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Minor in Asian and Asian Diaspora Studies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Minor
CIP
05.0104
Total credits (published)
72
Credits (computed from items)
72
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
SOC
25-1062
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
166683
CourseShelf checklist
CK_166683_887e4e75
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Area I: Language 1

16 items
  1. Select from among the following:
    Not resolved to a course
    24
  2. 21G.103
    Chinese III (Regular)
    Not resolved to a course
  3. 21G.104
    Chinese IV (Regular)
    Not resolved to a course
  4. 21G.105
    Chinese V (Regular): Discovering Chinese Cultures and Societies
    Not resolved to a course
  5. 21G.106
    Chinese VI (Regular): Discovering Chinese Cultures and Societies
    Not resolved to a course
  6. 21G.109
    Chinese III (Streamlined)
    Not resolved to a course
  7. 21G.110
    Chinese IV (Streamlined)
    Not resolved to a course
  8. 21G.113
    Chinese V (Streamlined)
    Not resolved to a course
  9. 21G.120
    Business Chinese
    Not resolved to a course
  10. 21G.121
    Chinese for Professional Communications
    Not resolved to a course
  11. 21G.503
    Japanese III
    Not resolved to a course
  12. 21G.504
    Japanese IV
    Not resolved to a course
  13. 21G.515
    Japanese V (Hybrid)
    Not resolved to a course
  14. 21G.516
    Japanese VI (Hybrid)
    Not resolved to a course
  15. 21G.903
    Korean III
    Not resolved to a course
  16. 21G.904
    Korean IV
    Not resolved to a course

Two intermediate-level subjects in another Asian language 2

1 item
  1. Select four subjects from at least two of the following areas: 3
    Not resolved to a course
    48

Area II: Humanities and the Arts

0 items

    Select from among the following: 4

    23 items
    1. 21G.011
      Topics in Indian Popular Culture
      Not resolved to a course
    2. 21G.030[J]
      Introduction to East Asian Cultures: From Zen to K-Pop
      Not resolved to a course
    3. 21G.039[J]
      Gender and Japanese Popular Culture
      Not resolved to a course
    4. 21G.040
      A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society
      Not resolved to a course
    5. 21G.042[J]
      Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game
      Not resolved to a course
    6. 21G.044[J]
      Classics of Chinese Literature in Translation
      Not resolved to a course
    7. 21G.046
      Modern Chinese Fiction and Cinema
      Not resolved to a course
    8. 21G.063
      Anime: Transnational Media and Culture
      Not resolved to a course
    9. 21G.064
      Introduction to Japanese Culture
      Not resolved to a course
    10. 21G.065[J]
      Japanese Media Cultures
      Not resolved to a course
    11. 21G.067[J]
      Digital Media in Japan and Korea
      Not resolved to a course
    12. 21G.094[J]
      Japanese Cinema
      Not resolved to a course
    13. 21G.111
      Chinese Calligraphy
      Not resolved to a course
    14. 21L.040[J]
      Foundations of East Asian Literature and Culture: From Confucius to the Beats
      Not resolved to a course
    15. 21L.491[J]
      Gateway to Korean Literature and Culture
      Not resolved to a course
    16. 21L.493[J]
      Gateway to Japanese Literature and Culture
      Not resolved to a course
    17. 21L.600[J]
      Reading Masterpieces of Classical East Asian Literature and Philosophy
      Not resolved to a course
    18. 21L.707
      Problems in Cultural Interpretation
      Not resolved to a course
    19. 21M.291
      Music of India
      Not resolved to a course
    20. 21T.241
      China on Stage
      Not resolved to a course
    21. 21T.242
      Asian American Theater
      Not resolved to a course
    22. 21W.788[J]
      South Asian America: Transnational Media, Culture, and History
      Not resolved to a course
    23. WGS.226[J]
      Science, Gender and Social Inequality in the Developing World
      Not resolved to a course

    Area III: Social Sciences

    0 items

      Select from among the following:

      3 items
      1. 17.407
        Chinese Foreign Policy
        Not resolved to a course
      2. 21A.141[J]
        Images of Asian Women: Dragon Ladies and Lotus Blossoms
        Not resolved to a course
      3. 21A.144
        Asian American Experiences: Anthropological Perspectives
        Not resolved to a course

      Area IV: Historical Studies

      0 items

        Select from among the following:

        13 items
        1. 21G.043[J]
          From Yellow Peril to Model Minority: Asian American History to 1968
          Not resolved to a course
        2. 21G.045[J]
          Global Chinese Food: A Historical Overview
          Not resolved to a course
        3. 21G.075[J]
          Global Chinese Migration, 1567-Present
          Not resolved to a course
        4. 21H.151
          Dynastic China
          Not resolved to a course
        5. 21H.152
          Modern China
          Not resolved to a course
        6. 21H.154
          Inventing the Samurai
          Not resolved to a course
        7. 21H.155
          Modern Japan: 1600 to Present
          Not resolved to a course
        8. 21H.157[J]
          Modern South Asia
          Not resolved to a course
        9. 21H.186
          Nature and Environment in China
          Not resolved to a course
        10. 21H.284
          South Asia, the United States, and MIT: Transformative Connections
          Not resolved to a course
        11. 21H.354
          World War II in Asia
          Not resolved to a course
        12. 21H.357
          South Asian Migrations
          Not resolved to a course
        13. 21H.358[J]
          Colonialism in South Asia and Africa: Race, Gender, Resistance
          Not resolved to a course
        Source. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, catalog 2026 — https://catalog.mit.edu/interdisciplinary/undergraduate-programs/minors/asian-studies/. Captured page pages/0085.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.