Major in International Studies, Asian Studies Concentration

Effective Summer 2025

Freshman
		AUCC	Credits
CO 150	College Composition (GT-CO2)	1A	3
INST 200	Interdisciplinary Approaches to Globalization	1C	3
Select one course from the following:			3
ANTH 100	Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3)	3C
ANTH 200	Cultures and the Global System (GT-SS3)	1C
GR 100	Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2)	3C
Select one course from the following:			3
HIST 120	Asian Civilizations I (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 121	Asian Civilizations II (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 170	World History, Ancient-1500 (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 171	World History, 1500-Present (GT-HI1)	3D
Select one group from the following:			10
Group A:
LCHI 100	First-Year Chinese I
LCHI 101	First-Year Chinese II
Group B:
LJPN 100	First-Year Japanese I
LJPN 101	First-Year Japanese II
Group C:
LKOR 100	First-Year Korean I
LKOR 101	First-Year Korean II
Select one course from the following:			3
POLS 232	International Relations (GT-SS1)	1C
POLS 241	Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1)	1C
1B		1B	3
Elective			3
	Total Credits		31
Sophomore

Select one course from the following: (If ANTH 200 was selected above an AUCC 3C course must be selected here.)			3
AREC 202	Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 202	Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 204	Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 211	Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1)	1C
ECON 240/AREC 240	Economics of Environmental Sustainability (GT-SS1)	3C
Select one group from the following:			10
Group A:
LCHI 200	Second-Year Chinese I (GT-AH4)	3B
LCHI 201	Second-Year Chinese II (GT-AH4)	3B
Group B:
LJPN 200	Second-Year Japanese I (GT-AH4)	3B
LJPN 201	Second-Year Japanese II (GT-AH4)	3B
Group C:
LKOR 200	Second-Year Korean I (GT-AH4)	3B
LKOR 201	Second-Year Korean II (GT-AH4)	3B
Advanced Writing		2	3
Arts and Humanities		3B	3
Biological and Physical Sciences		3A	7
Elective			3
	Total Credits		29
Junior

INST 301	International Studies Research Methods	4B	3
Select one group from the following:¹			6-10
Group A:
LCHI 304	Third-Year Chinese I
LCHI 305	Third-Year Chinese II
Group B:
LJPN 304	Third-Year Japanese I
LJPN 305	Third-Year Japanese II
Group C:
LKOR 300	Third-Year Korean I
LKOR 301	Third-Year Korean II
Group D:²
L*** 100 First-Year Language I
L*** 101 First Year Language II
International Studies Major Course Selection			12
Electives			5-9
	Total Credits		30
Senior

INST 492	Seminar	4A,4C	3
International Studies Major Course Selection			12
Select one group from the following:¹			6-8
Group A or Group B or Group C:
Electives
Group D:²
L*** 200 Second-Year Language I
L*** 201 Second-Year Language II
Electives³			7-9
	Total Credits		30
	Program Total Credits:		120

International Studies Major Course Selection

Students must select a minimum total of 24 credits, 18 of which must be upper-division (300- to 400-level), from at least three subject codes, from the following groups of courses. Select at least 6 credits from 1. History and Politics of Asia; at least 6 credits from 2. Thought and Cultures of Asia; and at least 3 credits from 3. International Studies. Select an additional minimum of 9 credits from among the three groups to bring the total to 24.

