ASIAN STUDIES

IN THIS PAGE:

• Major Requirements
• Special Options for Majors
• Courses

Asian Studies is a cooperative program of The Claremont Colleges which provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to pursue an interdisciplinary program of study. The main programs of concentration available within Asian Studies are East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and China and Southeast Asia.

Major Requirements

The major in Asian Studies requires eight courses, distributed as follows:

1. History 59. Civilizations of East Asia, or History 61. The New Asia: China, Japan, India and Indonesia in the Modern Era
2. Seven upper-division courses, to be selected from a list available from the Asian Studies faculty.
3. Foreign language: three years of Asian language study (one language).

Special Options for Majors

Dual Majors

Students are encouraged to combine a major in Asian Studies with disciplines such as history, literature, economics, government, or international relations for a dual major.

A dual major including Asian Studies requires a minimum of six courses in Asian Studies including:

1. History 59. Civilizations of East Asia, or History 61. The New Asia: China, Japan, India and Indonesia in the Modern Era
2. Electives: At least four elective courses; half of these courses must be taken at The Claremont Colleges.
3. Foreign Language: two years of Asian language study (one language).

Please note the restrictions on honors in the major for students with a dual major under “Honors in Asian Studies” below. For further information on dual majors and the requirements for the other field study of the dual major, please check the appropriate sections of this catalog.

Honors in Asian Studies

Students interested in receiving honors in Asian Studies must contact the faculty coordinator at the beginning of the senior year. To be eligible for honors, students must have a 10.50 average in the major, write a two-semester thesis in Asian Studies, and receive grades of “A-”

(11.00) or better for the thesis.

Students with a dual major in Asian studies who wish to be considered for honors in Asian studies will only receive honors if they:

• have completed all requirements for a full major in Asian studies and are granted honors,or
• qualify and receive honors in both fields of their dual major. See “Honors in the Major” for details.

Study Abroad

All Asian Studies majors are encouraged to study abroad for a semester or a year. Normally not more than two upper division courses taken during a semester abroad may be counted towards the major (four for a full academic year).

The Faculty

Professors: Burdekin, and C.J. Lee; Associate Professors: Humes, Rosenbaum (Coordinator), and Yoo; Assistant Professor: Kapur, and M.J. Kim; Visiting Assistant Professor: Shimkhada

Courses

Required Courses

History 59. Civilizations of East Asia.
The rise and development of Chinese (Sinitic/Confucian) civilization from neolithic origins to its full maturation in the 18th century and the struggle of countries on the periphery of the Chinese cultural zone - primarily Japan and secondarily Korea and Vietnam - to retain distinct cultural and political identities while borrowing aspects of Chinese culture. Themes include state building, the changing role of women, cultural and aesthetic traditions, religious values, and political patterns. Special attention is given to divergent paths of pre-modern development which helped condition 20th-century approaches to political/economic modernization. (Not offered in 2003-2004.)

History 61. The New Asia: China, Japan, India and Indonesia in the Modern Era.
Revolution, state building, modernization and socio-cultural change in four representative cultural zones of Asia. The first part of the course examines imperialism and de-colonization, socio-religious reform movements, changing gender roles, and dynamics of political revolution. The second part explores the new forces which have reshaped the countries: the passing of charismatic leaders and revolutionary development strategies, the Japanese/East Asian economic model, and problems defining culture. First semester. Rosenbaum

Elective Courses

Elective courses may be selected from the areas listed below. The courses listed under each area are not meant to be exhaustive, but suggest the kinds of courses at Claremont McKenna College and the other Claremont Colleges that may fulfill the requirements of the major. For information on course offerings, please consult the Fall 2003 and Spring 2004 Undergraduate Schedule of Courses. Further information and course descriptions may be found in the appropriate College Catalogs.

Anthropology

23pi. China and Japan through Film and Ethnography
62pi. Embodying the Voice of History
88pi. China: Gender, Cosmology, and the State. Second semester. Chao
112pi. Introduction to China, Tibet and Nepal

Art History

52sc. Monuments of Asia
150sc. Arts of China
151sc. Arts of Japan. First semester. Coats
152sc. Arts of Late Imperial China. Second semester. Coats
154sc. Japanese Prints
155sc. History of Gardens, East and West. First semester. Coats
186Csc. Topics of Asian Art: Meiji Japan. Second semester. Coats

Cultural and Intercultural Studies

38pi. Nature, Movement, and Meditation: Qi Gong. Second semester. Snowiss
110pi. (Mis)Representations of the Near and Far East. Second semester. Parker

