BA in Asian Studies (47–71 hours*)

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1. Complete the GE languages of learning requirement in an Asian language.
2. There is a strong expectation that majors will do work in Asia via Study Abroad, internships, etc.
3. Complete the following core courses:
   ASIAN 200 : Introduction to Asian Studies: Methods and Materials. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ASIAN 200 : Introduction to Asian Studies: Methods and Materials. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Sources, materials, and methods of research and writing; critical analysis of research project.
   NOTE:	Required of all Asian Studies majors early in the program.
   
   
   ASIAN 342 : Asian Literary Traditions. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ASIAN 342 : Asian Literary Traditions. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Comparative analysis of Asian literary works spanning several traditions.
   
   
   HIST 231 : Introduction to East Asian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 231 : Introduction to East Asian History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	Major themes in the history, thought, and culture of Asian societies from antiquity to the present.
   
   
   PL SC 385 : International Relations of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 385 : International Relations of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   DESCRIPTION:	Foreign policies and international relations of China, Japan, and Northeast and Southeast Asia; historical and contemporary review and analysis.
   
   
4. Complete a minimum of 1 hour from the following core course:
   ASIAN 495 : Senior Seminar. (1-3:Arr:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ASIAN 495 : Senior Seminar. (1-3:Arr:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Asian studies coordinator's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Learning research and writing skills necessary to prepare and present major senior research paper.
   
   
5. Complete one of the following focus history core course options:
   • China:
     HIST 340 : Traditional China. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 340 : Traditional China. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	W
     DESCRIPTION:	From a loose federation of Neolithic societies, Chinese civilization emerges as East Asia's dominant political and cultural force; developments to ca. 1500.
     
     
     HIST 341 : Modern China Since 1500. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 341 : Modern China Since 1500. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     DESCRIPTION:

     Economic and political foundations of modernity during high Imperial China; challenge of new order from the West; rise of Chinese nationalism, revolution, and development.
     
     
   • Japan:
     HIST 343 : Traditional Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 343 : Traditional Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F
     DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, religious, and cultural developments to ca. 1700.
     
     
     HIST 344 : Modern Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 344 : Modern Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	W
     DESCRIPTION:	Main themes in Japanese history from Tokugawa times to the present.
     
     
   • Korea plus China or Japan:
     HIST 346 : Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 346 : Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	W even years.
     DESCRIPTION:	Political, religious, and cultural development from antiquity to the present.
     
     

     And one course from the following:

     HIST 340 : Traditional China. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 340 : Traditional China. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	W
     DESCRIPTION:	From a loose federation of Neolithic societies, Chinese civilization emerges as East Asia's dominant political and cultural force; developments to ca. 1500.
     
     
     HIST 343 : Traditional Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 343 : Traditional Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F
     DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, religious, and cultural developments to ca. 1700.
     
     

   Note: Courses should coincide with language choice.

6. Complete one of the following focus language options:
   • Chinese
     CHIN 301 : Third-Year Mandarin (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     CHIN 301 : Third-Year Mandarin (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F, W
     PREREQUISITE:	Chin 202.
     DESCRIPTION:	Discourse grammar, advanced reading.
     
     

     And one course from the following:

     CHIN 302 : Third-Year Mandarin (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     CHIN 302 : Third-Year Mandarin (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F, W
     PREREQUISITE:	Chin 301.
     DESCRIPTION:	Advanced-level Mandarin skills, especially media discourse and reading.
     
     
     CHIN 441 : Classical and Literary Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     CHIN 441 : Classical and Literary Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F
     PREREQUISITE:	Chin 301 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to syntax and stylistic patterns.
     
     

   • Japanese
     JAPAN 302 : Readings in Japanese History and Culture. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     JAPAN 302 : Readings in Japanese History and Culture. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     PREREQUISITE:	Japan 300 or instructor's consent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Readings in Japanese history and literature with essential characters, vocabulary, and grammatical principles.
     
     

     And one course from the following:

     JAPAN 321 : Reading Modern Documentary Styles. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     JAPAN 321 : Reading Modern Documentary Styles. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     PREREQUISITE:	Japan 302 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Readings in modern documentary styles, emphasizing reading comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary building.
     
