USC College Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES: Cultures and Politics of the Pacific Rim Minor

Requirements for the Cultures and Politics of the Pacific Rim Minor (20 units)

REQUIREMENTS (FIVE COURSES, 20 UNITS)		UNITS

International Trade (choose one course from the list below)
ECON 450	International Trade	4
	(prerequisite: ECON 303 or BUAD 351)
IR 325	Rich and Poor States in the World Political Economy	4
IR 330	Politics of the World Economy	4
IR 470	Comparative Regionalism	4
	(prerequisite: IR 210)
POSC 345	International Law	4
POSC 451	Politics of Resources and Development	4

Area Studies (choose two courses, each from a different list below)
Latin America:
AHIS 319	Mesoamerica Art and Culture	4
ANTH 314	The Nature of Maya Civilization	4
ANTH 328	Culture Change and the Mexican People	4
ANTH 425	Peoples and Cultures of Latin America	4
HIST 372	Modern Latin America	4
HIST 374	History of Mexico	4
HIST 451	The Mexican Revolution	4
HIST 473	Colonial Latin America Seminar	4
IR 364	The Political Economy of Latin America	4
IR 365	Politics of Democracy in Latin America	4
POSC 350	Politics of Latin America	4
SPAN 320	Iberian and Latin American Cultures: Readings	4
	on Society (in Spanish)
SPAN 321	Iberian and Latin American Cultures: Readings	4
	On the Arts (in Spanish)
SPAN 372	Modern and Contemporary Latin American	4
	Fiction (in Spanish)
SPAN 380	Literature of Mexico (in Spanish)	4

East Asia:
ANTH 323	Regional Ethnology: Southeast Asia	4
ECON 343	Economic Development of East Asia	4
	(prerequisite: ECON 203 or ECON 205)
GEOG 306	Asia and the Global Economy	4
IR 358	The Asia Pacific in World Affairs	4
IR 360	International Relations of the Pacific Rim	4
IR 361	South and Southeast Asia in International Affairs	4
IR 384	Introduction to Asian Security	4
POSC 352	Politics of Southeast Asia	4
POSC 355	Politics of East Asia	4
POSC 377	Asian Political Thought	4
POSC 453	Political Change in Asia	4
REL 331	Religions of East Asia	4

Country Study (choose two courses from the lists below):
China:
AHIS 384	Early Chinese Art	4
AHIS 385	Later Chinese Art	4
ANTH 324	Regional Ethnology: China	4
EALC 350	Chinese Civilization	4
EALC 352	Chinese Literature and Culture	4
EALC 354	Modern Chinese Literature in Translation	4
EALC 355	Studies in Chinese Thought	4
EALC 375	Women and Gender in China: Past and Present	4
HIST 338	China to 960 A.D.	4
HIST 339	China, 960-1800 A.D.	4
HIST 340	History of China since 1800	4
IR 333	China in International Affairs	4
POSC 356	Politics in the People’s Republic of China	4

Japan:
AHIS 386	Early Japanese Art	4
AHIS 387	Later Japanese Art	4
EALC 340	Japanese Civilization	4
EALC 342	Japanese Literature and Culture	4
EALC 365	Studies in Japanese Thought	4
EALC 460	Love, Self and Gender in Japanese Literature	4
HIST 335	History of Japan to 1550	4
HIST 336	History of Japan, 1550-1945	4
HIST 337	Japan since 1945	4
HIST 438	Seminar in Pre-Modern Japanese History	4
HIST 464	Culture, Money, and Power: Japanese American	4
IR 442	Japanese Foreign Policy	4
POSC 354	Japanese Politics	4

Korea:
EALC 332	Korean Literature in English Translation	4
EALC 335m	Literature of the Korean People	4
EALC 345	Korean Civilization	4
EALC 385	Readings in Korean Poetry	4
HIST 304	Seminar in Korean History	4
HIST 333	Korea: The Modern Transformation	4

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