Asian Studies Minor

Location: Social Science, Room 242
Telephone: 626-6781 Fax: 626-7130

Asian Studies at Weber State offers a Minor in Asian Studies, supports the Foreign Language Department's Japanese Minor, oversees courses in the Middle East Track, and cooperates with the BIS Program to offer a Bachelor's degree "BIS Asian Studies Concentration." Asian Studies courses are offered through a number of cooperating departments including History, Political Science and Philosophy, Geography, Foreign Language, English, Honors, Sociology and Anthropology, Visual Arts, Health and Physical Education, and others.

Requirements

• A grade of "C" or above in each course used toward the Asian Studies Minor (a grade of C- is not acceptable).
• Fifteen credit hours of courses must be taken from at least four of the areas listed below.

(Courses taken which are part of the student's major will not count as fulfillment of the minor requirement.)

Course Requirements for Minor

Required Courses (15 credit hours)

Select 15 credit hours from at least four of the following areas:

Art

• Art 2040 Introduction to Asian Art (4)
• Art 3060 The Art & Architecture of India (4)
• Art 3070 The Art & Architecture of China (3)
• Art 3080 The Art & Architecture of Japan (3)
• Art 3100 The Art & Architecture of the Islamic World (4)

English

• Engl 3730* Literatures of Cultures & Places (3)
• Engl HU2710* Perspectives on Women's Literature (3)

Foreign Language

• ForLng 1010* First Year I (4)
• ForLng 1020* First Year II (4)
• ForLng HU2010* Second Year I (4)
• ForLng 2020* Second Year II (4)
• ForLng 3060* Grammar & Composition (3)
• ForLng 3160* Introduction to Literature Analysis (3)
• ForLng 3220* Phonetics & Phonology (3)
• ForLng 3300* Foreign Language Journal (1)
• ForLng 3320* Applied Language Study (1-3)
• ForLng 3510* Business Language I (3)
• ForLng 3550* Studies in Culture & Civilization (3)
• ForLng 3630* Literature Genres (3)
• ForLng 3650* Literature Periods (3)
• ForLng 3670* Literature Authors (3)
• ForLng 3690* Lit-Special Topics in Literature (1-3)
• ForLng 3850* Study Abroad (1-6)
• ForLng 4300* Foreign Language Journal (1)
• ForLng 4400* Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language (4)
• ForLng 4510* Business Language II (3)
• ForLng 4620* Survey of Literature I (3)
• ForLng 4630* Survey of Literature II (3)
• ForLng 4850* Study Abroad (1-6)
• ForLng 4960* Senior Seminar & Theses (3)

Geography

• Geogr 3640 Geography of the mIddle East (3)
• Geogr 3650 Geography of India & Southeast Asia (3)
• Geogr 3660 Geography of China & Japan (3)
• Geogr 3780* Geographic Area Studies (1-3)
• Geogr 4800* Individual Research (1-3)

History

• Hist 4530 Far Eastern History (3)
• Hist 4550 Southeast Asian History (3)
• Hist 4570 South Asian History (3)
• Hist 4590 Middle Eastern History (3)
• Hist 4740* Special Issues & Topics in Asian History (3)

Political Science

• PolSci 3220 Politics & Government of Asia (3)
• PolSci 4830* Directed Readings (1-3)
• PolSci 4920* Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes, & Special Programs (1-3)

Philosophy

• Philo 3550 Philosophy of Eastern Religion (3)

Physical Education

• PE 1010 E/I/A Martial Arts (Karate) (1)

Sociology

• Soclgy 4990* Seminar in Sociology (3)

Honors

• Honors SS/HU2130 Great Ideas of the East (3)

Women's Studies

• WS 2900/4900* Topics in Women's Studies (1-3)

*Acceptable when the emphasis and/or content are basically Asian Studies/Language or Middle East Studies/Language.

Should other courses relating specifically to Asia or the Middle East, either of an experimental or of a permanent nature, be added to the curriculum, these courses will be accepted as part of the Asian Studies Minor. To be a part of the Asian Studies curriculum, a course must have two-thirds Asian content.