A total of 66 credits:
I. 18 credits in a disciplinary base department: Art History,
Asian Languages, History, Political Science/International Relations,
Religion, and Sociology and Anthropology which must include:
at least 12 credits in courses related to Asia
6 credits in an appropriate methodology course
ARTH 298 Seminar for Art History Majors
ENGL 200 Methods of Interpretation
HIST 298 Junior-year History Colloquium
LCST 245 Introduction to Critical Methods: Structure, Gender, Culture
POSC 230 Methods of Political Research
RELG 300 Issues in the Study of Religion
SOAN 330 Sociological Thought and Theory
II. 42 additional credits in Asia-related courses (including
appropriate off-campus credits, excluding ASST 400 and
language-department courses below 228 or their equivalents); these must
include:
a) at least 6 credits in each of three distribution areas: Arts and Literature, Humanities, Social Sciences
b) a maximum of 18 credits at the 100 level
c) a minimum of 24 credits at the 200 level or above
III) 6 credits of Senior Integrative Exercise (ASST 400), normally taken during winter term of the senior year.
The Senior Integrative Exercise, normally is a research paper of 30
pages or more that delves into some aspect of the student's focal
region. The project normally is developed by the student during the
fall term, and proposed to and approved by the Asian Studies Committee,
which assigns two faculty members as readers and advisers for the
project. The first draft of the exercise is due by the end of the ninth
week of winter term, and a final draft by the end of the fourth week of
spring term. The student defends the project before the two readers,
and presents the research publicly to interested members of the
community.
IV) A regional focus on East Asia (China, Japan, Korea,
Vietnam), South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar,
Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet), or Central Asia (Afghanistan,
Bhutan, Iran, the Islamic former Soviet republics, Manchuria, inner and
outer Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang) involving:
a) at least 48 credits (exclusive of the Senior Integrative Exercise) related to one's focal region
b) at least 6 credits related to an Asian region different from one's focal region.
Courses by regional focus, subdivided by distribution area:
EAST ASIA:
ARTH 165 Japanese Art and Culture
ARTH 166 Chinese Art and Culture
(not offered in 2006-2007)
ARTH 208 Ritual and Rhetoric in Ancient Chinese Art
(not offered in 2006-2007)
ARTH 209 Chinese Painting
(not offered in 2006-2007)
ARTH 220 Gender and Genre in the Floating World: Japanese Prints
(not offered in 2006-2007)
ASLN 111 Writing Systems
(not offered in 2006-2007)
ASLN 237 Tao of Wisdom in Asian Literature: Chinese Roots, Lebanese Prophets, and Indian Stray Birds
ASLN 260 Historical Linguistics
CHIN 115 The Taoist Way of Health and Longevity: Taichi and Other Forms
(not offered in 2006-2007)
CHIN 212 Tianjin Program: Chinese Culture
CHIN 235 Beauty, Good, and Evil in Chinese Literature in Translation
(not offered in 2006-2007)
CHIN 241 Twentieth Century Chinese Literature and Film in Translation
CHIN 250 Contemporary Chinese Literature and Film in Translation
(not offered in 2006-2007)
CHIN 282 Tianjin Program: Chinese Civilization
CHIN 345 Advanced Readings in Chinese Literature: Selected Prose
(not offered in 2006-2007)
CHIN 346 Advanced Readings in Chinese Fiction
(not offered in 2006-2007)
CHIN 347 Advanced Readings in Contemporary Chinese Prose: Newspapers
CHIN 348 Advanced Chinese: The Mass Media
(not offered in 2006-2007)
CHIN 349 Advanced Chinese: Social Commentary
(not offered in 2006-2007)
CHIN 350 Advanced Chinese: Poems and Stories
CHIN 355 Contemporary Chinese Short Stories and Films
(not offered in 2006-2007)
CHIN 356 Modern and Contemporary Women Writers
(not offered in 2006-2007)
CHIN 357 Advanced Chinese: Contemporary Social Issues
CHIN 360 Classical Chinese
(not offered in 2006-2007)
ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development
HIST 150 Ancient and Medieval Japan
(not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 151 History of Modern Japan
(not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 152 History of Imperial China
(not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 153 History of Modern China
HIST 200 The Zen of Asian and Western Woodworking
(not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 253 Bureaucracy, Law, and Religion in East Asia
(not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 254 Colonialism in East Asia
(not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 258 Foreign Relations of East Asia in Modern Times
JAPN 231 Japanese Cinema in Translation
JAPN 232 Autobiography in Modern Japan in Translation
JAPN 236 Classical Japanese Fiction: The Tale of Genji and Its World in Translation
JAPN 240 Literature and Society of Modern Japan in Translation
(not offered in 2006-2007)
JAPN 241 Contemporary and Modern Japanese Fiction in Translation
(not offered in 2006-2007)
JAPN 242 Japanese Poetry in Translation
(not offered in 2006-2007)
JAPN 343 Advanced Japanese through Fiction and Film
(not offered in 2006-2007)
JAPN 345 Advanced Reading in Modern Japanese Literature: The Short Story
JAPN 347 Advanced Reading in Contemporary Japanese Prose: Newspapers
(not offered in 2006-2007)
JAPN 348 Advanced Japanese Conversation and Composition
(not offered in 2006-2007)
JAPN 349 Advanced Readings in Contemporary Japanese Prose
JAPN 351 Advanced Japanese through Documentary Film
LING 180 The Structure of Japanese
