Asian Studies

Subject abbreviation: AST College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Matthew King, Director Program Office, CHASS INTS 3rd Floor MDU Academic Advising Center Lobby mking@ucr.edu asianstudies.ucr.edu

Committee in Charge Matthew King, Chair (Religious Studies) Muhamad Ali (Religious Studies) Ana Bajzelj (Religious Studies) Mariam Beevi Lam (Comp Lit & Lang) David A. Biggs (History) Paul Chang (Religious Studies) Lucille Chia (History) Yong Cho (Art History) Ruhi Khan (Media & Cultural Studies) John Namjun Kim (Comp Lit & Lang) Perry Link (Comp Lit & Lang) Amanda J. Lucia (Religious Studies) René T. A. Lysloff, Emeriti (Music) Christina Schwenkel (Anthropology) Setsu Shigematsu (Media & Cultural Studies) Wendy Weigun Su (Media & Cultural Studies) Yenna Wu (Comp Lit & Lang) Yang Ye, Emeriti (Comp Lit & Lang) Daryle Williams, Dean, ex officio

The Asian Studies major affords students the opportunity to study Asia from an interdisci- plinary perspective, drawing on courses and faculty from various departments of the Col- lege of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Students are strongly encouraged to consider participating in Education Abroad offered in various Asian locales, including China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, India, and Korea. Students may also participate in the undergraduate inter- campus exchange program, which allows any UC student to apply for study for one term at other UC campuses. Both options provide rich opportunities to participate in addition- al course work on Asia that may be counted toward the major.

See Undergraduate Studies section.

See College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Colleges and Programs section.

The requirements for the B.A. degree in Asian Studies are as follows:

Students can focus on any aspect of Asia and/ or Asian America, and are strongly encouraged to select a disciplinary focus in Anthropology, Art History, History, Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages, Ethnic Studies, Music and Culture, Media and Cultural Studies, or Reli- gious Studies. Students may choose to focus on the historical interactions and connections among East, Northeast, South, Southeast, West, and Central Asia peoples, including those constituting transnational and/or diaspora communities throughout the world. Students interested in Asian diaspora communities are also encouraged to consider a secondary disciplinary focus in Ethnic Studies, leading to a minor in Asian American Studies.

All students are required to enroll in at least 4 units of AST 195 and write a senior thesis during the first or second quarter of their se- nior year. (This is a substantial paper based on original research under the supervision of one faculty member of the Asian Studies program.)

• 1. Lower-division requirements

(12 units plus language requirement)

• a) Two years of basic language instruc-

tion in any Asian language (This requirement may be filled by language courses currently offered at UCR or through approved summer language programs. In some cases, the second year requirement may be waived with the approval of the Asian Studies Com- mittee in Charge)

• b) At least 12 units from the following:

AHS 015, AST 022/ MCS 022/JPN 022, AST 023/CPLT 023/JPN 023, AST 030/CHN 030, AST 034/JPN 034, AST 040/CHN 040, AST 045 (E-Z)/HIST 045 (E-Z), AST 046/CHN 046, AST 046W/CHN 046W, AST 047/KOR 047/MCS 047, AST 056/ CPLT 056/JPN 056, AST 062/ CPLT 062/ SEAS 062, AST 063/CPLT 063/SEAS 063, AST 064/MCS 049/SEAS 064/VNM 064, AST 065/SEAS 065, AST 090, CPLT 029, ETST 005, ETST 005H, HIST 030, HIST 044/RLST 044, HIST 044W/RLST 044W, JPN 035, KOR 042, RLST 005, RLST 005H

• 2. Upper-division requirements (40 units)

Students are required to enroll in a minimum of one course each from three of the following areas of emphasis.

• a) Asian America: AST 124/MUS 124, ENGL 139, ENGL 139T, ETST 106, ETST 110 (E-Z),

ETST 133, ETST 136, ETST 137/SEAS 137, ETST 138, ETST 139, ETST 140, ETST 143A/ SEAS 143A, ETST 143B/SEAS 143B, ETST 144, ETST 150, SOC 136

• b) China: AHS 143/AST 143, AST 107/CHN 107/RLST 107, AST 135/CHN 135, AST 136/

CHN 136, AST 142/CHN 142/RLST 142, AST 148/CHN 148, AST 185/CHN 185/ MCS 169, CHN 105, CHN 108, CHN 110 (E-Z), CHN 115 (E-Z), CHN 190, HIST 180, HIST 181, HIST 182, HIST 191W, MCS 156 (E-Z), MCS 172, RLST 103

