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East Asian Studies

Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA

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Program
Award
East Asian Studies
Total credits (published)
40
Catalog edition
Catalog 2026-27
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
One of three interdisciplinary majors within the Asian Studies program, East Asian studies allows students to specialize in the history, languages, cultures, and politics of East Asia. Complementing course work at Mount Holyoke are extracurricular activities and study abroad programs that broaden and deepen students’ understanding of Asia.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
166939
CourseShelf checklist
CK_166939_66570331_1
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Requirements for the Major

major core · 3 items
  1. Four courses (16 credits) in, equivalent to two years of college-level study of, an East Asian language: Chinese, Japanese, or Korean 1
    Not resolved to a course
    16
  2. HIST 137
    Modern East Asia, 1600-2000
    or: POLIT-228 East Asian Politics
    4
  3. At least three non-language courses (12 credits) on East Asia, including at least one from each of the following two groups: 2
    Not resolved to a course
    12

Group One: Humanities (literature, art, history, philosophy, and religion and interdisciplinary courses in these areas) 3, 4

0 items

    Group Two: Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, geography, international relations, linguistics, politics, and sociology interdisciplinary courses in these areas)

    1 item
    1. Two additional courses (8 credits) to complete the major 2
      Not resolved to a course
      8

    At least three courses (12 credits) must be at the 300 level. One of the three 300-level courses must be a non-language and non-independent study course. 5

    0 items

      Related Courses Counting toward the East Asian Studies Major

      major core · 0 items

        Anthropology

        1 item
        1. ANTHR 204
          4

        Art History

        1 item
        1. ARTH 290MT
          4

        Asian Studies

        28 items
        1. ASIAN 110
          4
        2. ASIAN 111
          4
        3. ASIAN 120
          6
        4. ASIAN 121
          6
        5. ASIAN 160
          4
        6. ASIAN 161
          4
        7. ASIAN 211CH
          4
        8. ASIAN 212
          4
        9. ASIAN 213
          4
        10. ASIAN 214
          4
        11. ASIAN 215
          4
        12. ASIAN 216
          4
        13. ASIAN 222
          4
        14. ASIAN 223
          4
        15. ASIAN 247
          4
        16. ASIAN 262
          4
        17. ASIAN 263
          4
        18. ASIAN 310
          4
        19. ASIAN 311
          4
        20. ASIAN 312
          4
        21. ASIAN 314
          4
        22. ASIAN 317
          4
        23. ASIAN 318
          4
        24. ASIAN 324
          4
        25. ASIAN 326
          4
        26. ASIAN 340
          4
        27. ASIAN 352
          4
        28. ASIAN 354
          4

        Film Media Theater

        2 items
        1. FMT 230CH
          4
        2. FMT 230CW
          4

        Gender Studies

        2 items
        1. GNDST 204CW
          4
        2. GNDST 333HH
          4

        History

        6 items
        1. HIST 137
          4
        2. HIST 239CD
          4
        3. HIST 239HH
          4
        4. HIST 239MC
          4
        5. HIST 239ME
          4
        6. HIST 332
          4

        Philosophy

        1 item
        1. PHIL 212
          4

        Politics

        3 items
        1. POLIT 208
          4
        2. POLIT 228
          4
        3. POLIT 359
          4

        Religion

        2 items
        1. RELIG 163
          4
        2. RELIG 241
          4
        Source. Mount Holyoke College, catalog Catalog 2026-27 — http://catalog.mtholyoke.edu/areas-study/east-asian-studies/. Captured page pages/0051.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.