Major Requirements (40 semester hours)
Lower-Division Requirements (8 semester hours):
Select two lower division courses from the representative courses listed below.
Language Requirement (8 semester hours):
Study of an Asian language at LMU or through transferable credits (competence expected is the equivalent of a one-year study, i.e., 8 semester hours). Native speakers of an Asian language may be exempted from the language requirement but will be strongly encouraged to study another language. At LMU, course credit may be obtained for CHIN 1101 Chinese 1, CHIN 1102 Chinese 2, CHIN 2103, Chinese 3, CHIN 2104 Chinese 4, CHIN 3105 Chinese 5, CHIN 3106 Chinese 6, CHIN 3705 Business Chinese, CHIN 4107 Chinese 7, CHIN 4108 Chinese 8; JAPN 2101 Japanese 1, JAPN 2102 Japanese 2, JAPN 2103 Japanese 3, JAPN 2104 Japanese 4, JAPN 3105 Japanese 5, JAPN 3106 Japanese 6; or through transferable credits from overseas/immersion language programs.
Upper-Division Requirements (20 semester hours):
Select five upper division elective courses from the representative course list below, or in consultation with the Chairperson, from courses with substantial content on Asia and the Pacific region offered through other programs and departments within BCLA or other colleges across campus.
Capstone Requirement (4 semester hours):
AAAS 5000 Senior Integrating Seminar
Minor Requirements (16 semester hours)
Lower Division Requirements (4 semester hours)
Select one lower division elective course from the representative courses listed below.
Upper Division Elective Requirement (8 semester hours)
Select two upper division elective courses from the representative courses listed below, or in consultation with the Chairperson, from courses with substantial content focused on Asia and the Pacific region offered through other programs and departments within BCLA or other colleges across campus.
Capstone Requirement (4 semester ours)
AAAS 5000 Senior Integrating Seminar
Representative courses offered in AAAS:
Lower Division Courses:
AAAS 1000 Introduction to Asian History
AAAS 2020 Maritime Histories of Southeast Asia
AAAS 2100 Introduction to Asian Literature
AAAS 2200 Introduction to Asian Societies
AAAS 2300 Asian Cinema
HIST 1800 Modern Asia: China, Korea and Japan since 1600
FFYS 1000 East Asian Cinema
Upper Division Courses:
AAAS 3001 Christianity in Asia
AAAS 3002 Muslim Cultures of Asia
AAAS 3005 Asian Mythology
AAAS 3100 Popular Culture in East Asia
AAAS 3102 Modern Asian Literature
AAAS 3170 Contemporary Chinese Cinema
AAAS 3200 Economic and Political Issues in Contemporary Asia
AAAS 3201 Environmental Justice in Asia
AAAS 3700 Performance Arts of Global Asia
AAAS 3800 Food in Asian And Asian America
AAAS 3860 Transpacific Korea
AAAS 3880 Transpacific Japan
AAAS 4110 East Asian Science Fiction
AAAS 4170 Global Hong Kong Cinema
AAAS 4201 Women and Gender in Asia
AAAS 4270 Family and Kinship in Asia
AAAS 4700 City and Global Asian Cinema
Electives Beyond AAAS:
THST 3282 Buddhism
THST 3283 Hinduism, Jainism, Yoga
THST 3284 Sikhism
THST 3288 Traditions of Yoga
ARHS 3351 Arts of Asia
ARHS 4301 Arts of India
ARHS 4303 Arts of China
ARHS 4305 Arts of Southeast Asia
ARHS 4307 Arts of Japan
ARHS 4351 Moderna and Contemporary Arts of Asia
FTVS 4437 Asian Cinema
FTVS 4467 South Asian Cinema
INBA 2880 Exploring Asian Culture
ART 3132 Eastern Immersion