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Overview

East Asian Studies at Trinity (EAST) is an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program that combines the intensive study of East Asian languages and cultures with the study of the social sciences and business in an East Asian context. For each student, the study of the language will be fully integrated with the study of other disciplines through each year of the college career, ensuring that the graduate will not only be proficient in the language, but that he or she will have achieved an advanced level of understanding across the curriculum.

Requirements

Major in Chinese Studies
Minor in East Asian Studies
Guidelines for Acceptance of Majors

The Major

The requirements for the degree of Bachelor Science with a major in Chinese Studies are as follows:

I. A core curriculum in East Asian culture (12 credit hours; at least one course from each of the following categories):

A. Art History, Cinema, and Literature

ARTH 1310	Introduction to Asian Art: China
CHIN 2311	Chinese Civilization
CHIN 3312	Chinese Cinema: A Historical and Cultural Perspective
CHIN 3313	Cities of Strangers: Trans-Cultural Chinese Cinema
EAST 2315	East Asian Heroes

B. Civilization and History

CHIN 2311	Chinese Civilization
HIST 1320	History of China
HIST 1324	Modern East Asia

C. Philosophy and Religion

PHIL 1302	Introduction to Asian Philosophy
CHIN 3428	The Philsophies of China (also listed as PHIL 3428)
EAST 2316	The Folk Ecology of Fengshui
PHIL 3428	The Philosophies of China (also listed as CHIN 3428)
RELI 1330	Asian Religions

II. The concentration in Chinese studies:

A. Completion of 21 credit hours of upper division Chinese language and literature courses taught in Chinese.

CHIN 3401	Advanced Chinese I
CHIN 3402	Advanced Chinese II
CHIN 4130	Global Business Culture
CHIN 4310	Advanced Conversation and Composition I
CHIN 4311	Advanced Conversation and Composition II
CHIN 4321	Readings in Modern Chinese Literature
CHIN 4322	Readings in Contemporary Chinese Cinema
CHIN 4351	Classical Chinese
CHIN 4390	Reading and Conference
CHIN 4391	Selected Topics
LAC 3114	Zhongguo Gudai Sixiang (Classical Chinese Thought)

or the equivalent study abroad coursework in Chinese.

B. Completion of 9 credit hours of upper division electives. At least one course must be taken from each of the following categories. Courses not focused solely on China must contain at least one-third of their content on the subject of China.

Art History, History, Political Science, and Religion

ARTH 3466	Contemporary Chinese Art (also listed as CHIN 3466)
CHIN 3320	The Rise of Modern China (also listed as HIST 3320)
CHIN 3433	Chinese Religions (also listed as RELI 3433)
CHIN 3343	Chinese Foreign Policy (also listed as PLSI 3343)
CHIN 3366	Governance and Public Policy in Contemporary China (also listed as PLSI 3366 and URBS 3366)
CHIN 3466	Contemporary Chinese Art (also listed as ARTH 3466)
HIST 3320	The Rise of Modern China (also listed as CHIN 3320)
HIST 3324	History of Korea
HIST 4420	Seminar in Asian History
PLSI 3341	East Asian Security
PLSI 3343	Chinese Foreign Policy (also listed as CHIN 3343)
PLSI 3366	Governance and Public Policy in Contemporary China (also listed as CHIN 3366 and URBS 3366)
RELI 3413	Religion and Science in Asia
RELI 3432	Buddhist Ecology
RELI 3433	Chinese Religions (also listed as CHIN 3433)

Business and Economics

CHIN 3367	Comparative Views of Modern China (also listed as BUSN 3367, ECON 3367, and URBS 3367)
BUSN 3367	Comparative Views of Modern China (also listed as ECON 3367, CHIN 3367, and URBS 3367)
BUSN 4130	Quanqiu Shangwu Wenhua-Zhong-Mei Jiaodian (Global Business Culture)
BUSN 4364	Internationalizing Intellectual Property (also listed as CHIN 4364)
CHIN 3330	Global Business Culture (also listed as INTB 3330)
CHIN 3363	International Business Research (also listed as INTB 3363)
CHIN 4130	Quanqiu Shangwu Wenhua-Zhong-Mei Jiaodian (Global Business Culture) (also listed as BUSN 4130)
CHIN 4362	International Branding (also listed as INTB 4362)
CHIN 4364	Internationalizing Intellectual Property (also listed as BUSN 4364)

III. Completion of at least one semester abroad in a Chinese-speaking country.

The Minor

Students who want to explore the languages and cultures of East Asia in some depth but whose primary interests lie elsewhere may choose a minor in East Asian Studies. If the following requirements are met, the student’s diploma will record the successful completion of a minor in East Asian Studies.