     
     JAPAN 322 : Reading Modern Short Fiction. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     JAPAN 322 : Reading Modern Short Fiction. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     PREREQUISITE:	Japan 302 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Readings in modern short fiction, emphasizing grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary building, and stylistic analysis.
     
     

   • Korean
     KOREA 301 : Third-Year Korean 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     KOREA 301 : Third-Year Korean 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F, W, Su
     PREREQUISITE:	Korea 202 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Vocabulary, grammar, discourse, pronunciation, hanja, and culture.
     NOTE:	First course for returned missionaries.
     
     
     KOREA 340 : Korean Literature to 1900. (3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     KOREA 340 : Korean Literature to 1900. (3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F
     PREREQUISITE:	Korea 302.
     DESCRIPTION:	Korean literature from the earliest times to 1900. Emphasis on basic literary concepts.
     
     

7. Complete 24 hours from the following elective courses (no more than 12 hours may be selected from any one department):
   ANTHR 343 : Chinese Culture and Society. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 343 : Chinese Culture and Society. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F; W odd years.
   DESCRIPTION:	Cultural and social institutions of traditional and modern China, including Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, or other areas of Chinese impact.
   
   
   CHIN 327 : Chinese Translation and Interpretation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 327 : Chinese Translation and Interpretation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 301.
   DESCRIPTION:	Translation techniques, with practice in oral and written translation either from Chinese to English or from English to Chinese.
   
   
   CHIN 343 : Chinese Literature in Translation--Poetry. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 343 : Chinese Literature in Translation--Poetry. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	All readings in English; topics vary.
   
   
   CHIN 344 : Chinese Literature in Translation--Prose. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 344 : Chinese Literature in Translation--Prose. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	All readings in English; topics vary.
   
   
   CHIN 345R : Chinese Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 345R : Chinese Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Selected topics in traditional, modern, and contemporary Chinese culture.
   
   
   CHIN 347 : Business Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 347 : Business Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 301 or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to terminology and format of business communication in Chinese, emphasizing both reading and writing of various forms of business communication.
   
   
   CHIN 441 : Classical and Literary Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 441 : Classical and Literary Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 301 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to syntax and stylistic patterns.
   
   
   CHIN 442 : Classical and Literary Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 442 : Classical and Literary Chinese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 441.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to syntax and stylistic patterns.
   
   
   CHIN 443 : Modern Chinese Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 443 : Modern Chinese Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 321 or 322.
   DESCRIPTION:	Authors, themes, and writing styles of the period 1915--1949. Texts in Chinese.
   
   
   CHIN 444 : Contemporary Chinese Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 444 : Contemporary Chinese Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 321 or 322.
   DESCRIPTION:	Contemporary literature of Taiwan and the PRC. Texts in Chinese.
   
   
   GEOG 272 : East Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GEOG 272 : East Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	Region of monsoon Asia and its basic human (demographics, nations and ethnic groups, settlement patterns, religious beliefs, transportation and communication systems, political structures), and physical geographic characteristics (land forms, physiography, climatic characteristics, and natural resources).
   
   
   GEOG 273 : Southeast Asia. (3:3.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GEOG 273 : Southeast Asia. (3:3.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W on demand.
   DESCRIPTION:	Fundamental issues of geography relating to Southeast Asia, including the extraction and marketing of natural resources, economic development, neighborly relations, and how diffusion has influenced the unique cultural, religious, and linguistic characteristics of the region.
   
   
   HIST 340 : Traditional China. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 340 : Traditional China. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	From a loose federation of Neolithic societies, Chinese civilization emerges as East Asia's dominant political and cultural force; developments to ca. 1500.
   
   
   HIST 341 : Modern China Since 1500. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 341 : Modern China Since 1500. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Economic and political foundations of modernity during high Imperial China; challenge of new order from the West; rise of Chinese nationalism, revolution, and development.
   
   
   HIST 342 : Twentieth-Century China. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 342 : Twentieth-Century China. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   China's twentieth-century struggles to find a working modernity via revolution: anti-imperial, nationalist, communist, and capitalist.
   
   
   HIST 343 : Traditional Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 343 : Traditional Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, religious, and cultural developments to ca. 1700.
   
   
   HIST 344 : Modern Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 344 : Modern Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	Main themes in Japanese history from Tokugawa times to the present.
   
