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Asian Studies Program

Asian Studies Minor Requirements

Shwedagon Pagoda, the largest Buddhist temple in Yangon, Burma/Myanmar.

WorkSheet for Asian Studies Minor

The minor in Asian Studies requires 18 credit hours of courses designated Asian Studies or courses approved by the Coordinator of Asian Studies.

6 hours from any two 100 and 200 level courses (Language option would be 8 hrs):

____ 101 Elementary Arabic (ARA)

____ 101-4 Elementary Chinese I (FLL)

____ 102-4 Elementary Chinese II (FLL)

____ 111-d-3 Introduction to Foreign Studies: Chinese (FLL)

____ 201-4 Intermediate Chinese I (FLL)

____ 202-4 Intermediate Chinese II (FLL)

____ 233-3 Philosophies and Diverse Cultures (Phil)

9 hours from any 300 or 400 level courses

____ 303-3 History of the Ancient Near East (Hist)

____ 305a -3 Comparative Asian Civilizations, Antiquity - 1500 (Hist)

____ 305b-3 Comparative Asian Civilizations, 1500 - Present (Hist)

____ 306-3 People and Culture of Asia (Anthro)

____ 324-3 Peoples and Cultures of the East (IS)

____ 333-3 Geography of Asia (Geog)

____ 334-3 World Religions (Phil)

____ 335-3 Islamic Thought (Phil)

____ 354a, b-3 each Islamic Middle East, Modern Middle East (Hist)

____ 356-3 Political Systems of Asia (Political Science)

____ 356a, b-3 each History of China (Hist)

____ 357-3 History of Modern China (Hist)

____ 358-3 History of Japan (Hist)

____ 403-3 Ancient Mesopotamia (Hist)

____ 450-3 Geography of China (Geog)

____ 454-3 History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Hist)

____ GBA489-3 Business Travel Study to China (School of Business)

*In Banner/Cougarnet scan for topical seminars related to Asian Studies in Historical Studies

3 additional hours from any of the Asian Studies Minor courses offered at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

____ 101-4 Elementary Chinese I (FLL)

____ 102-4 Elementary Chinese II (FLL)

____ 111-d-3 Introduction to Foreign Studies: Chinese (FLL)

____ 201-4 Intermediate Chinese I (FLL)

____ 202-4 Intermediate Chinese II (FLL)

____ 233-3 Philosophies of Diverse Cultures (Phil)

____ 305a -3 Comparative Asian Civilizations, Antiquity - 1500 (Hist)

____ 305b-3 Comparative Asian Civilizations, 1500 - Present (Hist)

____ 306-3 Peoples and Cultures of Asia (Anthro)

____ 324-3 Peoples and Cultures of the East (IS)

____ 333-3 Geography of Asia (Geog)

____ 334-3 World Religions (Phil)

____ 344-3 Asian Pacific American Representations in Popular Culture (English)

____ 345-3 Literature in Translation (FLL)

____ 354a, b-3 each History of the Middle East (Hist)

____ 356-3 Political Systems of Asia (Political Science)

____ 356a, b-3 each History of China (Hist)

____ 357-3 History of Modern China (Hist)

____ 358-3 History of Japan (Hist)

____ 400-3 Topical Seminar: Chinese Revolutions (Hist)

____ 400-3 Topical Seminar: Women and Nationalism in East Asia (Hist)

____ 400-3 Topical Seminar: The Evolution of Contemporary Business in Japan (Hist)

____ 400-3 Topical Seminar: Medieval Japan (Hist)

____ 400-3 History, Culture and Language of China (Hist/IS)