Major in International Studies, Asian Studies Concentration

Program Overview

The International Studies major with an Asian Studies concentration requires a minimum of 120 credits, with at least 42 credits being upper-division (300- to 400-level). Students must select a minimum of 24 credits, 18 of which must be upper-division (300- to 400-level), from at least three subject codes, from the following groups of courses: 1. History and Politics of Asia, 2. Thought and Cultures of Asia, and 3. International Studies.

Program Outline

Outline:

The International Studies major with an Asian Studies concentration requires a minimum of 120 credits, with at least 42 credits being upper-division (300- to 400-level).

Course Requirements:

• Freshman Year:
• Semester 1:
• CO 150 College Composition (GT-CO2) - 3 credits
• Select one from:
• ANTH 100 Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3) - 3 credits
• ANTH 200 Cultures and the Global System (GT-SS3) - 1 credit
• GR 100 Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2) - 3 credits
• Select one from:
• LCHI 100 First-Year Chinese I
• LJPN 100 First-Year Japanese I
• LKOR 100 First-Year Korean I
• Electives - 3 credits
• Semester 2:
• INST 200 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Globalization - 3 credits
• Select one from:
• HIST 120 Asian Civilizations I (GT-HI1) - 3 credits
• HIST 121 Asian Civilizations II (GT-HI1) - 3 credits
• HIST 170 World History, Ancient-1500 (GT-HI1) - 3 credits
• HIST 171 World History, 1500-Present (GT-HI1) - 3 credits
• Select one from:
• LCHI 101 First-Year Chinese II
• LJPN 101 First-Year Japanese II
• LKOR 101 First-Year Korean II
• Select one from:
• POLS 232 International Relations (GT-SS1) - 1 credit
• POLS 241 Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1) - 1 credit
• Quantitative Reasoning - 3 credits
• Sophomore Year:
• Semester 3:
• Select one from:
• AREC 202 Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) - 3 credits
• ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) - 3 credits
• ECON 204 Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) - 3 credits
• ECON 211 Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1) - 1 credit
• ECON 240/AREC 240 Issues in Environmental Economics (GT-SS1) - 3 credits
• Select one from:
• LCHI 200 Second-Year Chinese I (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LJPN 200 Second-Year Japanese I (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LKOR 200 Second-Year Korean I (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• Arts and Humanities - 3 credits
• Biological and Physical Sciences - 3 credits
• Semester 4:
• Select one from:
• LCHI 201 Second-Year Chinese II (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LJPN 201 Second-Year Japanese II (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LKOR 201 Second-Year Korean II (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• Advanced Writing - 2 credits
• Biological and Physical Sciences - 3 credits
• Electives - 3 credits
• Junior Year:
• Semester 5:
• INST 301 International Studies Research Methods - 4 credits
• Select one from:
• LARA 100 First-Year Arabic I
• LCHI 304 Third-Year Chinese I
• LFRE 100 First-Year French I
• LGER 100 First-Year German I
• LITA 100 First-Year Italian I
• LJPN 304 Third-Year Japanese I
• LRUS 100 First-Year Russian I
• LSPA 100 First-Year Spanish I
• International Studies Major Course Selection (See list on Concentration Requirements Tab) - 6 credits
• Electives - 1-3 credits
• Semester 6:
• Select one from:
• LARA 101 First-Year Arabic II
• LCHI 305 Third-Year Chinese II
• LFRE 101 First-Year French II
• LGER 101 First-Year German II
• LITA 101 First-Year Italian II
• LJPN 305 Third-Year Japanese II
• LRUS 101 First-Year Russian II
• LSPA 101 First-Year Spanish II
• International Studies Major Course Selection (See list on Concentration Requirements Tab) - 6 credits
• Electives - 4-6 credits
• Senior Year:
• Semester 7:
• INST 492 Seminar - 4 credits
• International Studies Major Course Selection (See list on Concentration Requirements Tab) - 6 credits
• Select from:
• LARA 200 Second-Year Arabic I (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LFRE 200 Second-Year French I (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LGER 200 Second-Year German I (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LITA 200 Second-Year Italian I (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LRUS 200 Second-Year Russian I (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LSPA 200 Second-Year Spanish I (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• Electives - 2-3 credits
• Semester 8:
• International Studies Major Course Selection (See list on Concentration Requirements Tab) - 6 credits
• Select from:
• LARA 201 Second-Year Arabic II (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LFRE 201 Second-Year French II (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LGER 201 Second-Year German II (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LITA 201 Second-Year Italian II (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LRUS 201 Second-Year Russian II (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• LSPA 201 Second-Year Spanish II (GT-AH4) - 3 credits
• Electives - 5-6 credits

