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 230 Chinese Women: Past and Present
• 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
• Philosophy/Chinese 241 Chinese Philosophical Tradition
• 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. Two or four credits of a senior interdisciplinary project involving research in at least two disciplines


NOTE: No course can be counted toward more than one concentration requirement.