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Asian and Asian-American Studies

(Undergraduate)

The program in Asian and Asian American studies offers students an interdisciplinary concentration in the histories, societies, cultures, and languages of Asia, primarily of China and Japan, but including Korea, Soviet Asia, and Southeast Asia. The program offers courses in Chinese, Japanese, political science, sociology, history, economics, geography, anthropology, music, cinema, art history, and management. Harpur College and School of Management students also have the option of pursuing a cross-disciplinary East Asian/Management Studies concentration in the East Asian and Management Studies Program, which is described in the School of Management section.

Asian Studies
Concentration

To qualify for a certificate in the cross-disciplinary concentration in Asian studies, a student must take eight relevant four-credit courses (or their equivalents) as approved by the director, with no more than four in any one discipline. The eight courses shall include: 1) At least two semesters' study of Chinese or Japanese or the equivalent; and 2) AAAS 106 (Introduction to Asian Civilizations). The senior seminar in Asian studies (AAAS 490) is strongly recommended but not required. Students may take no more than two of their concentration courses pass/fail and they must maintain at least a C average in their concentration coursework.
Current courses include:

*CHIN 101. Elementary Chinese I
*CHIN 102. Elementary Chinese II
*CHIN 121. Elementary Chinese Conversation I
*CHIN 122. Elementary Chinese Conversation II
*CHIN 203. Intermediate Chinese I
*CHIN 204. Intermediate Chinese II
CHIN 305. Advance Chinese I
*CHIN 491. Teaching Practicum
*CHIN 492. Teaching Practicum
*JPN 101. Elementary Japanese I
*JPN 102. Elementary Japanese II
*JPN 203. Intermediate Japanese I
JPN 204. Intermediate Japanese I
*JPN 305. Advanced Reading and Composition I
JPN 306. Advance JPN Reading and Composition II
*JPN 491. Practicum in College Teaching
*JPN 492. Practicum in College Teaching
ANTH 251. China: Its Society and Culture
ANTH 368. Modern Development in China and Japan
*CHIN 241. Classical Chinese Literature in Translation
*CHIN 242. Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
AAAS 106. Introduction to Asian Civilizations (also HIST 106)
AAAS 490. Senior Seminar on East Asia
ECON 317. Economy of China
ECON 414. Economic Development: East Asia
ENG 280A. Asian-American Lit
GEOG 259. East Asia, Land & People
HIST 271. Japan to 1600
HIST 272. Japan 1600-1945
HIST 273. China to 1644
HIST 274. China Since 1644
HIST 280H. Asian-American History
HIST 372. Chinese Thought
HIST 472. Chinese Women and the Family
IBUS 311. Introduction to International Business
IBUS 480. Doing Business in China
IBUS 480. International Trade and Export Management
IBUS 480. Japanese Management
MUS 111. Music Cultures: Far East, Asia
MUS 280. East Asian Music
PLSC 263. The Politics of China and N.E. Asia
PLSC 201. Asian-American Politics
RHET 450. Col/Post Col. Disc.
SOC 275. Japanese Society in Contemporary Japan
SOC 380B. Asian Exper in N.A.
SOC 374. China in the 20th Century (also HIST 374)

* Described under the Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages in this Bulletin.

Asian American Studies Concentration

To qualify for a certificate in the cross-disciplinary concentration in Asian American studies, a student must complete a total of eight courses approved by the director of which (a) four courses selected from the "core" list of courses that currently include:

ENG 280A. Asian American Literature
HIST 280H or SOC 280B. Asian American History and Society
HIST 264. Immigration and Ethnicity in U.S. History
RHET 450L. Post-coloniality
PLSC 201E. Asian American Politics
SOC 380B. The Asian Experience in North America

(b) one course relating to the experiences of another ethnic minority in the U.S. (African American, Latino, Jewish, native American, for example); (c) one course on a country or region of Asia; (d) two electives, including independent studies, from the courses listed in the program or that are in the judgment of the director relevant to the concentration (courses in Asian, Asian American, or American studies subjects relevant to the Asian experience).

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