Asian Studies Minor

Asian Studies

Undergraduate Minor

Program Delivery

Online

Total Credits

18 Credits

About the Program
Focus of Study
Program Requirements
Program Coursework

About the Program

The Asian Studies minor program at UCCS provides a foundation and support system for individuals involved or curious about Asian cultures, languages, or ideas.

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Focus of Study

With the Asian Studies program, students can engage in a variety of ways with the world’s most populous and diverse continent through art, history, language, philosophy, religion, politics, geography, and culture to name just a few fields of study.

Program Requirements

The Asian Studies minor requires a minimum of 18 credit hours of course work, at least 9 of which must be upper-division (3000+ level). All courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.

No more than 10 hours from any individual department may be counted toward the minor.

The Excel Languages Center (LC) provides assessments and placement exams that may be taken by UCCS students seeking to demonstrate language proficiency.

Program Coursework

For details on program coursework, please view the Academic Catalog.

Area Course Credit Hours
Asian Studies Topic Areas

Complete at least (1) course from three of the four topic areas listed below.

History and Geography of Asia

  • HIST 1120 - Asian History: The Indian Subcontinent
  • HIST 1130 - Asian History: China
  • HIST 1140 - Asian History: Japan
  • HIST 1600 - Making of the Modern Middle East I
  • HIST 1610 - Making of the Modern Middle East II
  • HIST 3680 - Islam and the West: Contacts, Representations, and Approaches
  • HIST 4730 - Early China
  • HIST 4760 - Shoguns, Samurai and Seppuku

Philosophies and Religions of Asia

  • AH 4470 - Art and Ritual of the South Pacific
  • ANTH 3460 - Anthropological Approaches to Global Christianity
  • PHIL 1300 - Introduction to Philosophies of Asia
  • PHIL 3100 - World Religions
  • PHIL 3490 - Philosophies of China
  • PHIL 3500 - Buddhist Philosophy
  • PHIL 3690 - Islamic Philosophy
  • Asia in Modernity
  • AH 3210 - The Life and Works of Yoko Ono
  • AH 3450 - Art of Japan
  • AH 3460 - Islamic Arts
  • ENGL 2610 - Literature: The Global Perspective II
  • HIST 3890 - History of Colonial India
  • HIST 3980 - The Vietnam War Through Film
  • HIST 4050 - From the Harem to the War Zone
  • HIST 4710 - Asian American History
  • HIST 4770 - Vietnam and the Global Sixties
  • SOC 3280 - Asian American Communities
  • or WEST 3280 - The Asian American Community

Languages of Asia

  • ARBC 1010 - Beginning Arabic I
  • ARBC 1020 - Beginning Arabic II
  • CHIN 1010 - Beginning Chinese I
  • CHIN 1020 - Beginning Mandarin Chinese II
  • JPNS 1010 - Beginning Japanese I
  • JPNS 1020 - Beginning Japanese II
  • JPNS 2110 - Intermediate Japanese I
  • JPNS 2120 - Intermediate Japanese II
  • JPNS 3000 - Advanced Japanese I
  • JPNS 3010 - Advanced Japanese II
  • JPNS 3200 - Japanese Culture and Civilization
  • JPNS 3210 - Special Topics in Japanese
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Asian Studies Electives
 

Complete (9) additional credit hours of UNUSED courses from the lists above to meet total and upper-division requirements.

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