Requirements

1. Language Proficiency. One (1) of the following options:
   • Chinese.
     1. Second-Year Chinese I. One (1) course:
        • EALC-C 201 Second-Year Chinese I i
     2. Second-Year Chinese II. One (1) course:
        • EALC-C 202 Second-Year Chinese II i
     3. Third-Year Chinese I. One (1) course:
        • EALC-C 301 Third-Year Chinese I i
     4. Third-Year Chinese II. One (1) course:
        • EALC-C 302 Third-Year Chinese II i
   • Japanese.
     1. Second-Year Japanese I. One (1) course:
        • EALC-J 201 Second-Year Japanese I i
     2. Second-Year Japanese II. One (1) course:
        • EALC-J 202 Second-Year Japanese II i
     3. Third-Year Japanese I. One (1) course:
        • EALC-J 301 Third-Year Japanese I i
     4. Third-Year Japanese II. One (1) course:
        • EALC-J 302 Third Year-Japanese II i
   • Korean.
     1. Second-Year Korean I. One (1) course:
        • EALC-K 201 Second-Year Korean I i
     2. Second-Year Korean II. One (1) course:
        • EALC-K 202 Second-Year Korean II i
     3. Third-Year Korean I. One (1) course:
        • EALC-K 301 Third-Year Korean I i
     4. Third-Year Korean II. One (1) course:
        • EALC-K 302 Third-Year Korean II i
2. Electives. Additional courses, as needed, to fulfill remaining requirements.
   • East Asian Language Courses
     • Chinese
     • EALC-C 401 Fourth-Year Chinese I i
     • EALC-C 402 Fourth-Year Chinese II i
     • EALC-C 451 Advanced Classical Chinese I i
     • EALC-C 452 Advanced Classical Chinese II i
     • EALC-C 457 Chinese in Humanities i
     • EALC-C 467 Chinese in Social Science i
     • Japanese
     • EALC-J 401
     • EALC-J 402
     • EALC-J 491
     • EALC-J 492
     • Korean
     • EALC-K 401
     • EALC-K 402
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   • East Asian Culture Courses
     • History, Literature, and Culture courses
     • EALC-C 306 Literary Chinese I i
     • EALC-C 307 Literary Chinese II i
     • EALC-C 421 Introduction to Chinese Linguistics i
     • EALC-C 431 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature i
     • EALC-C 451 Advanced Classical Chinese I i
     • EALC-C 452 Advanced Classical Chinese II i
     • EALC-E 300
     • EALC-E 301 Chinese Language and Culture i
     • EALC-E 303 Korean Folk and Elite Cultures i
     • EALC-E 305 Korean Language and Culture i
     • EALC-E 311 Korean Popular Culture i
     • EALC-E 320 Tasting Food in Japanese: Food, Language, and Linguistics i
     • EALC-E 321 Traditional Japanese Literature i
     • EALC-E 322 Modern Japanese Literature i
     • EALC-E 323 Introduction to Japanese Film i
     • EALC-E 324 Cinema in Millennial Japan i
     • EALC-E 330 Studies in Japanese Film i
     • EALC-E 331 Traditional Chinese Literature i
     • EALC-E 332 Chinese Literature since 1300 i
     • EALC-E 333 Studies in Chinese Cinema i
     • EALC-E 336 Ghosts, Immortals, Animal Spirits: Encountering the Supernatural in Traditional Chinese Culture i
     • EALC-E 337 Premodern Japanese History i
     • EALC-E 338 Sex, Romance and Story-Telling in The Tale of Genji i
     • EALC-E 339 Studies in South Korean Cinema i
     • EALC-E 342 Modern Korean History i
     • EALC-E 351 Studies in East Asian Thought i
     • EALC-E 352 Studies in East Asian History i
     • EALC-E 353 Hiroshima: History, City, Event i
     • EALC-E 355 Visual Culture of Modern Japan i
     • EALC-E 358 Early Modern Japanese History i
     • EALC-E 369 Modern Japanese History i
     • EALC-E 371
     • EALC-E 372 Japanese Fiction and Culture i
     • EALC-E 374 Early Chinese Philosophy i
     • EALC-E 384 East Asian Nationalism and Cultural Identity i
     • EALC-E 385 Asian Americans: Cultural Conflict and Identity i
     • EALC-E 473 History of Japanese Theatre and Drama i
     • EALC-J 421 Introduction to Japanese Linguistics i
     • EALC-J 431 Readings in Modern Japanese Literature i
     • EALC-J 461 Literary Japanese I i
     • EALC-J 462 Literary Japanese II i
     • EALC-J 491
     • EALC-J 492
     • EALC-J 493
     • EALC-K 421
     • ANTH-E 347 The Anthropology of Contemporary Japan i
     • ANTH-P 399 Undergraduate Seminar i
     • ARTH-A 360 Topics in East Asian Art i
     • ARTH-A 464 Art and Archaeology of Early China i
     • ARTH-A 466 Early Chinese Painting i
     • ARTH-A 467 Later Chinese Painting i
     • CEUS-R 395 Politics of Identity in China and Inner Asia i
     • CMLT-C 365 Japanese-Western Literary Relations i
     • CMLT-C 375 Imagining China, Translating China i
     • FOLK-F 305 Asian Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music i
     • HIST-G 380 Early China i
     • HIST-G 382 China: The Age of Glory i
     • HIST-G 383 China: The Later Empires i
     • HIST-G 385 Modern China i
     • HIST-G 387 Contemporary China i
     • MSCH-F 398 National and Transnational Cinemas i
     • REL-B 300 Studies in South and East Asian Religions i
