Carleton College

A total of 66 credits:

I. 18 credits in a disciplinary based department: Art History, Asian Languages, History, Political Science/International Relations, Religion, and Sociology and Anthropology which must include:

a) at least 12 credits in courses related to Asia

b) 6 credits in an appropriate methodology course:

ARTH 298 Seminar for Art History Majors

CAMS 330 Cinema Studies Topics Seminar

HIST 298 Junior-year History Colloquium

LCST 245 Introduction to Critical Methods: Structure, Gender, Culture

POSC 230 Methods of Political Research

RELG 300 Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion

SOAN 330 Sociological Thought and Theory

SOAN 331 Anthropological 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: 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 164 Buddhist Art

ARTH 165 Japanese Art and Culture (not offered in 2011-2012)

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

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)

ARTH 321 Arts of the Chinese Scholar's Studio

ARTS 228 Woodblock Printing

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

ASST 284 Linguistics Seminar: History and Culture of Japan

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 in Translation (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 Readings 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 Films (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

HIST 100 The Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976

HIST 151 History of Modern Japan

HIST 152 History of Early China

HIST 153 History of Modern China

HIST 156 History of Modern Korea

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 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 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 (not offered in 2011-2012)

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 348 Advanced Japanese 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 and Contemporary Materials (not offered in 2011-2012)

MUSC 182J Chinese Musical Instruments (Juried)

MUSC 182 Chinese Musical Instruments

MUSC 282 Chinese Musical Instruments

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 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*

POSC 346 Spies, Rogues and Statesmen: Intelligence and the Formation of Foreign Policy* (not offered in 2011-2012)

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 (not offered in 2011-2012)

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

WGST 310 Asian Mystiques Demystified

SOUTH ASIA:

ARTH 164 Buddhist Art

ARTH 165 Japanese Art and Culture (not offered in 2011-2012)

ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development

ENGL 245 Bollywood Nation

ENGL 250 Modern Indian Fiction (not offered in 2011-2012)

ENGL 251 Contemporary Indian Fiction (not offered in 2011-2012)

ENGL 252 Caribbean Fiction (not offered in 2011-2012)

HIST 161 History of Modern India

HIST 167 History of Modern South Asia, 1947-onwards

HIST 259 Women in South Asia: Histories, Narratives and Representation

HIST 266 History of Islam in India (not offered in 2011-2012)

MUSC 180J Raga: Vocal or Instrumental Study of Hindustani Music

MUSC 180 Raga: Vocal or Instrumental Study of Hindustani Music

MUSC 181 Sitar

MUSC 280 Raga: Vocal or Instrumental Study of Hindustani Music

MUSC 281 Sitar

POSC 170 International Relations and World Politics

POSC 241 Ethnic Conflict

POSC 247 Comparative Nationalism (not offered in 2011-2012)

RELG 122 Muhammad and the Qur'an: An Introduction to Islam

RELG 150 Religions of South Asia

RELG 163 The Qurán (not offered in 2011-2012)

RELG 251 Theravada Buddhism

RELG 252 Mahabharata: The Hindu Book of War and Peace

RELG 253 Tibetan Buddhism (not offered in 2011-2012)

RELG 257 Buddha (not offered in 2011-2012)

RELG 261 Beyond Hindu and Muslim: The Lives of Indian Saints (not offered in 2011-2012)

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

RELG 350 Emptiness (not offered in 2011-2012)

RELG 353 Hindu Hierarchies: Caste in Theory and Practice (not offered in 2011-2012)

RELG 356 Buddhism and Ecology

SOAN 157 Culture and Politics in India (not offered in 2011-2012)

SOAN 257 Culture and Politics in India

WGST 310 Asian Mystiques Demystified

CENTRAL ASIA:

ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development

HIST 254 Colonialism in East Asia

HIST 265 Central Asia in the Modern Age

HIST 360 Muslims and Modernity

RELG 122 Muhammad and the Qur'an: An Introduction to Islam

RELG 253 Tibetan Buddhism (not offered in 2011-2012)

RELG 263 Sufism (not offered in 2011-2012)

SOAN 256 Transformations in African Ethnography

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. The following courses do not count towards the 66 credits needed for the Asian Studies major.

CHIN 101, 102, 103 Elementary Chinese

CHIN 204, 205 Intermediate Chinese

CHIN 206 Chinese in Cultural Context

CHIN 207 Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin: Intermediate Chinese Language

JAPN 101, 102, 103 Elementary Japanese

JAPN 204, 205, 206 Intermediate Japanese

Languages available at Carleton through special arrangement may include: 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 Chinese Studies Seminar in Tianjin is a Chinese language and culture program at Nankai University. The Linguistics Off-Campus Seminar in Kyoto is also available. Students take courses in Chinese languages, civilization and society and culture including art, Taichi and other martial arts is also available. 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.