Major Requirements

East Asian Studies Major Requirements

East Asian Studies is a strong and vibrant program at UC Davis. Our faculty research and teach across the disciplines from the Humanities and Social Sciences to the various other sciences. Disciplines include Anthropology, Art History, Agriculture and Plant Sciences, Geology, History, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Literature, Nutrition and more.

REQUIREMENTS

Lower Division:

RequirementsLower Division Courses
Choose 2 from:History: HIS 9A, HIS 9B, or HIS 9C (cross-listed as EAS 88)
Choose 1 from:Art History: AHI 1D
Chinese: CHN 7, CHN 10, CHN 11
Comparative Literature: COM 53A
East Asian Studies: EAS 88
Japanese: JPN 10, JPN 25, JPN 50
Religious Studies: RST 75
Choose 2 from:Chinese: CHN 1 and CHN 2
Japanese: JPN 1 and JPN 2
Or the equivalent of Chinese, Japanese, or other East Asian Language study.

 

Upper Division:

  • Depth Subject Matter Requirement - Choose 24 units from:

  • ANTHROPOLOGY 

    ANT 134 - Buddhism in Global Culture
    ANT 137 - Meditation and Culture
    ANT 143A - Ethnology of Southeast Asia
    ANT 148A - Culture and Political Economy in Contemporary China

    ART HISTORY

    AHI 157: Buddhist Art (Same as RST 171)
    AHI 163A - Early Chinese Art
    AHI 163B - Chinese Painting
    AHI 163C - Early Modern Chinese Painting 
    AHI 163D: Art from China 1900 to the Present 
    AHI 164 - The Arts of Japan 
    AHI 190F - Undergraduate Seminar in Art History: Chinese 
    AHI 190G - Undergraduate Seminar in Art History: Japanese 

    CHINESE

    CHN 100A - Chinese Intellectual Traditions: Daoist Traditions 
    CHN 100B - Confucian Traditions 
    CHN 101 - Chinese Film 
    CHN 102 - Chinese American Literature (In English) 
    CHN 103 - Modern Chinese Drama 
    CHN 104 - Modern Chinese Fiction (in English)
    CHN 105 - Western Influences on Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature (in English)
    CHN 106 - Chinese Poetry (in English) 
    CHN 107 - Traditional Chinese Fiction (in English) 
    CHN 108 - Poetry of China and Japan (in English) 
    CHN 109A - Topics in Chinese Literature; Crime and Punishment 
    CHN 109C - Topics in Chinese Literature; Women Writers (in English) 
    CHN 109D - Topics in Chinese Literature; The Knight-Errant (in English) 
    CHN 109E - Topics in Chinese Literature; The City in Fiction (in English)
    CHN 109G - Topics in Chinese Literature; The Literature of Twentieth-Century Taiwan (in English) 
    CHN 109H - Topics in Chinese Literature; Popular Literature (in English) 
    CHN 109I - Topics in Chinese Literature; Scholar & The Courtesan (in English) 
    CHN 110: Great Writers of China: Texts & Context (in English) 

    COMMUNITY & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

    CRD 153A - International Community Development: Asia

    COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

    COM 110 - Hong Kong Cinema
    COM 112: Japanese Cinema
    COM 153 - The Forms of Asian Literature

    DESIGN 

    DES 142A - World Textiles: Eastern Hemisphere

    DRAMATIC ART

    DRA 144A - Introduction to Traditional Chinese Embodied Culture 
    DRA 144B - Traditional Chinese Physical Culture 
    DRA 144C - Daoist Philosophy in Traditional Chinese Movement Culture 
    DRA 154 - Asian Theatre and Drama: Contexts and Forms 

