LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Students are required to take four semesters of an Asian language other than their native language or demonstrate intermediate-level proficiency equivalent to two years of classroom language study at UB. Students who are able to demonstrate intermediate-level proficiency in an Asian language other than their native language may petition the Asian Studies Program Director of Undergraduate Studies to replace the required language study with upper-level electives, with the general principle that each year of language study will be replaced by two 3-hour courses in the upper-level elective category. At most two semesters of language study can be replaced by content courses.
CORE COURSES
One of the following:
ADVANCED COURSES
Three approved Asian Studies courses at the 300/400-level. Two must be outside the student's major department (for example, History majors must take two upper-level Asia-related electives offered outside the History Department to complete the Asian Studies minor). One course may be shared with another major or minor, which may be a 300/400-level language course unless it is used for a language minor. Maximum of one 300/400-level language course may be used unless it is used for a language minor.
AS 323 Gender in Asian Literature
AS 333 Bollywood & S Asian Cinema
AS 338 Islam and Literature
AS 343 Indonesia: Colony to Dictator
AS 345 Korean Pop Culture and Hallyu
AS 347 Fantastical World of Japanese Anime
AS 364 Chinese Film and Visual Culture
AS 367 Food in Asia
AS 368 Mod Japanese History
AS 369 Korean History Up to 1800
AS 374 His. of Christianity in Asia
AS 375 the U.S. and East Asia
AS 376 Buddhist Philosophy
AS 380 Chinese Tradition & Guanxi
AS 383 Travel Writing in Asia
AS 389 Pirates, Drifters: SE Asia
AS 390 Chinese Medicine in the World
AS 391 China and the World
AS 392 Asian Religions
AS 393 Topics in Asian Studies
AS 394 Topics in Asian Studies
AS 395 Topics in Asian Studies
AS 396 Topics in Asian American Studies
AS 397 Topics in Asian American Studies
AS 398 Topics in Asian American Studies
AS 401 Buddhism
AS 410 Com in Asia/Pacific Rim
AS 411 4th Sem Classical Tibetan
AS 422 Japanese Language and Culture
AS 423 Korean Language and Culture
AS 431 Special Topics
AS 454 Chinese Philosophy
AS 492 Poisons, Drugs and Panaceas
AS 496 Asian Studies Internship
AS 498 Sr Res in Asian Studies
AS 499 Independent Study