The Asian Studies program at Bridgewater State University offers a minor interdisciplinary curriculum for studies of East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East. Asian Studies Minor
Program Requirements
Required Courses (15 credits)
Choose any five of the following courses from at least two academic departments. Courses used to meet the foreign language requirement (below) may not be repeated. ANTH
216 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ARTH 205 - Asian Art Survey: India, China and Japan
ARTH 208 - Survey of Islamic Art and Architecture
ANTH 224 - Anthropology of South Asia
COMM 365 - Introduction to Intercultural Communication
COMM 462 - Patterns of International Communication
ENGL 253 - Non-Western Literature
ENGL 255 - East Asian Literature in Translation
GEOG 374 - Geography of the Middle East
GEOG 375 - Geography of South Asia
GEOG 376 - Geography of East Asia
HIST 151 - Asian Civilization
HIST 473 - Asian-American History
HIST 474 - Islamic Civilization to 1400
HIST 475 - The Modern Middle East
HIST 480 - History of Imperial China
HIST 481 - China Under Communism
HIST 482 - History of Modern Japan
HIST 483 - South Asia: The Modern Period
HIST 484 - War and Revolution in Modern Asia
LAAR 101 - Elementary Arabic I
LAAR 102 - Elementary Arabic II
LACH 101 - Elementary Chinese I
LACH 102 - Elementary Chinese II
LAJA 101 - Elementary Japanese I
LAJA 102 - Elementary Japanese II
LAJA 151 - Intermediate Japanese
LAJA 172 - Business Japanese
MGMT 355 - International Management
MGMT 410 - International Marketing and Physical Distribution
PHIL 212 - Philosophies of India
PHIL 213 - Philosophies of China and Japan
POLI 330 - Asian Politics
PSYC 200 - Non-Western Theories of Personality
SOCI 214 - Middle Eastern Societies
SOCI 217 - East Asian Societies: China and Japan
SOCI 218 - Chinese Society and Culture
THEA 222 - Asian Theater
Foreign Language Requirement (6 credits)
The Asian Studies minor requires a minimum of three credits of Chinese or Japanese or Arabic. In addition, students are required to take three additional credits of language or an Asian study abroad experience. Students can fulfill the six credit requirements either by (a) six credits of Chinese or Japanese or Arabic or (b) three credits of Chinese or Japanese or Arabic and three credits of an Asian study abroad experience (a study tour or other three-credit study abroad experience). Complete six credits of Arabic, Chinese or Japanese
LAAR 101 - Elementary Arabic I
LAAR 102 - Elementary Arabic II
LAAR 151 - Intermediate Arabic
LAAR 172 - Business Arabic
LAAR 211 - Arabic Literature in Translation
LACH 101 - Elementary Chinese I
LACH 102 - Elementary Chinese II
LAJA 101 - Elementary Japanese I
LAJA 102 - Elementary Japanese II
LAJA 151 - Intermediate Japanese
LAJA 172 - Business Japanese
B. Complete three credits in Arabic, Chinese or Japanese and three credits in an Asian study abroad experience
Note(s):
Second Year Seminars relating to Asia may be petitioned to be substituted for an Asian studies minor course. Study tours to Asia offered in different departments vary in special numbers. Courses taken from exchange institutions can be counted for up to half of the residency; for example, four out of seven minor requirements. At least half of the minor (eleven credits) must be completed at Bridgewater State University. Total minimum credits: 21
For further information, contact Dr. Wing‑kai To in the History Department.