    EAST ASIAN STUDIES

    EAS 113 - Cinema and Society in China
    EAS 190 - East Asian Studies Seminar

    ECONOMICS

    ECN 171 - Economy of East Asia

    HISTORY

    HIS 102G - Undergraduate Proseminar in History; China to 1800 
    HIS 102H - Undergraduate Proseminar in History; China Since 1800 
    HIS 102N - Undergraduate Proseminar in History; Japan 
    HIS 191A - Classical China 
    HIS 191B - High Imperial China 
    HIS 191C - Late Imperial China 
    HIS 191D - Nineteenth Century China: The Empire Confronts the West 
    HIS 191E - The Chinese Revolution 
    HIS 191F - History of the People's Republic of China 
    HIS 191G - Special Topics in Chinese History to 1800 
    HIS 191H - Special Topics in Chinese History after 1800 
    HIS 191J - Sex and Society in Modern Chinese History 
    HIS 194A - Aristocratic and Feudal Japan
    HIS 194B - Early Modern Japan 
    HIS 194C - Modern Japan
    HIS 194D - Business and Labor in Modern Japan 
    HIS 194E - Education and Technology in Modern Japan 
    HIS 195B - History of Modern Korea 
    HIS 195C: A History of Vietnam

    JAPANESE

    JPN 101 - Japanese Literature in Translation: The Early Period 
    JPN 102 - Japanese Literature in Translation: The Middle Period 
    JPN 103 - Japanese Literature in Translation: The Modern Period 
    JPN 104 - Modern Japanese Literature: War and Revolution 
    JPN 105 - Modern Japanese Literature: Hero and Anti-hero 
    JPN 106 - Japanese Culture Through Film 
    JPN 107 - Modern Japanese Autobiographies (in English) 
    JPN 108 - Poetry of China and Japan (in English) 
    JPN 109 - Japanese Popular Culture 
    JPN 152 - Traditional Japanese Drama 
    JPN 153: Love, Sexuality & the Family in Modern Japanese Literature 
    JPN 154: Tourism & Heritage in Japan 
    JPN 155: Introduction to Japanese Folklore 
    JPN 156 -Japanese Literature on Film 
    JPN 157 -Japanese Women Writers 
    JPN 158: The Supernatural in Japan 
    JPN 159: The “Other” in Modern Japanese Literature & Culture 
    JPN 160: The Culture of Japanese Food 
    JPN 162: Japan Travelogue: Ethnographic Writing on Japanese Culture & People 
    JPN 165: Sexuality & Love in Premodern Japanese Literature

    MUSIC

    MUS 129C - Musics of East & Southeast Asia

    POLITICAL SCIENCE

    POL 148B - Government and Politics in East Asia: Japan

    RELIGIOUS STUDIES

    RST 165 - Islam in Asia 
    RST 170 - Buddhism 
    RST 172 - Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism 
    RST 175A - Chinese Intellectual Traditions: Daoist Traditions

    SOCIOLOGY

    SOC 145A: Sociology of Third World Development 
    SOC 147 - Sociological Perspectives on East Asia 
    SOC 188 - Markets, Culture and Inequality in China

  • Elective Requirements - Choose 16 units from:
  • - Any EAS special course (approved courses: EAS 190, 192, 194H, 196A-B, 198—maximum 12 units from this list);
    - Any CHN or JPN upper division course;
    - Any Depth Subject Matter course;
    - Any upper division EAP course focusing on East Asia or Southeast Asia.
  • Pathway: Religion and Culture - Choose 24 units from: 


  • *Six Classes to fulfill the EAS breadth requirement.

    Upper division undergraduate seminars that align with a pathway's thematic focus may be counted toward fulfillment of that pathway's requirements.


