East Asian Studies

History Department
201 Humanities
(831) 459-2982
http://history.ucsc.edu

Program Description

Students interested in pursuing an education in East Asian studies at UCSC may select from among the following programs:

• A minor in Chinese or Japanese Studies, with a major in any discipline in any division. The student is expected to acquire a speaking and reading ability in Chinese or Japanese sufficient to pursue advanced studies in China or Japan and use Chinese or Japanese source material for research. A student who wishes to complete the East Asian Studies program should enroll in beginning Chinese or Japanese no later than the sophomore year. Students seeking further information about the minor should contact the History Department office, located at 201 Humanities. Requirements for the minor are outlined below.
• A major or minor in the Chinese or Japanese concentration of Language Studies.  Requirements for this are found at the Language Studies website. Requirements for this major are found under Language Studies in the catalog.
• An individual major in East Asian Studies is another option. Currently, this option is only available in Chinese studies. Students may pursue intensive study in Chinese language and accompanying courses, including study abroad, to gain a broad social, political and cultural understanding of China. Students interested should contact either the Language Program or their college advising office.

Requirements for the Minor

Language. Nine courses of Chinese or Japanese language, two of which must be upper division.

Required courses. History 40 - The Making of Modern East Asia (East Asian studies core course).

Three additional upper-division courses in the chosen area of China or Japan, one of which may be an individual study (course 199). These three courses must be in fields outside the student's major.

The following are among the courses that meet the upper division requirement.  (Check the Schedule of Classes or consult with the program coordinator for courses added during the academic year that meet the requirement.)

Chinese Studies

Chinese, all upper-division courses

History 140 A-B-C-D, History of China

History 141A, Classical Chinese Culture and Literature,
Tenth-Century  b.c.e.through Sixth-Century c.e.

History 141B, Classical Chinese Culture and Literature,
Sixth Century c.e. through Sixteenth Century

History 194N,Comparative Studies in Modern Asian History

History of Art and Visual Culture 114, Buddhist Visual Worlds

History of Art and Visual Culture 121C, Later Chinese History

History of Art and Visual Culture190D, The World of the Lotus Sutra

History of Art and Visual Culture190G, Word and Image in Chinese Culture

World Literature and Cultural Studies 123, The 1960's

Feminist Studies 154 Revolutionary Tales: Women in Modern China

Japanese Studies

History 150A, Ancient Japan

History 150B, Tokugawa Japan

History 150C, Modern Japan

History 194N, Comparative Studies in Modern Asian History

Study Abroad

Study abroad, though not a requirement, is strongly encouraged.  At present there are UC Education Abroad programs in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.  For more information on the program, see UC Education Abroad Program.

Students may apply to the Volunteers in Asia program to teach English in China; contact the Kresge College office for information on this program.

Faculty

More information can be obtained from faculty involved in the program:  Dilip K. Basu (History), Raoul Birnbaum (History of Art and Visual Culture), Nancy Chen (Anthropology), Alan S. Christy (History), Christopher Connery (Literature), Sakae Fujita (Language Program), K. C. Fung (Economics), John Hay (History of Art and Visual Culture), Gail B. Hershatter (History), Emily Honig (Feminist Studies and History), Junko Ito (Linguistics), Earl Jackson, Jr. (Literature), David Keenan (Language Program), Jacqueline Ku (Language Program), Bruce D. Larkin (Politics), Lisa Rofel (Anthropology), Neferti Tadiar (History of Consciousness), Dana Y. Takagi (Sociology), Alice Yang Murray (History).