   
   HIST 349 : History of Asian Religions and Thought. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 349 : History of Asian Religions and Thought. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Major themes in religion, philosophy, and ideas in Asia.
   
   
   HUM 240 : Introduction to the Humanities of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HUM 240 : Introduction to the Humanities of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   DESCRIPTION:	Major arts of Asian cultures in their historical, religious, and philosophical settings.
   
   
   JAPAN 345 : Traditional Japanese Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 345 : Traditional Japanese Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W; Sp on demand.
   DESCRIPTION:	General survey emphasizing aesthetics, religion, and value systems. All readings in English.
   
   
   JAPAN 350 : Japanese Literature in Translation--Eighth Through Sixteenth Centuries. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 350 : Japanese Literature in Translation--Eighth Through Sixteenth Centuries. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from 700 through 1600 (Nara, Heian, and medieval periods).
   
   
   JAPAN 351 : Japanese Literature in Translation--Seventeenth Through Nineteenth Centuries. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 351 : Japanese Literature in Translation--Seventeenth Through Nineteenth Centuries. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from 1600 through 1900 (Edo and Meiji periods).
   
   
   JAPAN 352 : Japanese Literature in Translation: The Modern Era. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 352 : Japanese Literature in Translation: The Modern Era. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from Meiji period to the present.
   
   
   JAPAN 441 : Introduction to Classical Japanese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 441 : Introduction to Classical Japanese. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Japan 321 or 322.
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading of premodern texts, emphasizing grammar and syntax, and showing differences from and influences on the modern idiom.
   
   
   JAPAN 443 : Advanced Documentary Style. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 443 : Advanced Documentary Style. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Japan 321, 322; or equivalents.
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading and discussion of modern expository texts; developing advanced listening skills using authentic materials.
   
   
   JAPAN 444 : Reading Modern Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 444 : Reading Modern Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Japan 321, 322; or equivalents.
   DESCRIPTION:	Fictional texts from major twentieth-century authors. Texts primarily in Japanese.
   
   
   KOREA 340 : Korean Literature to 1900. (3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   KOREA 340 : Korean Literature to 1900. (3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	Korea 302.
   DESCRIPTION:	Korean literature from the earliest times to 1900. Emphasis on basic literary concepts.
   
   
   KOREA 345 : Korean Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   KOREA 345 : Korean Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	Selected topics in traditional, modern, and contemporary Korean culture. All readings in English.
   
   
   KOREA 441 : Classical Korean (Hanmun). (3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   KOREA 441 : Classical Korean (Hanmun). (3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	Korea 321 or Chin 441.
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading of premodern, documentary Sino-Korean texts, including genealogy records and the Chosŏn Dynasty Annals.
   
   
   KOREA 443 : Korean Literature after 1900. (3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   KOREA 443 : Korean Literature after 1900. (3:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	Korea 302.
   DESCRIPTION:	Literary texts from major post-1900 authors, in Korean, emphasizing reading, translating, and criticism.
   
   
   PL SC 348 : Korea, Taiwan, and South East Asian Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 348 : Korea, Taiwan, and South East Asian Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Comparative analysis of political developments in key nations of East and Southeast Asia, including regional relationships.
   
   
   PL SC 353 : China: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 353 : China: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Structure and behavior of politics; contemporary problems.
   
   
   PL SC 354 : Japan: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 354 : Japan: Government and Politics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:	Structure and behavior of politics; contemporary problems.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
   PL SC 386 : Japanese Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 386 : Japanese Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Process and outcomes of Japan's foreign policy; analysis of its relations with other nations in a historical and contemporary setting.
   
   
   PL SC 388 : Chinese Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 388 : Chinese Foreign Policy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   DESCRIPTION:	Structure and process of foreign policy of the People's Republic of China.
   
   
   REL C 351 : Survey of World Religions and the Restored Gospel. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL C 351 : Survey of World Religions and the Restored Gospel. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of non-Christian religions in light of the restored gospel.
   NOTE:	Honors also.
   
   

   Other electives: If approved beforehand, up to 9 hours of 330R or 399R credit may be counted for overseas work done under one of the following: Study Abroad, internships, collaborative research, or independent field studies.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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