Code	Title	AUCC	Credits
1. History and Politics of Asia
Select a minimum of 6 credits from the following:			6
ETST 252/HIST 252	Asian American History (GT-HI1)	3D
ETST 324	Asian-Pacific Americans and the Law
HIST 116	The Islamic World Since 1500	3D
HIST 120	Asian Civilizations I (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 121	Asian Civilizations II (GT-HI1)	3D
HIST 440	Modern South Asia: Colonialism and Nationalism
HIST 441	South Asia Since Independence
HIST 450	Ancient China
HIST 451	Medieval China and Central Asia
HIST 452	China in the Modern World, 1600-Present
HIST 455	Tokugawa and Modern Japan, 1600-Present
HIST 456	East Asia in the Age of Empire, 1800-Present
HIST 461	Rise and Fall of British Empire 1600-1947
HIST 464	Pacific Wars: Philippines-WWII
HIST 465	Pacific Wars: Korea and Vietnam
HIST 466	U.S.-China Relations Since 1800
HIST 473	The Mongol Empire
HIST 533	Reading Seminar: East Asia
HIST 534	Reading Seminar: South Asia
POLS 445	Comparative Asian Politics
2. Thought and Cultures of Asia
Select a minimum of 6 credits from the following:			6
ANTH 312	Modern Indian Culture and Society
ANTH 314	Southeast Asian Cultures and Societies
ART 316	Art of the Pacific
ART 322A	Study Abroad--Japan: Art History
ART 322B	Study Abroad--Japan: Studio Practice
ART 322C	Study Abroad--Japan: Studio Research
E 356	Asian Literature
ETST 320	Ethnicity and Film--Asian-American Experience
HIST 453	Modern East Asia Through Film
HIST 472B	Study Abroad--Taiwan: History, Culture, and Politics
LCHI 250	Introduction to Chinese Culture (GT-AH2)	3B
LCHI 335	Issues in Chinese Culture
LCHI 365	Introduction to Chinese Cinema Studies
LCHI 400	Advanced Chinese Communication Skills
LCHI 496	Group Study-Chinese
LGEN 465B	Studies in Foreign Film: Asia
LJPN 250	Introduction to Japanese Culture (GT-AH2)	3B
LJPN 301	Oral Communication--Japanese
LJPN 335	Issues in Japanese Culture
LJPN 336	Japanese Pop Culture--Edo Period to Present
LJPN 365	Introduction to Japanese Cinema Studies
LJPN 400	Advanced Japanese Communication Skills
LJPN 404	Historical Aspects of the Language and Society
LJPN 496	Group Study-Japanese
PHIL 170	World Philosophies (GT-AH3)	1C
PHIL 172	Religions of the East (GT-AH3)	3B
PHIL 174	World Religions (GT-AH3)	3B
PHIL 335	Islam-Cosmology and Practice
PHIL 349	Philosophies of East Asia
PHIL 360	Topics in Asian Philosophy
PHIL 371	Contemporary Eastern Religious Thought
PHIL 379	Mysticism East and West
PHIL 455	Islamic Philosophy
SPCM 356	Asians in the U.S. Media
SPCM 370C/HIST 370C	Study Abroad--South Korea: Cinema, Culture, and History
3. International Studies
Select a minimum of 3 credits from the following:			3
AGRI 270/IE 270	World Interdependence-Population and Food (GT-SS3)	1C
AM 430	International Retailing
AM 460	Historic Textiles
ANTH 100	Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3)	3C
ANTH 140	Introduction to Archaeology (GT-HI1)	3D
ANTH 200	Cultures and the Global System (GT-SS3)	1C
ANTH 225	Anthropology of the Arts
ANTH 313	Modernization and Development
ANTH 322	The Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 329	Cultural Change
ANTH 330/CLMT 330	Human Ecology
ANTH 335	Language and Culture
ANTH 336	Art and Culture
ANTH 338	Gender and Anthropology
ANTH 340	Medical Anthropology
ANTH 413	Indigenous Peoples Today
ANTH 415	Indigenous Ecologies and the Modern World
ANTH 416	Gender, Culture, and Health
ANTH 422/SOC 422	Comparative Legal Systems
ANTH 438	Approaches to Community-Based Development
ANTH 441	Method in Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 447	Gender Equity in Development
ANTH 448	Development and Empowerment
ANTH 479/IE 479	International Development Theory and Practice
