A minimum of 10 courses (to be selected from a pre-approved list of 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) and any 4-unit ASN course, students may select additional electives from the surveys and seminars listed above or from the list below:
| AMST 270 | Asian American Literature | 4 units |
| AMST 272/ASN 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 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 |
| ASN 295/CSLC 295 | Topics in Asian Studies | 4 units |
| CSLC 150/ASN 150 | The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons: Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Literature | 4 units |
| CSLC 252/ASN 252 | To Dwell or to Wander: Reading Confucius and Zhuangzi | 4 units |
| CSLC 253/ASN 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/HIST 245 | China and the World | 4 units |
| DWA 253 | Security in Asia | 4 units |
| HIST 141 | East Asian Survey | 4 units |
| HIST 169/RELS 169 | Transpacific Movements and Activisms: Asian and Asian American Connections Across the Pacific | 4-unit courses. HIST169 is a 4-unit course. On average, you should expect to spend at least twelve (12) hours a week (including in-class time) on this course. |
| HIST 242 | Imperial China | 4 units |
| HIST 243 | Modern China: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Revolution | 4 units |
| HIST 245/DWA 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 |
| MUSC 103 | Music of Asia and the Pacific Islands | 4 units |
| POLS 226 | Contemporary Chinese Politics | 4 units |
| POLS 227 | East Asian Politics: China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan | 4 units |
| RELS 120 | How to Live in the Midst of Dying: Religion and Climate Change | 4 units |
| RELS 160 | How to Live and Die Well in Buddhist Traditions | 4 units |
| RELS 167 | Zen | 4 units |
| 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 if they have enrolled in the "The Female in Japanese Film and Media" or the "Asian American Film and Media" sections of the course.
Students may also apply MAC 246 as an elective if they have enrolled in the "New Waves of Asian Cinema" section of the course.
Students may also apply MAC 248 as an elective if they have enrolled in the "Transpacific Social Justice" section of the course.
Students may also apply MAC 260 as an elective if they have enrolled in the "Women Making Moves" section of the course.
Students with an overall GPA of 3.25 and a major GPA of 3.50 may submit an honors research proposal at the end of the fall semester of the senior year. If the proposal is supported by two faculty advisors, the student will enroll in a 2-unit Independent Study (ASN 499) in the spring to expand the fall semester senior comprehensive paper into a 40-page paper that will be evaluated to determine whether the student has achieved Honors.