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)

____  403-3 Ancient Mesopotamia (Hist)

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

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