Minor in Asian Studies
(20–36 hours*)

Program Requirements

1. Complete the following:
   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)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Major themes in the history, thought, and culture of Asian societies from antiquity to the present.
   
   
2. Complete one of the following tracks:

   China Track

   • Complete the following prerequisite courses (or equivalent experience):
     CHIN 101 : Beginning Mandarin. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     CHIN 101 : Beginning Mandarin. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
     DESCRIPTION:	Basic grammar, vocabulary building, speaking.
     
     
     CHIN 102 : Beginning Mandarin. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     CHIN 102 : Beginning Mandarin. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Summer
     PREREQUISITE:	Chin 101 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Chin 101.
     
     
     CHIN 201 : Intermediate Mandarin. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     CHIN 201 : Intermediate Mandarin. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
     PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 102
     DESCRIPTION:	Advanced grammar, the writing system, reading and writing, speaking.
     
     
     CHIN 202 : Intermediate Mandarin. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     CHIN 202 : Intermediate Mandarin. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Summer
     PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 201
     DESCRIPTION:	Advanced grammar, the writing system, reading and writing, speaking.
     
     
   • Complete the following:
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
     PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 202
     DESCRIPTION:	Discourse grammar, advanced reading.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
     PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 301
     DESCRIPTION:	Advanced-level Mandarin skills, especially media discourse and reading.
     
     
   • Complete three courses from the following (Note: Only one course per discipline area will count toward the minor):
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter Odd Yrs.
     DESCRIPTION:	Cultural and social institutions of traditional and modern China, including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, or other areas of Chinese impact.
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
     DESCRIPTION:	All readings in English; topics vary.
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
     DESCRIPTION:	Selected topics in traditional, modern, and contemporary Chinese culture.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
     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).
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
     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 347 : Chinese Cultural History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 347 : Chinese Cultural History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
     DESCRIPTION:	Methods and approaches of the cultural historian; in-depth investigation of a selected topic in Chinese cultural history. Topics may include women, Silk Roads, material culture, etc.
     
     
     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 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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
     DESCRIPTION:	Structure and process of foreign policy of the People's Republic of China.
     
     

     Note: Study Abroad/Internship credit is also applicable with prior approval from the Asian Studies coordinator.

   Japan Track

   • Complete the following prerequisite courses (or equivalent experience):
     JAPAN 101 : First-Year Japanese. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     JAPAN 101 : First-Year Japanese. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Summer On Demand
     DESCRIPTION:	Writing systems, grammar and vocabulary-building fundamentals, basic conversation and reading.
     
     
     JAPAN 102 : First-Year Japanese. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     JAPAN 102 : First-Year Japanese. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Summer On Demand
     PREREQUISITE:	Japan 101, or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Writing systems, grammar and vocabulary-building fundamentals, basic conversation and reading. Includes introduction to Chinese characters.
     
     
     JAPAN 201 : Second-Year Japanese. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     JAPAN 201 : Second-Year Japanese. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
     PREREQUISITE:	Japan 102 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Further practice in conversation; basic reading and writing skills.
     
     
     JAPAN 202 : Second-Year Japanese. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     JAPAN 202 : Second-Year Japanese. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
     PREREQUISITE:	Japan 201 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Further practice in conversation, reading, and writing; introducing culture through short stories, articles.
     NOTE:	Not for returned missionaries. This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
   • Complete the following:
     JAPAN 300 : Japanese Reading and Culture. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     JAPAN 300 : Japanese Reading and Culture. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     PREREQUISITE:	Japan 202 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Reading and writing emphasizing essential characters, vocabulary, grammar, and culture.
     NOTE:	First course for returned missionaries.
     
     
     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.
     
     
   • Complete three courses from the following (Note: Only one course per discipline area will count toward the minor):
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
     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).
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
     DESCRIPTION:	Main themes in Japanese history from Tokugawa times to the present.
     