I. A core curriculum in East Asian culture (6 semester hours; one course from at least two of the following categories):

A. Art History and Literature

ARTH 1310	Introduction to Asian Art: China
ARTH 1311	Introduction to Asian Art: Japan
EAST 2315	East Asian Heroes

B. Civilization and History

CHIN 2311	Chinese Civilization
HIST 1320	History of China
HIST 1324	Modern East Asia

C. Philosophy and Religion

RELI 1330

Asian Religions

II. The concentration in an East Asian language:

A. Completion of 12 credit hours of upper division language and literature courses taught in the target language.

CHIN 3401	Advanced Chinese I
CHIN 3402	Advanced Chinese II
CHIN 4130	Global Business Culture
CHIN 4310	Advanced Conversation and Composition I
CHIN 4311	Advanced Conversation and Composition II
CHIN 4321	Topics in Modern Chinese Literature
CHIN 4322	Readings in Contemporary Chinese Cinema

Or similar coursework in an approved study abroad program in an East Asian country

B. Completion of 6 semester hours of upper division electives taught in English

BUSN 4364	Internationalizing Intellectual Property (also listed as CHIN 4364)
CHIN 3320	The Rise of Modern China (also listed as HIST 3320)
CHIN 3330	Global Business Culture (also listed as INTB 3330)
CHIN 3433	Chinese Religions: Unity and Diversity (also listed as RELI 3433)
CHIN 3343	Chinese Foreign Policy (also listed as PLSI 3343)
CHIN 3363	International Business Research (also listed as INTB 3363)
CHIN 3376	Contemporary Chinese Art (also listed as ARTH 3376)
CHIN 4362	International Branding (also listed as INTB 4362)
CHIN 4364	Internationalizing Intellectual Property (also listed as BUSN 4364)
HIST 3320	The Rise of Modern China (also listed as CHIN 3320)
HIST 3324	History of Korea
INTB 3330	Global Business Culture (also listed as CHIN 3330)
INTB 3363	International Business Research (also listed as CHIN 3363)
INTB 3396	Internship in International Business (with adviser approval)
INTB 4362	International Branding (also listed as CHIN 4362)
PLSI 3331	Political Economy of the U.S., Europe, and Japan
PLSI 3341	East Asian Security
PLSI 3343	Chinese Foreign Policy (also listed as CHIN 3343)
RELI 3433	Chinese Religions: Unity and Diversity (also listed as CHIN 3433)
RELI 3434	Japanese Literature of the Spirit World

When departments offer a relevant course coded under a "special topics" or "variable content" designation, the EAST Committee may approve such courses for inclusion within the major or minor.

Guidelines for Acceptance of Majors

Full acceptance is granted if the following requirements are met at the time of application:

Completion of the fourth semester of an East Asian language, or its equivalent, with a grade of C or better.
Completion of the East Asian Studies core curriculum with grades of C or better.

Provisional acceptance may be granted if it is apparent that an applicant can meet the requirements for full acceptance by the end of the semester in which application is made.

Courses

EAST-2315 East Asian Heroes

This course Introduces literary works that have contributed to discourses about heroes in contemporary East Asia. We will study how the portrayals of heroes reflect historical, social, and cultural changes. Classical and early modern literary texts are analyzed in the contexts of contemporary cultural products. Discussions focus on how narratives of heroes have been one of the most indispensable sources for the construction of political and cultural identities. We also examine how narratives about heroes have evolved to express historically and culturally specific experience and agendas. (Offered every year).

EAST-2316 The Folk Ecology of Fengshui

This course will survey the environmental history of China, then will delve into the theory and practice of both Form School and Compass School fengshui, and finally will analyze the proposition that fengshui is a type of "folk" ecology. (Offered every other year)

Faculty

Stephen Lee Field, Ph.D. , J. K. and Ingrid Lee Endowed Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, Modern Languages and Literatures; Director

Dan Lehrmann, Ph.D. , Gertrude and Walter Pyron Professor of Geosciences

Zhaoxi Liu, Ph.D. , Associate Professor, Communication

Randall L. Nadeau, Ph.D. , Professor, Religion

Hyon Joo Yoo, Ph.D. , Associate Professor, Political Science

Jie Zhang, Ph.D. , Associate Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures

Shage Zhang, Ph.D. , Associate Professor, Finance and Decision Sciences

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