East Asian Studies Major Concentration (B.A. & Sc.)

36 credits · Bachelor of Arts and Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Degree Requirements — B.A. & Sc. students

This program is offered as part of a Bachelor of Arts and Science (B.A. & Sc.) degree. To graduate, students must satisfy both their program requirements and their degree requirements. The program requirements (i.e., the specific courses that make up this program) are listed under the Course Tab (above). The degree requirements—including the mandatory Foundation program, appropriate degree structure, and any additional components—are outlined on the Degree Requirements page . Students are responsible for ensuring that this program fits within the overall structure of their degree and that all degree requirements are met. Consult the Degree Planning Guide on the SOUSA website for additional guidance.

Complementary Courses (36 credits)

Introduction to East Asian Culture

East Asian Language (6–9 credits)

6-9 credits of East Asian language courses selected from the list below. Note: Admission to language courses is subject to placement tests.

  • EAST 220D1 First Level Korean (4.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 220D2 First Level Korean (4.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 230D1 First Level Chinese (4.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 230D2 First Level Chinese (4.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 240D1 First Level Japanese (4.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 240D2 First Level Japanese (4.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 241 Japanese Writing Beginners 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 242 Japanese Writing Beginners 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 320D1 Second Level Korean (4.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 320D2 Second Level Korean (4.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 330D1 Second Level Chinese (4.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 330D2 Second Level Chinese (4.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 340D1 Second Level Japanese (4.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 340D2 Second Level Japanese (4.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 341 Japanese Writing Intermediate 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 342 Japanese Writing Intermediate 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 420 Third Level Korean 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 430D1 Third Level Chinese (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 430D2 Third Level Chinese (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 440D1 Third Level Japanese (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 440D2 Third Level Japanese (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 530D1 Fourth Level Chinese (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 530D2 Fourth Level Chinese (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 533 Classical Chinese 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 535 Chinese for Business 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 536 Chinese for Business 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 540D1 Fourth Level Japanese (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 540D2 Fourth Level Japanese (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

East Asian Literature, Culture and Society (21-24 credits)

21-24 credits of courses in East Asian Literature, Culture and Society selected from the list below. At least 6 credits must be taken at the 400 or 500 level.

East Asian Studies (EAST)

  • EAST 215 Introduction to East Asian Art (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 250 Introduction to Asian Media Studies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 279 Introduction to Film History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 303 Current Topics: Chinese Studies 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 304 Current Topics: Chinese Studies 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 305 Current Topics: Japanese Studies 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 306 Current Topics: Japanese Studies 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 307 Topics: East Asian Language and Literature 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • EAST 308 Topics: East Asian Language and Literature 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 313 Current Topics: Korean Studies 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 314 Current Topics: Korean Studies 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 328 Archaeology East Asian Empires (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 350 Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Literature (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 351 Women Writers of China (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 352 Critical Approaches to Chinese Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 353 Approaches to Chinese Cinema (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 361 Animation and New Media (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 362 Japanese Cinema (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 363 Early and Medieval Japan (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 364 Mass Culture and Postwar Japan (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 369 Gender and Sexuality in Asian Media (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 370 History of Sexuality in Japan (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 372 Topics in Television: Asia (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 375 Korean Media and Popular Culture (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 377 Topics: Transnational Asian Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 388 Asian Migrations and Diasporas (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • EAST 410 Martial Tradition in Chinese Literature and Culture (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 453 Topics: Chinese Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 445 Late Imperial China (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 454 Topics: Chinese Cinema (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 461 Inventing Modern Japanese Novel (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 462 Japan in Asia (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 464 Image, Text, Performance (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 467 Topics: Japanese Cinema (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 468 Science and Technology: Asia (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 477 Media and Environment in Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 478 Topics: Korean Film and Media (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 491 Tutorial: East Asian Languages and Literatures 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 492 Tutorial: East Asian Languages and Literatures 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 493 Special Topics: East Asian Studies 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 494 Special Topics: East Asian Studies 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • EAST 501 Advanced Topics in Japanese Studies 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 502 Advanced Topics in Japanese Studies 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 503 Advanced Topics in Chinese Studies 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 504 Advanced Topics in Chinese Studies 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 505 Advanced Topics in Korean Studies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 515 Seminar: Beyond Orientalism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 525 Critical Area Studies in Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 550 Classical Chinese Poetry Themes and Genres (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 551 Technologies of Self in Early China (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 559 Advanced Topics: Chinese Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 564 Structures of Modernity: Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 569 Advanced Topics: Japanese Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • LLCU 279 Introduction to Film History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Anthropology (ANTH)

  • ANTH 331 Prehistory of East Asia (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ANTH 500 Chinese Diversity and Diaspora (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Geography (GEOG)

  • GEOG 408 Geography of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

History (HIST)

  • HIST 208 Introduction to East Asian History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 218 Modern East Asian History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 308 Formation of Chinese Tradition (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 338 Twentieth-Century China (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 358 China's Middle Empires (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 439 History of Women in China (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 441 Topics: Culture and Ritual in China (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 442 Asian Diaspora: Chinese Overseas (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 443 Topics: Modern Japan (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 445 Late Imperial China (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 508 The Art of War in China (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 568D1 Topics in Chinese History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 568D2 Topics in Chinese History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 578D1 Seminar in Japanese History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 578D2 Seminar in Japanese History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Management (ORGB)

  • ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

Political Science (POLI)

  • POLI 349 Foreign Policy: Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Religious Studies (RELG)

  • RELG 253 Religions of East Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • RELG 264 Introductory Tibetan 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • RELG 265 Introductory Tibetan 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • RELG 344 Mahayana Buddhism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • RELG 352 Japanese Religions: History and Thought (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • RELG 354 Chinese Religions (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • RELG 364 Intermediate Tibetan 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • RELG 365 Intermediate Tibetan 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • RELG 451 Zen Buddhism: Poetry and Art (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • RELG 464 Advanced Tibetan 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • RELG 465 Advanced Tibetan 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

3-6 credits from the following courses: (3–6 credits)

3-6 credits from the following courses:

  • EAST 211 Introduction: East Asian Culture: China (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 212 Introduction: East Asian Culture: Japan (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 213 Introduction: East Asian Culture: Korea (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

0-3 credits from the following: (0–3 credits)

0-3 credits from the following:

  • EAST 215 Introduction to East Asian Art (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 216 Introduction to Global Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 250 Introduction to Asian Media Studies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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