     
     HIST 345 : Japanese Cultural History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 345 : Japanese Cultural History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     DESCRIPTION:

     Theories and methods of cultural historians: in-depth investigation of specific topics in Japanese culture; may include gender, nature/animals, material culture, etc.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter; Spring 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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
     DESCRIPTION:	Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from 700 through 1600 (Nara, Heian, and medieval periods).
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
     DESCRIPTION:	Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from 1600 through 1900 (Edo and Meiji periods).
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
     DESCRIPTION:	Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from Meiji period to the present.
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     JAPAN 390 : Japanese for Special Purposes. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     JAPAN 390 : Japanese for Special Purposes. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
     PREREQUISITE:	Japan 321 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Readings, video materials, discussions, and projects in content areas related specifically to business, science, and technology.
     
     
     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.
     
     

     Note: Study Abroad/Internship credit is also applicable with prior approval from the Asian Studies coordinator.

   Korea Track

   • Complete the following prerequisite courses (or equivalent experience):
     KOREA 101 : First-Year Korean 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     KOREA 101 : First-Year Korean 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
     DESCRIPTION:	Han'gul, the phonetic system, basic grammar and vocabulary, discourse, reading, and culture.
     
     
     KOREA 102 : First-Year Korean 2. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     KOREA 102 : First-Year Korean 2. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
     PREREQUISITE:	Korea 101 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Korea 101. Phonetic system, basic grammar, vocabulary, discourse, reading, and culture.
     
     
     KOREA 201 : Second-Year Korean 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     KOREA 201 : Second-Year Korean 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
     PREREQUISITE:	Korea 102 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Further practice in discourse and basic reading and writing skills; culture.
     
     
     KOREA 202 : Second-Year Korean 2. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     KOREA 202 : Second-Year Korean 2. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
     PREREQUISITE:	Korea 201 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Korea 201. Conversation, basic reading and writing skills, culture. Introduction to Chinese characters.
     NOTE:	Not for returned missionaries.
     
     
   • Complete the following:
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Summer
     PREREQUISITE:	Korea 202 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Vocabulary, grammar, discourse, pronunciation, hanja, and culture.
     NOTE:	First course for returned missionaries.
     
     
     KOREA 302 : Third-Year Korean 2. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     KOREA 302 : Third-Year Korean 2. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
     PREREQUISITE:	Korea 301 or equivalent.
     DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Korea 301. Vocabulary, grammar, discourse, hanja, composition, pronunciation, and culture.
     
     
   • Complete three courses from the following (Note: Only one course per discipline area will count toward the minor):
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
     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).
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     HIST 346 : Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 346 : Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     DESCRIPTION:

     Political, religious, and cultural development from antiquity to the present.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
     DESCRIPTION:	Selected topics in traditional, modern, and contemporary Korean culture. All readings in English.
     
     
     PL SC 348 : Government and Politics of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     PL SC 348 : Government and Politics of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
     DESCRIPTION:	Comparative analysis of political developments of the major countries of Asia not covered in other country-specific classes.
     
     

     Note: Study Abroad/Internship credit is also applicable with prior approval from the Asian Studies coordinator.

   Pan Asia Track

   • Complete 8 hours of a single Asian language (excluding Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean).
   • Complete three courses from the following (Note: Only one course per discipline area will count toward the minor, and it should coincide with the language choice if possible):
     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.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
     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).
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall 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.
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
     DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, religious, and cultural developments to ca. 1700.
     
     
     HIST 346 : Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 346 : Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     DESCRIPTION:

     Political, religious, and cultural development from antiquity 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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
     DESCRIPTION:	Major arts of Asian cultures in their historical, religious, and philosophical settings.
     NOTE:	Being changed to Interdisciplinary Humanities (IHum) effective Fall 2011.
     
     
     PL SC 348 : Government and Politics of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     PL SC 348 : Government and Politics of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
     DESCRIPTION:	Comparative analysis of political developments of the major countries of Asia not covered in other country-specific classes.
     
     
     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)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
     DESCRIPTION:	Foreign policies and international relations of China, Japan, and Northeast and Southeast Asia; historical and contemporary review and analysis.
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     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:	Honors also.
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
     DESCRIPTION:	Survey of non-Christian religions in light of the restored gospel.
     
                : Honors Survey of World Religions and the Restored Gospel.
     
     

     Note: Study Abroad/Internship credit is also applicable with prior approval from the Asian Studies coordinator.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.