    AHI/RST 171 - Buddhist Art
    AHI 163A - Early Chinese Art
    AHI 163B - Chinese Painting
    AHI 163C - Early Modern Chinese Painting
    AHI 163D - Art from China 1900 to the Present
    AHI 164 - The Arts of Japan
    AHI 190F - Undergraduate Seminar in Art History: Chinese
    AHI 190G - Undergraduate Seminar in Art History: Japanese
    ANT 134 - Buddhism in Global Culture
    ANT 137 - Meditation and Culture
    CHN 100B - Confucian Traditions
    CHN 101 - Chinese Film
    CHN 107 - Traditional Chinese Fiction (in English)
    CHN 104 - Modern Chinese Fiction (in English)
    CHN 106 - Chinese Poetry (in English)
    CHN 105 - Western Influences on 20th-Century Chinese Literature (in English)
    CHN 103 - Modern Chinese Drama
    CHN/JPN 108 - Poetry of China and Japan (in English)
    CHN 109A - Topics in Chinese Literature: Crime and Punishment
    CHN 109C - Topics in Chinese Literature: Women Writers
    CHN 109D - Topics in Chinese Literature: The Knight Errant (in English)
    CHN 109E - Topics in Chinese Literature: The City in Fiction (in English)
    CHN 109G - Topics in Chinese Literature: The Literature of 20th Century Taiwan (in English)
    CHN 109I - Topics in Chinese Literature: Scholar and The Courtesan (in English)
    CHN 110 - Great Writers of China: Texts and Context (in English)
    COM 153 - The Forms of Asian Literature
    COM 110 - Hong Kong Cinema
    COM/JPN 112/164 - Japanese Cinema
    DES 142A - World Textiles: Eastern Hemisphere
    DRA 144A - Introduction to Traditional Chinese Embodied Culture
    DRA 144B - Traditional Chinese Physical Culture
    DRA 144C - Daoist Philosophy in Traditional Chinese Movement Culture
    DRA 154 - Asian Theatre & Drama: Contexts & Forms
    HIS 194C - Modern Japan
    HIS 194D- Business and Labor in Modern Japan
    HIS 195B - History of Modern Korea
    JPN 101 - Japanese Literature in Translation: The Early Period
    JPN 102 - Japanese Literature in Translation: The Middle Period
    JPN 103 - Japanese Literature in Translation: The Modern Period
    JPN 104 - Modern Japanese Literature: War & Revolution
    JPN 105 - Modern Japanese Literature: Hero & Anti-Hero
    JPN 106 - Japanese Culture Through Film
    JPN 107 - Modern Japanese Autobiographies (in English)
    JPN 109 - Japanese Popular Culture
    JPN 152 - Traditional Japanese Drama
    JPN 153 - Love, Sexuality & the Family in Modern Japanese Literature
    JPN 154 - Tourism & Heritage in Japan
    JPN 155 - Introduction to Japanese Folklore
    JPN/CTS 156/148B - Japanese Literature on Film
    JPN 157 - Japanese Women Writers
    JPN 158 - The Supernatural in Japan
    JPN 159 - The “Other” in Modern Japanese Literature & Culture
    JPN 160 - The Culture of Japanese Food
    JPN 162 - Japan Travelogue: Ethnographic Writing on Japanese Culture & People
    JPN 165 - Sexuality & Love in Premodern Japanese Literature
    MUS 129C - Musics of East & Southeast Asia
    RST 165 - Islam in Asia
    RST 170 - Buddhism
    RST 172 - Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism
    RST/CHN 175A/100A - Chinese Intellectual Traditions: Daoist Traditions

  • Pathway: History, Society and Inequality - Choose 24 units from:

  • *Six classes to fulfill the EAS breadth requirement.

    Upper division undergraduate seminars that align with a pathway's thematic focus may be counted toward fulfillment of that pathway's requirements.

    ANT 143A - Ethnology of Southeast Asia
    ANT 148A - Culture and Political Economy in Contemporary China
    COM 153 - The Forms of Asian Literature
    EAS 113 - Cinema and Society in China
    ECN 171 - Economy of East Asia
    HIS 191D - Nineteenth Century China: The Empire Confronts the West
    HIS 191E - The Chinese Revolution
    HIS 191F - History of the People’s Republic of China
    HIS 191J - Sex and Society in Modern Chinese History
    HIS 194C - Modern Japan
    HIS 194D - Business and Labor in Modern Japan
    HIS 195B - History of Modern Korea
    HIS 195C - A History of Vietnam
    POL 148A - Government & Politics of East Asia: China
    POL 148B - Government and Politics in East Asia: Japan
    POL 148C - Government & Politics in East Asia: Southeast Asia
    SOC 145A - Sociology of Third World Development
    SOC 147 - Sociological Perspectives on East Asia
    SOC 188 - Markets, Culture and Inequality in China

    EAS elective requirements

  • Pathway: Art and Literature - Choose 24 units from:

  • *Six classes to fulfill the EAS breadth requirement.

