All Asian Studies Minors are required to see an advisor to work out a program of study that will meet their specific needs and interests. At least 50% of the courses in the minor must be at the 300- or 400- level, and no more than 9 semester hours of courses with the same prefix may be counted toward the minor.

Required Minor Credits - 13 hours

MIND 181 Great Traditions of Asia: India, China and Japan (3)

JAPN 101 Beginning Japanese (5)

JAPN 102 Elementary Japanese II (5)

Students who demonstrate first-year-language competency in either Chinese or Japanese may bypass the 102 course and take 15 hours of electives rather than 10.

Elective Minor Credits - 10 hours

ANT 310 World Cultures (3)*

ENG 262 Masterpieces of World Literature (3)*

GEOG 344 Asia: Special Topics (3)

HIST 112 Asian Civilization I: From Prehistory to the 1600s (3)

HIST 113 Asian Civilization II: The Modern Transformation (3)

HIST 307 History of China to 1840 (3)

HIST 309 Modern Southeast Asia (3)

HIST 310 Modern China (3)

HIST 311 Modern Japan (3)

HIST 313 India (3)

JAPN 116 Contemporary Japan (3)

JAPN 201 Intermediate Japanese I (3)

JAPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II (3)

PHIL 300 Topics in Philosophy (3)*

PSCI 319 Pacific Rim Politics (3)

Independent Study (1-4)

Notes: *Variable topic courses must be relevant to Asian Studies and approved by the student's minor advisor.

Independent Study projects must be approved by the minor advisor. These projects may be taken in any of the following departments: Anthropology, Art, Business, Economics, English, Foreign Languages, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Mind, Honors.

ANT 310, GEOG 344 and PSCI 410 have prerequisites.

Students must maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in those courses that count toward the minor.