Asian Studies and International Trade

A. General Education (35-41 hours)

See Graduation from the University for the University General Education Program requirements. Students who have completed one year of American History in high school are exempted from the six credit-hour American Heritage General Education Program requirement; otherwise, students will have to meet the American Heritage requirement.

For the Humanities requirement, HIST 1120 is highly recommended.

For the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement, ECON 2110 and 2120 fulfill this requirement.

B. Asian Studies for International Trade Concentration

Students must complete the requirements in each of the following three groups:

Group 1: Foreign Language (9-21 hours)

Requirement: 9 hours at the 3000-level or above.

Students with previous background in the chosen language (Chinese or Japanese) must take the placement test to determine in what course they should enroll.

Students with no previous background in the chosen language will enroll in CHIN 1010 or JAPN 1010.

Group 2: Area Studies (6 hours)

Students must complete 6 hours from the following:

HIST 3290 - Traditional Asia

HIST 3291 - Modern Asia

HIST 4292 - History of Modern China

HIST 4294 - History of Modern Japan

HIST 4295 - Intellectual History of East Asia

PHIL 3721 - Chinese Philosophy

Group 3: International Economics and Business Studies (24 hours)

ECON 2110 - Introduction to Macroeconomics

ECON 2120 - Introduction to Microeconomics

ECON 3580 - International Economic Development-An Ecological Perspective

ECON 4340 - Comparative Economic Systems

ECON 4350 - International Economics

ECON 4351 - International Monetary Economics: Theory and Policy

and

MGMT 3110 - Organization and Management

and

MGMT 4810 - International Management

MKTG 3010 - Principles of Marketing

and

MKTG 4530 - International Marketing

C. College Requirements (10 hours)

Thematic Studies (6 hours)

Recommended choices:

ESCI 4307 - Thematic Studies in China

UNIV 3550 - Clash of Cultures

UNIV 4506 - The Chinese

UNIV 4995 - Senior Project (3 hours)

The senior project is a student’s culminating experience or capstone designed to synthesize and integrate the content of a student’s program of study. The senior project is intended to fuse the two or more academic areas that comprise the student’s coordinated study (major) into an academically-relevant example of scholarship. Students will complete a thesis, task-based, or artistic project on a topic of their choice with approval of their senior project instructor. Students must select a topic by the end of their junior year.

UNIV 4990 must be completed before a student is permitted to register for UNIV 4995. The senior project is completed during a student’s final semester. UNIV 4990 and UNIV 4995 cannot be taken during the same semester. For information about the senior project and to request a registration permit log onto: http://www.uc.memphis.edu/Senior_Project.htm

ALL sections of UNIV 4995 are taught online. Students will be assigned to a specific section based on the topic they select.

D. Recommended Electives (hours vary)

ANTH 3200 - Peoples and Cultures of the World

ANTH 3511 - Culture, Kin and Family

ANTH 4413 - Anthropology of Tourism

ANTH 4414 - Culture and Transnational Processes

COMM 4373 - Interracial Communication

COMM 4375 - Intercultural Communication

CSED 2101 - The Family in Global Perspective

ESCI 1301 - Survey of World Regions

ESCI 1401 - Introduction to Cultural Geography

ESCI 3430 - Economic Geography