     • REL-B 310 East Asian Buddhism i
     • REL-B 360 Religions in Japan i
     • REL-B 410 Topics in the Buddhist Tradition i
     • REL-B 440 Topics in Daoism and Chinese Religion i
     • REL-B 460 Topics in East Asian Religions i
     • THTR-T 468 Asian Performance i
     • Politics, Social Science, and Business courses
     • EALC-C 421 Introduction to Chinese Linguistics i
     • EALC-E 305 Korean Language and Culture i
     • EALC-E 316 Computer-Enhanced Language Learning i
     • EALC-E 320 Tasting Food in Japanese: Food, Language, and Linguistics i
     • EALC-E 350 Studies in East Asian Society i
     • EALC-E 354 Society and Education in Japan i
     • EALC-E 356 Understanding Two Koreas: Politics, Society, and U. S. Policy i
     • EALC-E 384 East Asian Nationalism and Cultural Identity i
     • EALC-E 385 Asian Americans: Cultural Conflict and Identity i
     • EALC-E 386 United States-East Asian Relations i
     • EALC-E 390 Contemporary Chinese Politics i
     • EALC-E 391
     • EALC-E 392 Chinese Foreign Policy i
     • EALC-E 393 China's Political Economy i
     • EALC-E 395 Japan in World Trade and Politics i
     • EALC-E 398 International Relations of East Asia i
     • EALC-E 399 Japanese Foreign Policy i
     • EALC-J 421 Introduction to Japanese Linguistics i
     • EALC-K 421
     • ANTH-E 347 The Anthropology of Contemporary Japan i
     • ANTH-P 399 Undergraduate Seminar i
     • CEUS-R 330 Politics in Modern Xinjiang i
     • CEUS-R 395 Politics of Identity in China and Inner Asia i
     • HIST-G 380 Early China i
     • HIST-G 382 China: The Age of Glory i
     • HIST-G 383 China: The Later Empires i
     • HIST-G 385 Modern China i
     • HIST-G 387 Contemporary China i
     • POLS-Y 333 Chinese Politics i
     • POLS-Y 334 Japanese Politics i
     • Other courses
     • The following require permission from the Director of Undergraduate Studies to count toward this requirement:
       • EALC-H 399 Reading for Honors i
       • EALC-H 499 Honors Thesis i
       • EALC-X 473 Internship in East Asian Languages and Cultures i
       • EALC-X 490 Individual Readings i
       • SOC-S 346 Topics in Cross-Cultural Sociology i
     • EALC-C 425 Teaching Chinese Language i
     • EALC-C 450 Chinese Writing and Rhetoric i
     • EALC-E 201 Issues in East Asian Literature i
     • EALC-E 202 Issues in East Asian Traditions and Ideas i
     • EALC-E 203 Issues in East Asian Cultural History i
     • EALC-E 204 Issues in East Asian Society i
     • EALC-E 231 Japan: The Living Tradition i
     • EALC-E 232 China Past and Present: Culture in Continuing Evolution i
     • EALC-E 233 Survey of Korean Civilization i
     • EALC-E 237 Samurai: Culture and Violence in Premodern Japan i
     • EALC-E 250 Modern Korean Culture and Society i
     • EALC-E 251 Traditional East Asian Civilizations i
     • EALC-E 252 Modern East Asian Civilization i
     • EALC-E 270 Japanese Language and Society i
     • EALC-E 271 Modern and Contemporary Japanese Culture i
     • EALC-E 497 Overseas Study Tour i
     • EALC-J 425 Teaching Japanese Language i
     • EALC-J 441 Readings in Japanese Scholarly Materials i
     • One (1) of the following:
       • EALC-E 100 East Asia: An Introduction i
       • EALC-E 110 Popular Culture in East Asia i
       • EALC-E 111 War and Violence in East Asia i
       • EALC-E 115 Romancing East Asia: Literatures of Love from Early Times to the Present i
       • EALC-E 120 Japanese Business and Public Policy i
       • EALC-E 160 The Daoist Body i
       • EALC-E 180 Cross-Cultural Experiences of War: East Asia and the United States i
       • EALC-E 190 The Rise of China: Challenges and Opportunities for East Asia i
     • ANTH-A 200 Topics in Anthropology of Culture and Society (approved topics only; see academic advisor)i
     • ARTH-A 262 Introduction to Japanese Art and Culture i
     • CMLT-C 257 Asian Literature and Other Arts (approved topics only; see academic advisor)i
     • CMLT-C 265 Introduction to East Asian Poetry i
     • CMLT-C 266 Introduction to East Asian Fiction i
     • CMLT-C 291 Studies in Non-Western Film (approved topics only; see academic advisor)i
     • HIST-G 200 Issues in Asian History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)i
     • HIST-H 208 American-East Asian Relations i
     • REL-B 202 Issues in South and East Asian Religions (approved topics only; see academic advisor)i
     • REL-B 230 Introduction to Chinese Religion i
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3. Minimum EALC Credits. At least six (6) credit hours taken to complete the minor must be earned in EALC courses.
4. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
   1. Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
   2. Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
   3. Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
   4. Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.