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Scott Cook, Chair
Students concentrating in East Asian Studies work in the areas of language and literature, history, music, philosophy, political science, and religion. Participation in an off-campus study program in China, Japan, or Taiwan is encouraged (see Off-Campus Study). In the senior year, the student is expected to complete a 2- or 4-credit interdisciplinary research project involving at least two academic disciplines.
Required, 22 or 24 credits as follows (at least 8 of the 16 credits from parts 2 and 3 must focus on the same region [China or Japan] as that of the language credits of part 1; at least 4 of the 16 must focus on the other region):
1. 4 credits Chinese or Japanese beyond the 221 level (or equivalent)
2. 8 credits from:
- Chinese 275 Chinese Literary Tradition (in Translation)
- Chinese 277 Modern China through Literature and Film (in Translation)
- Chinese 331 Advanced Chinese I
- Chinese 332 Advanced Chinese II
- Third-year Japanese (through an approved off-campus program)
- Humanities 131 China’s Ancient World
3. 8 credits from:
- History 275 Chinese History I
- History 276 Chinese History II
- History 277 Japanese History I
- History 278 Japanese History II
- History 37x Advanced Studies in Asian History
- Political Science 275 Politics of the People’s Republic of China
- Religious Studies 117 Major Asian Religions
- Religious Studies 221 Religious Traditions of Japan
- Religious Studies 222 Religious Traditions of China
4. 2 or 4 credits of a senior interdisciplinary project involving research in at least two disciplines
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