Concentration
Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary concentration that can be taken as a complement to any major. The concentration requires six Asian studies courses. Of these six courses, three may be selected from language courses; the other three must be selected from non-language courses. The concentration further requires that two of the non-language courses must be 200-level courses and one must include a significant research component. Students concentrating in Asian Studies are encouraged, though not required, to take at least one year of Chinese or Japanese language, and to study one year abroad in Asia.
Through Clarkâs Study Abroad Office, students may apply to enroll at Kansai Gaidai University near Osaka, Japan, or at the CET program in Beijing, for language and other courses on Japan or China. Students may spend one year or one semester at Kansai Gaidai which requires at least one year of Japanese language prior to study in Japan. The CET program in Beijing is available for one semester each year in the spring term.
Enrollment in the CET program requires at least three semesters of Chinese language study prior to enrollment in China. Clark offers Chinese and Japanese language courses at the beginning and intermediate levels, and advanced Japanese as well. Through the Colleges of Worcester Consortium, students may also take advanced Chinese and other Asia-related courses at the College of the Holy Cross.
Students who concentrate in Asian Studies are also encouraged to take courses from the following list of related courses:
GEOG 127: Political Economy of Third World Underdevelopment;
GEOG 184: Landscapes of the Middle East;
GOVT 117: Revolution and Political Violence;
GOVT 261: Women and Militarization in a Comparative Politics Perspective;
ID 125: Development Problems; and (depending on the topic)
HIST 291: Seminar in Advanced Topics in International Relations.
Although these courses do not carry Asian Studies credit, they deal with Asia and therefore supplement the list of regular Asian Studies courses that are listed in the academic catalog.
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Academic Catalog & Requirements
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Nanjing Garden, Nanjing, China
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Additional Resources
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Chan Temple in Hangzhou, China
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