Asia Program
Undergraduate Studies
Minor in Asian Studies
Students who have completed 60 semester hours may certify a minor in Asian studies. The minor requires:
- 2.0 GPA
- 20 hours of Asian studies course work, including:
- At least 9 hours of upper-division courses
- One semester of an Asian language (ARABIC, CHINESE, JAPANESE, or KOREAN 101, 102, 203, or 204), OR 4 hours of Asian study abroad credit may be substituted for the language requirement
- At least 9 hours taken at WSU
Native speakers of an Asian language are exempt from the language requirement for the minor; they instead take 4 additional hours of ASIA courses.
Course Selections
- ASIA/CHINESE/JAPANESE 111: Asian Film [DIVR]
- ASIA/CHINESE/HUMANITY 120: Traditional Chinese Culture
- ASIA/CHINESE 121: Modern Chinese Culture [HUM]
- ASIA 122/JAPANESE 120: Traditional Japanese Culture [DIVR]
- ASIA/JAPANESE 123: Modern Japanese Culture [HUM]
- ASIA/CHINESE/HUMANITY/JAPANESE 131: Masterpieces of Asian Literature [DIVR]
- ASIA 201: Special Topics: Study Abroad
- ASIA/FOR LANG 220: Global Issues, Regional Realities [DIVR]
- ASIA/HISTORY 270: India: History and Culture [DIVR]
- ASIA/HISTORY 271: Southeast Asian History: Vietnam to Indonesia [DIVR]
- ASIA/HISTORY 272: Introduction to Middle Eastern History [DIVR]
- ASIA/HISTORY 273: Foundations of Islamic Civilization [DIVR]
- ASIA/HISTORY 275: Introduction to East Asian Culture [DIVR]
- ASIA/PHIL 280: Islam in Theory and Practice [HUM]
- ASIA 301: East Meets West [DIVR]
- ASIA/FINE ART 302: Arts of Asia [M]
- ASIA 303: Topics in Asian Studies
- ASIA/ANTH/HISTORY 306: Cultures and Peoples of the Middle East
- ASIA/PHIL 314: Philosophies and Religions of India [HUM] [M]
- ASIA/PHIL 315: Philosophies and Religions of China and Japan [HUM] [M]
- ASIA/CHINESE/HUMANITY/JAPANESE 320: Issues in East Asian Ethics [DIVR] [M]
- ASIA/CHINESE/JAPANESE 321: Gender and Love in East Asian Culture [M]
- ASIA/CHINESE/HUMANITY/JAPANESE 322: Ecology in East Asian Cultures [DIVR]
- ASIA/CHINESE 330: The Art of War [M]
- ASIA/HISTORY 370: History of Ancient and Medieval India
- ASIA/HISTORY 373: Chinese Civilization [HUM]
- ASIA/HISTORY 374: Japanese Civilization [HUM]
- ASIA/HISTORY 387: World War II in Asia and the Pacific
- ASIA 401: Topics: Study Abroad
- ASIA/HISTORY 472: The Middle East Since World War I [M]
- ASIA/HISTORY 473: The Middle East and the West
- ASIA/HISTORY 474: Modern South Asia: Community and Conflict [CAPS]
- ASIA/HISTORY/POL S 475: Mao to Deng: The People’s Republic of China, 1949 – Present
- ASIA/HISTORY/POL S 476: Revolutionary China, 1800 to Present [M]
- ASIA/HISTORY 477: Modern Japanese History [DIVR] [M]
- ASIA/HISTORY 479: History of East Asian Economic Development Since 1945
- ASIA 499: Special Problems
For information about requirements and course offerings, see the links below.
Asia Program Director
Dr. Raymond Sun
Wilson Short Hall 339
Academic Advisor
Lauri Torkelson
Wilson Short Hall 301-C
509-335-4475