Asian Studies Minor

Contact: Jinghua Wangling, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Office: Maryland Hall, Room 463
Telephone: 410‑617‑2795

This program allows students in any major to declare a minor devoted to Asian studies. In the Asian studies minor, students learn how different disciplines bring their methodologies to bear on the study of Asia. One by-product is a better understanding of the West as well.

Requirements for the Minor (18 credits)

Requirements for the minor (18 credits) consist of six electives. The following restrictions apply:

at least two courses should be taken at the 300 level or above;
no more than two courses may be counted from one discipline (e.g., history, political science);
no more than two courses may be counted in language;
no more than three courses from any department containing more than one discipline may be counted toward the minor;
no more than three courses from a study abroad program may be counted toward the minor.

Electives

The following courses at Loyola, as well as Japanese language courses at Johns Hopkins University count toward the minor: