Requirements for the major

I. A core curriculum in East Asian culture

12 credit hours; at least one course from three of the following categories:

A. Art History, Cinema, and Literature

Course ID Course Title
ARTH-1310 Introduction to Asian Art: China 
CHIN-3312 Chinese Cinema: A Historical and Cultural Perspective 
CHIN-3313 Cities of Strangers: Trans-Cultural Chinese Cinema 
CHIN-3314 Chinese Literature in Translation
EAST-2315 East Asian Heroes
EAST-2315 Asian Americans and Translingual Identities


B. Civilization and History 

Course ID Course Title
CHIN-2311 Chinese Civilization
HIST-1320  History of China 
HIST-1324 Modern East Asia 
HIST-2424 Global China: A History of Migration


C. Philosophy and Religion 

Course ID Course Title
CHIN-3428 The Philsophies of China (also listed as PHIL-3428)
EAST-2316 The Folk Ecology of Fengshui
PHIL-3428 The Philosophies of China (also listed as CHIN-3428)
RELI-1330 Asian Religions


D. Ecological and Environmental Science

Course ID Course Title
BIOL-1322 Ecology and Biodiversity of China
GEOS-1307 Geology, Resources, and Environmental Issues of China and Southeast Asia
 
II. The concentration in Chinese studies: 

A. Completion of 21 credit hours of upper division Chinese language and literature courses taught in Chinese. 

Course ID Course Title
CHIN-3401  Advanced Chinese I
CHIN-3402  Advanced Chinese II 
CHIN-3310 Chengyu Tales
CHIN-3311 Reading Chinese Newspapers
CHIN-4130  Quanqiu Shangwu Wenhua-Zhong-Mei Jiaodian (Global Business Culture) 
CHIN-4310  Advanced Conversation and Composition I
CHIN-4311 Advanced Conversation and Composition II
CHIN-4321  Readings in Modern Chinese Literature 
CHIN-4322 Readings in Contemporary Chinese Cinema 
CHIN-4351  Classical Chinese 
CHIN-4390  Reading and Conference 
CHIN-4391  Selected Topics 
LAC-3113 Reality TV in China
LAC-3114 Zhongguo Gudai Sixiang (Classical Chinese Thought)
LAC-3115 Chinese Popular Songs
LAC-4130 Quanqiu Shangwu Wenhua-Zhong-Mei Jiaodian (Global Business Culture)

or the equivalent study abroad coursework in Chinese. 

B. Completion of 9 credit hours of upper division electives. At least one course must be taken from each of the following categories. Courses not focused solely on China must contain at least one-third of their content on the subject of China. 

  1. Art History, Communication, History, Political Science, and Religion 
Course ID Course Title
ARTH-3476 Contemporary Chinese Art (also listed as CHIN-3476)
CHIN-3320  The Rise of Modern China (also listed as HIST-3320
CHIN-3433  Chinese Religions: Unity and Diversity (also listed as RELI-3433
CHIN-3343  Chinese Foreign Policy (also listed as PLSI-3343
CHIN-3366 Governance and Public Policy in Contemporary China (also listed as PLSI-3366 and URBS-3366)
CHIN-3466 Contemporary Chinese Art (also listed as ARTH-3466)
COMM-3323 Environmental Communication in Asia
COMM-3324 Popular Culture in Asia
HIST-3320  The Rise of Modern China (also listed as CHIN-3320
HIST-3420 Masculinity and Femininity
HIST-4420  Seminar in Asian History 
PLSI-3341 East Asian Security 
PLSI-3343  Chinese Foreign Policy (also listed as CHIN-3343
PLSI-3366 Governance and Public Policy in Contemporary China (also listed as CHIN-3366 and URBS-3366)
RELI-3432  Buddhist Ecology 
RELI-3433  Chinese Religions: Unity and Diversity (also listed as CHIN-3433
URBS-3366 Governance and Public Policy in Contemporary China (also listed as CHIN-3366 and PLSI-3366)
  1. Business and Economics
Course ID Course Title
BUSN-3367  Comparative Views of Modern China (also listed as ECON-3367, CHIN-3367, and URBS-3367
BUSN-4130  Quanqiu Shangwu Wenhua-Zhong-Mei Jiaodian (Global Business Culture) 
BUSN-4364  Internationalizing Intellectual Property (also listed as CHIN-4364
CHIN-3330  Global Business Culture (also listed as INTB-3330
CHIN-3367  Comparative Views of Modern China (also listed as BUSN-3367, ECON-3367, and URBS-3367
CHIN-4130  Quanqiu Shangwu Wenhua-Zhong-Mei Jiaodian (Global Business Culture) (also listed as BUSN-4130
CHIN-4364  Internationalizing Intellectual Property (also listed as BUSN 4364
CHIN-4097 Chinese Internship
ECON-3367 Comparative Views of Modern China (also listed as BUSN-3367, CHIN-3367, and URBS-3367
INTB-3363 International Business Research
INTB-3330 Global Business Culture (also listed as CHIN-3330
INTB-4362

International Branding

URBS-3367 Comparative Views of Modern China (also listed as BUSN-3367, CHIN-3367, and ECON-3367)

III. Completion of at least one semester abroad in a Chinese-speaking country.

 

IV. University requirements:

Completion of all other required elements of the Pathways curriculum and at least 120 credit hours.

How to apply


Full acceptance is granted if the following requirements are met at the time of application: 

  1. Completion of the fourth semester of an East Asian language, or its equivalent, with a grade of C or better. 
  2. Completion of the East Asian Studies core curriculum with grades of C or better. 

Provisional acceptance may be granted if it is apparent that an applicant can meet the requirements for full acceptance by the end of the semester in which application is made. 

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  Stephen Lee Field, Ph.D. (Co-Director)
  Jie Zhang, Ph.D. (Co-Director)


 

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