Global Asian Studies, BA (Boston)

Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston128 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source

Official catalog page for this program

BA Language Requirements

12 semester hours.

From the catalog
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.

Required Courses

One of:
- ASNS 1150 — East Asian Studies
- HIST 1150 — East Asian Studies
One of:
- HIST 1215 — Origins of Today: Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues
- HIST 2211 — The World Since 1945

Asia in Global Context

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- ASNS 2245 — Introduction to Asian American Studies
- ASNS 3485 — China: Governance and Foreign Policy
- ANTH 4350 — Ethnography of Southeast Asia
- ANTH 4410 — Economy and Culture in Asia
- ANTH 4515 — Culture and Politics in Modern India
- ECON 3290 — History of the Global Economy
- ENGL 2470 — Asian-American Literature
- HIST 2011 — Capitalism and Business: A Global History
- PHIL 1275 — Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
- PHIL 1290 — Chinese Philosophy and Religion
- PHIL 2395 — Japanese Buddhism
- POLS 3487 — Politics of Developing Nations
- SOCL 4526 — Afro-Asian Relations in the Americas

Capstone

ASNS 4900 — Asian Studies Capstone Directed Study

Elective Courses

From the catalog
Complete six courses from the following focus areas (choose at least three courses from one focus area):

Choose 24 semester hours from:
- History Focus Area
  - ARCH 2320 — Modern Chinese Architecture
  - ASNS 2245 — Introduction to Asian American Studies
  - HIST 1246 — World War II in the Pacific
  - HIST 1252 — Japanese Literature and Culture
  - One of:
    - HIST 1500 — Modern China
    - CLTR 1500 — Modern Chinese History and Culture
  - HIST 2011 — Capitalism and Business: A Global History
  - HIST 2308 — Law, Justice, and Society in Modern China
  - HIST 2351 — Modern Japan
  - HIST 2360 — History of Capitalism in East Asia
  - HIST 3330 — The Global Cold War
- Society and Politics Focus Area
  - ANTH 2305 — Global Markets and Local Culture
  - One of:
    - ANTH 4220 — South Asian Diasporas
    - ASNS 4220 — South Asian Diasporas
  - ANTH 4350 — Ethnography of Southeast Asia
  - ANTH 4515 — Culture and Politics in Modern India
  - ARCH 2310 — History of Chinese Architecture
  - ARCH 2320 — Modern Chinese Architecture
  - ECON 3290 — History of the Global Economy
  - INTB 2501 — Competing to Win in Emerging Markets
  - INTB 4983 — Special Topics in International Business
  - One of:
    - POLS 2290 — Asian American Politics
    - ASNS 2290 — Asian American Politics
  - POLS 2378 — Race and Ethnic Politics in the United States
  - POLS 3482 — East Asian Politics
  - POLS 3487 — Politics of Developing Nations
  - SOCL 4526 — Afro-Asian Relations in the Americas
- Language, Literature, and Culture Focus Area
  - ASNS 3100 — Asian American Cinemas
  - JPNS 1260 — Japanese Film
  - JPNS 1700 — Introduction to Japanese Pop Culture
  - KORE 1800 — Introduction to Korean Pop Culture
  - ENGL 2470 — Asian-American Literature
  - ENGL 3161 — 20th- and 21st-Century Literatures
- Religious Studies Focus Area
  - PHIL 1130 — Comparative Ethics
  - PHIL 1133 — Selling Spirituality
  - PHIL 1275 — Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
  - PHIL 1280 — Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates
  - PHIL 1290 — Chinese Philosophy and Religion
  - PHIL 2395 — Japanese Buddhism

Major Credit Requirement

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
The catalog states 56 semester hours in the major. 52 are enumerated above; this stands for the remaining 4.

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

ANTH 4220 ↔ ASNS 4220 (tier B)
ASNS 1150 ↔ HIST 1150 (tier B)
ASNS 2290 ↔ POLS 2290 (tier B)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under global-asian-studies-ba-boston, and the official page is the authority.