Asian Studies (Minor)

Women's College

The Notre Dame-Loyola Program in Asian studies allows students in any Major field to declare a Minor devoted to Asia.

In the Asian Studies Minor, students learn how different disciplines bring their methodologies to bear on the study of Asia. Students deal with the applicability of concepts originating in Western experience (e.g., “feudalism” or “the Protestant ethic” or “impressionism”) to Asia. They also study the potential of Asian experience to contribute to universal knowledge by challenging or modifying Western concepts. Such studies have as one by-product a better understanding of the West itself.

The 18-credit Minor includes five courses (15 credits) selected from the list that follows, plus participation in the 3-credit Asian Studies Seminar or a 3-credit Independent Study. In this Program, no more than two courses (6 credits) may be taken in one discipline. Similarly, no more than 6 credits in an approved language may be applied. No more than three courses (9 credits) may be taken in any one academic department.

Study Abroad is strongly recommended, although not required. No more than three courses (9 credits) may be taken through any study abroad program. Current opportunities include study in Bangkok, Beijing, Tokyo, or Osaka through Loyola, and Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Taiwan, Singapore or Seoul through Notre Dame.

In the final seminar, students research, write, and present papers designed to integrate their work on Asia. The seminar alternates between Loyola and Notre Dame; the content of the seminar varies depending on the interests of the instructor and the participants. To accommodate individual interests or scheduling needs, a student may be allowed to choose an independent study instead of the seminar.

Courses

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Notre Dame

       ART-122 Art of China, Japan and India
       ART-413 Explorations in Asian Art
       BUS-350 International Business 
       COM-325 Film Themes: Contemporary Japanese Cinema
       ECO-307 Comparative Economic Systems
       ENG-410 Topics in Literature (Asian Literature)
       HIS-211 Introduction to East Asian Civilization
       HIS-331 Modern China
       HIS-335 Modern Japan
       HIS-462 Asian Studies Seminar

Loyola

       AH203 Introduction to the Arts of East Asia
       AH204 Islamic Art
       AH324 From Tamerlane to the Taj Mahal: Timurid and Mughal Art
       CI101 104 Chinese Language
       CI201 Chinese  Composition and Conversation
       CI202 Advanced Chinese Composition  and Conversation
       HS105 Making of the Modern World: East Asia
       HS370 The Jesuits in Asia Since 1542
       HS372 The Vietnam War through Film and Literature
       HS374 East Asia on Film
       HS376 Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
       HS377 History of Modern China
       HS378 History of Modern Japan
       HS381 The Search for the Divine: Hindu, Christian, Muslim and Buddhist Ways in India
       HS444 War and Revolution: East Asia, 1937–1954
       HS482 Asian Studies Seminar
       HS483 Seminar: Soseki and Mishima: Mirrors of Modern Japan
       HS484 Seminar: The Chinese Revolution
       IB282 International Business
       JPI-IV Japanese Language
       ML301 Modern Chinese Literature
       ML306 Old Wine in a New Bottle: Modern Film and Classical Chinese Tales
       ML310 Introduction to Traditional Chinese Culture
       ML315 Popular Culture in Contemporary China
       ML340 China through Film
       PL321 Cross-cultural Philosophy
       PL335 Comparative Philosophy: East-West Dialogues
       PL354 Chinese Philosophy
       PL365 Japanese Philosophy
       PL396 Classics of Asian Philosophy
       PS308 China and Globalization

The Johns Hopkins University

Note Dame and Loyola students may cross-enroll in Hopkins upper-level Chinese language courses. Third-year study of Japanese also is available through cross-enrollment at Johns Hopkins.