AREC 240/ECON 240	Economics of Environmental Sustainability (GT-SS1)	3C
AREC 415	International Agricultural Trade
AREC 460	Ag- and Resource-Based Economic Development
BUS 350	Travel Abroad-International Comparative Management
BUS 405B	Contemporary Business Topics: International Business
CON 450/INTD 450	Travel Abroad-Sustainable Building
E 142	Reading Without Borders (GT-AH2)	1C
E 204	Creative Writing as Transformative Practice (GT-AH2)	3B
E 206	Language for Activist Rhetoric and Writing (GT-AH2)	3B
E 245	World Drama (GT-AH2)	1C
E 330	Gender in World Literature
E 339	Literature of the Earth
E 403	Writing the Environment
E 428	Postcolonial Literature
E 465	Topics in Literature and Language
ECON 101	Economics of Social Issues (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 202	Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 204	Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1)	3C
ECON 211	Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1)	1C
ECON 332/POLS 332	International Political Economy
ECON 370	Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 440	Economics of International Trade and Policy
ECON 442	Economics of International Finance and Policy
ECON 460	Economic Development
ETST 256	Border Crossings--People/Politics/Culture (GT-SS3)	1C
ETST 352/SOWK 352	Indigenous Women, Children, and Tribes
ETST 365	Global Environmental Justice Movements
ETST 404	Race Formation in the United States
FIN 475	International Business Finance
GES 101	Foundations of Environmental Sustainability
GR 213	Climate Migrants (GT-SS2)	3C
GR 320	Cultural Geography
GR 330	Urban Geography
GR 415	The Geography of Commodities
HIST 350	United States Foreign Relations Since 1914
HIST 463	Science and Technology in Modern History
HIST 467	Modern Jewish History
HIST 470	World Environmental History, 1500-Present
IE 179	Globalization: Exploring Our Global Village (GT-SS3)	1C
IE 200	Global Studies
IE 272	World Interdependence - Current Global Issues
IE 379	Integrating Global Learning Post Study Abroad
IE 450/SOWK 450	International Social Welfare and Development
IE 470	Women and Development
IE 471	Children and Youth in Global Context
IE 472	Education for Global Peace
IE 478	Managing International Development Programs
INST 487	Internship ⁴
INST 495	Independent Study ⁴
JTC 412	International Mass Communication
LB 173	Encountering the Global (GT-AH2)	1C
MGT 475	International Business Management
MKT 365	International Marketing
MU 131	Introduction to Music History and Literature (GT-AH1)	3B
MU 132	Exploring World Music	1C
NRRT 320	International Issues-Recreation and Tourism
PHIL 320	Ethics of Sustainability
POLS 131	Current World Problems (GT-SS1)	1C
POLS 232	International Relations (GT-SS1)	1C
POLS 241	Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1)	1C
POLS 347	Comparative Authoritarianism
POLS 362	Global Environmental Politics
POLS 431	International Law
POLS 433	International Organization
POLS 435	United States Foreign Policy
POLS 436	Comparative Foreign Policy
POLS 437	International Security
POLS 440/GR 440	Political Geography
POLS 442	Environmental Politics in Developing World
POLS 443	Comparative Social Movements
POLS 448	Comparative Racial/Ethnic Politics
POLS 462	Globalization, Sustainability, and Justice
SOC 105	Social Problems (GT-SS3)	3C
SOC 220	Environment, Food, and Social Justice (GT-SS3)	1C
SOC 320	Population-Natural Resources and Environment
SOC 322	Environmental Justice
SOC 323	Soc. of Environmental Cooperation & Conflict
SOC 364	Food, Agriculture and Global Society
SOC 461	Water and Social Justice
SOC 482A	Travel Abroad: Comparative Criminal Justice ⁵
SOC 482B	Travel Abroad: Crime and Deviance ⁵
SPCM 434	International and Intercultural Communication