International Studies Major Course Selection:

• Students must select a minimum of 24 credits, 18 of which must be upper-division (300- to 400-level), from at least three subject codes, from the following groups of courses:
• 1.
• History and Politics of Asia:
• Select a minimum of 6 credits from the following:
• ETST 252/HIST 252 Asian American History (GT-HI1) - 3 credits
• ETST 324 Asian-Pacific Americans and the Law
• HIST 116 The Islamic World Since 1500 - 3 credits
• HIST 120 Asian Civilizations I (GT-HI1) - 3 credits
• HIST 121 Asian Civilizations II (GT-HI1) - 3 credits
• HIST 440 Modern South Asia: Colonialism and Nationalism
• HIST 441 South Asia Since Independence
• HIST 450 Ancient China
• HIST 451 Medieval China and Central Asia
• HIST 452 China in the Modern World, 1600-Present
• HIST 455 Tokugawa and Modern Japan, 1600-Present
• HIST 456 East Asia in the Age of Empire, 1800-Present
• HIST 464 Pacific Wars: Philippines-WWII
• HIST 465 Pacific Wars: Korea and Vietnam
• HIST 466 U.S.-China Relations Since 1800
• HIST 533 Reading Seminar: East Asia
• HIST 534 Reading Seminar: South Asia
• POLS 445 Comparative Asian Politics
• 2.
• Thought and Cultures of Asia:
• Select a minimum of 6 credits from the following:
• ANTH 312 Modern Indian Culture and Society
• ANTH 314 Southeast Asian Cultures and Societies
• ART 316 Art of the Pacific
• E 356 Asian Literature
• ETST 320 Ethnicity and Film--Asian-American Experience
• LCHI 250 Introduction to Chinese Culture (GT-AH2) - 3 credits
• LJPN 250 Introduction to Japanese Culture (GT-AH2)
• LCHI 309 Contemporary Chinese Literature and the Arts
• LCHI 365 Introduction to Chinese Cinema Studies - 4 credits
• LGEN 465B Studies in Foreign Film: Asia
• LJPN 365 Introduction to Japanese Cinema Studies
• LCHI 496 Group Study-Chinese
• LGEN 192 Modern Languages/Cultures: Italian and Japanese
• LJPN 404 Historical Aspects of the Language and Society
• LJPN 496 Group Study-Japanese
• PHIL 172 Religions of the East (GT-AH3) - 3 credits
• PHIL 349 Philosophies of East Asia
• PHIL 360 Topics in Asian Philosophy
• PHIL 371 Contemporary Eastern Religious Thought
• PHIL 379 Mysticism East and West
• SPCM 370C/HIST 370C Study Abroad--South Korea: Cinema, Culture, and History
• 3. International Studies:
• Select a minimum of 3 credits from the following:
• AGRI 270/IE 270 World Interdependence-Population and Food (GT-SS3) - 1 credit
• AM 430 International Retailing
• AM 460 Historic Textiles
• ANTH 100 Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3) - 3 credits
• ANTH 140 Introduction to Archaeology (GT-HI1) - 3 credits
• ANTH 200 Cultures and the Global System (GT-SS3) - 1 credit
• ANTH 225 Anthropology of the Arts
• ANTH 313 Modernization and Development
• ANTH 322 The Anthropology of Religion
• ANTH 329 Cultural Change
• ANTH 330 Human Ecology
• ANTH 335 Language and Culture
• ANTH 336 Art and Culture
• ANTH 338 Gender and Anthropology
• ANTH 340 Medical Anthropology
• ANTH 413 Indigenous Peoples Today
• ANTH 415 Indigenous Ecologies and the Modern World
• ANTH 416 Gender, Culture, and Health
• ANTH 422/SOC 422 Comparative Legal Systems
• ANTH 438 Approaches to Community-Based Development
• ANTH 441 Method in Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 447 Gender Equity in Development
• ANTH 448 Development and Empowerment
• ANTH 479/IE 479 International Development Theory and Practice
• AREC 240/ECON 240 Issues in Environmental Economics (GT-SS1) - 3 credits
• AREC 415 International Agricultural Trade
• AREC 460 Ag- and Resource-Based Economic Development
• BUS 350 Travel Abroad-International Comparative Management
• BUS 405B Contemporary Business Topics: International Business
• CON 450/INTD 450 Travel Abroad-Sustainable Building
• E 142 Reading Without Borders (GT-AH2) - 1 credit
• E 245 World Drama (GT-AH2) - 1 credit
• E 330 Gender in World Literature
• E 339 Literature of the Earth
• E 428 Postcolonial Literature
