Program Overview
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
This minor is designed to provide students with a broad-based interdisciplinary understanding of Asian culture through a coordinated program of studying language, history, philosophy, art, geography, or political science. The program is administered by a faculty coordinator in the Department of World Languages and Cultures. All Asian Studies Minors are required to see an advisor to work out a program of study that will meet their specific needs and interests. A minimum of 6 credits in the minor must be at the 300 or 400 level.
Minor Requirements — 22 Credits
Language Proficiency — 10 credits
Choose either Chinese or Japanese:
Electives — 12 credits
Upper Division Electives: at least 6 credits
Take 6 or more credits from the following course offerings:
Additional Electives: 6 credits
Choose additional credits as needed to bring the total number of elective credits to 12. These may be chosen from the upper division list above, or from the following list of lower division course offerings:
| ASIA 116 | State, Society, and Culture in Contemporary AsiaLAB3LAIS | 3 |
| ASIA 216 | South and Southeast Asian LiteratureLAA2LAIS | 3 |
| ASIA 248 | Asian Musical CultureLAA1LAIS | 3 |
| CHIN 107 | Conversational Chinese for Beginners | 3 |
| CHIN 116 | Introduction to Chinese CivilizationLAB3LAIS | 3 |
| CHIN 216 | Masterpieces in Chinese LiteratureLAA2LAIS | 3 |
| ENG 236 | Ethnic American LiteratureLAA2LAMS | 3 |
| ENG 262 | Masterpieces of World LiteratureLAA2LAIS | 3 |
| GEOG 218 | Emerging AsiaLAB2LAIS | 3 |
| GNDR 285 | Gender in the Contemporary Global OrderLAB3LAIS | 3 |
| HIST 112 | Asian Civilization I: From Prehistory to 1500LAH1LAIS | 3 |
| HIST 113 | Asian Civilizations II: From 1500 to the PresentLAH1LAIS | 3 |
| JAPN 116 | Contemporary Japan | 3 |
| MIND 181 | Great Traditions of Asia: India, China and JapanLAA3LAIS | 3 |
| MUS 248 | Asian Musical CultureLAA1LAIS | 3 |
| PHIL 126 | Introduction to Global PhilosophiesLAA3LAIS | 3 |
| PHIL 246 | Early Chinese Philosophy | 3 |
Elective courses must be taken in at least two different prefixes.
The following courses have prerequisites not included in the minor.
Students must complete pre-requisites as part of their major, university wide electives, or LAC credits in order to take these courses as part of the Asian Studies minor.
The following variable topic courses appearing on the lists above must be relevant to Asian Studies to count toward the minor.
Students must receive approval from their minor advisor prior to registration in order to apply these courses to the Asian Studies minor:
Program Notes
Directed Study projects and special courses must be approved by the minor advisor. These projects may be taken in any of the following departments: Anthropology, Art, Business, Economics, English, World Languages and Cultures, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Mind/Honors.
Students must maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in those courses that count toward the minor.
In accordance with University Policies, coursework earned more than 10 years prior to the date of matriculation to UNC may not be used to satisfy any major or minor requirements. Any exception to this policy is at the discretion of the academic program.