¹: Complete 3 years of a single foreign language or 2 languages through the second year (L*** 201).
²: Language courses cannot double count.
³: Select enough elective credits to bring the program total to a minimum of 120 credits, of which at least 42 credits must be upper-division (300- to 400-level).
⁴: Maximum 3 credits.
⁵: To count toward the International Studies Major Course Selection, travel abroad must be to a country or area covered by this concentration.

*Freshman*
Semester 1		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
CO 150	College Composition (GT-CO2)			1A	3
Select one course from the following:					3
ANTH 100	Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3)			3C
ANTH 200	Cultures and the Global System (GT-SS3)			1C
GR 100	Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2)			3C
Select one course from the following:					5
LCHI 100	First-Year Chinese I
LJPN 100	First-Year Japanese I
LKOR 100	First-Year Korean I
Elective					3
	Total Credits				14
Semester 2		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
INST 200	Interdisciplinary Approaches to Globalization			1C	3
Select one course from the following:					3
HIST 120	Asian Civilizations I (GT-HI1)			3D
HIST 121	Asian Civilizations II (GT-HI1)			3D
HIST 170	World History, Ancient-1500 (GT-HI1)			3D
HIST 171	World History, 1500-Present (GT-HI1)			3D
Select one course from the following:					5
LCHI 101	First-Year Chinese II
LJPN 101	First-Year Japanese II
LKOR 101	First-Year Korean II
Select one course from the following:					3
POLS 232	International Relations (GT-SS1)			1C
POLS 241	Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1)			1C
1B				1B	3
CO 150 must be completed by the end of Semester 2.		X
	Total Credits				17
*Sophomore*
Semester 3		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
Select one course from the following: (If ANTH 200 was selected above an AUCC 3C course must be selected here.)					3
AREC 202	Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1)			3C
ECON 202	Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1)			3C
ECON 204	Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1)			3C
ECON 211	Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1)			1C
ECON 240/AREC 240	Economics of Environmental Sustainability (GT-SS1)			3C
Select one course from the following:					5
LCHI 200	Second-Year Chinese I (GT-AH4)			3B
LJPN 200	Second-Year Japanese I (GT-AH4)			3B
LKOR 200	Second-Year Korean I (GT-AH4)			3B
Arts and Humanities				3B	3
Biological and Physical Sciences				3A	3
LCHI 100 or LJPN 100 must be completed by the end of Semester 3.		X
	Total Credits				14
Semester 4		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
Select one course from the following:					5
LCHI 201	Second-Year Chinese II (GT-AH4)			3B
LJPN 201	Second-Year Japanese II (GT-AH4)			3B
LKOR 201	Second-Year Korean II (GT-AH4)			3B
Advanced Writing				2	3
Biological and Physical Sciences				3A	4
Elective					3
ECON 202 or AREC 202 and LCHI 101 or LJPN 101 must be completed by the end of Semester 4.		X
	Total Credits				15
*Junior*
Semester 5		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
INST 301	International Studies Research Methods		X	4B	3
Select one course from the following:					3-5
L*** 100 First-Year Language I (not previously taken)
LCHI 304	Third-Year Chinese I
LJPN 304	Third-Year Japanese I
LKOR 300	Third-Year Korean I
International Studies Major Course Selection (See list on Concentration Requirements Tab)					6
Elective					1-3
LCHI 200 or LJPN 200 must be completed by the end of Semester 5.		X
	Total Credits				15
Semester 6		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
Select one course from the following:					3-5
L*** 101 First-Year Language II (not previously taken)
LCHI 305	Third-Year Chinese II
LJPN 305	Third-Year Japanese II
LKOR 301	Third-Year Korean II
International Studies Major Course Selection (See list on Concentration Requirements Tab)					6
Electives					4-6
LCHI 201 or LJPN 201 must be completed by the end of Semester 6.		X
	Total Credits				15
*Senior*
Semester 7		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
INST 492	Seminar		X	4A,4C	3
International Studies Major Course Selection (See list on Concentration Requirements Tab)					6
Select from the following:					3-4
L*** 200 Second-Year Language I (not previously taken)
Elective
Elective					2-3
LCHI 304 or LJPN 304 must be completed by the end of Semester 7.		X
	Total Credits				15
Semester 8		Critical	Recommended	AUCC	Credits
International Studies Major Course Selection (See list on Concentration Requirements Tab)		X			6
Select from the following:		X			3-4
L*** 201 Second-Year Language II (not previously taken)
Elective
Electives		X			5-6
The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study.		X
	Total Credits				15
	Program Total Credits:				120