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Minor

East Asian Studies Minor

University of California, Los Angeles College of Letters and Science 159 courses

About This Program

The East Asian Studies minor is designed for students who wish to augment their major with concerted study of the history, culture, and society of East Asia—China, Korea, and Japan—from an interdisciplinary and modern perspective. Study Abroad East Asian Studies minors are highly encouraged to study abroad. Students can travel to all areas through a variety of programs with various lengths (summer or during the academic year). Students may partially fulfill the area studies elective requirement by participating in an International Institute Summer Travel Study program consisting of two courses in and on a particular region of the world. Contact the academic counselor for more information on available programs. More information about study abroad programs is available through the UCLA International Education Office by e-mail, in person at 1332 Murphy Hall, or by phone at 310-825-4995.

Degree Requirements

The Minor: Required Lower-Division Courses (13 to 15 units)

Complete three courses as follows:

Code Course Title Credits
I A STD 1 Introduction to International and Area Studies 5

The Minor: Required Lower-Division Courses (13 to 15 units): International Societies and Cultures

Select two courses from the following. Only one course from Comparative Literature 1D, 2DW, or 4DW may be applied. Only one course from Political Science 50 or 50R may be applied.

Code Course Title Credits
ANTHRO 3 Culture and Society 5
COM LIT 1D Great Books from World at Large 5
COM LIT 2DW Survey of Literature: Great Books from World at Large 5
COM LIT 4DW Literature and Writing: Great Books from World at Large 5
ECON 1 Principles of Economics 4
ECON 2 Principles of Economics 4
ETHNMUS 5 Music Around World 5
ETHNMUS M25 Global Pop 5
GEOG 3 Cultural Geography 5
GEOG 4 Globalization: Regional Development and World Economy 5
GEOG 6 World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues 5
HIST 2B History of Science: Middle Ages 5
HIST 22 Contemporary World History, 1760 to Present 5
POL SCI 50 Introduction to Comparative Politics 5
SOCIOL 1 Introductory Sociology 5
WL ARTS 20 Culture: Introduction 5
WL ARTS 33 Colonialisms and Resistance 5

The Minor: Required Lower-Division Courses (13 to 15 units): International Societies and Cultures: Area Studies

Students may substitute one area studies preparation course toward the international societies and cultures preparation requirement.

Code Course Title Credits
ART HIS 29 Chinese Art 5
ASIAN 30 Languages and Cultures of Asia 5
CHIN 40 Popular Culture in Modern Chinese Societies 5
CHIN 50 Chinese Civilization 5
CHIN 50W Chinese Civilization 5
CHIN M60 Introduction to Chinese Religions 5
CHIN M60W Introduction to Chinese Religions 5
CHIN 80 Chinese Cinema: Pictures, Prisms, Products, Projections 5
CLUSTER 25A Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia 6
HIST 9C Introduction to Asian Civilizations: History of Japan 5
HIST 11B History of China, circa 1000 to 2000 5
HIST 97G Introduction to Historical Practice: Variable Topics in East Asian History 4
I A STD 33 Introduction to East Asia 5
JAPAN 50 Japanese Civilization 5
JAPAN 70 Images of Japan: Literature and Film 5
JAPAN 75 Anime 5
JAPAN 80 How Does It Move? Action and Moving Image in Modern Japan 5
KOREA 40W Korean Wave: Globalization of South Korean Popular Culture 5
KOREA 50 History of Korean Civilization 5
KOREA M60 Introduction to Korean Religions 5
KOREA 70 Images of Korea 5
KOREA 75 Introduction to Korean Literature and Culture 5
KOREA 80 Introduction to Korean Cinema 5

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 to 21 units)

Select five area studies from the humanities and arts and social sciences groups as follows:

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 to 21 units): Humanities and Arts Group 1

Select two courses from. Ethnomusicology 161J must be taken twice to equal one 4-unit course.

