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INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: ASIA
ACADEMIC CERTIFICATE: 6210
41 credits


Description:

The Academic Certificate in International Studies: Asia is designed to provide 1) a foundation in general education courses relevant to international studies; 2) a specialization in international education for teaching faculty; 3) a foundation in Asian studies courses for people in government agencies or in local businesses and industries with international interests in Asia; and 4) a wide offering of Asian studies courses for more meaningful experiences for international travelers.

Program Prerequisites: 3 Credits

ENG101 First Year Composition (3)

Academic Core: 15 Credits
Note: Students must complete the following courses

Humanities and Fine Arts: 6 Credits
Humanities: 3 Credits

HUM250 Ideas and Values in the Humanities—to the Renaissance (3)

History/Philosophy/Religion: 3 Credits

HIS243 World Religions (3) OR
PHI243 World Religions (3) OR
REL243 World Religions (3)

Social & Behavioral Sciences: 9 Credits

Anthropology:

ASB102 Intro. to Cultural and Social Anthropology (3)

Geography:

GCU121 World Regional Geography Eastern Hemisphere (3)
GCU122 World Regional Geography Western Hemisphere (3)

Academic Specialization: 20 Credits

Note: Students must select and complete a total of 20 credits from the following list of courses with no more than 6 credits from a single discipline as indicated by prefix. Students may select a maximum of 10 language credits from either CHI or a maximum of 10 language credits from JPN.

Anthropology:

ASB222 Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: Old World (3)

Art History:

ARH118 Introduction to Chinese Art (3)
ARH201 Art of Asia (3)

Chinese:
Note: Students may select a maximum of 10 credits from the following CHI courses listed. CHI credits may not be combined with JPN credits.

CHI101 Elementary Chinese (Mandarin) I (5)
CHI102 Elementary Chinese (Mandarin) II (5)
CHI201 Intermediate Chinese I (5)
CHI202 Intermediate Chinese II (5)

History:

HIS113 History of Eastern Civilizations to 1850 (3)
HIS114 History of Eastern Civilizations 1850 to Present (3)
HIS271 History of the Far East to 1900 (3)
HIS272 History of the Far East 1900 to Present (3)
HIS273 US Experience in Viet Nam (3)

Humanities:

HUM211AA Foreign Films: Classics (3)
HUM211AB Foreign Films: Japanese (3)
HUM261 Asian Ideas and Values (3)

Japanese:
Note: Students may select a maximum of 10 credits from the following JPN courses. JPN credits may not be combined with CHI credits.

JPN101 Elementary Japanese I (5)
JPN102 Elementary Japanese II (5)
JPN201 Intermediate Japanese I (5)
JPN202 Intermediate Japanese II (5)

Philosophy:

PHI245 Introduction to Eastern Philosophy (3)

Religion:

REL202 Classics of Asian Religions (3)

Restricted Electives: 6 Credits

Note: Students must select and complete 6 credits from any of the following prefixes or, with prior approval from the program director or designee, 6 credits may be substituted from the Academic Specialization area.

Anthropology

ASB211 Women in Other Cultures (3)
ASB214 Magic, Witchcraft, and Healing: An Introduction to Comparative Religion (3)
ASB276 Nature of Language (3)
ASM104 Introduction to Biological Anthropology (4)

Art History:

ARH101 Pre-historic through Gothic Art (3)
ARH102 Renaissance through Contemporary Art (3)

Communication:

COM263 Intercultural Communication (3)

Economics:

ECN212 The World Economy (3)
ECN250 World Economic Systems (3)

English Humanities:

ENH201 World Literature through the Renaissance (3)
ENH202 World Literature after the Renaissance (3)

Geography:

GCU102 Introduction to Human Geography (3)
GPH111 Introduction to Physical Geography (4)

History:

HIS110 World History to 1500 (3)
HIS111 World History 1500 to the Present (3)

Humanities:

HUM205 Introduction to Cinema (3)
HUM211AD Foreign Films: Third World (3)
HUM251 Ideas and Values in the Humanities—Renaissance to the Modern Era (3)

Music Humanities & Literature:

MHL143 Music in World Cultures (3)

Philosophy:

PHI104 World Philosophy (3)

Political Science:

POS120 World Politics (3)
POS125 Issues in World Politics (3)
POS140 Comparative Government (3)
POS180 United Nations Studies (3)

Psychology:

PSY132 Psychology and Culture (3)

Sociology:

SOC101 Introduction to Sociology (3)
SOC250 Comparative Human Institutions (3)

Last updated: January 27, 2005
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Questions and comments to Michele Marion at michele.marion@pvmail.maricopa.edu