    Upper division undergraduate seminars that align with a pathway's thematic focus may be counted towards fulfillment of that pathway's requirements. 


    AHI/RST 171 - Buddhist Art
    AHI 163A - Early Chinese Art
    AHI 163B - Chinese Painting
    AHI 163C - Early Modern Chinese Painting
    AHI 163D - Art from China 1900 to the Present
    AHI 164 - The Arts of Japan
    AHI 190F - Undergraduate Seminar in Art History: Chinese
    AHI 190G - Undergraduate Seminar in Art History: Japanese
    CHN 101 - Chinese Film
    CHN 107 - Traditional Chinese Fiction (in English)
    CHN 104 - Modern Chinese Fiction (in English)
    CHN 106 - Chinese Poetry (in English)
    CHN 105 - Western Influences on 20th-Century Chinese Literature (in English)
    CHN 103 - Modern Chinese Drama
    CHN/JPN 108 - Poetry of China and Japan (in English)
    CHN 109A - Topics in Chinese Literature: Crime and Punishment
    CHN 109C - Topics in Chinese Literature: Women Writers
    CHN 109D - Topics in Chinese Literature: The Knight Errant (in English)
    CHN 109E - Topics in Chinese Literature: The City in Fiction (in English)
    CHN 109G - Topics in Chinese Literature: The Literature of 20th Century Taiwan (in English)
    CHN 109I - Topics in Chinese Literature: Scholar and The Courtesan (in English)
    CHN 110 - Great Writers of China: Texts and Context (in English)
    COM 153 - The Forms of Asian Literature
    COM 110 - Hong Kong Cinema
    COM/JPN 112/164 - Japanese Cinema
    DES 142A - World Textiles: Eastern Hemisphere
    DRA 144A - Introduction to Traditional Chinese Embodied Culture
    DRA 144B - Traditional Chinese Physical Culture
    DRA 144C - Daoist Philosophy in Traditional Chinese Movement Culture
    DRA 154 - Asian Theatre & Drama: Contexts & Forms
    JPN 101 - Japanese Literature in Translation: The Early Period
    JPN 102 - Japanese Literature in Translation: The Middle Period
    JPN 103 - Japanese Literature in Translation: The Modern Period
    JPN 104 - Modern Japanese Literature: War & Revolution
    JPN 105 - Modern Japanese Literature: Hero & Anti-Hero
    JPN 106 - Japanese Culture Through Film
    JPN 107 - Modern Japanese Autobiographies (in English)
    JPN 109 - Japanese Popular Culture
    JPN 152 - Traditional Japanese Drama
    JPN 153 - Love, Sexuality & the Family in Modern Japanese Literature
    JPN 155 - Introduction to Japanese Folklore
    JPN/CTS 156/148B - Japanese Literature on Film
    JPN 157 - Japanese Women Writers
    JPN 158 - The Supernatural in Japan
    JPN 159 - The “Other” in Modern Japanese Literature & Culture
    JPN 160 - The Culture of Japanese Food
    JPN 162 - Japan Travelogue: Ethnographic Writing on Japanese Culture & People
    JPN 165 - Sexuality & Love in Premodern Japanese Literature
    MUS 129C - Musics of East & Southeast Asia
    RST 165 - Islam in Asia
    RST 170 - Buddhism
    RST 172 - Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism
    RST/CHN 175A/100A - Chinese Intellectual Traditions: Daoist Traditions