Asian Studies

Roman Cybriwsky, Program Director

335 Gladfelter Hall

215-204-7664

romancyb@temple.edu

Monte Hull, Faculty Advisor
630 Anderson Hall

215-204-7711
monte.hull@temple.edu

asianst@temple.edu
www.temple.edu/asian_studies

Asian Studies draws on the resources of many departments to provide a comprehensive program of study on Asia (especially East Asia). Majors may concentrate on a geographic area, field, or theme(s). By combining language with the study of politics, history, society, art, religion and philosophy, and literature, each student can construct a major tailored to individual interests.

Temple's campus in Japan can provide students experience abroad while taking their coursework. The East West Club offers lectures, films, and career development programs, as well as fun and fellowship through extracurricular activities.

The curriculum gives students a foundation for living or working in Asia, or continuing their studies through developing a knowledge base, cross-cultural sensitivity, analytic thinking, and communication and writing skills in English and an Asian language. After graduation, students find employment in private firms, nonprofit organizations, or educational institutions. Some enter graduate programs in law, business, or academic fields, including Asian Studies.

The Asian Studies program will assist students in:

• understanding the broad foundations of at least one major Asian culture, including the history, culture, and socio-economic-political organization,
• recognizing the utility of different humanistic and social science disciplines in understanding a culture,
• understanding the distinction between theory and data and the links between the two components while drawing generalizations from actual social experience,
• recognizing the way language serves as a foundation of culture,
• understanding the issues and requirements of cross-cultural communication, and
• taking more initiative in educating themselves, to make analytical generalizations, to make ethical choices, and to feel confident in these and other exercises of personal responsibility.

Requirements for the Major

All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses. The specific writing-intensive courses required for this major are listed above and are identified by "WI" in the RCI column.

Distinction in Asian Studies Major

Asian Studies majors may graduate with distinction in the major if they have a GPA of at least 3.5 in the major and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

Requirements for the minor

Asian Business & Society Certificate

* The language requirement may also be satisfied by examination of oral/aural and reading skills in any Asian language approved by the Asian Studies head advisor.

** The country of the Asian Studies Country Elective and the Asian Studies Writing-Intensive Elective must match the country of the language studied. For example, if the language requirement is met with Chinese, then courses on China must be chosen for both the Country and Writing-Intensive Electives.

Asian American Studies - Minor

This interdisciplinary minor focuses on Asian American history, culture, and contemporary issues as well as their Asian roots and American context. The Asian American Minor is six courses (18 s.h.), four in Asian American Studies, one in American Studies, and one Asian Studies course under an Asian Studies or cross-listed number, as distributed below. In lieu of taking regular academic courses, students can earn credits through fieldwork and independent study under a professor's guidance. This minor is a useful credential for majors in education, journalism and communication, social administration, health science, social science, humanities, history, pre-law studies, and business fields such as personnel and marketing.

Suggested Semester-by-Semester plans

Requirements for New Freshman Students starting in the 2009-2010 Academic Year

Requirements for New Transfer Students starting in the 2009-2010 Academic Year