Asian Studies Minor Course Offerings

Please note that for GE course information given, the first area listed corresponds to Catalogs 2019-20 or earlier, and the second area listed corresponds to Catalogs 2020-21 or later.

Fall 2021

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3 / D2)
  • ARCH 320 Topics in Architectural History: Architecture and Urbanism of Japan (GE C4 / UD C)
  • CHIN 101 Elementary Mandarin Chinese I
  • CHIN 201 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I
  • ES 322 Asian Americans in Popular Culture (GE D5 / UD D)
  • ES 330 The Chinese American Experience (GE D5 / UD D)
  • GEOG 150 Human Geography (GE D3 / D2)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3 / D2)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3 / D2)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5 / UD D)
  • JPNS 101 Elementary Japanese I
  • JPNS 201 Intermediate Japanese I
  • MU 324 Music and Society: World Musics (GE C4 / UD C)
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations
  • RELS 306 Hinduism (GE C4 / UD C)

Summer 2021

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3 / D2) [5W2]
  • ARCH 320 Topics in Architectural History, Theory and Criticism: Architecture and Urbanism of Japan (GE C4 / UD C) [5W1]
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3 / D2) [5W1]
  • ES 322 Asian Americans in Popular Culture (GE D5 / UD D) [5W2]
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3 / D2) [5W1]
  • WLC 310 Humanities in World Cultures: Cultures of China (GE C4 / UD C) [5W1]
  • WLC 310 Humanities in World Cultures: Cultures of Japan (GE C4 / UD C) [5W1]

Spring 2021

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • CHIN 103 Elementary Mandarin Chinese III
  • GEOG 150 Human Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 443 Topics and Issues in Asian History, Topic: Taiwanese Film and History
  • JPNS 103 Elementary Japanese III
  • MU 121 Introduction to Non-Western Musics
  • MU 324 Music and Society, Topic: World Musics (GE C4)
  • POLS 328 Politics of Developing Areas, Topic: East Asia
  • RELS 301 Religions of Asia (GE C4)
  • RELS 306 Hinduism (GE C4)
  • RELS 307 Buddhism (GE C4)
  • WLC 310 Humanities in World Cultures, Topics: Cultures of China, Cultures of Japan (GE C4)

Winter 2021

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ARCH 320 Topics in Architectural History, Theory and Criticism: Architecture and Urbanism of Japan (GE C4)
  • CHIN 102 Elementary Mandarin Chinese II
  • ES 270 Selected Topics: Asian American Activism
  • ES 335 The Filipina/o American Experience (GE D5)
  • GEOG 150 Human Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 423 The History of Vietnam
  • JPNS 102 Elementary Japanese II
  • LA 211 History of Landscape Architecture (GE C3)
  • MU 324 Music and Society, Subtopic: World Musics (GE C4)
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations

Fall 2020

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ARCH 320 Topics in Architectural History, Theory and Criticism: Architecture and Urbanism of Japan (GE C4)
  • ART 318 Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements: Chinese Painting (GE C4)
  • CHIN 101 Elementary Mandarin Chinese I
  •  CHIN 201 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • GEOG 150 Human Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • JPNS 101 Elementary Japanese I
  • JPNS 201 Intermediate Japanese I MU 324 Music and Society, Subtopic: World Musics (GE C4)
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations

Summer 2020

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • WLC 310 Humanities in World Cultures: Cultures of China (GE C4)
  • WLC 310 Humanities in World Cultures: Cultures of Vietnam (GE C4)

Winter 2020

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ARCH 320 Topics in Architectural History: Architecture and Urbanism of Japan (GE C4)
  • ART 318 Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements: Chinese Painting: History and Practice (GE C4)
  • CHIN 102 Elementary Mandarin Chinese II
  • ES 330 The Chinese American Experience (GE D5)
  • GEOG 150 Human Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • JPNS 102 Elementary Japanese II
  • PHIL 361 Indian Philosophy (GE C4)
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations
  • RELS 306 Hinduism (GE C4)

Fall 2019

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ARCH 320 Topics in Architectural History: Architecture and Urbanism of Japan (GE C4)
  • ART 318 Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements: Chinese Painting: History and Practice (GE C4)
  • CHIN 101 Elementary Mandarin Chinese I
  • CHIN 201 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I
  • ES 322 Asian Americans in Popular Culture (GE D5)
  • GEOG 150 Human Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • JPNS 101 Elementary Japanese I
  • JPNS 201 Intermediate Japanese I
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations

Summer 2019

  • HIST 310 East Asian Culture and Civilization (GE D5)