POSC 170 International Relations and World Politics
POSC 239 The Diplomat's Craft: Three Case Studies
POSC 241 Ethnic Conflict
POSC 242 Hong Kong: A Relic of the Past or a Model for the Future
POSC 243 The Politics of Burma: Democratic Challenge, Military Response
(not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 253 Communist Political Thought: Marx to Mao
(not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 326 America's China Policy*
(not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 329 Vietnam War and American Policy*
(not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 378 Beijing Program: Chinese Social and Political Institutions
(not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 379 Beijing Program: Chinese Decision Making
(not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 381 Beijing Program: Politics of Economic Development
(not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 382 Beijing Program: Chinese Economics in Transition
(not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 151 Chinese Religion and Culture
(not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 152 Japanese Religion and Culture
RELG 350 Emptiness
(not offered in 2006-2007)
SOAN 282 Anthropology of Japan
(not offered in 2006-2007)
SOAN 284 Anthropology of China
SOUTH ASIA:
ARTH 182 History of South Asian Art
(not offered in 2006-2007)
ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development
HIST 160 History of Classical India
HIST 161 History of Modern India
HIST 259 Women in South Asia: Histories, Narratives, and Representation
HIST 262 Post-colonial South Asia, 1947-Present
MUSC 248 Music of India
POSC 170 International Relations and World Politics
POSC 241 Ethnic Conflict
POSC 243 The Politics of Burma: Democratic Challenge, Military Response
(not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 247 Comparative Nationalism
RELG 122 Introduction to Islam
(not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 123 Muhammad and the Quran
RELG 150 Religions of South Asia
RELG 250 Hindu Traditions
(not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 251 Theravada Buddhism
(not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 253 Tibetan Buddhism
RELG 273 Indian Philosophy
RELG 350 Emptiness
(not offered in 2006-2007)
SOAN 254 Anthropology of South Asia
(not offered in 2006-2007)
SOAN 255 Sociology, Culture and Politics in South Asia
CENTRAL ASIA:
ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development
HIST 254 Colonialism in East Asia
(not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 265 Empires of the Steppe
(not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 360 Muslims and Modernity
(not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 122 Introduction to Islam
(not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 123 Muhammad and the Quran
RELG 253 Tibetan Buddhism
RELG 263 Sufism
RELG 331 God, Lovesickness, and Wine
SOAN 256 Ethnography of Africa
SOAN 284 Anthropology of China
V) One year of study of an appropriate 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 -- which may be studied through off-campus programs, summer
study, or special arrangement at Carleton--it will involve completion
of the equivalent of 103. Language (as opposed to literature) courses
below 228 may not be applied to the major. Applicable courses:
CHIN 101, 102, 103 Elementary Chinese
CHIN 204, 205 Intermediate Chinese
CHIN 206 Chinese in Cultural Context
CHIN 207 Tianjin Program: Intermediate Chinese Language
JAPN 101, 102, 103 Elementary Japanese
JAPN 204, 205, 206 Intermediate Japanese
Languages available at Carleton through special arrangement may
include: Advanced Nepali (J. Fisher), Uzbek (A. Khalid); Sanskrit,
Pali, and Classical Tibetan (R. Jackson).
VI) Normally, at least one term of off-campus study in Asia.
Students interested in studying in Asia may apply
to one of a number of overseas programs. Carleton cooperates with
several other colleges to sponsor the Associated Kyoto Program, which
takes 50 students and seven faculty members to Japan for an academic
year. Carleton also participates in a one-year program at Waseda
University sponsored by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM).
The ACM Program in India consists of five months' stay in Pune, where
students study Marathi, take academic courses centered on India, and
investigate an independent study topic. The program in Hong Kong at the
Chinese University, also for students from ACM institutions, normally
lasts one year, though a semester-long program is also possible. The
Carleton Seminar in Tianjin is a Chinese language and culture program
at Nankai University. Students take courses in Chinese languages,
civilization and society and culture including art, Taichi and other
martial arts. Carleton, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Swarthmore, Grinnell,
Holy Cross, and Whitman jointly sponsor the Intercollegiate Sri Lanka
Education Program (ISLE), in which students and a faculty member study
at the University of Peradeniya near Kandy, the old capital in the
middle of the island. A triennial program emphasizing Political Economy
was begun in 1990, in Beijing, China. Opportunities to study in Asia
also are available through a variety of non-Carleton programs.
Courses taken on off-campus programs may be
applied to the major. Because of the paucity of Carleton courses in
South Asian languages or on many aspects of Central Asia, off-campus
programs generally form an important component of the major for those
who focus in those two Asian regions.