The table below includes only discipline-specific courses. Please refer to the Academic Regulations for information on including a minor to your degree.

Minor in Asian Studies

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Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2013-2014 calendars for the previous requirements.

6 language course credits in one of the following:
CHN1901 Cours élémentaire de chinois I / Introduction to Chinese I1 3
CHN1902 Cours élémentaire de chinois II / Introduction to Chinese II1 3
or
JPN1901 Cours élémentaire de japonais I / Introduction to Japanese I1 3
JPN1902 Cours élémentaire de japonais II / Introduction to Japanese II1 3
6 course credits from the courses offered at the Faculty of Arts2
ASI3110 Selected Topics in Asian Studies : Cultural Issues 3
CHN2101 Modern Chinese Culture 3
CHN3102 Special Topics in East Asian Culture 3
ENG2143 Literature of Asia and the Asian Diaspora 3
GEG4702 Le développement des villes 3
HIS2175 Southeast Asian Civilizations to the 18th Century 3
HIS2176 Southeast Asian Civilizations from the 18th Century to the Present 3
HIS2177 History of East Asia from antiquity to 1600 3
HIS2178 History of East Asia from 1600 to the present 3
HIS3175 A History of the Vietnam Wars 3
HIS3180 Selected Topics in Asian History 3
HIS4184 Seminar in Asian history 3
JPN2101 Modern Japanese Culture 3
JPN3102 Special Topics in East Asian Culture 3
PHI2389 Asian Philosophy 3
SRS3312 Hinduism 3
SRS3313 Buddhism 3
SRS3318 Religions in China and Japan 3
6 course credits from the courses offered at the Faculty of Social Sciences2
ANT3343 Anthropology of Asia 3
DVM4125 International Development Issues in Asia 3
POL3114 Comparative Politics: Asia 3
SCS3170 Selected Topics in Asian Studies : Socio-Political Issues 3
12 optional course credits from both lists of optional courses2
Note(s)
1Students whose level of proficiency is higher than elementary Chinese or Japanese, as established by a placement test, will either take 6 course credits at the intermediate or advanced level or 6 course credits in the other language.
2A maximum of 9 course credits in a given discipline.