See note regarding special topics and LAW courses*.

Required
12 credits in courses selected from the following:
HIST 6601Topics: Asian History
HIST 6602Asia: History, Memory, and Violence
HIST 6625Japan’s Empire and Its Legacies
HIST 6630Special Topics in Korean History (Modern Korea)
IAFF 6118Special Topics in International Affairs (Globalization and Nationalist Backlash)
IAFF 6186Special Topics in Security Policy Studies (China's Military)
IAFF 6186Special Topics in Security Policy Studies (US Security Policy in Asia)
IAFF 6198Special Topics in International Economic Policy (Economics of US-China Trade)
IAFF 6302Taiwan: Internal Development and Foreign Policy
IAFF 6308International Relations of South Asia (Taiwan: International Development and Foreign Policy)
IAFF 6318Special Topics in Asian Studies (BRI and Chinese International Development)
IAFF 6318Special Topics in Asian Studies (Korea-Japan Relations)
IAFF 6318Special Topics in Asian Studies (Writing/Rewriting Taiwan)
IAFF 6318Special Topics in Asian Studies (Chinese Law and Legal Institutions)
IAFF 6318Special Topics in Asian Studies (Contemporary China’s Economy)
IAFF 6318Special Topics in Asian Studies (Gender, Power, and Sexuality in East Asia)
IAFF 6318Special Topics in Asian Studies (Rising China in Africa)
IAFF 6318Special Topics in Asian Studies (States and Societies in East Asia)
IAFF 6318Special Topics in Asian Studies (Women in Asia)
IAFF 6318Special Topics in Asian Studies (China and the Global South)
LAW 6543Chinese Law and Legal Institutions
PSC 6368Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy
PSC 6370Politics of China I
PSC 6371Politics of China II
PSC 6372Foreign Policy of China
PSC 6373Political Economy of Industrializing Asia
PSC 6374Korean Politics
PSC 6475International Politics of East Asia

*Specific subject matter covered in special topics courses varies by semester. Consult the Schedule of Classes for each semester's offerings. Topics courses not listed here can be used to fulfill program requirements if approved by the program director.

Up to two relevant LAW courses can be taken with the permission of the Law School dean of students and the Elliott School academic advisor.