1. Chinese Language.
   1. Language. Each of the following or demonstrated proficiency (4 courses)**:
      • EALC-C 301 Third-Year Chinese Ii
      • EALC-C 302 Third-Year Chinese IIi
      • EALC-C 401 Fourth-Year Chinese Ii
      • EALC-C 402 Fourth-Year Chinese IIi
   2. Language through Culture. Six (6) credit hours:
      • EALC-C 457 Chinese in Humanities i
      • EALC-C 467 Chinese in Social Science i
2. Regional Studies.
   1. Introduction to East Asian Studies. One (1) course:
      • EALC-E 310 Introduction to East Asian Studies i
   2. Cultural Studies. Two (2) courses associated with EALC-C 457 and/or EALC-C 467 from the 300–399 EALC Cultural Studies list.
      • EALC courses
      • Any EALC-E 300–399
      • History, Literature and Culture courses in other College departments and programs
      • Any EALC-E 300–399
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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
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   3. Elective. One (1) additional course from the Regional Studies Elective list.
      • History, Literature, and Culture
      • 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 when taken Summer 2024 or later
      • EALC-E 324 Cinema in Millennial Japan i when taken Summer 2024 or later
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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. Capstone Year. One (1) of the following for at least eight (8) credit hours:
   1. Overseas Study at Nanging University.
      1. Core Courses. Each of the following courses:
         • EALC-C 433 Foreign Study in Chinese, Fourth Year i
         • EALC-C 450 Chinese Writing and Rhetoric i
         • EALC-C 496 Flagship Overseas Study in China i
      2. Internship. One (1) course:
         • EALC-C 498 Flagship Overseas Internship in China i
   2. Overseas Study at Beijing Union University.
      1. Core Courses. Each of the following courses:
         • EALC-C 433 Foreign Study in Chinese, Fourth Year i
         • EALC-C 450 Chinese Writing and Rhetoric i
         • EALC-C 496 Flagship Overseas Study in China i
      2. Internship. One (1) course:
         • EALC-C 498 Flagship Overseas Internship in China i
4. Major GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
   1. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
   2. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed at the 300–499 level.
   3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the major.
   4. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the major—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
   5. Exceptions to major requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.

The Bachelor of Arts degree requires at least 120 credit hours, to include the following:

1. College of Arts and Sciences Credit Hours. At least 100 credit hours must come from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines.
2. Upper Division Courses. At least 42 credit hours (of the 120) must be at the 300–499 level.
3. College Residency. Following completion of the 60th credit hour toward degree, at least 36 credit hours of College of Arts and Sciences coursework must be completed through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
4. College GPA. A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.000 is required for all courses taken at Indiana University.
5. CASE Requirements. The following College of Arts and Sciences Education (CASE) requirements must be completed:
   1. CASE Foundations
      1. English Composition: 1 course
      2. Mathematical Modeling: 1 course
   2. CASE Breadth of Inquiry
      1. Arts and Humanities: 4 courses
      2. Natural and Mathematical Sciences: 4 courses
      3. Social and Historical Studies: 4 courses
   3. CASE Culture Studies
      1. Diversity in the United States: 1 course
      2. Global Civilizations and Cultures: 1 course
   4. CASE Critical Approaches: 1 course
   5. CASE Foreign Language: Proficiency in a single foreign language through the second semester of the second year of college-level coursework
   6. CASE Intensive Writing: 1 course
   7. CASE Public Oral Communication: 1 course
6. Major. Completion of the major as outlined in the Major Requirements section above.

Most students must also successfully complete the Indiana University Bloomington General Education program.