The Asian Studies Certificate is designed to introduce students to the study of Asian society, experience, and cultures.
Coordinator: Sunita Manian
A certificate in Asian Studies requires 15 semester hours with grades of C or better in courses listed below. At least 9 semester hours must be at the 3000-4000 level. Other courses, including Special Topics courses and courses taken abroad as approved by the program coordinator may be used to fulfill requirements for these hours.
Courses that count toward a student's major or other minor requirements can also count toward the Certificate in Asian Studies.
Degree Requirements: Fifteen hours with grades of C or better distributed as follows:
Take no more than 2 of the following courses. No more than two courses may come from the same prefix.:
GEOG 1102 World Regional Geography
HIST 1131 Intro to World Civilization
RELI 1111 Intro to World Religions
CHIN 2002 Intro to Chinese Language and Culture
At least 3 courses from the following list. No more than two courses may come from the same prefix.:
ENGL 4455 Literature of the Islamic World
GEOG 3525 Geography of the Middle East
GEOG 3540 Geography of Asia
HIST 4950 Women in Chinese History
HIST 4950 Food, History, Culture of East Asia
MSCM 4950 Vietnam War in the Media
PHIL 4420 Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 4610 Confucianism and Daoism
PHIL 4950 Democracy and Identity: East and West
PHIL 4660 Buddhism, Daoism and the Myth of Meditation
RELI 3500 Buddhist Traditions of Asia
RELI 3510 South Asian Buddhism
RELI 3520 Tibetan Buddhism
RELI 3530 Zen Buddhism
RELI 3600 Hindu Religious Traditions
RELI 3900 Islam and the Modern World
RELI 4200 Mystical, Magical and Ecstatic Religions