Director: Professor Mark Hansell
East Asian Studies Concentration (EAST)
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.
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 and Culture (not offered in 2011-2012)
ARTH 166 Chinese Art and Culture (not offered in 2011-2012)
CHIN 282 Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: Chinese Civilization (not offered in 2011-2012)
HIST 151 History of Modern Japan (not offered in 2011-2012)
HIST 152 History of Early China
HIST 153 History of Modern China
JAPN 237 Literature and Arts of Japan: 1333-1868 in Translation (not offered in 2011-2012)
JAPN 240 Literature and Society of Modern Japan in Translation (not offered in 2011-2012)
RELG 151 Religions in Chinese Culture
RELG 152 Religions in Japanese Culture (not offered in 2011-2012)
Supporting Courses: 24 credits from among the following; courses must be from at least two distribution areas.
ARTH 164 Buddhist Art
ARTH 209 Chinese Painting (not offered in 2011-2012)
ARTH 220 Gender and Genre in the Floating World: Japanese Prints (not offered in 2011-2012)
ARTH 320 Japanese Theater: Visualizing Narrative Across Media (not offered in 2011-2012)
ASLN 111 Writing Systems (not offered in 2011-2012)
ASLN 237 Tao of Wisdom in Asian Literature (not offered in 2011-2012)
ASLN 260 Historical Linguistics
CHIN 115 The Taoist Way of Health and Longevity, Taichi and Other Forms
CHIN 212 Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: Chinese Culture (not offered in 2011-2012)
CHIN 235 Beauty, Good and Evil in Chinese Literature (not offered in 2011-2012)
CHIN 240 Chinese Cinema (not offered in 2011-2012)
CHIN 241 Twentieth Century Chinese Literature and Film in Translation (not offered in 2011-2012)
CHIN 347 Advanced Reading in Contemporary Chinese Prose: Newspapers (not offered in 2011-2012)
CHIN 348 Advanced Chinese: The Mass Media (not offered in 2011-2012)
CHIN 349 Advanced Chinese: Social Commentary
CHIN 350 Advanced Chinese: Poems and Stories (not offered in 2011-2012)
CHIN 356 Modern and Contemporary Women Writers
CHIN 357 Advanced Chinese: Contemporary Social Issues (not offered in 2011-2012)
CHIN 358 Chinese Idiom Stories
CHIN 360 Classical Chinese (not offered in 2011-2012)
ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development
HIST 253 Bureaucracy, Law and Religion in East Asia (not offered in 2011-2012)
HIST 254 Colonialism in East Asia
HIST 255 Print Culture and Nationalism in East Asia
JAPN 230 Topics in Pre-Modern Literature in Translation
JAPN 231 Japanese Cinema in Translation
JAPN 234 Modern Japanese Novel in Translation: Mothers/Daughters Fathers/Sons (not offered in 2011-2012)
JAPN 236 Classical Japanese Fiction: The Tale of Genji and Its World in Translation (not offered in 2011-2012)
JAPN 242 Japanese Poetry in Translation (not offered in 2011-2012)
JAPN 243 The Other in Modern Japanese Literature and Society in Translation (not offered in 2011-2012)
JAPN 344 Advanced Writing: Contemporary Prose
JAPN 345 Advanced Reading in Modern Japanese Literature: The Short Story
JAPN 346 Advanced Readings in Modern Japanese Literature: Poetry and Drama (not offered in 2011-2012)
JAPN 348 Advanced Conversation and Composition
JAPN 349 Advanced Readings in Contemporary Japanese Prose (not offered in 2011-2012)
JAPN 352 Advanced Japanese Through Manga and Contemporary Materials (not offered in 2011-2012)
LING 285 The Linguistics of the Japanese Writing System
LING 286 The Structure of Japanese
POSC 239 The Diplomat’s Craft: Three Case Studies
POSC 326 America’s China Policy* (not offered in 2011-2012)
POSC 329 Vietnam and American Policy
POSC 345 Guerillas, Warlords and Bandits: The Art of Asymmetric War* (not offered in 2011-2012)
RELG 254 Zen Buddhism (not offered in 2011-2012)
RELG 255 Social Engagement in Asian Religions
RELG 258 Women and Buddhism (not offered in 2011-2012)
RELG 350 Emptiness (not offered in 2011-2012)
RELG 358 Zen, Nationalism and Orientalism (not offered in 2011-2012)
Capstone Course: For 2011-2012, the designated capstone course is: to be announced