• c) Japan/Korea: AHS 144/AST 144, AHS 146/AST 147, AST 112/KOR 112, AST 150/

JPN 150, AST 152 (E-Z)/JPN 152 (E-Z), AST 153 (E-Z)/JPN 153 (E-Z), AST 154 (E-Z)/ JPN 154 (E-Z), AST 169/MUS 169 (4 units maximum), AST 184/JPN 184/MCS 184, CPLT 142 (E-Z)/GSST 142 (E-Z), CPLT 145/ JPN 145, ETST 136, JPN 190, KOR 110 (E-Z), RLST 105

• d) Southeast Asia: ANTH 126/AST 123/

DNCE 123/MUS 123, ANTH 140-I, ANTH 176/AST 127/DNCE 127/ETST 172/MUS 127, AST 119/MUS 119, AST 162/HIST 187/ SEAS 162/VNM 162, AST 163/CPLT 163/ SEAS 163, AST 165 (E-Z)/GSST 165 (E-Z)/ SEAS 165 (E-Z)/VNM 165 (E-Z), AST 168/ MUS 168 (4 units maximum), AST 170/ MUS 170 (4 units maximum), RLST 149/ SEAS 149, RLST 150/SEAS 150

• e) Other East, Northeast, South, South-

east, West, or Central Asia: ANTH 128/ AST 128/DNCE 128/MUS 128/THEA 176, AST 133/CPLT 144/RLST 144, AST 145/ CHN 141/ CLA 141/CPAC 141/POSC 140, PHIL 110, POSC 130, RLST 101, RLST 103, RLST 104, RLST 105, RLST 106, RLST 108, RLST 145/SEAS 145

• f) Senior thesis requirement: 4 units of

AST 195

The Asian Studies minor allows students from any discipline to enhance their studies with a focus on Asian peoples and cultures. The minor consists of 28 units.

• 1. Lower-division requirements: 8 units

from the following: AHS 015, AST 022/JPN 022/MCS 022, AST 030/CHN 030, AST 034/ JPN 034, AST 040/CHN 040, AST 045 (E-Z)/ HIST 045 (E-Z), HIST 044/RLST 044, JPN 035, RLST 005, RLST 005H

• 2. Upper-division requirements: 20 units

from the following:

AHS 140/AST 140, AHS 141/AST 141, AHS 143/AST 143, AHS 144/AST 144, AHS 146/ AST 147, ANTH 140I, ANTH 176/AST 127/ DNCE 127/ETST 172/MUS 127, ANTH 128/ AST 128/DNCE 128/MUS 128/THEA 176, AST 107/CHN 107/RLST 107, AST 124/ MUS 124, AST 135/CHN 135, AST 133/CPLT 144/RLST 144, AST 136/CHN 136, AST 142/CHN 142/ RLST 142, AST 148/CHN 148, AST 150/JPN 150, AST 152 (E-Z)/JPN 152 (E-Z), AST 153 (E-Z)/JPN 153 (E-Z), AST 154 (E-Z)/JPN 154 (E-Z), AST 162/HIST 187/SEAS 162/VNM 162, AST 163/CPLT 163, SEAS 163, AST 165 (E-Z)/ GSST 165 (E-Z)/SEAS 165 (E-Z)/VNM 165 (E-Z), AST 168/MUS 168 (no more than 2 units may be applied to the minor), AST 169/MUS 169 (no more than 2 units may be applied to the minor), AST 170/MUS 170 (no more than 2 units may be applied to the minor), AST 184/JPN 184/MCS 184, AST 185/CHN 185/MCS 169, AST 190 (no more than 4 units may be applied to the minor), CHN 101A, CHN 101B, CHN 101C, CHN 104, CHN 105, CHN 108, CHN 110 (E-Z), CHN 115 (E-Z), CHN 190, CPLT 143/FREN 143, CPLT 142 (E-Z)/GSST 142 (E-Z), ENGL 139, ENGL 139T, ETST 133, ETST 137/SEAS 137, ETST 138, ETST 140, ETST 143A/SEAS 143A, ETST 144, ETST 150, HIST 180, HIST 181, HIST 182, HIST 191W, JPN 101A, JPN 101B, JPN 101C, JPN 150, JPN 190, PHIL 110, POSC 130, RLST 101, RLST 103, RLST 105, RLST 106, RLST 108

See Minors under the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in the Colleges and Programs section of this catalog for additional information on minors.