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

ARTH 166: Chinese Art

CHIN 282: Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: Chinese Civilization

HIST 151: Modern Japan

HIST 152: History of Early China (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 153: History of Modern China

JAPN 237: Literature and Arts of Japan: 1333-1868 in Translation (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 240: Literature and Society of Modern Japan in Translation (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 151: Religions in Chinese Culture (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 152: Religion in Japanese Culture

SOAN 284: Anthropology of China

SOAN 286: Anthropology of East Asia (not offered in 2012-2013)

Supporting courses:

24 credits from among the following; courses must be from at least two distribution areas.

ARTH 164 Buddhist Art (not offered in 2012-2013)

ARTH 209 Chinese Painting

ARTH 220 Gender and Genre in the Floating World: Japanese Prints

ASLN 111 Writing Systems (not offered in 2012-2013)

ASLN 237 Tao of Wisdom in Asian Literature

ASLN 260 Historical Linguistics

CHIN 115 The Taoist Way of Health and Longevity: Taichi and Other Forms (not offered in 2012-2013)

CHIN 206 Chinese in Cultural Context

CHIN 207 Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: chinese Language

CHIN 212 Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: Chinese Culture

CHIN 235 Beauty, Good and Evil in Chinese Literature (not offered in 2012-2013)

CHIN 240 Chinese Cinema (not offered in 2012-2013)

CHIN 241 Twentieth Century Chinese Literature and Film in translation (not offered in 2012-2013)

CHIN 248 The Structure of Chinese

CHIN 282 Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: Chinese Civilization

CHIN 307 Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: Advanced Chinese Language

CHIN 347 Advanced Reading in Contemporary Chinese Prose: Newspapers

CHIN 348 Advanced Chinese: The Mass Media (not offered in 2012-2013)

CHIN 349 Advanced Chinese: Social Commentary (not offered in 2012-2013)

CHIN 350 Advanced Chinese: Poems and Stories (not offered in 2012-2013)

CHIN 355 Contemporary Chinese Short Stories and Film (not offered in 2012-2013)

CHIN 356 Modern and Contemporary Women Writers (not offered in 2012-2013)

CHIN 357 Advanced Chinese: Contemporary Social Issues (not offered in 2012-2013)

CHIN 358 Chinese Idiom Stories (not offered in 2012-2013)

CHIN 360 Classical Chinese

ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development

ECON 241 Growth and Development (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 100 The Chinese Cultural Revolution 1966-1976 (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 110 Chinese Revolution of 1949 (not 2012-2013)

HIST 151 Modern Japan

HIST 152 History of Early China (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 153 History of Modern China

HIST 200 The Zen of Asian and Western Woodworking (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 252 China and Its Neighbors, ca. 1200-1800 (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 253 Bureaucracy, Law and Religion in East Asia (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 254 Colonialism in East Asia

HIST 255 Print Culture and Nationalism in East Asia (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 353 Intellectuals and the State Power in East Asia (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 230 Topics in Pre-Modern Literature (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 231 Japanese Cinema in Translation (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 232 Autobiography in Modern Japan in Translation (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 234 Modern Japanese Novel in Translation: Mothers/Daughters; Fathers/Sons (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 235 Contemporary Japanese Women in Translation: Bad Girls (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 236 Classical Japanese Fiction: The Tale of Genji and Its World in Translation

JAPN 237 Literature and Arts of Japan 1333-1868 in Translation (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 240 Literature and Society of Modern Japan in Translation (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 242 Japanese Poetry in Translation (not offered in 2012-2013)

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

JAPN 343 Advanced Japanese Through Fiction and Film (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 344 Advanced Writing: Contemporary Prose (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 345 Advanced Reading in Modern Japanese Literature: The Short Story (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 346 Advanced Reading in Modern Japanese Literature: Poetry and Drama (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 347 Advanced Reading in Contemporary Japanese Prose: Newspapers (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 348 Advanced Conversation and Composition (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 349 Advanced Readings in Contemporary Japanese Prose (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 351 Advanced Japanese through Documentary Film (not offered in 2012-2013)

JAPN 352 Advanced Japanese through Manga & Other Contemporary Materials

LING 285 The Linguistics of the Japanese Writing System (not offered in 2012-2013)

LING 286 The Structure of Japanese (not offered in 2012-2013)

POSC 170 International Relations and World Politics

POSC 237 Southeast Asian Politics

POSC 239 The Diplomat’s Craft: Three Case Studies

POSC 241 Ethnic Conflict

POSC 253 Marxist Political Thought (not offered in 2012-2013)

POSC 264 China on the Rise: The Politics of Contemporary China (not offered in 2012-2013)

POSC 326 America’s China Policy (not offered in 2012-2013)

POSC 329 Vietnam, Iraq and American Policy* (not offered in 2012-2013)

POSC 345 Guerillas, Warlords and Bandits: The Art of Asymmetric War* (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 151 Religions in Chinese Culture (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 152 Religions in Japanese Culture

RELG 250 Religion and Ecology

RELG 253 Tibetan Buddhism

RELG 254 Zen Buddhism (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 255 Social Engagement in Asian Religions

RELG 258 Women and Buddhism (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 268 Encountering Islam: Dialogue and Difference (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 350 Emptiness

RELG 358 Zen, Nationalism & Orientalism (not offered in 2012-2013)

WGST 310 Mystiques Demystified (not offered in 2012-2013)

Capstone Course: For 2012-2013, the designated capstone course is to be announced shortly