Asian Studies, B.A.

General Education (42 Credit Hours)

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Lower Division Major Requirements (Area F) (18 Credit Hours)

Major Requirements (21 Credit Hours)

Upper Division Asian Language Requirements (12 Credit Hours)

Note:  A student who demonstrates an intermediate oral and writing proficiency on the ACTFL scale in one of the following languages meet the language requirement for the B.A. in Asian Studies:  Cambodian, Cantonese, Chinese, Hindi, Hmong, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Punjabi, Lao, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, or Vietnamese.  A student who meets the Asian language requirement has two options:

1. Learn a second Asian language offered at KSU: Chinese, Japanese, or Korean; or
2. Replace the 12-credit hours of Asian language requirement with any four courses from the Asian Studies Concentrations. It is suggested that students take a 2nd Asian Studies Concentration (a collection of four courses, 12 credit hours).

Asian Studies Concentrations (21 Credit Hours)

Choose four courses in one concentration, and one course from EACH of the other three concentrations for a total of seven (7) courses and 21 credit hours.

TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Concentration

Free Electives (6 Credit Hours)

Any courses in the university curriculum.

Program Total (120 Credit Hours)

^** This course is offered online.

^*** This course is available for students of other concentrations.

University-Wide Degree Requirements (3 Credit Hours)

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Graduation Credit Hour Total (123 Credit Hours)