University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Provided Programs&Courses

Undergraduate

1. Program (Korea-related degree offered) : Asian Studies Minor
   • Programs Remarks - This interdisciplinary minor has two tracks. Students should pick one track as their emphasis. The minor complements a variety of majors and career objectives. It provides a multidisciplinary perspective on one of the fastest growing regions in the world today. Students have combined this minor with various majors including General Business International Emphasis, Management Computer Systems, Art, Communication, English, History, Political Science, Geography and Social Work. A minimum 2.25 GPA is required in minor courses.
   1. Korea-related Courses : HISTRY/ASIANSTD 130 THE EAST ASIAN TRADITION
      • Courses Remarks - An introduction to the intellectual, social, and political traditions of China and Japan up to about 1800. The course will analyze the Confucian tradition, Chinese administrative systems, and the dynastic cycle. Japanese cultural and political development will also be discussed.
   2. Korea-related Courses : HISTRY/ASIANSTD 131 EAST ASIA SINCE 1800
      • Courses Remarks - A survey of China and Japan in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries centering on the process of modernization in both of these countries.
   3. Korea-related Courses : GEOGRPY/ASIANSTD 364 GEOGRAPHY OF EAST ASIA
      • Courses Remarks - A study of contemporary and historical interrelationships between the natural envirnoment and economic, political and cultural activities in East Asia. Countries studied include: China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Japan, and North and South Korea.