2025 - 2026 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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2025 - 2026 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Chinese Studies, B.A.

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Majors must complete AST-200 plus at least eleven courses (44 credits) focused on China, with at least four courses having a prefix other than CHN. The following courses are required for all majors:

AST-200 Introduction to Asian Studies
AST-470 Seminar in Asian Studies (focused on China)

At least three Chinese language courses beyond CHN 201:

At least three China focused courses (12 credits) from the following:

AST-215 Archaeology of East Asia
AST-240 Archaeology of the Silk Road
CHN-225 Chinese Film
CHN-230 Survey of Chinese Literature
CHN-235 Classic Chinese Fiction
CHN-240 Chinese Civilization
CHN-245 Twentieth Century Chinese Literature
CHN-246 Twentieth Century Chinese Popular Fiction
CHN-320 Travel Study in Chinese Culture
CHN-403 Chinese through Film and Media
CHN-404 Classical Chinese
HST-165 China in the Ancient and Early Modern World
HST-166 China in the Modern World
HST-268 Twentieth Century China
HST 27X Special Topics in Chinese History (2 credits)
PHL-240 Chinese Philosophy
POL-226 Politics of China
POL-443 Issues in Chinese Politics
An approved FYW or MayX (2 credits) with topic focus on China

Only 1 of the following Pan-Asian courses may count toward the total of 12 courses:

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