Asian Studies Minor

Coordinator: Dr. Greg Lewis
Location: Social Science, Room 256
Telephone: 801-626-6707 Fax: 801-626-7613

Asian Studies at Weber State offers a Minor in Asian Studies, supports the Foreign Language Department’s Japanese Minor, oversees courses in the Middle East Track, and cooperates with the BIS Program to offer a Bachelor’s degree “BIS Asian Studies Concentration.” Asian Studies courses are offered through a number of cooperating departments including History, Political Science and Philosophy, Geography, Foreign Language, English, Honors, Sociology and Anthropology, Visual Arts, Health and Physical Education, and others.

Grade Requirements: A grade of “C” or above in each course used toward the Asian Studies Minor (a grade of C- is not acceptable).
Credit Hour Requirements: Fifteen credit hours of courses must be taken from at least four of the areas listed under Course Requirements for Minor.

Courses taken which are part of the student’s major will not count as fulfillment of the minor requirement.

Course Requirements for Minor

Required Courses (15 credit hours)

Select 15 credit hours from at least four of the following areas

ARTH 2040 - Art and Architecture of Asia (4)
ARTH 3060 - The Art and Architecture of India (4)
ARTH 3070 - The Art and Architecture of China (4)
ARTH 3080 - The Art and Architecture of Japan (4)
ARTH 3100 - The Art and Architecture of the Islamic World (4)
ENGL 3730 DV - Literatures of Cultures and Places (3) *
ENGL 2710 HU /DV - Perspectives on Women’s Literature (3) *
FL 1000 - Proficiency Development (1-2) * (2 credit hours required)
FL 1010 - First Year I (3) *
FL 1020 - First Year II (3) *
FL 2000 - Proficiency Development (1-2) * (2 credit hours required)
FL 2010 - Second Year I (3) *
FL 2020 HU - Second Year II (3) *
FL 3060 - Grammar & Composition (3) *
FL 3160 - Introduction to Literature (3) *
FL 3190 - Foreign Language Journal (1) *
FL 3220 - Phonetics and Phonology (3) *
FL 3320 - Applied Language Studies (1-3) *
FL 3550 DV - Cultural Heritage I (3) *
FL 3630 - Literature Genres (3) *
FL 3650 - Literature Periods (3) *
FL 3670 - Literature Authors (3) *
FL 3690 - Literature Special Topics in Literature (1-3) *
FL 3710 - Business Language I (3) *
FL 3850 - Study Abroad (1-6) *
FL 4190 - Foreign Language Journal (1) *
FL 4400 - Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language (3) *
FL 4620 - Survey of Literature I (3) *
FL 4630 - Survey of Literature II (3) *
FL 4710 - Business Language II (3) *
FL 4850 - Study Abroad (1-6) *
FL 4960 - Senior Seminar and Thesis (3) *
GEOG 3640 DV - Geography of Asia (3)
GEOG 3660 DV - Geography of China and Japan (3)
GEOG 3780 - Geographic Area Studies (1-3) *
GEOG 4800 - Individual Research (1-3) *
HIST 4530 DV - Far Eastern History (3)
HIST 4550 DV - Southeast Asian History (3)
HIST 4590 DV - Middle Eastern History (3)
HIST 4730 - Special Issues & Topics in Global and Comparative History (3) *
POLS 3220 - Politics and Governments of Asia (3)
POLS 4830 - Directed Readings (1-3) *
POLS 4920 - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes and Special Programs (1-3) *
PHIL 3550 DV - Philosophy of Eastern Religion (3)
PE 1410 - TaiChi, Level I (1)
PE 1411 - TaiChi, Level II (1)
PE 1412 - TaiChi, Level III (1)
PE 1435 - Kempo, Level I (1)
PE 1436 - Kempo, Level II (1)
PE 1437 - Kempo, Level III (1)
PE 1445 - Tae Kwon-do, Level I (1)
PE 1446 - Tae Kwon-do, Level II (1)
PE 1447 - Tae Kwon-do, Level III (1)
SOC 4990 - Seminar in Sociology (3) *
HNRS 2130 HU/SS/DV - Intellectual Traditions: Great Ideas of the East (3)
WS 2900 - Topics in Women’s Studies (1-3)
WS 4900 - Topics in Women’s Studies (1-3) *

Note:

*Acceptable when the emphasis and/or content are basically Asian Studies/Language or Middle East Studies/Language.

Should other courses relating specifically to Asia or the Middle East, either of an experimental or of a permanent nature, be added to the curriculum, these courses will be accepted as part of the Asian Studies Minor. To be a part of the Asian Studies curriculum, a course must have two-thirds Asian content.