Asia plays a critical role in contemporary global affairs. Given its strategic significance and growing economic and political power, there is increasing demand in both the public and private sectors for employees with a background in Asian studies.
Students pursuing SLU's minor in Asian studies examine the language, economics, history and politics of the continent. The Asian studies minor is a 21-hour multidisciplinary program open to all majors and is offered through SLU's Department of Political Science.
You will be required to take nine credit hours of an Asian language and 12 credit hours of electives — which can include political science, history, English, theology and international business courses.
Asian language requirement (9 credit hours):
Students who demonstrate proficiency in an Asian language without formal language course credits are exempt from the nine hour language requirement, but will be required to take 15 hours from the list of electives below (one elective beyond the usual 12 hours). Proficiency in an Asian language is demonstrated via one of the standards outlined in the College of Arts and Sciences Policy for Proof of Foreign Language Proficiency. Other Asian languages may be substituted through coursework elsewhere.
Elective courses (12 credit hours):
Substitutions may be made with written approval of the program director based on criteria of a SLU-equivalent academic substance and of a 50 percent Asian content to the course. One of the 3 hour electives must be a 3000 or 4000-level course (Asian language courses are excluded). To insure some multidisciplinary breadth, students are encouraged to take their elective credits in three of the five different disciplines included above (English, international business, history, political science, and theology).
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