Courses marked with * have prerequisites within the department. Students are advised to check with the individual department for details of the prerequisites.
Core Curriculum:
Take one upper-division course (each of 3-4 units) from each of the following four sets of courses: Category A-Group I, Category A-Group II, Category B, and Category C, for a total of 12-15 units.
Electives:
Take 9 units of additional courses (three or more courses) from at least two of the four sets of courses, A-I, A-II, B, and C.
Category A: China/Hong Kong/Taiwan Studies
Group I—History, Social Sciences, Health, and Business
GEOG 575 Emerging China (3)
HH 381 Holistic Health: Eastern Perspectives (3)
HH 383 Chinese Perspectives in Holistic Health (3)
HH 420 Chinese Body-Mind Energetics (3)
HH 530 Herbal and Nutritional Principles in Chinese Healing (3)
HIST 569 Ancient Chinese Civilization (3)
HIST 570 Imperial China (3)
HIST 571 History of Modern China (3)
IBUS 592 Doing Business in Greater China (3)
IR/PLSI 325 Chinese Foreign Policy (4)
PLSI 404 Politics of China (4)
Group II—Humanities, Arts, and Literature
CHIN 401 Advanced Chinese (3) *
CHIN 411 Media Chinese (3) *
CHIN 501 Introduction to Classical Chinese (3) *
CHIN 507 Traditional Chinese Culture (3) *
CHIN 521 Modern Chinese Literature (Taught in Chinese) (3) *
CHIN 580 Topics in Chinese Language and Literature (all topics) (3) *
CHIN 600 Topics in Chinese Language, Literature, and Culture in English (all topics) (3) *
CHIN 601 Chinese Literature in Translation: The Poetic Tradition (3)
CHIN 602 Chinese Literature in Translation: The Narrative Tradition (3)
HUM 375 Biography of a City (topic: Beijing) (3)
HUM 530 Chinese Civilization (3)
HUM 531 Images of Modern China (3)
KIN 148 Elementary Kung Fu (1)
KIN 175 Elementary Tai-Chi Chuan (1)
KIN 275 Intermediate/Advanced Tai-Chi Chuan (1) *
PHIL 511 Chinese Philosophy and Religion (3)
Category B: Japan/Korea Studies
ANTH/IR 515 The Two Koreas (3)
ART 502 Japanese Art (3) *
HIST 578 History of Japan (3)
IBUS 596 Doing Business in Japan (3)
IR/PLSI 329 U.S.-Japan Politics (4)
JAPN 200 Art of Japanese Writing and Calligraphy (3)
JAPN 302 Japanese Reading and Grammar (3) *
JAPN 309 Advanced Reading in Japanese (3) *
JAPN 390 Business Japanese (3) *
JAPN 395 Business Writing (3) *
JAPN 401 Topics in Japanese Culture (all topics) (3) *
JAPN 510 Modern Japanese Literature (3) *
JAPN 590 Topics in Japanese Literature (all topics) (3) *
HUM 375 Biography of a City (topics: Tokyo and Kyoto) (3)
HUM 526 Japanese Culture before 1850 (3)
HUM 527 Japanese Culture and Modernity (3)
KIN 106 Elementary Aikido (1)
KIN 142 Elementary Judo (1)
KIN 145 Elementary Karate (1)
KIN 242 Intermediate/Advanced Judo (1) *
TH A 408 Asian Plays and Performance Styles (topic on Japan only) (3)
Category C: SE Asia/Regional/Comparative Studies
ANTH 315 Regional Ethnography (topic course: Peoples and Cultures of East Asia) (3)
ANTH 415 Culture and Sex in East Asia (3)
ANTH 481 Archaeology of the Far East (3)
ART/HUM 205 Asian Art History (3)
ART 502 Contemporary Asian Art (3)*
HIST/WOMS 575 Women in China and Japan (3)
HIST 588 History of SE Asia (3)
IBUS 594 Doing Business in Asia-Pacific Countries (3)
IR 326 South and Southeast Asian Foreign Relations (4)
MUS 531 Musics of North and Southeast Asia (3)
PHIL 509 The Buddist Tradition (3)
PHIL 510 Far Eastern Philosophy and Religion (all topics) (3)
PLSI 411 East Asian Politics (4)
PLSI 418 Political Transitions in East and Southeast Asia (4)
PLSI 419 Comparative Political Economy (4)
Students with no prior knowledge of a language other than English are required to take one semester of a language course, on advisement, that is relevant to their course of study and post-graduate goals. Students who wish to be exempted from this requirement must submit a written request to the director of Pacific Asian Studies.