Asian Studies Minor - Program Requirements

Students should achieve a minimum grade of C- in any course required for the minor. Overall GPA in the minor must be 2.000 (C) to graduate with the 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.

Students who are interested in the Asian Studies major are encouraged to speak with the Director of Undergraduate Studies, or email the program. Students ideally have taken or are enrolled in an Asian language at the time of admittance, though students may apply at any stage in their study of Asia.

Transfer students who wish to minor in Asian Studies must take at least one core course and two approved upper-level (300/400-level) courses at UB.

Students who wish to fulfill the language requirement with courses taken at another institution must demonstrate proficiency equivalent to two years of classroom language study at UB.

All courses counted toward the major or minor must be completed with a minimum grade of C -.

There are no prerequisite courses. Students are ideally enrolled in a language and have taken one of the required 100 or 200 level courses.

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:

• AS 181/HIS 181 or AS 182/HIS 182 Asian Civilizations I and II
• AS 221 Survey of Asian Literature
• AS 229 Contemporary Asian Societies

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

Minors and certificates must be completed in conjunction with a major and all university degree requirements must be met.

Students should consult with an academic advisor to determine how any transfer or exam credit might be utilized in meeting general education, prerequisite, or minor requirements.

Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This chart should not be used for financial aid purposes.