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Minor Requirements

I. Language Courses

Nine courses of Chinese or Japanese language or equivalent, two of which must be upper-division.

II. Core Course

One core course: History 40A Early Modern East Asia or HIS 40B,The Making of Modern East Asia.
*Students who have previously taken HIS 40 may apply it towards the core course requirement.

III. Electives

Three additional upper-division courses in the chosen area of China or Japan, one of which may be an individual study (course 199).

Study Abroad

Study abroad, though not a requirement, is strongly encouraged. At present, there are UC Education Abroad programs in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. For more information on the program, refer to the UC Education Abroad Program website, http://oie.ucsc.edu/eap/.

East Asian Studies Curriculum

The following are among the courses that meet the upper-division course requirement. (Check the Schedule of Classes or consult with the program coordinator for courses added during the academic year that meet the requirement.)

Chinese Studies
Chinese, all upper-division courses
History 106B, Asian and Asian American History, 1941-Present
History 140A-B-C-D, History of China
History 141A, Classical Chinese Culture and Literature, 10th-Century B.C.E. through Sixth-Century C.E.
History 141B, Classical Chinese Culture and Literature, Sixth Century C.E. through 16th Century
History 194N, Comparative Studies in Modern Asian History
History of Art and Visual Culture 114, Buddhist Visual Worlds
History of Art and Visual Culture 121C, Later Chinese History
History of Art and Visual Culture 154D, Buddhist Pure Lands
History of Art and Visual Culture 190D, The World of the Lotus Sutra
History of Art and Visual Culture 190G, Word and Image in Chinese Culture
World Literature and Cultural Studies 123, The 1960s
Feminist Studies 154, Revolutionary Tales: Women in Modern China

Japanese Studies
History 106B, Asian and Asian American History, 1941-Present
History 150A, Ancient Japan
History 150B, Tokugawa Japan
History 150C, Modern Japan
History 194N, Comparative Studies in Modern Asian History

Declaration of Minor Procedure

(See Academic and Administrative Calendar for declaration of major/minor deadlines.)

1. Pick up two forms:
• A declaration of major/minor form at advising.ucsc.edu. Make sure that Section 1 (monitoring of completed GEs) is completed with your college adviser.
• An East Asian Studies minor planning worksheet, available at the History Department or online.
2. Complete the declaration requirements for your major(s).
3. Meet with an East Asian Studies faculty adviser, to plan an individualized program of study. Obtain your faculty adviser's signature in Section II of the declaration of major/minor form and on your minor planning worksheet.
4. Go to the History Department with your signed declaration of major/minor form and your minor planning worksheet. The undergraduate adviser will complete Section III. If no further advising from other departments is required, the adviser will then forward the completed declaration to the Registrar, your college office, and second department of study.

East Asian Studies Faculty Adviser

Associated Faculty and Professional Interests

Dilip K. Basu (History)

Raoul Birnbaum (History of Art and Visual Culture)

Nancy Chen (Anthropology)

Christopher Connery (Literature)

Sakae Fujita (Language Program)

K.C. Fung (Economics)

John Hay (History of Art and Visual Culture)

Gail B. Hershatter (History)

Emily Honig (Feminist Studies)

Junko Ito (Linguistics)

Earl Jackson, Jr. (Literature)

David Keenan (Language Program)

Bruce D. Larkin (Politics)

Lisa Rofel (Anthropology)

Neferti Tadiar (History of Consciousness)

Dana Y. Takagi (Sociology)

Alice Yang (History)