Asian Studies students are encouraged to participate in the University's summer study program in China or in another appropriate program.

Asian Studies students have the opportunity to do an internship designed to provide practical experience that will complement traditional course work. Interns can expect to gain valuable work experience, develop professional skills, cultivate valuable contacts and investigate career options. The internship allows students to receive academic credit for internship placement in approved agencies and organizations. All internships must be approved in advance by the program director.

A candidate is admitted to the program by meeting the general requirements for graduate study. All applicants must take the verbal and quantitative portions of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) prior to admission to the program. With the advice and consent of the director and the participating faculty, the student selects a three-person committee from among the listed Asian studies faculty to supervise the student's degree program. The committee members must be drawn from at least two different disciplines.

The student may choose either a thirty-three (33) semester hour course work program or a thirty (30) semester hour course and thesis program. Students selecting the first option will undergo comprehensive examinations on the course work taken for the degree during their last semester in the program. The student's supervisory committee will administer the exam. Students selecting the thesis option will designate one of their committee members to serve as their major professor at least two semesters prior to completing their degree program. Students will then work closely with this major professor throughout the stages of outlining, researching and writing their theses, and six (6) of their required thirty (30) semester hours are to be taken as thesis hours. In lieu of a comprehensive written examination, students selecting this option will be examined by an oral defense of their thesis before their supervising committee.

Students may select courses broadly from the listing of course work below, so long as they take a minimum of eight (8) semester hours in history and six (6) semester hours each from the social science and arts and humanities tracks. Students, however, are encouraged to concentrate their course work as much as possible to develop a particular country and language competence. Moreover, while it is required to take course work from both the social science and the arts and humanities tracks, students should select one of these two broad areas for greater concentration, generally around one or several related disciplines. Up to eight (8) semester hours in the thirty-three (33) semester hour program or six (6) in the thirty (30) semester hour program may be 4000-level courses, if no 5000-level equivalent is offered by that department or school.

Language. All students must satisfy the foreign language requirement for the MA degree by demonstrating a reading proficiency in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, or some other approved Asian language through either: 1) the completion of twelve (12) semester hours of college level course work in the chosen Asian language with an average grade of at least 3.0 ("B"); 2) satisfactory performance on the Graduate School Foreign Language Tests of the Educational Testing Service; or 3) passage of a reading comprehension test administered by the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at the Florida State University. Students, however, are encouraged to go much farther in their language training to gain an effective competency in their chosen area language. Up to nine (9) semester hours of language study beyond the initial twelve (12) semester hours can be counted toward the degree requirements when taken under the appropriate 4000- and 5000-level course numberings.

Note: Descriptions of individual courses can be found under the departmental listings.

Asian History

Minimum of eight (8) semester hours

ASH 5226 Modern Middle East (4)

ASH 5266 Central Asia Since the Mongols (4)

ASH 5406 China to 1898 (4)

ASH 5408 China Since 1898 (4)

ASH 5447 History of Modern Japan (4)

ASH 5529 Traditional India (4)

ASH 5559 Modern India (4)

Social Science Track

Minimum of six (6) semester hours

CPO 5036 Politics of Developing Areas (3)

CPO 5091 Core Seminar in Comparative Government and Politics (3)

CPO 5407 Seminar in Comparative Government and Politics: The Middle East (3)

CPO 5557 Seminar in Comparative Government and Politics: Japan (3)

CPO 5740 Comparative Political Economy (3)

ECO 5005 Economic Principles for International Affairs (3)

ECO 5705 International Trade (3)

ECO 5715 International Finance (3)

ECO 5936r Special Topics [The Chinese Economy] (1–3)

ECS 5005 Seminar in Comparative Economic Systems (3)

ECS 5015 Economic Development: Theory and Problems (3)

GEA 5195r Advanced Area Studies (3)

GEO 5358 Environmental Conflict and Economic Development (3)

GEO 5425 Cultural Geography (3)

GEO 5465 Historical Geography (3)

GEO 5472 Political Geography (3)

GEO 5555 World Systems Theory (3)

INR 5014 Contexts and International Relations (3)

INR 5036 International Political Economy (3)

INR 5037 Development, Dependence, and Inequality (3)

INR 5088 International Conflict (3)

INR 5137 Politics of Terror (3)

INR 5275 Middle East Foreign Policy (3)

INR 5315 Foreign Policy Analysis (3)

INR 5934r Selected Topics (3)

INR 5938 Joint Seminar in International Affairs (3)

SYA 6938r Selected Topics in Social Institutions, Social Organizations and Social Policy [Japanese Society] (3)

SYP 5105 Theories of Social Psychology (3)

SYP 5305 Collective Behavior and Social Movements (3)

Arts and Humanities Track

Minimum of six (6) semester hours

ANG 5491 Seminar in Social Anthropology [Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia] (3)

ANG 5491 Seminar in Social Anthropology [Japanese Society and Culture] (3)

ANG 5491 Seminar in Social Anthropology [Chinese Society and Culture] (3)

ARH 5556 Arts of Japan (3)

ARH 5558 Arts of China (3)

ARH 6592r Topics in Eastern Art: Seminar (3)

CHI 5505r Readings in Chinese Literature (3)

JPN 5900r Studies in Japanese Language and Literature (3)

MUH 5577 Music of Japan (3)

REL 5035 Seminar: Introduction to the Study of Religion (3)

REL 5195r Seminar: Religion and Culture (3)

REL 5305r Seminar: History of Religions (3)

REL 5326 Religions of the Ancient Near East (3)

REL 5332 Modern Hinduism (3)

REL 5354r Special Topics in Asian Religions (3)

REL 5910r Tutorial in Pali (1–3)

REL 5915r Tutorial in Sanskrit Texts (1–3)

Note: Each of the participating departments periodically offers courses in selected or special topics, or as directed individual studies, which allows a student the opportunity for greater concentration in selected areas of specialization relevant to his or her country focus.

ASN—Asian Studies

ASN 5906r. Directed Individual Study: Chinese Civilization (1–4). (S/U grade only.) May be repeated to a maximum of eight (8) semester hours within the same term.

ASN 5907r. Directed Individual Study: Japanese Civilization (1–4). (S/U grade only.) May be repeated to a maximum of eight (8) semester hours within the same term.

ASN 5910r. Supervised Research (1–5). (S/U grade only.) A maximum of three (3) hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five (5) semester hours.

ASN 5935r. Special Topics in Asian Studies (1–3). May be repeated to a maximum of three (3) semester hours as topics change.

ASN 5971r. Thesis (1–6). (S/U grade only.) A minimum of six (6) semester hours credit is required. May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours.

ASN 8966r. Master's Comprehensive Examination (0). (P/F grade only.)

ASN 8976r. Master's Thesis Defense (0). (P/F grade only.)