Coordinator: Mark Hansell

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 (Artistic/Literary analysis, Humanistic inquiry and Social inquiry)

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 and Culture (not offered in 2011-2012)

ARTH 166: Chinese Art (not offered in 2011-2012)

CHIN 282: Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: Chinese Civilization (not offered in 2011-2012)

HIST 151: 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

RELG 151: Religions in Chinese Culture

RELG 152: Religion in Japanese Culture (not offered in 2011-2012)

SOAN 284: Anthropology of China (not offered in 2011-2012)

SOAN 286: Anthropology of East Asia (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)

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 206 Chinese in Cultural Context

CHIN 207 Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: chinese Language (not offered in 2011-2012)

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 248 The Structure of Chinese (not offered in 2011-2012)

CHIN 282 Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: Chinese Civilization (not offered in 2011-2012)

CHIN 307 Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: Advanced Chinese Language (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 355 Contemporary Chinese Short Stories and Film (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 (not offered in 2011-2012)

CHIN 360 Classical Chinese (not offered in 2011-2012)

ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development

ECON 241 Growth and Development

HIST 100 The Chinese Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

HIST 110 Chinese Revolution of 1949

HIST 151 Modern Japan (not offered in 2011-2012)

HIST 152 History of Early China

HIST 153 History of Modern China

HIST 200 The Zen of Asian and Western Woodworking (not offered in 2011-2012)

HIST 252 China and Its Neighbors, ca. 1200-1800

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

HIST 353 Intellectuals and the State Power in East Asia (not offered in 2011-2012)

JAPN 230 Topics in Pre-Modern Literature

JAPN 231 Japanese Cinema in Translation

JAPN 232 Autobiography in Modern Japan in Translation (not offered in 2011-2012)

JAPN 234 Modern Japanese Novel in Translation: Mothers/Daughters; Fathers/Sons (not offered in 2011-2012)

JAPN 235 Contemporary Japanese Women in Translation: Bad Girls

JAPN 236 Classical Japanese Fiction: The Tale of Genji and Its World in Translation (not offered in 2011-2012)

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

JAPN 242 Japanese Poetry in Translation

JAPN 243 The Other in Modern Japanese Literature and Society in Translation

JAPN 343 Advanced Japanese Through Fiction and Film

JAPN 344 Advanced Writing: Contemporary Prose

JAPN 345 Advanced Reading in Modern Japanese Literature: The Short Story

JAPN 346 Advanced Reading in Modern Japanese Literature: Poetry and Drama (not offered in 2011-2012)

JAPN 347 Advanced Reading in Contemporary Japanese Prose: Newspapers (not offered in 2011-2012)

JAPN 348 Advanced Conversation and Composition (not offered in 2011-2012)

JAPN 349 Advanced Readings in Contemporary Japanese Prose (not offered in 2011-2012)

JAPN 351 Advanced Japanese through Documentary Film (not offered in 2011-2012)

JAPN 352 Advanced Japanese through Manga & Other Contemporary Materials (not offered in 2011-2012)

LING 285 The Linguistics of the Japanese Writing System

LING 286 The Structure of Japanese

POSC 170 International Relations and World Politics

POSC 237 Southeast Asian Politics (not offered in 2011-2012)

POSC 239 The Diplomat’s Craft: Three Case Studies

POSC 241 Ethnic Conflict

POSC 253 Marxist Political Thought (not offered in 2011-2012)

POSC 264 China on the Rise: The Politics of Contemporary China

POSC 326 America’s China Policy (not offered in 2011-2012)

POSC 329 Vietnam, Iraq and American Policy*

POSC 345 Guerillas, Warlords and Bandits: The Art of Asymmetric War*

RELG 151 Religions in Chinese Culture

RELG 152 Religions in Japanese Culture (not offered in 2011-2012)

RELG 253 Tibetan Buddhism (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 268 Encountering Islam: Dialogue and Difference (not offered in 2011-2012)

RELG 350 Emptiness

RELG 356 Buddhism and Ecology

RELG 358 Zen, Nationalism & Orientalism (not offered in 2011-2012)

WGST 310 Mystiques Demystified

Capstone Course: For 2011-2012, the designated capstone course is to be announced shortly