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Suggested Arrangement of Courses, Asian Studies (BA)

RequirementsHours
1st Semester
Foreign Language CHI/KOR/JPN (General Education)6
Visual and Performing Arts (Core) 0503
RHE 306Rhetoric and Writing3
UGS 302First-Year Signature Course (Core) 0903
or UGS 303 First-Year Signature Course
2nd Semester
Foreign Language CHI/KOR/JPN (General Education)6
ANS 302CIntroduction to China (Major)3
Mathematics (Core) 0203
Social and Behavioral Sciences (Core) 0803
3rd Semester
Foreign Language CHI/KOR/JPN (General Education)6
E 316LBritish Literature (Core) 0403
or E 316M American Literature
or E 316N World Literature
or E 316P Masterworks of Literature
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core) 0303
GOV 310LAmerican and Texas Government (Core) 0703
4th Semester
Lower-division ANS/East Asia course (Major)3
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core) 0303
GOV 312LIssues and Policies in American Government (Core) 0703
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
5th Semester
Upper-division ANS/South Asia course (Major)3
Upper-division ANS/East Asia course (Major)3
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (Core) 0933
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
6th Semester
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
Upper-division ANS/East Asia course (Major)3
Upper-division ANS/East Asia course (Major)3
Social Science course (General Education)3
Free elective (Elective)3
7th Semester
Upper-division ANS/East Asia course (Major)3
ANS 379Topics in Capstone Seminars in Asian Studies (Major)3
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
Free elective (Elective)3
Free elective (Elective)3
8th Semester
Upper-division ANS/East Asia course (Major)3
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
Free elective (Elective)9
Total Hours120

Four-year degree suggestion (for planning purposes only). 

Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor.

Course categories: Core, General Education, Major, Elective, Opportunity

Core Component Areas010 Communication; 020 Mathematics; 030 Natural Science and Technology, Part I; 040 Humanities; 050 Visual and Performing Arts; 060 U.S. History; 070 American and Texas Government; 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences; 090 First-Year Signature Course; 093 Natural Science and Technology, Part II

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