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Minor Requirements

I. Language Courses

Completion of the Chinese or Japanese language sequence, 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/.

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

Noriko Aso, Assistant Professor of History
Dilip Basu, Associate Professor of History
Raoul Birnbaum, Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture
Nancy Chen, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Alan Christy, Associate Professor of History
Christopher Connery, Professor of Literature
Rebecca Corbett, Visiting Assistant Professor of History (2009 - 2010)
Sakae Fujita, Lecturer of Languages
Hiroshi Fukurai, Professor of Sociology
K.C. Fung, Professor of Economics
Per Gjerde, Professor of Psychology
June Gordon, Professor of Education
Gail B. Hershatter, Professor of History
Christine Hong, Assistant Professor of Literature
Emily Honig, Professor of History
Minghui Hu, Assistant Professor of History
Junko Ito, Professor of Linguistics
Stacy Kamehiro, Associate Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture
Hi Kyung Kim, Associate Professor of Music
L.S. Kim, Assistant Professor of Film and Digital Media
Paul Lubek, Professor of Sociology
Boreth Ly, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture
David Keenan, Lecturer of Languages
Shigeko Okamoto, Professor and Chair of Languages
Benjamin Read, Assistant Professor of Politics
Lisa Rofel, Professor of Anthropology
Dana Y. Takagi, Professor of Sociology
Yiman Wang, Assistant Professor of Film and Digital Media
Rob Wilson, Professor of Literature
Karen Yamashita, Associate Professor of Literature
Alice Yang, Associate Professor of History