BA in Asian Studies: China Studies Emphasis
(54–71 hours*)

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1. Courses cannot be double counted between the different requirement sections in the major.
2. Complete the GE languages of learning requirement in Chinese.
3. There is a strong expectation that majors will do work in Asia via Study Abroad, internships, etc.
4. 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)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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5. Complete one course from the following:
   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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6. Complete the following core course:
   ASIAN 495 : Senior Seminar. (1:Arr:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ASIAN 495 : Senior Seminar. (1:Arr:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Asian studies coordinator's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Learning research and writing skills necessary to prepare and present major senior research paper.
   NOTE:	Most all major requirements should be completed before registering for this course.
   
   
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7. Complete the following history core courses (history core courses cannot be double counted as electives):
   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.
   
   
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   HIST 341 : China Since 1200. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 341 : China Since 1200. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
   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 to the present.
   
   
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8. Complete the following language courses:
   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.
   
   
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   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)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 301
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced-level Mandarin skills, especially media discourse and reading.
   
   
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   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)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   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.
   
   
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9. Complete 21 hours from the following elective courses (no more than 9 hours may be selected from any one department):
   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   ANTHR 341 : Ethnonationalism and Southeast Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 341 : Ethnonationalism and Southeast Asia. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   RECOMMENDED:	Anthr 101.
   DESCRIPTION:	Historical and ethnographic perspectives on social and political dynamics in Southeast Asia, including upland ethnic minority issues, ethnonationalistic movements, geopolitical influences, war, genocide, religious dynamics, and the rise of nationalism in the region.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   ARTHC 203 : Survey of Oriental Art and Architecture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ARTHC 203 : Survey of Oriental Art and Architecture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:	Art and architecture of China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and India, considering social, religious, and environmental context of various cultures.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   ARTHC 375 : Japanese Art and Architecture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ARTHC 375 : Japanese Art and Architecture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	ARTHC 201 & ARTHC 202 & ARTHC 203
   DESCRIPTION:	Japanese art and architecture from its neolithic origins through the dawn of the modern age. Literary, social, and religious contexts considered.
   
   
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   CHIN 342 : Chinese Film in Translation. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 342 : Chinese Film in Translation. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey course covering the silent era to the present, including selections from Republican China, the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 301 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to syntax and stylistic patterns.
   
   
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   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)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 441
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to syntax and stylistic patterns.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Chin 321 or 322.
   DESCRIPTION:	Contemporary literature of Taiwan and the PRC. Texts in Chinese.
   
   
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   CHIN 445R : Chinese Poetry. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHIN 445R : Chinese Poetry. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
   PREREQUISITE:	CHIN 343 & CHIN 441
   DESCRIPTION:	Readings in Chinese poetry. Topics vary from classical and modern poetry. Various themes and genres introduced, emphasizing shi poetry. Texts in Chinese.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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 : China Since 1200. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 341 : China Since 1200. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
   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 to the present.
   
   
   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	JAPAN 321 & JAPAN 322
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading of premodern texts, emphasizing grammar and syntax, and showing differences from and influences on the modern idiom.
   
   
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   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)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Japan 321, 322; or equivalents.
   DESCRIPTION:	Fictional texts from major twentieth-century authors. Texts primarily in Japanese.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   PREREQUISITE:	KOREA 321; or CHIN 441
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading of premodern, documentary Sino-Korean texts, including genealogy records and the Chosŏn Dynasty Annals.
   
   
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   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)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	KOREA 302
   DESCRIPTION:	Literary texts from major post-1900 authors, in Korean, emphasizing reading, translating, and criticism.
   
   
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   MUSIC 203 : World Music Cultures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 203 : World Music Cultures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Non-music major status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Traditional music of selected cultures of Asia, Oceania, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, including both folk and art music traditions.
   NOTE:	For non-music majors. This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   MUSIC 336R : Balinese Gamelan. (1:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 336R : Balinese Gamelan. (1:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Playing and performing on the Balinese gamelan (percussion) instruments.
   
   
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   PL SC 312 : Japanese-American Internment: Topaz Plus. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 312 : Japanese-American Internment: Topaz Plus. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   RECOMMENDED:	Pl Sc 110.
   DESCRIPTION:	Japanese-American internment in the context of American democracy. Assessing how this was allowed to happen in our democratic system of government. Focus on the situation at Topaz Relocation Camp (located near Delta, Utah) and the other nine camps; the cause for incarceration of such a sizeable number of citizens. Field trip to Topaz.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   (cannot be double counted with item 5 above)
   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   (cannot be double counted with item 5 above)
   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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.
   
   
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   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, mentored research, or independent field studies.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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