Asian Studies Minor

Coordinator: Assistant Professor Duan

The Asian Studies minor offers students an interdisciplinary program to study the history, geography, religion, languages, philosophy, economics and societies of this vast, diverse continent. Students can choose from a wide range of courses dealing with the culture and history of India, China and Japan, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, environmental issues in Southeast Asia, contemporary politics in India/Pakistan, Asian film and literature, and Chinese geography. They can study Chinese through the advanced-low level at Elon, and can study other Asian languages through the consortium and study abroad. The university also offers a unique series of Winter Term, summer and semester abroad opportunities in India, China, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore and Bhutan.

Courses must be chosen from at least two disciplines. Students are strongly encouraged to consider appropriate foreign language study and studying abroad in the region. Up to 16 semester hours of language study can be counted toward the minor. With the approval of the program coordinator, up to 12 semester hours of study-abroad credit can be counted toward the minor.


Minor Requirements:

Select 20 semester hours from among the following: 20 sh

General Asian Studies courses

APS 361-69

APS 481

ARH 212ART HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD

4 sh

ARH 320ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART

4 sh

COR 305INTERDISCIPLINARY ZEN

4 sh

COR 333RELIGION AND ART OF ASIA

4 sh

COR 399ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

4 sh

ENG 232LITERATURE OF EAST ASIA

4 sh

ENG 234HISTORICAL ASIAN LITERATURE AND FILM

4 sh

ENG 248ASIAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE

4 sh

ENS 310ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

4 sh

GEO 310DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA

4 sh

HST 132GLOBALIZATION OF CHINA, 1500-1840

4 sh

HST 320FASHION, FOOD, AND FUN: MATERIAL CULTURE IN CHINA AND JAPAN

4 sh

HST 321CHINA: EMPIRE AND REVOLUTION, 1800-PRESENT

4 sh

POL 362INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA

4 sh

REL 201BUDDHIST TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 202HINDU TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 312RELIGION GOES GLOBAL: FANATICS, FRAUDS, AND PEACEMAKERS

4 sh

REL 350SILK ROAD: THEN AND NOW

4 sh

REL 356CHINESE "RELIGIONS" FROM CONFUCIUS TO MAO

4 sh

REL 357SAGES AND SAMURAI: RELIGION IN THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCE

4 sh

REL 358SITES AND RITES: SACRED SPACE AND RITUAL IN WORLD RELIGIONS

4 sh

REL 360HINDU GODDESSES: FROM MYTHS TO MOVIES

4 sh

REL 361WOMEN, RELIGION AND ETHNOGRAPHY

4 sh

REL 362HEROES, SAINTS AND DEMONS: HINDU TEXTUAL TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 363WOMEN IN ISLAM: VENERATION, VEILS AND VOICES

4 sh

REL 460SPECIAL TOPICS

* REL 460 only applies when offered as "Ghosts Demons and Ancestors in Asian Religions"

Asian Foreign Language Courses

CHN 121ELEMENTARY CHINESE I

4 sh

CHN 122ELEMENTARY CHINESE II

4 sh

CHN 221INERMEDIATE CHINESE I

4 sh

CHN 222INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II

4 sh

CHN 321ADVANCED CHINESE I

4 sh

Study Abroad Winter Term Courses

ACC/BUS/FIN 277

GBL 236INDIA: SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

GBL 248BUSINESS AND CULTURE OF VIETNAM

4 sh

GBL 280CHINA: THE FLYING DRAGON

4 sh

GBL 286INDIA'S IDENTITIES: RELIGION, CASTE AND GENDER IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH INDIA

4 sh

GBL 362INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA: DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT, DIPLOMACY AND CONFLICT IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

ACC/BUS/FIN 277: BUSINESS IN THE PACIFIC RIM (Multiple countries, varies by year).

Total Credit Hours: 20

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