A minimum of 10 courses (to be selected from a pre-approved list of East Asia related courses, and not including the 2 units of senior comps work).
At least two semesters of Chinese or Japanese numbered 201 or above.
The following courses may count toward the one-course seminar requirement. Students are encouraged to take the seminar by the end of their junior year and to select from the list below in consultation with their major advisor.
Students must select six additional courses. In addition to CHIN and JAPN courses numbered 201 and above, students may select electives from the list below:
| AMST 270 | Asian American Literature | 4 units |
| AMST 272/EASN 272 | Asian Immigrants in American Society | 4 units |
| AMST 280/DWA 246 | The United States and East Asia | 4 units |
| ARTH 160 | Introduction to East Asian Art | 4 units |
| ARTH 257 | Architecture of the Asia/Pacific | 4 units |
| ARTH 258 | Asian/Pacific Cities in Film | 4 units |
| ARTH 266 | The Arts of Japan | 4 units |
| ARTH 268 | The Japanese Woodblock Print | 4 units |
| ARTH 360 | Women in Art in East Asia | 4 units |
| ARTH 365 | Gender and Art in Japan | 4 units |
| CSLC 150 | The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons: Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Literature | 4 units |
| CSLC 252 | To Dwell or to Wander: Reading Confucius and Zhuangzi | 4 units |
| CSLC 253 | The Golden Era: Literature of China's Tang and Song Dynasty | 4 units |
| DWA 237 | Cuba, Vietnam, China: Communism in a Post-Communist World | 4 units |
| DWA 245 | China and the World | 4 units |
| DWA 253 | Security in Asia | 4 units |
| EASN 295 | Topics in East Asian Studies | 4 units |
| HIST 141 | East Asian Survey | 4 units |
| HIST 242 | Imperial China | 4 units |
| HIST 243 | Modern China: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Revolution | 4 units |
| HIST 245 | China and the World | 4 units |
| HIST 248 | Modern Japan | 4 units |
| HIST 249 | Modern Korea | 4 units |
| HIST 344 | Contemporary China: Reform, Rise, and Crisis | 4 units |
| HIST 346 | The Transformation of Urban and Rural China | 4 units |
| HIST 348 | The Chinese Cultural Revolution and the Global Sixties | 4 units |
| POLS 226 | Contemporary Chinese Politics | 4 units |
| POLS 227 | East Asian Politics: China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan | 4 units |
| RELS 160 | How to Live and Die Well in Buddhist Traditions | 4 units |
| RELS 167 | Zen | 4 units |
| RELS 168 | Buddhisms of the Silk Road | 4 unit |
| RELS 215 | Shamans, Sages, and Spirits in East Asia | 4 units |
| RELS 256 | Borderland Buddhisms: Religion in Tibet and the Himalayas | 4 units |
| RELS 258 | Magic, Morality, and Modernity in China | 4 units |
| RELS 261 | Between Empire and Appropriation: Buddhism in the Modern World | 4 units |
| RELS 266 | Sexuality and Gender in Buddhism | 4 units |
| RELS 276 | Empire and Religion in Asia and the Pacific | 4 units |
| RELS 335 | Downloading Deities, Mediating Meditation, Streaming Spirits: Religion and Media in Asia | 4 units |
Students may also apply MAC 244 as an elective for the East Asian Studies major if they have enrolled in the "The Female in Japanese Film and Media" section of the course.
Students may also apply MAC 246 as an elective for the East Asian Studies major if they have enrolled in the "New Waves of Asian Cinema" section of the course.
Students may also apply MAC 260 as an elective for the East Asian Studies major if they have enrolled in the "Women Making Moves" section of the course.