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ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM
Director: Matthew Levey (BSC)
Vice-Directors: Brian Hesse (UAB), D. Gregory Jeane (Samford),
Digambar Mishra (Miles)
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The Asian Studies program is an interdisciplinary curriculum
available to students at Birmingham-Southern College, Miles College,
Samford University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and
the University of Montevallo. The program offers a major and a minor,
but it is open to students with other majors as well. Students who
study Asia add a multi-cultural dimension to their college education
which is useful in graduate study and careers in fields as diverse
as government service, international business, banking, marketing,
law, education, and journalism. This curriculum gives the student
the opportunity to study Asian societies from many disciplinary
perspectives and to develop important analytical and disciplinary
skills. Asian Studies is particularly relevant to today's undergraduate
because it emphasizes the changing traditions of Asia, contemporary
problems faced by Asian nations, and the relations between Asian
nations, as well as between them and Western nations. The courses
in the curriculum cover East, South, and Southeast Asia.
Major Requirements
The following courses are required (12 units):
AN 101
two courses in Asian language
eight elective courses:
at least five at 300/400 level; at least five in one geographic
area (East Asia or South-Southeast Asia), and at least one outside
the area of concentration; from three to five courses in humanities
and in social sciences, and no more than two in applied sciences
(which are otherwise optional); no more than two courses in any
one discipline will count toward the requirements for the major.
AN 499 (in geographic area of concentration)
Minor Requirements
The following courses are required (6 units):
AN 101
five elective courses:
at least two at the 300/400 level; two or three in social sciences
and in humanities, and no more than one in applied sciences (which
is otherwise optional).
The following chart shows Asian Studies courses arranged by geographic
track and discipline, and indicates courses that overlap; it can be
used to aid in choosing the courses for one's Asian Studies curriculum.
Institutions where courses are offered are listed in parentheses.
EAST ASIA SOUTHEAST ASIA INTERNATIONAL
Humanities
ARH 106 (UAB) ARH 206 (UAB) EH 395 (BSC)
ARH 206 (UAB) Hist 311 (S) or HY 470 (UAB)
ARH 370 (UAB) HY 412 (UAB) MU 126 (BSC)
ARH 474 (UAB) Hist 395 (S)
ARH 475 (UAB) Hist 396 (S)
ARH 476 (UAB) RE 221 (BSC) or
ARH 577 (UAB) Relg 301 (S) or
HI 181 (BSC) PHL 239 (UAB)
HI 182 (BSC)
HI 283 (BSC)
HI 284 (BSC) or
Hist 435 (UM)
HI 288 (BSC)
HI 385 (BSC)
HI 386 (BSC) or
Hist 435 (UM)
HI 387 (BSC)
Hist 396 (S)
Hist 430 (S)
Hist 435 (UM) or
HI 386 (BSC)
RE 340 (M)
RE 221 (BSC) or
Relg 301(S) or
PHL 239 (UAB)
Social Sciences
Anth 123 (UAB) Anth 123 (UAB) EC 410 (BSC)
Anth 205 (UAB) Anth 205 (UAB) EC 430 (BSC)
Anth 242 (UAB) Anth 243 (UAB) PS 342 (BSC) or
Geog 396 (S) Geog 395 (S) Pols 363 (S)
PSC 209 (UAB) Geog 396 (S)
PS 361 (BSC) PS 202 (M)
Pols 396 (S) Pols 311(S)
Pols 395 (S)
Pols 396 (S)
SO 301 (M)
Applied Sciences
ED 205 (BSC)
Descriptions of courses appearing on the chart above, if they are
courses taught at Birmingham-Southern, may be viewed by linking to
their respective disciplines in the "Courses Offered" section of this
catalog. Descriptions of courses taught at other institutions may
be obtained by contacting the Director of Asian Studies.
Courses in Asian Studies
- AN 101 Introduction to Asia (1)
- A broad-based, multi-disciplinary introduction to the civilizations
of India, China, and Japan. The course attempts to capture--through
readings, films, activities, lectures, and discussions--the national
styles, past and present, of the three countries and the role
of the past in their historical evolution.
- AN 499 Senior Project in Asian Studies (1)
- A research project that demonstrates a student's ability to
investigate a problem relating to Asia. The research paper required
must use scholarly and, if possible, primary sources, either in
translation or in the appropriate Asian language. Prerequisite:
Senior standing in Asian Studies. Interim.
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