East Asian Cultural Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)

18 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Introduction to East Asian Culture (6 credits)

6 credits, two of 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

East Asian Literature, Culture and Society (12 credits)

12 credits of courses in East Asian Literature, Culture and Society selected from the list below.

East Asian Studies (EAST)

  • 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
  • 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 311 Rebellion and Revolution in Modern China (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • 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 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 402 Age of Samurai (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 410 Martial Tradition in Chinese Literature and Culture (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 445 Late Imperial China (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 453 Topics: Chinese Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • 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 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

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

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