Dance

150Dpo. Explorations of Cultural Styles: Indian Classical. First semester. Fisher

Economics

127pi. Economy and Society: China and Japan
142pi. The Japanese Economy

English

114po. Subcontinent Literatures in English

Government, Politics, and International Relations:

Government
140. Korean Politics and Economics
142. Governments and Politics of East Asia
142e. China Under Reform: 1978 to the Present
145. International Security in South Asia
146. Chinese Foreign Policy
147. Japanese Foreign Policy
152. The Pacific Rim and the United States. Second semester. Lee
156. The Korean War
156e. Asian Security
159. Topics in United States Relations with Asia
159i. Modern Korea: The Development of a Divided Nation. First semester. Lee

Politics
72apo. Traditional and Early Modern International Relations of Asia
72bpo. Contemporary International Relations of Asia. First semester. Elliott
82po. Seminar: The Vietnam War. Second semester. Elliott
104sc. Political Economy of the Pacific. First semester. Crone
114sc. Politics of Southeast Asia. Second semester. Crone
161po. Japanese Politics
163po. Comparative Asian Politics
168po. Rise of East Asia: Revolution, Restoration, and Reform
183po. America's Pacific Century: The United States and East Asia in a Changing World. Second semester. Gibney

History

59. Civilizations of East Asia 60po. Asian Traditions
60. The New Asia: China, Japan, India and Indonesia in the Modern Era. First semester. Rosenbaum
100jpo. State and Citizen in Modern Japan. First semester. Yamashita
100mpo.Rethinking Modern Asian History. Second semester. Yamashita
102. Gandhi and Mao. Second semester. Rosenbaum
125. Asian American History, 1850-Present
161. Modern Korean History
162. Making of Pre-Modern China to 1750
163. Modern Chinese History, 1750 to Present. Second semester. Rosenbaum
164e. China Under Reform, 1978-Present
166. Late Imperial China, 900-1800. First semester. Rosenbaum
167po. Early Modern Japan. First semester. Yamashita
168po. Modern Japan
168e. The Making of Modern Taiwan
184. China and Christianity
190. Topics in Chinese History: The Cultural Revolution. First semester. Rosenbaum

Music

41po. Balinese Gamelan Ensemble (cumulative credit). First and second semester. Wenten
42po. Hindustani Music Ensemble (cumulative credit). First and second semester. Tresoff

Religious Studies

10. Introduction to Asian Religious Traditions. First and second semester. Shimkhada
100po. Worlds of Buddhism. First semester. Staff
102. Hinduism and South Asian Culture
103po. Religious Traditions of China
104po. Religious Traditions of Japan
105po. Korean Buddhism. Second semester. McBride
106pi. Zen Buddhism
113. Religion and the Culture of Japan
117po. The World of Mahayana Scriptures: Art, Doctrine, and Practice. Second semester. McBride
118. Hindu Goddess Worship
119pi Medieval Religion of East Asia. Second semester. Parker
128po. The Religion of Islam
148po. Sufism
149po. Islamic Thought. First semester. Kassam
164po. Engendering and Experience: Women in the Islamic Tradition. Second semester. Kassam
166Apo. Comparative Studies in Religion: The Divine Body 180po. Interpreting Religious Worlds. Second semester. Kassam

Theatre

19apo. Kabuki Fundamentals (one-half course credit). Second semester. Pronko and Tomono
51po. Performance (Sanskrit Play)(cumulative credit). First semester. Bernhard
115Dpo. Theatre and Dance of Asia.

Asian Languages and Literatures

The following Asian languages are offered at The Claremont Colleges: Chinese: Pomona. Barr, Hou, Wu Japanese: Pomona. Jones, Kurita, Miyake, Takahashi, Terada Landis Korean: CMC. Kim

Literature in Translation

Chinese:
163po. Chinese Literature
165po. Chinese Literature in English: China Lost, China Found
167po. City in Chinese Literature and Film. First semester. Cheng

Japanese:
170po. Pre-Modern Japanese Literature in English. Second semester. Flueckiger
171po. Theatre of Japan
172po. Topics in Japanese Literature and Culture
174po. Modern Japanese Literature in English Translation: Estrangement and Familiarization. Second semester. Kurita
175po. Postwar Japanese Fiction
176po. Modern Japanese Literature for Science Lovers
177po. Japanese Women Writers. Second semester. Miyake
178po. Japanese and Japanese American Autobiography

Korean:
120. Korean Literature and the Diaspora
150. Korean Literature in Translation. Second semester. Kim