East Asian Studies Concentration

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East Asian Studies

Chair(s):

Scott Cook

Students concentrating in East Asian Studies work in the areas of language and literature, history, music, philosophy, political science, and religion. Participation in an off-campus study program in China, Japan, or Taiwan is encouraged (see Off-Campus Study ). In the senior year, the student is expected to complete a 2- or 4-credit interdisciplinary research project involving at least two academic disciplines.

Concentration requirements: 22 or 24 credits as follows:

Required, 22 or 24 credits as follows (at least 8 of the 16 credits from parts 2 and 3 must focus on the same region [China or Japan] as that of the language credits of part 1; at least 4 of the 16 must focus on the other region):

Part 1: Language Requirement 4 Credits

Chinese or Japanese beyond the 221 level (or equivalent)

Part 2: 8 credits from:

CHI 230 - Chinese Women: Past and Present 4 credits
CHI 275 - Chinese Literary Tradition (in Translation) 4 credits
CHI 277 - Modern China through Literature and Film (in Translation) 4 credits
CHI 331 - Advanced Chinese I 4 credits
CHI 332 - Advanced Chinese II 4 credits
JPN 279 - Modern Japanese Fiction and Film 4 credits
JPN 295 - Special Topics in Japanese
JPN 331 - Advanced Japanese I 4 credits
JPN 332 - Advanced Japanese II 4 credits
HUM 131 - China’s Ancient World 4 credits
SST 131 - China’s Ancient World 4 credits

Part 3: 8 credits from:

CHI 241 - Chinese Philosophical Tradition 4 credits
Chinese and Japanese history courses as approved by the concentration
HIS 37x - Advanced Studies in Asian History 4 credits
PHI 241 - Chinese Philosophical Tradition 4 credits
POL 275 - Politics of the People’s Republic of China 4 credits
REL 117 - Major Asian Religions 4 credits
REL 221 - Religious Traditions of Japan 4 credits
REL 222 - Religious Traditions of China 4 credits

Part 4: 2 or 4 Credits

Two or four credits of a senior interdisciplinary project involving research in at least two disciplines

Note:

No course can be counted toward more than one concentration requirement.