Code Course Title Credits
ART HIS C148D Advanced Chinese Art 4
ART HIS C148E Art in Modern China 4
ART HIS C150B Advanced Japanese Art 4
ASIAN 151 Buddhist Literature in Translation 4
ASIAN 161 Topics in Asian Religions 4
ASIAN 162 Buddhist Meditation Traditions 4
CHIN C120 Introduction to Chinese Linguistics 4
CHIN 124 Taiwanese Language and Culture 4
CHIN 125 Taiwanese Language and Expressive Cultures 4
CHIN 130B Readings in Modern Chinese Literature 4
CHIN 131 World Sinophone Literature: Theories and Texts 4
CHIN 139 Gardens in China 4
CHIN C144 Translation Workshop: Modern Chinese Texts 4
CHIN C150A Lyrical Traditions 4
CHIN C150B Chinese Literature in Translation: Traditional Narrative and Fiction 4
CHIN 151 Chinese Literature in Translation: Modern Literature 4
CHIN 152 Topics in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture 4
CHIN 155 Topics in Chinese Cinema 4
CHIN C156 Variable Topics in Culture and Society in Taiwan 4
CHIN CM160 Chinese Buddhism 4
CHIN 165 Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Texts 4
CHIN 180 Chinese Mythology and Supernatural 4
CHIN 191B Variable Topics Research Seminars: 20th-Century China and Taiwan 4
COM LIT M176 Literature and Technology 4
ETHNMUS C156A Music in China 4
ETHNMUS C159 Music on China's Periphery 4
ETHNMUS 160 Survey of Music in Japan 4
ETHNMUS 161J Advanced World Music Performance Organizations: Music of Korea 2
JAPAN 124 Language and Culture of Ryukyu/Okinawa 4
JAPAN CM127 Contrastive Analysis of Japanese and Korean 4
JAPAN 130A Readings in Modern Japanese Literature 4
JAPAN 130B Readings in Modern Japanese Literature 4
JAPAN 130C Readings in Modern Japanese Literature 4
JAPAN 151 Japanese Literature in Translation: Modern 4
JAPAN 154 Postwar Japanese Culture through Literature 4
JAPAN 155 Topics in Japanese Cinema 4
JAPAN M156 Literature and Technology 4
JAPAN CM160 Japanese Buddhism 4
JAPAN 161 Religious Life in Modern Japan 4
JAPAN 170 Japanese Tales of Supernatural 4
JAPAN 174 Classical Japanese Poetry 4
JAPAN C182 Japanese Folklore 4
JAPAN 191B Variable Topics Research Seminars: Modern Japan 4
KOREA C105A Reading Korean Academic Texts
KOREA C105B Reading Korean Academic Texts
KOREA C105C Reading Korean Academic Texts
KOREA CM127 Contrastive Analysis of Japanese and Korean 4
KOREA 148A Reading Modern Korean Academic Texts 4
KOREA C151 Korean Literature in Translation: Modern 4
KOREA 153 Korea West Encounters 4
KOREA 154 Contemporary Korean Culture through Literature and Film 4
KOREA 155 Topics in Korean Cinema 4
KOREA CM160 Korean Buddhism 4
KOREA 172 Topics in Korean Christianity 4
KOREA C177 Intellectual History of Modern Korea 4
KOREA 179 Gender and Sexuality in Korean Literature 4
KOREA 180C History of Korea since 1876 4
KOREA 182 1894 Kabo Reforms: History at Crossroads of Civilizations 4
KOREA 183 Korean Folklore 4
KOREA 184B Women in History: Modern Korea 4
KOREA 185 Education and Society in Korea 4
KOREA M186 Korea and Vietnam: Comparative Modern Histories 4
KOREA 187 Popular and Folk Religion in Korea 4
KOREA 191B Variable Topics Research Seminars: Contemporary Korean History 4
THEATER 102A Theater of Japan 5

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 to 21 units): Social Sciences Group 1

Select two courses from:

Code Course Title Credits
ANTHRO M145T Women's Voices: Their Critique of Anthropology of Japan 4
ANTHRO 163P Ideology and Social Change in Contemporary China 4
ANTHRO 163Q Societies of Central Asia 4
ANTHRO 163R Japan 4
ASIA AM 171A Critical Issues in U.S.-China Relations 4
ASIA AM 171B Critical Issues in U.S.-Japan Relations 4
ASIA AM 171C Critical Issues in U.S.-Korea Relations 4
GENDER M170C History of Women in China, AD 1000 to Present 4
GEOG 175A Japan in World: Culture, Place, and Global Connections 4
GEOG 175B Contemporary China 4
HIST 170B Selected Topics in Chinese History from 1500 4
HIST 170D 20th-Century China 4
HIST 172C Modern Japanese History, 1850 to 1945 4
HIST 173A Japanese Popular Culture 4
POL SCI 159A Government and Politics of China: Chinese Revolution and Age of Mao Zedong 4
POL SCI 159B Government and Politics of China: China in Age of Reform 4
POL SCI 160 Government and Politics of Japan 4
SOCIOL 181A Sociology of Global China 4
SOCIOL 181B Sociology of Contemporary China 4

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 to 21 units): Additional Elective

Select one additional course from either group 1 or group 2.

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 to 21 units): Substitutions

The area studies electives listed in group 1 focus on contemporary issues of that region after 1750. Students may substitute a maximum of one upper-division course with focus on earlier historical aspects of the region or on diasporas with origins related to the region toward the area studies elective. Courses may be selected from the following group 2 list:

Code Course Title Credits
ANTHRO 116Q Selected Topics in Archaeology of China 4
ART HIS C148A Art and Material Culture, Neolithic to 210 BC 4
ART HIS C148B Art and Material Culture of Early Imperial China, 210 BC to AD 906 4
ART HIS C148C Art and Material Culture of Late Imperial China, 906 to 1911 4
ART HIS 152A Arts of Korea 4
ART HIS C152B History of Korean Painting 4
ART HIS C152D History of Korean Buddhist Art 4
ART HIS 154B Later Art of India 4
ASIA AM 111 Asian Americans and War 4
ASIA AM 113 Asian Americans and Law 4
ASIA AM 121 Exploring Asian American Theater 4
ASIA AM 122B Gender and Film in Pacific 4
ASIA AM 130A Chinese American Experience 4
ASIA AM M130C Chinese Immigration 4
ASIA AM 131A Japanese American Experience 4
ASIA AM 131B Japanese Americans and Incarceration 4
ASIA AM 131C Japanese American Resettlement 4
ASIA AM 132A Korean American Experience 4
CHIN C175 Introduction to Chinese Thought 4
CHIN M183 Archaeological Landscapes of China 4
CHIN 186 Archaeology in China 4
CHIN 191A Variable Topics Research Seminars: Classical China 4
HIST 152 Asians in American History 4
HIST 170A Culture and Power in Late Imperial China 4
HIST 172B Japanese History: Early Modern, 1600 to 1868 4
JAPAN 165 Introduction to Japanese Buddhist Texts 4
JAPAN 172 Fiction and Plays of Floating World 4
JAPAN 191A Variable Topics Research Seminars: Classical Japan 4
KOREA C150 Korean Literature in Translation: Classical 4
KOREA 165 Introduction to Korean Buddhist Texts 4
KOREA 180A History of Korea through 1259 4
KOREA 180B History of Korea, 1260 through 1876 4
KOREA 184A Women in History: Premodern Korea 4
KOREA 191A Variable Topics Research Seminars: Premodern or Early Modern Korea 4

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