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KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY12666 – 72nd Avenue

Surrey, BC V3W 2M8

604.599.2100 | kwantlen.ca

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ADMISSION INTO BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE PROGRAMSStudents can enter a Bachelor of Arts degree as soon as they meet the entry requirements. This could be at a first year level or a third year level. For specific entrance requirements at these two levels, please check the current year’s official online calendar, under “Faculty of Arts”.

STUDENT AWARDS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Various types of funding are available (e.g. scholarships, awards, student loans, grants, etc.) for current and prospective Kwantlen students. Talk to Student Awards and Financial Assistance in order to make well-informed decisions on your financial affairs while pursuing your educational goals. For detailed information, please see: kwantlen.ca/awards

ARTS DEGREE ADVISING Academic advice to discuss Arts programs is available through the BA Advising Centre in the Faculty of Arts. Bachelor of Arts Degree Advisors can assist you in creating an academic plan that works for you.

Bachelor of Arts Degree Advisors work with admitted students who are in their BA degrees or have questions about how to enter them. Students benefit from creating a plan early in their degree to enhance their educational opportunities.

GENERAL INFORMATION The university calendar contains complete program information, as well as rules and regulations that govern students while at the university; each student is responsible for being aware of these rules and regulations.

The calendar is available online at: kwantlen.ca/calendar

FACULTY OF ARTS

ADMISSIONS GUIDE kwantlen.ca/admission

STUDENT AWARDS & FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE kwantlen.ca/awards

ACADEMIC CALENDAR kwantlen.ca/calendar

DEPARTMENT WEBSITEkwantlen.ca/arts/asian-studies

FACULTY OF ARTS

kwantlen.ca/arts

ASIAN STUDIES BACHELOR OF ARTS MAJOR AND MINOR

▪ Vancouver is Canada’s gateway to Asia, site of the fastest growing economies in the world. Canada’s annual trade with Asia now totals over 80 billion dollars, much of it funneled through British Columbia, and Vancouver is the destination of choice for both tourists and immigrants from Asia. All of this adds up to exciting opportunities for people with the right skills, and Kwantlen can help you prepare with an ASIAN STUDIES degree.

▪ With this interdisciplinary degree, students will choose from a variety of disciplines such as Asian Studies, History, Geography, and Sociology in order to create a program that suits their particular interests and career goals.

▪ Language training is an important part of the Asian Studies Program. At Kwantlen students can choose to study East and South Asian languages such as Punjabi, Mandarin Chinese, or Japanese.

▪ Students in the Asian Studies program are eligible to take part in exchanges with Kwantlen’s partner institutions in China, India, and Japan. The Asian Studies program also offers opportunities for participation in Field Schools in Asia where students can earn credits while experiencing Asian culture first hand.

▪ Students enrolled in other programs are welcome to take courses offered by the Asian Studies program as electives. Many of these courses will be of interest to students in Business, General Studies, and other degree programs.

CAREER POTENTIAL ▪ Students will gain valuable essential skills that

prepare them for careers in public and community service, local and international business, public administration, religious studies, social work, law or policing, or prepare them for admission to graduate studies.

COURSE OFFERINGS:FIRST AND SECOND YEARASIA 1111 Religions of IndiaASIA 1311 Religions of East AsiaCUST 1200/ Introduction to Contemporary JapaneseJAPN 1200 Society and CultureHIST 1150 Introduction to Traditional East AsiaHIST 1160 Introduction to South Asian History ASIA 2120 Introduction to Chinese and Japanese

CinemaASIA 2150 Tea in China and JapanASIA 2151 Folklore of China and JapanASIA 2250 South Asians Around the GlobeASIA 2252 Indian Society Through Popular FilmASIA 2255 Women in Modern IndiaASIA 2355 The Chinese OverseasASIA 2356 Martial Arts of East AsiaASIA 2399 Readings in Asian Studies GEOG 2185 Regional Geography of East AsiaGEOG 2190 Regional Geography of South AsiaHIST 2350 Late Imperial ChinaHIST 2375 Japan under the ShogunsPHIL 2115 Asian PhilosophyPOLI 2140 Comparative Politics of Asia

THIRD AND FOURTH YEARANTH 3130 The Sikhs: Culture, Religion and

SocietyANTH 3330 East Asian Archaeology ASIA 3140 Environment and Society in East AsiaASIA 3149 Hong Kong: Past, Present, Future

F A C U L T Y O F A R T SASIAN STUDIES BACHELOR OF ARTS

ASIA 3150 East Asian Immigrants to North America

ASIA 3151 Gender in East AsiaASIA 3152 Ethnicity in China and Japan ASIA 3154 Chinese Cinema and SocietyASIA 3230 Islam in South AsiaENGL 3345 Diasporic Literatures

HIST 3350 China in the Twentieth CenturyHIST 3360 British India, 1857-1947HIST 3361 The Indian Subcontinent since 1947HIST 3370 Modern JapanHIST 3380 World War II in the Pacific JAPN 3310/ Japanese Culture and BusinessCUST 3310 JAPN 3320/ Japanese Culture Through Film

CUST 3320POLI 3146 Government and Politics of IndiaPOLI 3240 Chinese Government and PoliticsSOCI 3230 International Migration and Ethnic

Communities ASIA 4350 Canadian East and South Asian

CommunitiesASIA 4351 Selected Topics in Asian CinemaASIA 4900 Directed Research Project in Asian

StudiesHIST 4450 China and the WestHIST 4455 Sages and Statecraft in ChinaHIST 4460 Gandhi in HistoryHIST 4470 The SamuraiHIST 4480 The American Experience in Vietnam PSYC 4700 Culture and PsychologySOCI 4275 Diversity and the Media