UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES: EALC Minor

Requirements for the EALC Minor (20 units)

Minors typically select one language and cultural area (Chinese, Japanese, or Korean) in which they do most of their work. For this reason, one frequently hears students on campus speaking about "minoring" in Japanese, Chinese, or Korean, though strictly speaking all these students are actually minoring in EALC. However, students are not restricted to focus their studies on one language or culture.

The requirements for the EALC minor are similar to those of the major, but less intensive. Students must complete the following:

	Course	Course Title
Language (two years or four semesters)	EALC-206	Chinese IV
	EALC-217	Korean IV
	EALC-222	Japanese IV
Civilization Course (choose one)	EALC-340g EALC-345 EALC-350g	Japanese Civilization Korean Civilization Chinese Civilization * Or an equivalent course approved by the department
Literature Course (choose one)	EALC-332 EALC-335m EALC-342g EALC-352g EALC-354g EALC-380 EALC-385 EALC-386 EALC-455  EALC-460	See bottom of page for course information
Upper-Division Electives (+300) (choose two)*	See bottom of page for course information

Courses of Instruction

Literature Courses (Choose One)

• EALC-332: Korean Literature in English Translation
• EALC-335m: Literature of the Korean People
• EALC-342g: Japanese Literature and Culture
• EALC-352g: Chinese Literature and Culture
• EALC-354g: Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
• EALC-380: Cultural Topics in East Asian Literature
• EALC-385: Readings in Korean Poetry
• EALC-386: Readings in Modern Korean Literature
• EALC-455: Japanese Fiction
• EALC-460: Love, Self and Gender in Japanese Literature

Upper-Division Courses (Choose Two) *
* Some courses have pre-requisites, see catalogue

All third and fourth year language courses, some of which are:

• EALC-407: Newspaper and Documentary Chinese
• EALC-412a, 412b: Business Chinese
• EALC-413: Business Japanese
• EALC-418: Korean Writing in Mixed Script
• EALC-419: Newspaper in Documentary Korean

All courses listed as 300- and 400-level, some of which are:

• EALC-318: Readings in Contemporary Korean
• EALC-355: Modern Chinese Thought and Culture
• EALC-365: Studies in Japanese Thought
• EALC-375: Women & Gender in China: Past & Present
• EALC-400: Classical Chinese I
• EALC-402: Classical Chinese II
• EALC-410: Chinese-English Translation
• EALC-426: Classical Japanese
• EALC-431: The Taoist Tradition
• EALC-452: Narrating the City: Literary and Visual Representations of Shanghai
• EALC-470: Introduction to East Asian Linguistics
• EALC-499: “Geisha Girls”: A Japanese Icon in the Literature, Art, and Films of East and West

For questions or more information, contact us at (213) 740-3707 or ealc@college.usc.edu.