Asian Studies Minor
Minor Check Sheet Winter Term 2016 Electives Spring Term 2016 Electives
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 eight 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.
A minor in Asian Studies requires 20 semester hours selected from the following:
General Asian Studies courses
| ARH 212 | ART HISTORY III: REVOLT, REFORM, CRITIQUE | 4 sh |
| ARH 320 | ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART | 4 sh |
| COR 305 | INTERDISCIPLINARY ZEN | 4 sh |
| COR 333 | RELIGION AND ART OF ASIA | 4 sh |
| COR 399 | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA | 4 sh |
| ENG 232 | LITERATURE OF EAST ASIA | 4 sh |
| ENG 234 | HISTORICAL ASIAN LITERATURE AND FILM | 4 sh |
| ENG 248 | ASIAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE | 4 sh |
| ENS 310 | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA | 4 sh |
| GEO 310 | DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA | 4 sh |
| HST 321 | CHINA: EMPIRE AND REVOLUTION, 1800-PRESENT | 4 sh |
| POL 362 | INDIA AND PAKISTAN | 4 sh |
| REL 201 | BUDDHIST TRADITIONS | 4 sh |
| REL 202 | HINDU TRADITIONS | 4 sh |
| REL 356 | CHINESE "RELIGIONS" FROM CONFUCIUS TO MAO | 4 sh |
| REL 357 | SAGES AND SAMURAI: RELIGION IN THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCE | 4 sh |
| REL 358 | SITES AND RITES: SACRED SPACE AND RITUAL IN WORLD RELIGIONS | 4 sh |
| REL 360 | HINDU GODDESSES: FROM MYTHS TO MOVIES | 4 sh |
| REL 361 | WOMEN, RELIGION AND ETHNOGRAPHY | 4 sh |
| REL 362 | HEROES, SAINTS AND DEMONS: HINDU TEXTURAL TRADITIONS | 4 sh |
| REL 363 | WOMEN IN ISLAM: VENERATION, VEILS AND VOICES | 4 sh |
| REL 460 | SPECIAL TOPICS | |
| APS 361-69 | | |
| APS 481 | | |
Asian Foreign Language Courses
Study Abroad Winter Term Courses
| | ACC/BUS/FIN 277 | |
| GBL 233 | TURKEY & DUBAI: EUROMED: MELTING POT OR FRYING PAN | 4 sh |
| GBL 236 | INDIA: SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| GBL 248 | BUSINESS AND CULTURE OF VIETNAM | 4 sh |
| GBL 280 | CHINA: THE FLYING DRAGON | 4 sh |
| GBL 286 | INDIA'S IDENTITIES: RELIGION, CASTE AND GENDER IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH INDIA | 4 sh |
ACC/BUS/FIN 277: Multiple countries, varies by year.
Total Credit Hours: 20