East Asian Studies Concentration
Director: Assistant Professor Noboru Tomonari
With the world's most populous nation and some of its largest economies, East Asia is a region of growing significance. It consists of areas encompassed by present day China, Japan, and Korea (and sometimes also Mongolia, Myanmar, Siberia, and Vietnam). The concentration consists of a program of study combining language training, off-campus study, required core courses in various disciplines, and supporting courses, including a designated capstone course. The underlying logic of the concentration seeks to highlight both the similarities and differences in the societies and cultures of East Asia and to generate increased understanding of a vital part of the modern world.
Requirements for the Concentration:
The East Asian Studies Concentration requires a total of 42 credits, with at least 6 credits drawn from each of the three Asian Studies distribution areas (Arts and Literature, Humanities, Social Sciences)
18 credits in core courses, drawn from at least two of the three Asian Studies distribution areas
24 credits from additional courses, drawn from at least two of the three Asian Studies distribution areas, and including a designated East Asia-related capstone course
Courses taken on off-campus programs may be applied to the concentration
Language courses below 228 may not be applied
Normally, at least one term of off-campus study in East Asia
One year of study of an East Asian language, or its equivalent. For languages offered at Carleton, this will involve completion of a language through 103, or its equivalent. For languages not offered at Carleton, it will involve completion of the equivalent of 103.
Core Courses: 18 credits from among the following; courses must be from at least two distribution areas
ARTH 165: Japanese Art (not offered in 2005-2006)
ARTH 166: Chinese Art (not offered in 2005-2006)
CHIN 282: Tianjin Program: Chinese Civilization (not offered in 2005-2006)
HIST 150: History of Ancient and Medieval Japan
HIST 151: History of Modern Japan (not offered in 2005-2006)
HIST 152: History of Imperial China (not offered in 2005-2006)
HIST 153: History of Modern China
JAPN 237: Literature and Arts of Japan: 1333-1868 in Translation (not offered in 2005-2006)
JAPN 240: Literature and Society of Modern Japan in Translation (not offered in 2005-2006)
RELG 151: Chinese Religion and Culture (not offered in 2005-2006)
RELG 152: Japanese Religion and Culture
SOAN 282: Anthropology of Japan
SOAN 284: Anthropology of China
SOAN 286: Anthropology of East Asia (not offered in 2005-2006)
Supporting Courses: 24 credits from among the following; courses must be from at least two distribution areas.
ARTH 208 Ritual and Rhetoric in Ancient Chinese Art (not offered in 2005-2006)
ARTH 209 Chinese Painting
ARTH 220 Gender and Genre in the Floating World: Japanese Prints (not offered in 2005-2006)
ARTH 224 Twentieth Century Chinese Art: Identity and Modernity (not offered in 2005-2006)
ARTH 285 Arts of the Chinese Scholar's Studio
ASLN 111 Writing Systems
ASLN 260 Historical Linguistics (not offered in 2005-2006)
CHIN 115 The Taoist Way of Health and Longevity
CHIN 212 Tianjin Program: Chinese Culture
CHIN 235 Beauty, Good and Evil in Chinese Literature (not offered in 2005-2006)
CHIN 250 Contemporary Chinese Literature and Film
CHIN 345 Advanced Reading in Chinese Literature: Selected Prose (not offered in 2005-2006)
CHIN 346 Advanced Readings in Chinese Fiction
CHIN 347 Advanced Reading in Contemporary Chinese Prose: Newspapers (not offered in 2005-2006)
CHIN 348 Advanced Chinese: Mass Media
CHIN 349 Advanced Chinese: Social Commentary (not offered in 2005-2006)
CHIN 350 Advanced Chinese: Poems and Stories (not offered in 2005-2006)
CHIN 356 Modern and Contemporary Women Writers
CHIN 360 Classical Chinese
ECON 240 Economics of Developing Countries
HIST 253 Bureaucracy, Law and Religion in East Asia (not offered in 2005-2006)
HIST 254 Colonialism in East Asia
HIST 258 Foreign Relations of East Asia in Modern Times (not offered in 2005-2006)
HIST 395 Making Revolutions in East Asian History
JAPN 230 Topics in Pre-Modern Literature (not offered in 2005-2006)
JAPN 231 Japanese Cinema (not offered in 2005-2006)
JAPN 232 Autobiography in Modern Japan in Translation
JAPN 236 Classical Japanese Fiction: The Tale of Genji and Its World in Translation (not offered in 2005-2006)
JAPN 242 Japanese Poetry in Translation
JAPN 345 Advanced Reading in Modern Japanese Literature: The Short Story (not offered in 2005-2006)
JAPN 347 Advanced Reading in Contemporary Japanese Prose: Newspapers (not offered in 2005-2006)
JAPN 348 Advanced Conversation and Composition (not offered in 2005-2006)
JAPN 349 Advanced Readings in Contemporary Japanese Prose (not offered in 2005-2006)
JAPN 350 Advanced Readings in Contemporary Culture (not offered in 2005-2006)
JAPN 351 Advanced Japanese through Documentary Film
JAPN 399 Senior Research Seminar
POSC 232 Taiwan: Political and Economic Change (not offered in 2005-2006)
POSC 239 The Diplomat's Craft: Three Case Studies
POSC 242 Hong Kong: A Relic of the Past or a Model for the Future (not offered in 2005-2006)
POSC 243 The Politics of Burma: Democratic Challenges Military Response (not offered in 2005-2006)
POSC 253 Communist Political Thought: Marx to Mao (not offered in 2005-2006)
POSC 324 Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy (not offered in 2005-2006)
POSC 326 America's China Policy
POSC 329 Vietnam War and American Policy (not offered in 2005-2006)
POSC 345 Guerillas, Warlords and Bandits: The Art of Asymmetric War
POSC 378 Beijing Program: Chinese Social and Political Institutions
POSC 379 Beijing Program: Chinese Decision Making
POSC 381 Beijing Program: Politics of Economic Development
POSC 382 Beijing Program: Chinese Economics in Transition
RELG 254 Zen Body/Mind
RELG 258 Women, Power and Enlightenment (not offered in 2005-2006)
RELG 350 Emptiness (not offered in 2005-2006)
Capstone Course: For 2005-2006, the designated capstone course is: History 395: Making Revolutions in East Asian History (spring)