Asian Studies Minor

Asian Studies at the College of Charleston

Academic Requirements for the Minor in Asian Studies

Credit Requirements: 18 hours
Core Course: (3 hours)
Three Options:
  • ASST 101: Introduction to Asian Studies
  • ARTH 103: History of Asian Art
  • ASST 105: Value and Tradition in Asian Civilization
Electives: ( 15 hours) from list below
Distribution: The elective courses must be chosen from at least three different disciplines, with no more than nine hours in one geographic region (for example, South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, or Japan). Language courses beyond the 200 level may count toward the Minor. No more than six hours at the 100-level may be counted toward the Minor in Asian Studies.
Courses:
  • ASST 240 Special Topics in Asian Studies
  • ASST 340 Special Topics in Asian Studies
  • ASST 390 Independent Study in Asian Studies
  • JPNS 313 Conversation and Composition I
  • JPNS 314 Conversation and Composition: Advanced I
  • JPNS 390 Conversation and Composition: Advanced II
  • JPNS 370 Studies in Japanese Film and Literature
  • LTJP 250 Japanese Literature in Translation
  • LTJP 350 Japanese Literature in Translation
  • LTJP 390 Special Topics in Japanese Literature in Translation
  • JPNS 390 Special Topics
  • CHNS 313, 314 Advanced Chinese
  • CHNS 290 Special Topics in Chinese Literature
  • CHNS 390 Special Topics in Chinese Literature
  • LTCH 250 Chinese Literature in Translation
  • ANTH 329 Special Topics (as appropriate to Asian Studies)
  • ARTH 103 Survey of Asian Art
  • ARTH 341 Art of India
  • ARTH 342 Art of China
  • ARTH 343 Art of Japan
  • ARTH 340 Special Topics (as appropriate to Asian Studies)
  • ENGL 234 Survey of Third World Masterpieces
  • ENGL 358 Colonial and Postcolonial British Literature
  • ENGL 290 Special Topics (as appropriate to Asian Studies)
  • HIST 282 China to 1800
  • HIST 283 Modern China
  • HIST 286 Japan to 1800
  • HIST 287 Modern Japan
  • HIST 285 The Indian Subcontinent Since 1500
  • HIST 261 Special Topics in Modern Asia, Africa or Latin America (when content is Asian)
  • HIST 276 Medieval Islamic Civilization
  • HIST 361 Special Topics in Modern Asia, Africa or LatinAmerica (when content is Asian)
  • HIST 377 Iran/ Persia
  • HIST 461 Research Seminar in Modern Asia, Africa, or Latin America (when topic involves Asia)
  • POLS 323 Politics of East Asia
  • POLS 339 Special Topics (as appropriate to Asian Studies)
  • POLS 362 Case Studies in Foreign Policy
  • RELS 245 Religions of India
  • RELS 240 The Buddhist Tradition
  • RELS 248 Religions of China and Japan
  • RELS 348 Asian Religions in America
  • RELS 340 Advanced Topics in Asian Religions

Contact

Contact Information:
Mary Beth Coffman Heston, Ph.D.
Director of the Program in Asian Studies
Email: hestonm@cofc.edu
Telephone:(843) 953-8285
Fax:(843) 953-8212
Office: First floor, Rivers Museum, 58 George St.
Mailing Address: 66 George St., Charleston South Carolina, 29424

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