Asian and Asian-American Studies

Jon Boshart, Ph.D. and Rev. Mark Destephano, S.J., Ph.D., Program Co-Directors

Consistent with the College’s mission to develop the whole person to learn, lead, and serve a diverse and global society, the Asian and Asian-American Studies Program provides students with interdisciplinary preparation to understand and work in the vast world that is Asia and the Asian experience in the United States. The Program consists of courses selected from throughout the College curriculum which deal entirely or in more than half of their content with Asia and/or the Asian-American diaspora to afford the student ample training in virtually every area of human endeavor as this relates to Asia or Asian-America. In particular, students are given a strong foundation in at least one Asian language as well as introduction and capstone courses that are designed to help the student to appreciate the vastness and complexity of the Asian experience, as well as offering the student opportunities to travel and/or live in Asia.

The Program prepares students for graduate work in Asian and Asian-American Studies as well as for a variety of careers in diplomacy, education, communications, translation, international business, public relations, law, tourism, publishing, marketing and finance, criminal justice, public-policy, civil-rights advocacy, art history and sociology.

The Program offers a 33-credit major and an 18-credit minor.

In addition to the College’s Core Curriculum, the following courses are required:

Requirements for the Major in Asian and Asian-American Studies (33 credits)

1. An100 Introduction to Asian Studies (3 credits)
2. At least 12 credits of one Asian language
3. At least 3 credits of a course involving study in or travel to an Asian country
4. An490 Asian Studies Synthesis, which is a guided study project or thesis (3 credits)
5. Twelve (12) credits to be chosen from any approved courses in Asian and Asian-American Studies

1. At least 6 credits of an Asian language
2. An100 Introduction to Asian Studies (3 credits)
3. Nine (9) credits to be chosen from approvedcourses in Asian and Asian-American Studies.

Asian and Asian-American Studies Courses