Program: Asian Studies Minor - Loyola University Maryland

2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue

Apr 01, 2025

Contact: Jinghua Wangling, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Office: Maryland Hall, Room 448
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. Such studies contribute to a global awareness and more informed perspective of both Asia and other parts of the world.

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: