EIU Asian Studies Minor

Requirements

The interdisciplinary Asian Studies minor is composed of a core list of courses with Asia-specific content. (a minimum of 18 hours from the list below, with up to three courses in any one single department. Up to three semester credit hours may be earned in independent study, research, internship, or study abroad towards the minor.)

• Courses can be counted for double or triple credits in the Asian Studies minor as well as other fields of study.
• Honors Program course equivalents are accepted.
• Existing prerequisites for courses must be satisfied.
• Transfer credit only accepted towards minor for up to six credit hours upon Coordinator's approval.

A minimum of 18 hours from the following list, with no more than three courses in any one single department. No more than three semester credit hours may be earned in independent study, research, internship, or study abroad towards the minor.

• ART 2012G - Asian Art. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote *)

• ART 3611G - Art in India and Southeast Asia. Credits: 3
• ART 3612G - Art in China and Japan. Credits: 3
• ART 4400 - Independent Study I. Credits: 1 to 3

• (See footnote *)

• ECN 4875 - Area Studies. Credits: 3

• (See footnote *)

• ENG 3009G - Myth and Culture. Credits: 3

• (See footnote *)

• ENG 3110G - Cultural Foundations II. Credits: 3

• (cross listed with PHI 3110G)

• ENG 3907 - Asian Literatures. Credits: 3
• ENG 4850 - Studies in Postcolonial and Third World Literatures. Credits: 3

• (See footnote *)

• FLC 1101 - Elementary Chinese I. Credits: 4
• FLC 1102 - Elementary Chinese II. Credits: 4
• GEO 3055 - Geography and Culture of Asia. Credits: 3
• HIS 3130 - Iraq and the Ancient Near East. Credits: 3
• HIS 3160 Ancient Iran
• HIS 3200 - Islamic History. Credits: 3
• HIS 3210 - History of the Modern Middle East. Credits: 3
• HIS 3320 - History of Modern China. Credits: 3
• HIS 3330 - Modern East Asia in the Pacific Century. Credits: 3
• HIS 44001 - Independent Study in History I. Credits: 1 to 4

• or HIS 44002

• HIS 4785 Crusade & Jihad: Religious Violence in the Islamo-Christian Tradition*

• (See footnote *)

• HIS 4775A - Selected Topics in History A. Credits: 2 to 3

• or HIS 4775B

• (See footnote *)

• HIS 4781 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict. Credits:
• HIS 4782 - Modern Iran. Credits:
• HIS 4870 - The Two Koreas. Credits: 3
• HIS 4880 - Modern Japan: From Samurai to Freeters. Credits: 3
• HIS 4980 - The Vietnam War: An American and Vietnamese Ordeal. Credits: 3
• PHI 2010 - Eastern Philosophies. Credits: 3
• PHI 3110G - Cultural Foundations II. Credits: 3

• (cross listed with ENG 3110G)

• PHI 3310 - Indian Philosophy. Credits: 3
• PHI 3320 - Chinese Philosophy. Credits: 3
• PHI 3680 - Buddhism. Credits: 3
• PHI 4400A - Independent Study I. Credits: 1 to 6

• or PHI 4400B or PHI 4400D

• (See footnote *)

• PLS 3343 - Government and Politics of the Middle East. Credits: 3
• PLS 3363 - Government and Politics in Asia-Pacific Rim. Credits: 3
• PLS 3863A - Special Topics in Political Science. Credits: 3

• (See footnote *)

• PLS 3863B - Special Topics in Political Science. Credits: 3

• (See footnote *)

• PLS 3863D - Special Topics in Political Science. Credits: 3

• (See footnote *)

• PLS 4503 - Independent Study. Credits: 1 to 6

• (See footnote *)

• STA 3960 - Study Abroad: Exchange. Credits: 1 to 16

• (See footnote *)

• STA 3961 - Study Abroad: One-Way. Credits: 1 to 16

• (See footnote *)

• STA 3970 - Study Abroad: Faculty-Led. Credits: 1 to 16

• (See footnote *)

• WST 4800 - Non-western Feminisms: Gender, Culture, and Nation. Credits: 3

• (See footnote *)