Asian Studies

asianst@temple.edu
www.temple.edu/asian_studies

Kathy Uno, Program Steering Committee Chair
861 Gladfelter Hall
215-204-7468
kuno@temple.edu

Roman Cybriwsky, Faculty Advisor
335 Gladfelter Hall
215-204-7664
cybriwsky@temple.edu

Monte Hull, Faculty Advisor
630 Anderson Hall
215-204-7711
monte.hull@temple.edu

Gayle Schooley, Administrator
215-204-7210
gaylehs@temple.edu

Stephanie Morawski, Coordinator
814 Anderson Hall
215-204-6954
smorawski@temple.edu

Asian Studies draws on the resources of many departments to provide a comprehensive program of study on Asia (especially East Asia). Majors may concentrate on a geographic area, field, or theme(s). By combining language with the study of politics, history, society, art, religion, philosophy, and literature, each student can construct a major tailored to individual interests.

Temple's campus in Japan can provide students with experience abroad while taking their coursework. The East West Club offers lectures, films, and career development programs, as well as fun and fellowship through extracurricular activities.

The curriculum gives students a foundation for living or working in Asia, or continuing their studies through developing a knowledge base, cross-cultural sensitivity, analytic thinking, and communication and writing skills in English and an Asian language. After graduation, students find employment in private firms, nonprofit organizations, or educational institutions. Some enter graduate programs in law, business, or academic fields, including Asian Studies.

The Asian Studies program will assist students in:

• understanding the broad foundations of at least one major Asian culture, including the history, culture, and socio-economic-political organization,
• recognizing the utility of different humanistic and social science disciplines in understanding a culture,
• understanding the distinction between theory and data and the links between the two components while drawing generalizations from actual social experience,
• recognizing the way language serves as a foundation of culture,
• understanding the issues and requirements of cross-cultural communication, and
• taking more initiative in educating themselves, to make analytical generalizations, to make ethical choices, and to feel confident in these and other exercises of personal responsibility.

Summary of Degree Requirements

1. University Requirements:

• Mathematics 0701 (4 s.h.) and/or English 0701 (4 s.h.), if required by placement testing.
• All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses as part of the major. See below for a list of the specific courses required for your major.
• Students must complete requirements of the General Education (GenEd) Program. See the General Education section of the Undergraduate Bulletin for more details.

2. College of Liberal Arts Requirements:

• Completion of a minimum of 123 credits, including: 90 credits in CLA/CST courses, 45 credits of which must be at the upper level (numbered 2000-4999). For Social Science majors, 6 upper level credits must be taken in the Humanities Departments (English, French, German, Greek and Roman Classics, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese (only available at our Japan campus), Philosophy, Religion, Russian, and Spanish), Art History, or any department in the College of Science and Technology.
• A minimum GPA of 2.0, cumulatively, in CLA/CST coursework, and in the major.
• Only courses in which a student receives a grade of at least C- can satisfy GenEd, major, minor, or CLA Foreign Language and Global Studies requirements.

3. Foreign Language/Global Studies Requirements:

1) All students must complete the second level of a foreign language;

2) All students must complete at least one course from the GenEd Global/World Society category; and

3) All students must complete one of the following options:

• Third level of a foreign language;
• Demonstrated proficiency in a foreign language;
• A second General Education Global/World Society course;
• Study Abroad at an approved program; or
• Take one Global Studies course from the list on the CLA College Graduation Requirements page.

4. Major Requirements (30-44 s.h.)

Specifically Required courses:

• Asian Studies 4096 (offered in spring semester only)

Other Required Courses

• Completion of the fourth semester of either Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, or equivalent, see * below
• Two of the following foundation courses: Asian Studies 1801, 2074, 2501, or 2502

Electives in Major

• One Asian Studies Writing Intensive course (see list below)
• Six Asian Studies electives from three different subject areas (see list below)

5. General electives vary according to a student's individual program of study. Consult your academic advisor for more information.

Requirements for the Major

All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses. The specific writing-intensive courses required for this major are listed above and are identified by "WI" in the Attribute column.

Distinction in Asian Studies Major

Asian Studies majors may graduate with distinction in the major if they have a GPA of at least 3.5 in the major and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

Requirements for the Minor

Asian Business & Society Certificate

* The language requirement may also be satisfied by examination of oral/aural and reading skills in any Asian language approved by the Asian Studies head advisor.

** The country of the Asian Studies Country Elective and the Asian Studies Writing-Intensive Elective must match the country of the language studied. For example, if the language requirement is met with Chinese, then courses on China must be chosen for both the Country and Writing-Intensive Electives.

Asian American Studies - Minor

This interdisciplinary minor focuses on Asian American history, culture, and contemporary issues as well as their Asian roots and American context. The Asian American Minor is six courses (18 s.h.), four in Asian American Studies, one in American Studies, and one Asian Studies course under an Asian Studies or cross-listed number, as distributed below. In lieu of taking regular academic courses, students can earn credits through fieldwork and independent study under a professor's guidance. This minor is a useful credential for majors in education, journalism and communication, social administration, health science, social science, humanities, history, pre-law studies, and business fields such as personnel and marketing.

Suggested Semester-by-Semester Plan