Bachelor of Arts
Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts
Requirements for the lower division are: EALC 110 and EASC 150 or the equivalent; a minimum of four courses in one East Asian language (or the proficiency equivalent); and seven upper division courses approved for the major in addition to the language courses used to meet the requirements. One lower division course other than EALC 110 and EASC 150 may be substituted for one of the seven upper division courses. Upper division courses must include those from at least three departments, one of which must be History. At least one course must be taken on two of the following: China, Japan or Korea.
Journalism/East Asian Area Studies Combined Major
Students admitted to the School of Journalism may elect to follow a combined Journalism/East Asian Area Studies major. The major consists of eight journalism classes, six East Asian classes and four semesters of an East Asian language. General education requirements for the Division of Social Sciences and Communication will be followed.
The required journalism classes are JOUR 201, 205, 307 and 462; plus one course chosen from among 400, 435, 440, 441, 443, 447, 448 or 474; plus one upper-division journalism elective.
The East Asian requirements are a choice of either EASC 150 or EALC 110; five upper division classes in East Asian Studies (one of which must be from the History Department); and a fourth semester of an East Asian language. (The first three semesters of East Asian language study satisfy the university's language requirement.)
Students meeting the School of Journalism graduation requirements will be awarded a B.A. degree in Journalism/East Asian Area Studies.
Requirements for the Minor in East Asian Area Studies
The minor in East Asian Area Studies gives students the opportunity to supplement more narrowly defined departmental majors with a multi-disciplinary focus on an area of increasingly great importance to our nation in general and our region in particular. It further provides a way to organize general education requirements and electives in a coherent package which, when completed, allows the student to demonstrate achieved competence in the study of East Asia. There is no language requirement.
Twenty-four units are required from among the more than 120 courses offered on East Asia at the university. Students are required to take EALC 110 and EASC 150; and at least four upper-division four-unit courses (16 units). At least one of these courses must be from the History Department and one from the humanities area. At least one course must be taken on two of the following: China, Japan or Korea.
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