Spring 2019

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ARCH 320 Topics in Architectural History, Theory and Criticism: Architecture and Urbanism of Japan (GE C4)
  • CHIN 103 Elementary Mandarin Chinese III
  • CHIN 203 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese III
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • ES 335 The Filipina/o American Experience (GE D5)
  • GEOG 150 Human Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 421 The History of Prostitution
  • JPNS 103 Elementary Japanese III
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations
  • POLS 328 Politics of Developing Areas: East Asia
  • RELS 301 Religions of Asia (GE c4)
  • RELS 306 Hinduism (GE C4)
  • RELS 307 Buddhism (GE C4)
  • WLC 310 Humanities in World Cultures: Culture of China (GE C4)

Winter 2019

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ARCH 320 Topics in Architectural History, Theory and Criticism: Architecture and Urbanism of Japan (GE C4)
  • ART 318 Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements: Buddhist Art (GE C4)
  • CHIN 102 Elementary Mandarin Chinese II
  • CHIN 202 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese II
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • ES 322 Asian American Cultural Images (GE D5)
  • ES 330 The Chinese American Experience (GE D5)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • JPNS 102 Elementary Japanese II
  • LA 211 History of Landscape Architecture (GE C3)
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations

Fall 2018

  • ANT 201  Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • CHIN 101 Elementary Mandarin Chinese I
  • CHIN 201 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I
  • ES 244    Survey of Asian American Cultural Images (GE D5)
  • ES 322    Asian American Cultural Images (G3 D5)
  • GEOG 150  Human Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223  World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 417 20th Century China
  • JPNS 101 Elementary Japanese I
  • JPNS 201 Intermediate Japanese I
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations

Summer 2018

  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • RELS 307 Buddhism  (GE C4)
  • WLC 310  Humanities in World Cultures: China (GE C4)

Spring 2018

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ART 318 Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements: Chinese Painting (GE C4)
  • CHIN 103 Elementary Mandarin Chinese III
  • CHIN 203 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese III
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • ES 335 The Filipina/o American Experience (GE D5)
  • GEOG 150 Introduction to Cultural Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 422 Japanese Postwar Film and History
  • JPNS 103 Elementary Japanese III
  • MU 121 Introduction to Non-Western Musics
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations
  • RELS 307 Buddhism (GE C4)
  • WLC 310 Humanities in World Cultures: China (GE C4)

Winter 2018

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ART 318 Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements: Buddhist Art (GE C4)
  • CHIN 102 Elementary Mandarin Chinese II
  • CHIN 202 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese II
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • ES 322 Asian American Cultural Images (GE D5)
  • ES 335 The Filipina/o American Experience (GE D5)
  • GEOG 150 Introduction to Cultural Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • JPNS 102 Elementary Japanese II
  • LA 211 History of Landscape Architecture (GE C3)
  • RELS 301 Religions of Asia (GE C4)

Fall 2017

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ART 317 Asian Art Survey
  • CHIN 101 Elementary Mandarin Chinese I
  • CHIN 201 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • GEOG 150 Introduction to Cultural Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 409 Vietnam War at Home and Abroad
  • JPNS 101 Elementary Japanese I
  • JPNS 201 Intermediate Japanese I
  • PHIL 320 Asian Philosophy (GE C4)
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations

Summer 2017

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 310 East Asian Culture and Civilization (GE D5)

Spring 2017

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ART 318 Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements: Chinese Painting (GE C4)
  • CHIN 103 Elementary Mandarin Chinese III
  • CHIN 203 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese III
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • ES 322 Asian American Cultural Images (GE D5)
  • GEOG 150 Introduction to Cultural Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 443 Topics and Issues in Asian History: Taiwan, Colony to Nation
  • ISLA 310 Humanities in World Cultures: Culture of China (GE C4)
  • JPNS 103 Elementary Japanese III
  • PHIL 320 Asian Philosophy (GE C4)
  • POLS 328 Politics of Developing Areas: East Asia
  • RELS 301 Religions of Asia (GE C4)
  • RELS 306 Hinduism (GE C4)

Winter 2017

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ART 317 Asian Art Survey
  • CHIN 102 Elementary Mandarin Chinese II
  • CHIN 202 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese II
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • ES 322 Asian American Cultural Images (GE D5)
  • GEOG 150 Introduction to Cultural Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800-Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 319 South and Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 416 Modern Japan
  • HIST 421 The History of Prostituion 
  • JPNS 102 Elementary Japanese II 
  • LA 211 History of Landscape Architecture (GE C3)
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations 
  • POLS 430 Non-Western Political Thought 

