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Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

Minor in East Asian Studies

Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 requirements EASTMIN

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Courses. Complete at least five (5) courses from the East Asian Studies Course list.
    • One (1) of the following:
      • EALC-E 100 East Asia: An Introduction
      • EALC-E 110 Popular Culture in East Asia
      • EALC-E 111 War and Violence in East Asia
      • EALC-E 115 Romancing East Asia: Literatures of Love from Early Times to the Present
      • EALC-E 120 Japanese Business and Public Policy
      • EALC-E 160 The Daoist Body
      • EALC-E 170 Contemporary Chinese Society
      • EALC-E 180 Cross-Cultural Experiences of War: East Asia and the United States
      • EALC-E 190 The Rise of China: Challenges and Opportunities for East Asia
    • EALC-E 201 Issues in East Asian Literature
    • EALC-E 202 Issues in East Asian Traditions and Ideas
    • EALC-E 203 Issues in East Asian Cultural History
    • EALC-E 204 Issues in East Asian Society
    • EALC-E 208 Bubble Tea versus Bubble Gum: Languages and Cultures of East Asia and the World
    • EALC-E 231 Japan: The Living Tradition
    • EALC-E 232 China Past and Present: Culture in Continuing Evolution
    • EALC-E 233 Survey of Korean Civilization
    • EALC-E 237 Samurai: Culture and Violence in Premodern Japan
    • EALC-E 250 Modern Korean Culture and Society
    • EALC-E 251 Traditional East Asian Civilizations
    • EALC-E 252 Modern East Asian Civilization
    • EALC-E 258 Work, Economy, and Inequality in East Asia
    • EALC-E 270 Japanese Language and Society
    • EALC-E 271 Modern and Contemporary Japanese Culture
    • EALC-E 300 Studies in East Asian Literature
    • EALC-E 301 Chinese Language and Culture
    • EALC-E 303 Korean Folk and Elite Cultures
    • EALC-E 305 Korean Language and Culture
    • EALC-E 306 Psychology of Chinese
    • EALC-E 307 Cultures of Protest in South Korea
    • EALC-E 308 South Korean Education: Examination Hell or Model for the World?
    • EALC-E 309 Dating, Sex, and Marriage in South Korea
    • EALC-E 310 Introduction to East Asian Studies
    • EALC-E 311 Korean Popular Culture
    • EALC-E 316 Computer-Enhanced Language Learning
    • EALC-E 320 Tasting Food in Japanese: Food, Language, and Linguistics
    • EALC-E 321 Traditional Japanese Literature
    • EALC-E 322 Modern Japanese Literature
    • EALC-E 323 Introduction to Japanese Film
    • EALC-E 324 Cinema in Millennial Japan
    • EALC-E 328 Voices from the Inner Chamber: Writing Women of Traditional China
    • EALC-E 330 Studies in Japanese Film
    • EALC-E 331 Traditional Chinese Literature
    • EALC-E 332 Chinese Literature since 1300
    • EALC-E 333 Studies in Chinese Cinema
    • EALC-E 336 Ghosts, Immortals, Animal Spirits: Encountering the Supernatural in Traditional Chinese Culture
    • EALC-E 337 Premodern Japanese History
    • EALC-E 338 Sex, Romance and Story-Telling in The Tale of Genji
    • EALC-E 339 Studies in South Korean Cinema
    • EALC-E 342 Modern Korean History
    • EALC-E 350 Studies in East Asian Society
    • EALC-E 351 Studies in East Asian Thought
    • EALC-E 352 Studies in East Asian History
    • EALC-E 353 Hiroshima: History, City, Event
    • EALC-E 354 Society and Education in Japan
    • EALC-E 355 Visual Culture of Modern Japan
    • EALC-E 356 Understanding Two Koreas: Politics, Society, and U. S. Policy
    • EALC-E 358 Early Modern Japanese History
    • EALC-E 362 Nature, Culture, and the Environment in Japan
    • EALC-E 369 Modern Japanese History
    • EALC-E 371 Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature
    • EALC-E 372 Japanese Fiction and Culture
    • EALC-E 374 Early Chinese Philosophy
    • EALC-E 384 East Asian Nationalism and Cultural Identity
    • EALC-E 385 Asian Americans: Cultural Conflict and Identity
    • EALC-E 386 United States-East Asian Relations
    • EALC-E 387 Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in Japan
    • EALC-E 388 Japanese Politics and Society
    • EALC-E 390 Contemporary Chinese Politics
    • EALC-E 391 Law and Authoritarianism through the Lens of China
    • EALC-E 392 Chinese Foreign Policy
    • EALC-E 393 China's Political Economy
    • EALC-E 395 Japan in World Trade and Politics
    • EALC-E 398 International Relations of East Asia
    • EALC-E 399 Japanese Foreign Policy
    • EALC-E 473 History of Japanese Theatre and Drama
    • EALC-E 496 Foreign Study (East Asian Exchange Programs)
    • EALC-E 497 Overseas Study Tour
  2. Additional Requirements.
    • At least 12 credit hours of the above must be at the 200–499 level.
    • At least 9 credit hours of the above must be at the 300–499 level.
  3. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. 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.
    2. At least 9 credit hours in the minor 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 minor.
    4. 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.
    5. Exceptions to minor 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.