Major and Minor Requirements

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