| Required Courses | ||
| CHIN 103 | Elementary Mandarin Chinese III | 4 |
| or JPNS 103 | Elementary Japanese III | |
| HIST 310 | East Asian Culture and Civilization | 4 |
| or HIST 316 | Modern East Asia | |
| or HIST 319 | Modern South and Southeast Asia | |
| PHIL 361 | Indian Philosophy | 4 |
| or PHIL 362 | Chinese and East Asian Philosophy | |
| or RELS 301 | Religions of Asia | |
| Approved Electives | ||
| (At least 8 units must be upper-division) | 16 | |
| Lower-Division: | ||
| Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I | ||
| Human Geography | ||
| World History, Beginnings to 1000 CE | ||
| World History, 1000-1800 | ||
| World History, 1800 - Present | ||
| Intermediate Japanese I | ||
| History of Landscape Architecture: Ancient Civilizations through Colonial America | ||
| Introduction to Non-Western Musics | ||
| Introduction to International Relations | ||
| Upper-Division: | ||
| Topics in Architectural History | ||
| Asian Art Survey | ||
| Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements | ||
| International Supply Chains (Topic: China) | ||
| Asian American Literature | ||
| Asian Americans in Popular Culture | ||
| The Chinese American Experience | ||
| The Filipina/o American Experience | ||
| Vietnam War at Home and Abroad | ||
| Modern Japan | ||
| 20th Century China | ||
| Chinese Film and History | ||
| Modern Southeast Asia | ||
| The History of Prostitution | ||
| Japanese Postwar Film and History | ||
| The History of Vietnam | ||
| Topics and Issues in Asian History | ||
| Music and Society (Topic: World Musics) | ||
| Politics of Developing Areas (Topic: East Asia) | ||
| U.S. and China in the Contemporary World | ||
| Issues and Topics in Comparative Politics (Topic: Chinese Politics) | ||
| Hinduism | ||
| Buddhism | ||
| Humanities in World Cultures (Topics: China, Japan, Thailand) | ||
| Total units | 28 | |
Asian Studies Minor
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