Asian Studies Minor

Location: Landrum Academic Center 134
Telephone: 859-572-5321
Fax: 859-572-6184
Email Address: psc@nku.edu
Web Address: http://artscience.nku.edu/departments/psccj/programs/internationalstudies.html

Program Coordinator: Edward Kwon, Department of Political Science, Criminal Justice, and Organizational Leadership

This minor enables students to develop an integrated understanding of the culture, ideology, identity, geography, history, religion, social relations, and economics of Asia. The minor requires 18 credit hours, including 6 credit hours of relevant language courses.

♦ Indicates prerequisite.

Requirements for Minor (18 credits)

A minimum grade of C- is required in each course counted as part of the minor.

Select one course from the following* (3 credits)

Select two courses from the following from two different disciplines (6 credits)

Select two courses from the following (6 credits)

ARTH 104 Survey of Asian Art
ARTH 452 Arts of South Asia (3 credits) ♦
ARTH 359 Arts and Crafts of Japan (3 credits) ♦
ANT 385 Peoples of East and Southeast Asia (3 credits) ♦
GEO 410 Geography of East Asia (3 credits) ♦
HIS 338 History of Japan (3 credits) ♦
JPN 380 Topics in Advanced Japanese (3 credits) ♦
PHI 312 Eastern Philosophy (3 credits) ♦
POP 345 Japanese Popular Culture (3 credits) ♦
PSC 388 Politics of Asia (3 credits) ♦

Note:

*General sequence of these courses includes CHI 101 in fall and CHI 102 in spring or JPN 101 in fall and JPN 102 in spring or KOR 101 in fall and KOR 102 in spring. Students are encouraged to pursue one or more Asian languages to at least the second part of the sequence in completing this minor.