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East Asian Studies

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East Asian Studies at Trinity (EAST) is an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program that combines the intensive study of East Asian languages and cultures with the study of the social sciences and business in an East Asian context. For each student, the study of the language will be fully integrated with the study of other disciplines through each year of the college career, insuring that the graduate will not only be proficient in the language, but that he or she will have achieved an advanced level of understanding across the curriculum. The number of hours required for completion of the program may not be fewer than 42 for the major and 24 for the minor. The student who completes the major in East Asian studies will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Chinese Studies.

THE MAJOR

The requirements for the degree of Bachelor Science with a major in Chinese Studies are as follows:

I. The Common Curriculum

II. A core curriculum in East Asian culture (12 semester hours; at least one course from each of the following categories):

A. Art and Civilization

ARTH 1310 (Introduction to Asian Art: China)
CHIN 2311 (Chinese Civilization)
CHIN 3312 (Chinese Cinema: A Historical and Cultural Perspective)
CHIN 3313 (Cities of Strangers: Trans-Cultural Chinese Cinema)

B. History

HIST 1320 (History of China)
HIST 1324 (Modern East Asia)

C. Philosophy and Religion

PHIL 1302 (Introduction to Asian Philosophy)
RELI 1330 (Asian Religions)

III. The concentration in Chinese studies:

A. Completion of 21 semester hours of upper division Chinese language and literature courses taught in Chinese.

CHIN 3301 (Third-Year Chinese I)
CHIN 3302 (Third-Year Chinese II)
CHIN 4130 (Global Business Culture)
CHIN 4301 (Fourth-Year Chinese I)
CHIN 4302 (Fourth-Year Chinese II)
CHIN 4310 (Advanced Conversation and Composition)
CHIN 4321 (Topics in Modern Chinese Literature)
CHIN 4322 (Readings in Contemporary Chinese Cinema)
CHIN 4351 (Classical Chinese)
CHIN 4360 (Senior Seminar)
CHIN 4390 (Reading and Conference)
CHIN 4391 (Selected Topics)
or the equivalent study abroad coursework in Chinese.

B. Completion of 9 semester hours of upper division electives. At least one course must be taken from each of the following categories. Courses not focused solely on China must contain at least one-third of their content on the subject of China.

1. History, Political Science, and Religion

CHIN 3320 (The Rise of Modern China) (also listed as HIST 3320)
CHIN 3333 (Chinese Religions) (also listed as RELI 3333)
HIST 3320 (The Rise of Modern China) (also listed as CHIN 3320)
HIST 3324 (History of Korea)
HIST 4420 (Seminar in Asian History)
PLSI 3339 (Special Topics in Comparative Politics) (with adviser approval)
PLSI 3341 (East Asian Security)
PLSI 3349 (Special Topics in International Politics) (with adviser approval)
PLSI 3369 (Special Topics in Political Theory) (with adviser approval)
PLSI 3372 (Research Methods in Political Science) (with adviser approval)
RELI 3313 (Religion and Science in Asia)
RELI 3332 (The Buddhist Tradition)
RELI 3333 (Chinese Religions) (also listed as CHIN 3333)
RELI 3391 (Special Topics in Religion) (with adviser approval)

2. Business and Economics

BUSN 3330 (Global Business Culture) (also listed as CHIN 3330)
BUSN 3347 (International Trade) (with adviser approval)
BUSN 3363 (International Business Research) (also listed as CHIN 3363)
BUSN 3396 (Internship in International Business) (with adviser approval)
BUSN 4130 (Quanqiu Shangwu Wenhua-Zhong-Mei Jiaodian) (Global Business Culture)
BUSN 4362 (International Branding) (also listed as CHIN 4362)
BUSN 4364 (Internationalizing Intellectual Property) (also listed as CHIN 4364)
CHIN 3330 (Global Business Culture) (also listed as BUSN 3330)
CHIN 3363 (International Business Research) (also listed as BUSN 3363)
CHIN 4130 (Quanqiu Shangwu Wenhua-Zhong-Mei Jiaodian) (Global Business Culture) (also listed as BUSN 4130)
CHIN 4362 (International Branding) (also listed as BUSN 4362)
CHIN 4364 (Internationalizing Intellectual Property) (also listed as BUSN 4364)
ECON 3361 (International Finance) (with adviser approval)
ECON 3371 (Internship) (with adviser approval)
FNCE 3390 (Studies in Finance) (with adviser approval)
MGMT 3390 (Studies in Management) (with adviser approval)
MKTG 3390 (Studies in Marketing) (with adviser approval)

