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Apr 27, 2026
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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Asian Studies Minor
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The Asian studies minor consists of 15 credit hours.
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Minor Requirements
The minor consists of 15 hours in Asian Studies courses; no more than 4 hours may be at the 200 level. Students are encouraged to discuss their program with the Asian Studies Advisor.
I. Select up to 4 credit hours at the 100-level or above:
- ANTH 321* - Anthropology of South Asia 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 121 - Elementary Arabic I 4 Credit Hours
- ARAB 122 - Elementary Arabic II 4 Credit Hours
- ARAB 200* - Everything You Wanted to Know about the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 215* - Human Rights in the Middle East 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 221 - Intermediate Arabic I 4 Credit Hours
- ARAB 222* - Intermediate Arabic II 4 Credit Hours
- ARAB 231 - Arabic for Heritage Speakers I 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 232* - Arabic for Heritage Speakers II 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 251* - Whole New Worlds: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Dystopia in the Middle East 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 320 - Middle Eastern Film 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 321* - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 331* - Culture and Daily Life in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 332* - Contemporary Issues and Current Events in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 351 - Languages of the Middle East and North Africa 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 415 - Topics in Arabic Literature, Language, History, and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 431 - Media Arabic 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 432 - Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature 3 Credit Hours
- ARTH 411 - Art of South and Southeast Asia 3 Credit Hours
- ARTH 413 - Art of China: Neolithic Period Through the Song Dynasty 3 Credit Hours
- ARTH 414 - Art of China: Yuan through Qing Dynasties 3 Credit Hours
- ARTH 416 - Chinese Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries 3 Credit Hours
- ARTH 419 - Art of Japan 3 Credit Hours
- ARTH 443* - Islamic Art in Global Context I: Medieval 3 Credit Hours
- ARTH 444* - Islamic Art in Global Context II: Early Modern 3 Credit Hours
- ASST 301 - South Asian Cinema: Bollywood and Beyond 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 130* - Love and Sex in Chinese and Sinophone Cultures 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 131 - Elementary Chinese I 4 Credit Hours
- CHIN 132 - Elementary Chinese II 4 Credit Hours
- CHIN 210* - Introduction to Chinese Culture 1-3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 220 - Chinese Food and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 230 - Popular Culture in China 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 231 - Intermediate Chinese I 4 Credit Hours
- CHIN 232* - Intermediate Chinese II 4 Credit Hours
- CHIN 300 - A Kaleidoscope of China 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 310 - The Art of Chinese Calligraphy 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 331* - Advanced Chinese I 4 Credit Hours
- CHIN 332* - Advanced Chinese II 4 Credit Hours
- CHIN 333 - Tea Cultures in Asia 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 335 - From Fox Spirits to FemTech: Gender, Myth, and Media in China 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 360* - Desiring Asia: Sex, Intimacy, and Global Capital 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 401* - Contemporary Chinese Studies I 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 402* - Contemporary Chinese Studies II 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 430 - Women in China 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 431 - Chinese Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 432 - Advanced Reading and Composition 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 469 - Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Cinema 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 471* - Introduction to Chinese Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
- GEOG 349* - Geography of Human Rights: Europe and Asia 3 Credit Hours
- GEOG 374* - Emerging Landscapes of East Asia 3 Credit Hours
- GEOG 375* - Society and Spaces of South Asia 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 360 - Making of Modern Asia 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 383 - Studies in Asian History 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 389* - Pre-Modern Chinese History 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 390 - Modern Chinese History 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 392 - History of Pre-Modern Japan 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 393 - History of Modern Japan 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 394* - Chinese Intellectual History: Early Times 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 401 - Life in Early Modern Japan (1600-1868): Society, Culture, and the Outside World 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 480 - Traditional Chinese Medicine 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 484 - Studies in Asian History 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 490 - The History and Cultural Legacy of the Samurai 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 494* - History of Tokyo 3 Credit Hours
- HIME 366* - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 600 – 1050 3 Credit Hours
- HIME 369* - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, ca. 1050 – 1500 3 Credit Hours
- HIME 370 - History of the Middle East in Global Context 3 Credit Hours
- HIME 384 - Studies in Middle East History 3 Credit Hours
- HIME 450 - Food, Health and Society 3 Credit Hours
- HIME 484 - Studies in Middle East History 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 151 - Elementary Japanese I 4 Credit Hours
- JAPA 152 - Elementary Japanese II 4 Credit Hours
- JAPA 200 - Kanji for Japanese I 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 213 - Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 251 - Intermediate Japanese I 4 Credit Hours
- JAPA 252* - Intermediate Japanese II 4 Credit Hours
- JAPA 300 - Kanji for Japanese II 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 313 - Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 314 - Food, Fiction, and Film in Modern Japan 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 315 - Asian Film 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 321 - Japanese Popular Media 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 351* - Advanced Japanese I 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 352* - Advanced Japanese II 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 365 - Japanese for Business 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 413* - Modern Japanese Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 451 - Introduction to Classical Japanese 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 452 - Reading in Modern Japanese Texts 3 Credit Hours
- KORE 111 - Elementary Korean I 4 Credit Hours
- KORE 112 - Elementary Korean II 4 Credit Hours
- KORE 211 - Intermediate Korean I 4 Credit Hours
- KORE 212 - Intermediate Korean II 4 Credit Hours
- KORE 230 - Korean Culture 3 Credit Hours
- KORE 330 - Korean Media and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 454 - Politics in China and Japan: Culture, Power and Competition 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 455* - Identity, Conflict, and State Building in South Asian Countries 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 463 - Politics and Power in the Middle East 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 465 - Nuclear Politics of the Middle East: Conflict, Energy, and the Environment 3 Credit Hours
- REST 280* - Religions of Asia 3 Credit Hours
- REST 319 - Gender, Sexuality, and Religion in Asia 3 Credit Hours
- REST 332* - Introduction to Islam 3 Credit Hours
- REST 335* - Islam and the Body 3 Credit Hours
- REST 339* - Islam in the Modern World 3 Credit Hours
- REST 372* - Contemporary Buddhism 3 Credit Hours
- REST 374* - Hindu Traditions 3 Credit Hours
- REST 375* - Theravada Buddhism 3 Credit Hours
- REST 376* - Buddhism 3 Credit Hours
- REST 379* - Chinese Religions 3 Credit Hours
- REST 383* - Japanese Religions 3 Credit Hours
- REST 436* - Seminar in Islamic Studies 3 Credit Hours
- REST 476* - Contemporary Asia 3 Credit Hours
- REST 479* - Seminar in East Asian Religions 3 Credit Hours
II. Select 12 credit hours at the 300-level or above:
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