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East Asian Studies
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The major in East Asian Studies is a flexible program designed for students wishing to gain familiarity with the languages, history, and cultures as well as the social, religious, and political institutions of the countries of Asia. This knowledge can be applied to a wide range of fields including law, foreign affairs, international business, secondary education, comparative literature, art history, and a variety of other professions and academic disciplines. Presently, the major focuses on China, Korea, and Japan, and the languages offered are Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. However, attention is also given to India and Southeast Asia to gain a wider perspective.
Students will be expected to fulfill general requirements for the major and also to choose an area of concentration. In each area of concentration, the student will also be expected to take a course that does not necessarily cover Asian topics but provides exposure to the methodology of the particular field. These areas of concentration might include anthropology, art history, Asian American topics, comparative literature, economics, history, linguistics, music, philosophy, political science, religious studies, sociology, or women’s studies. Examples are given below.
Each student plans an individual course of interdisciplinary study in consultation with a department advisor. Students are admitted to the major only after their plan of study is approved.
Requirements
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No more than two courses in any discipline or interdisciplinary field. Students who entered Queens College in the Fall 2013 semester or later must satisfy a set of General Education requirements called Pathways. The Pathways framework has three parts: the Required Core, the Flexible Core, and the College Option. While the Required Core and Flexible Core are common to all CUNY colleges, the College Option is required only at the senior colleges, including Queens. College Option requirements are structured differently from senior college to senior college. It is possible to transfer college option credits previously completed at another CUNY senior college to QC, but once you enroll at Queens, all your remaining College Option credits must be completed by taking designated courses in residence at Queens College.
Some courses can be used to satisfy one of several different Pathways requirements, but taking a single course will never satisfy more than a single Pathways requirement. The Academic Advising Center (Kiely 217) will help you make sure that the courses you take get assigned to the various Pathways requirements in an optimal way.
As part of your general education requirements you must also complete two Writing Intensive courses (courses with a “W” in their course number), which may overlap with courses taken for Pathways or Major requirements. To avoid the need to take extra courses, students should plan their course of study at Queens College in a way that maximizes this overlap. Students who transfer from institutions that do not indicate writing-intensive courses on the transcript should make sure they receive credit for having completed the proper number of W courses. Contact the Advising Center (Kiely 217) if there are problems.
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*In addition to any courses in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or East Asian Studies not already taken, relevant courses include (but are not limited to): ANTH 210, ARTH 270–274 and 277–278, ECON 211, HIST 313, MUSIC 234, PHIL 118, PSCI 238 and 258, RLGST 211, SOC 275.