Global and Regional Studies: East Asia Concentration, BA

Language Study

The interdisciplinary and language courses taken by students will prepare them for critically engaged learning experience.

For the major, students must reach the equivalent of intermediate level proficiency (appropriate to the region if selected). Language study should correspond with the country where students wish to spend their study abroad.  Students can meet the requirement by taking and successfully passing a proficiency exam or taking and successfully passing one of the following courses:

• FREN 201 - Intermediate French
• JAPAN 201 - Intermediate Japanese
• ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian
• SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish

• Students who place into a higher level of language can fulfill this requirement by taking an appropriate language course.

Lower Division

The following lower-division course is required for all GRS majors

• GRS 101 - Introduction to Global & Regional Studies

Lower Division Elective

Take two from the following lower division courses: 

• ANTH 101 - Intro to Social & Cultural Anthropology
• ECON 102 - Macroeconomic Principles and Applications
• ECON 201 - Macroeconomic Principles and Applications

• Note: Only one of ECON 102 or 201 may be used

• HIST 111 - Global History to 1500
• HIST 112 - Global History Since 1500

• Note: Only one of HIST 111 or 112 may be used

• POL 102 - Introduction to Comparative Politics

Upper Division

All GRS majors take the following UD courses:

• GRS 301 - Cultural Geography & Global Societies
• GRS 305 - Interdisciplinary Issues in Global Studies
• GRS 306 - Global Perspectives on Literature & Art
• GRS 496 - Senior Research Capstone

Specialization: East Asia

Within their concentration students take three courses covering the region selected, from three of the four interdisciplinary areas: History, Anthropology, Politics, and Literature and Art. Students MUST take 8 upper-division units within the concentration.