IV. Completion of at least one semester abroad in a Chinese-speaking country.

V. The Senior Experience requirement will be satisfied by completing CHIN 4001.

THE MINOR

Students who want to explore the languages and cultures of East Asia in some depth but whose primary interests lie elsewhere may choose a minor in East Asian Studies. If the following requirements are met, the student's diploma will record the successful completion of a minor in East Asian Studies.

I. A core curriculum in East Asian culture (6 semester hours; one course from at least two of the following categories):

A. Art and Civilization

ARTH 1310 (Introduction to Asian Art: China)
ARTH 1311 (Introduction to Asian Art: Japan)
CHIN 2311 (Chinese Civilization)

B. History

HIST 1320 (History of China)
HIST 1324 (Modern East Asia)

C. Philosophy and Religion

GNED 1303 (Japanese Perspectives)
PHIL 1302 (Introduction to Asian Philosophy)
RELI 1330 (Asian Religions)

II. The concentration in an East Asian language:

A. Completion of 12 semester hours of upper division language and literature courses taught in the target language.

CHIN 3301 (Third-Year Chinese I)
CHIN 3302 (Third-Year Chinese II)
CHIN 4130 (Global Business Culture)
CHIN 4301 (Fourth-Year Chinese I)
CHIN 4302 (Fourth-Year Chinese II)
CHIN 4310 (Advanced Conversation and Composition)
CHIN 4321 (Topics in Modern Chinese Literature)
CHIN 4322 (Readings in Contemporary Chinese Cinema)
CHIN 4360 (Senior Seminar)

B. Completion of 6 semester hours of upper division electives taught in English

BUSN 3330 (Global Business Culture) (also listed as CHIN 3330)
BUSN 3363 (International Business Research) (also listed as CHIN 3363)
BUSN 4362 (International Branding) (also listed as CHIN 4362)
BUSN 4364 (Internationalizing Intellectual Property) (also listed as CHIN 4364)
CHIN 3320 (The Rise of Modern China) (also listed as HIST 3320)
CHIN 3330 (Global Business Culture) (also listed as BUSN 3330)
CHIN 3333 (Chinese Religions) (also listed as RELI 3333)
CHIN 3363 (International Business Research) (also listed as BUSN 3363)
CHIN 4362 (International Branding) (also listed as BUSN 4362)
CHIN 4364 (Internationalizing Intellectual Property) (also listed as BUSN 4364)
HIST 3320 (The Rise of Modern China) (also listed as CHIN 3320)
HIST 3324 (History of Korea)
PLSI 3331 (Political Economy of the U.S., Europe, and Japan)
PLSI 3341 (East Asian Security)
RELI 3333 (Chinese Religions) (also listed as CHIN 3333)
RELI 3334 (Japanese Religions)

When departments offer a relevant course coded under a "special topics" or "variable content" designation, the EAST Committee may approve such courses for inclusion within the major or minor.

GUIDELINES FOR ACCEPTANCE OF MAJORS

Full acceptance is granted if the following requirements are met at the time of application:

1. Completion of the fourth semester of an East Asian language, or its equivalent, with a grade of C or better.

2. Completion of the East Asian Studies core curriculum with grades of C or better.

Provisional acceptance may be granted if it is apparent that an applicant can meet the requirements for full acceptance by the end of the semester in which application is made.

 

 

See the "Requirements" tab.



    FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE


    ANGELA BREIDENSTEIN, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Education

     

    RICHARD M. BURR, Ph.D., Professor, Business Administration

     

    DONALD N. CLARK, Ph.D., Murchison Term Professor of History, History; Co-Director

     

    STEPHEN L. FIELD, Ph.D., J. K. and Ingrid Lee Endowed Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, Modern Languages and Literatures; Co-Director

     

    CHIA-WEI LEE, D.M.A., Associate Professor, Music

     

    RANDALL L. NADEAU, Ph.D., Professor, Religion

     

    JIE ZHANG, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures