Elon University - Academics

Asian Studies

Coordinator: Professor Digre

The Asian Studies minor offers students an interdisciplinary program to study the history, geography, religion, languages, philosophy, economics and societies of this vast, diverse continent. Students can choose from a wide range of courses dealing with the culture and history of China, Buddhism, Hinduism, environmental issues in Southeast Asia, contemporary politics, Asian literature and Chinese geography. They can study Japanese or Chinese, either at Elon or in our study abroad programs in China and Japan. The university also offers a unique series of Winter Term and semester abroad opportunities in China, Japan and other Asian countries.

A minor in Asian Studies requires 20 semester hours selected from the following list. Courses must be chosen from at least two disciplines. Students are strongly encouraged to consider appropriate foreign language study (Japanese or Chinese) and studying abroad in the region. Up to eight semester hours of language study can be counted toward the minor. With the approval of the program coordinator, up to 12 semester hours of study abroad credit can be counted toward the minor. Students interested in pursuing further study of the region should consider an international studies major with an Asian regional concentration.

General Asian Studies courses

ENG	337	Asian Literature of Social Change	4 sh
ENS	310	Environmental Issues of Southeast Asia	4 sh
HST	320	China, Japan and the Pacific Century: Era of War and Revolution	4 sh
POL	363	Politics of Asia	4 sh
PHL	352	Eastern Philosophy	4 sh
REL	353	Buddhism	4 sh
REL	356	Hinduism	4 sh
APS	361-369	Seminars in Asian Studies	2-4 sh
APS	481	Internship in Asian Studies	1-4 sh

Asian Foreign Language Courses
While not required for the minor, up to 8 semester hours of the courses below may count toward the minor.

CHN	121	Elementary Chinese I	4 sh
CHN	122	Elementary Chinese II	4 sh
CHN	221	Intermediate Chinese I	4 sh
JPN	121	Elementary Japanese I	4 sh
JPN	122	Elementary Japanese II	4 sh
JPN	221	Intermediate Japanese I	4 sh

TOTAL 20 sh