Minor in Asian Studies
(12–28 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.
   
   
   Course Outcomes
   
   
   
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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
   • 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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     CHIN 346 : Introduction to Chinese Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     CHIN 346 : Introduction to Chinese Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
     DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to native Chinese philosophies of Confucianism and Taoism. Readings in translation of Lun-yu, Meng-tsu, Lao-tzu, and Chuang-tzu. Themes include self, society, and cosmos.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     

     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
   • Complete three courses from the following (Note: Only one course per discipline area will count toward the minor):
     ANTHR 348 : Contemporary Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     ANTHR 348 : Contemporary Japan. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     DESCRIPTION:

     Using movies and popular media to examine the social structures and family life dynamics of contemporary Japan.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     

     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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:	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. This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
   • 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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     HIST 337 : Pre-modern Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 337 : Pre-modern Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
     DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, and social history of Korea from antiquity to 1850.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     HIST 338 : Modern Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 338 : Modern Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
     DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, and social history of Korea from 1850 to the present.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     KOREA 344R : Korean Literature in Translation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     KOREA 344R : Korean Literature in Translation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
     DESCRIPTION:	All readings in English; topics vary.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     

     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):
     ANTHR 335 : Peoples of India. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     ANTHR 335 : Peoples of India. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
     DESCRIPTION:	Society and culture on the Indian subcontinent. Stratification, kinship, marriage, religion, politics, economics.
     NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     ANTHR 336 : Cinema and Culture in India. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     ANTHR 336 : Cinema and Culture in India. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Spring
     DESCRIPTION:	Anthropology of film in India; the world's largest film industry. Indian cultural and linguistic diversity. How different film genres reflect, distort, or utilize Indian cultural diversity. Evidences in the film work of Satyajit Ray.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     HIST 337 : Pre-modern Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 337 : Pre-modern Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
     DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, and social history of Korea from antiquity to 1850.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     HIST 338 : Modern Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 338 : Modern Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
     DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, and social history of Korea from 1850 to the present.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     HIST 348 : Modern South East Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     HIST 348 : Modern South East Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     DESCRIPTION:

     Complex history of the varied nations of this vast area: religion, colonialism, nationalism, independence.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     IHUM 240 : Introduction to the Humanities of Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     IHUM 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:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     
     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.
     
     
     Course Outcomes
     
     
     

     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.