At least two semesters of Chinese or Japanese (one of which must be either 202 or above)
The following courses may count toward the one course seminar requirement. Students are encouraged to select from the list below in consultation with the program coordinator.
| AMST 272/EASN 272 | Asian Immigrants in American Society | 4 units |
| ARTH 395 | Special Topics in Art History | 4 units |
| CSLC 200 | Literature, Culture, Self: Being in the Wor(l)d | 4 units |
| DWA 235 | Nationalism and Ethnicity | 4 units |
| DWA 337 | Junior Seminar: International Relations Theory | 4 units |
| DWA 342 | Junior Seminar: Transnational Identity and International Relations | 4 units |
| HIST 300 | History Colloquium | 4 units |
| SOC 200 | Classical Sociological Theory: Marx, Weber, Durkheim | 4 units |
| SOC 205 | Contemporary Sociological Theory | 4 units |
| SOC 304 | Sociological Inquiry | 4 units |
| SOC 305 | Quantitative Research Methods | 4 units |
| SOC 310 | Sociological Field Methods | 4 units |
| UEP 301/POLS 301 | Urban Policy and Politics | 4 units |
| UEP 303 | Sustainable Development | 4 units |
| UEP 304 | Research Methods for Urban and Environmental Policy | 4 units |
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 266 | The Arts of Japan | 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 342 | Junior Seminar: Transnational Identity and International Relations | 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/DWA 245 | China and the World | 4 units |
| HIST 246 | Pre-Modern Korea | 4 units |
| HIST 247 | Pre-Modern Japan | 4 units |
| HIST 248 | Modern Japan | 4 units |
| HIST 249 | Modern Korea | 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 260 | Buddhist Thought From India to Japan | 4 units |
| RELS 261 | Contemporary Buddhist Thought | 4 units |
| RELS 266 | Sexuality and Gender in Buddhism | 4 units |
| RELS 276 | Empire and Religion in Asia and the Pacific | 4 units |
| RELS 365 | Buddhist Ethics | 4 units |
| SOC 340 | China's Environmental Challenges: A Sociological Perspective | 4 units |