Fall 2016

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ART 318 Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements: Buddhist Art (GE C4)
  • CHIN 101 Elementary Mandarin Chinese I
  • CHIN 201 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • ES 322 Asian American Cultural Images (GE D5)
  • GEOG 150 Introduction to Cultural Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 310 East Asian Culture and Civilization (GE D5)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • JPNS 101 Elementary Japanese I
  • JPNS 201 Intermediate Japanese I
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations

Summer 2016

  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • ISLA 310 Humanities in World Cultures: Culture of China (GE C4)
  • LA 211 History of Landscape Architecture (GE C3)

Spring 2016

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ART 318 Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements: Chinese Painting: History and Practice (GE C4)
  • CHIN 103 Elementary Mandarin Chinese III
  • CHIN 203 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese III
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • GEOG 150 Introduction to Cultural Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 409 Vietnam War at Home and Abroad
  • HIST 418 Chinese Film and History
  • ISLA 310 Humanities in World Cultures: China (GE C4)
  • JPNS 103 Elementary Japanese III
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations
  • RELS 307 Buddhism (GE C4)

Winter 2016

  • ANT 201: Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ART 317: Asian Art Survey
  • CHIN 102: Elementary Mandarin Chinese II
  • CHIN 202: Intermediate Mandarin Chinese II
  • ES 335: The Filipina/o American Experience (GE D5)
  • GEOG 150: Introduction to Cultural Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221: World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 222: World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223: World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 316: Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 421: The History of Prostitution
  • JPNS 102: Elementary Japanese II
  • LA 211: History of Landscape Architecture (GE C3)
  • POLS 225: Introduction to International Relations
  • POLS 428: Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics (Topic: Chinese Politics)
  • RELS 301: Religions of Asia (GE C4)​

Fall 2015

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ART 318 Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements: Buddhist Art (GE C4)
  • CHIN 101 Elementary Mandarin Chinese I
  • CHIN 201 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I
  • GEOG 150 Introduction to Cultural Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 310 East Asian Culture and Civilization (GE D5)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 419 Modern Southeast Asia
  • JPNS 101 Elementary Japanese I
  • JPNS 201 Intermediate Japanese I
  • PHIL 320 Asian Philosophy (GE C4)
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations

Summer 2015

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 310 East Asian Culture and Civilization (GE D5)

Spring 2015

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ARCH 320 Topics in Architectural History: Architecture and Urbanism of Japan
  • CHIN 103 Elementary Mandarin Chinese III
  • CHIN 203 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese III
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • ES 330 The Chinese American Experience (GE D5)
  • GEOG 150 Introduction to Cultural Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 423 The History of Vietnam
  • HUM 310 Humanities in World Cultures: Culture of China (GE C4)
  • HUM 310 Humanities in World Cultures: Culture of Japan (GE C4)
  • JPNS 103 Elementary Japanese III
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations
  • RELS 301 Religions of Asia (GE C4)
  • RELS 306 Hinduism (GE C4)

Winter 2015

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ART 318 Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements (GE C4)
  • CHIN 102 Elementary Mandarin Chinese II
  • CHIN 202 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese II
  • ES 322 Asian American Cultural Images (GE D5)
  • ES 335 The Filipina/o American Experience (GE D5) [requires permission form]
  • GEOG 150 Introduction to Cultural Geography (GE D3)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 222 World History, 1000 to 1800 (GE D3)
  • HIST 319 South & Southeast Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 417 20th Century China
  • HIST 421 The History of Prostitution [requires permission form]
  • JPNS 102 Elementary Japanese II
  • LA 211 History of Landscape Architecture (GE C3)
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations
  • POLS 428 Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics (Topic: Chinese Politics) [requires permission form]

Fall 2014

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (GE D3)
  • ART 317 Asian Art Survey
  • CHIN 101 Elementary Mandarin Chinese I
  • CHIN 201 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I
  • ES 244 Survey of Asian American Studies (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • HIST 310 East Asian Culture and Civilization (GE D5)
  • HIST 316 Modern East Asia (GE D5)
  • HIST 422 Japanese Postwar Film and History
  • JPNS 101 Elementary Japanese I
  • JPNS 201 Intermediate Japanese I
  • PHIL 320 Asian Philosophy (GE C4)
  • POLS 225 Introduction to International Relations

Summer 2014

  • ES 322 Asian American Cultural Images (GE D5)
  • HIST 221 World History, Beginnings to 1000 (GE D3)
  • HIST 223 World History, 1800 to Present (GE D3)
  • LA 211 History of Landscape Architecture (GE C3)

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