• E 465 Topics in Literature and Language
• ECON 101 Economics of Social Issues (GT-SS1) - 3 credits
• ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) - 3 credits
• ECON 204 Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) - 3 credits
• ECON 211 Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1) - 1 credit
• ECON 332/POLS 332 International Political Economy
• ECON 370 Comparative Economic Systems
• ECON 440 Economics of International Trade and Policy
• ECON 442 Economics of International Finance and Policy
• ECON 460 Economic Development
• ETST 256 Border Crossings--People/Politics/Culture (GT-SS3) - 1 credit
• ETST 352/SOWK 352 Indigenous Women, Children, and Tribes
• ETST 365 Global Environmental Justice Movements
• FIN 475 International Business Finance
• GES 101 Foundations of Environmental Sustainability
• GES 192 Global Environmental Sustainability Seminar
• GR 213 Climate Migrants (GT-SS2) - 3 credits
• GR 320 Cultural Geography
• GR 330 Urban Geography
• GR 415 The Geography of Commodities
• HIST 463 Science and Technology in Modern History
• HIST 467 Modern Jewish History
• HIST 470 World Environmental History, 1500-Present
• IE 179 Globalization: Exploring Our Global Village (GT-SS3) - 1 credit
• IE 200 Global Studies
• IE 272 World Interdependence - Current Global Issues
• IE 379 Integrating Global Learning Post Study Abroad
• IE 450/SOWK 450 International Social Welfare and Development
• IE 470 Women and Development
• IE 471 Children and Youth in Global Context
• IE 472 Education for Global Peace
• IE 478 Managing International Development Programs
• INST 487 Internship - 5 credits
• INST 495 Independent Study - 5 credits
• JTC 412 International Mass Communication
• LB 173 Encountering the Global (GT-AH2) - 1 credit
• MGT 475 International Business Management
• MKT 365 International Marketing
• MU 131 Introduction to Music History and Literature (GT-AH1) - 3 credits
• MU 132 Exploring World Music - 1 credit
• NRRT 320 International Issues-Recreation and Tourism
• PHIL 170 World Philosophies (GT-AH3) - 1 credit
• PHIL 174 World Religions (GT-AH3) - 3 credits
• PHIL 320 Ethics of Sustainability
• PHIL 479 Topics in Comparative Religions
• POLS 131 Current World Problems (GT-SS1) - 1 credit
• POLS 232 International Relations (GT-SS1) - 1 credit
• POLS 241 Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1) - 1 credit
• POLS 347 Comparative Authoritarianism
• POLS 362 Global Environmental Politics
• POLS 431 International Law
• POLS 433 International Organization
• POLS 435 United States Foreign Policy
• POLS 436 Comparative Foreign Policy
• POLS 437 International Security
• POLS 440/GR 440 Political Geography
• POLS 442 Environmental Politics in Developing World
• POLS 443 Comparative Social Movements
• POLS 448 Comparative Racial/Ethnic Politics
• POLS 462 Globalization, Sustainability, and Justice
• SOC 105 Social Problems (GT-SS3) - 3 credits
• SOC 220 Environment, Food, and Social Justice (GT-SS3) - 1 credit
• SOC 320 Population-Natural Resources and Environment
• SOC 322 Environmental Justice
• SOC 323 Soc.
of Environmental Cooperation & Conflict
• SOC 364 Food, Agriculture and Global Society
• SOC 461 Water and Social Justice
• SOC 482A Travel Abroad: Comparative Criminal Justice - 6 credits
• SOC 482B Travel Abroad: Crime and Deviance - 6 credits
• SPCM 434 Intercultural Communication
• Language Requirements:
• Complete 3 years of a single foreign language or 2 languages through the second year (L 201).
• Language courses cannot double count.
• Electives:
• Select enough elective credits to bring the program total to a minimum of 120 credits.
• Other:
• Credit allowed for only one of the following: LCHI 365, LGEN 465B, LJPN 365.
• Maximum 3 credits for INST 487 Internship.
• To count toward the International Studies Major Course Selection, travel abroad must be to a country or area covered by this concentration.