EALC Minor

• Requirements for the EALC Minor (20 units)

• Minors typically select one language and cultural area (Chinese, Japanese, or Korean) in which they do most of their work. The requirements for the EALC minor are similar to those of the major, but less intensive. Students must complete the following:

  	Course	Course Title
  Language (two years or four semesters)	EALC-206	Chinese IV
  	EALC-217	Korean IV
  	EALC-222	Japanese IV
  Civilization Course (choose one)	EALC-340g EALC-345 EALC-350g	Japanese Civilization Korean Civilization Chinese Civilization * Or an equivalent course approved by the department
  Literature Course (choose one)	EALC-332 EALC-335m EALC-342g EALC-352g EALC-354g EALC-380 EALC-385 EALC-386 EALC-455  EALC-460	See bottom of page for course information
  Upper-Division Electives (+300) (choose two)*	See bottom of page for course information

• Courses of Instruction

  Literature Courses (Choose One)

• • EALC-332: Korean Literature in English Translation
  • EALC-335m: Literature of the Korean People
  • EALC-342g: Japanese Literature and Culture
  • EALC-352g: Chinese Literature and Culture
  • EALC-354g: Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
  • EALC-380: Cultural Topics in East Asian Literature
  • EALC-385: Readings in Korean Poetry
  • EALC-386: Readings in Modern Korean Literature
  • EALC-428: Nature and the Environment in Japanese Literature and Culture
  • EALC-455: Japanese Fiction
  • EALC-460: Love, Self and Gender in Japanese Literature

• Upper-Division Courses (Choose Two) *
  * Some courses have pre-requisites, see catalogue

• All third and fourth year language courses, some of which are:

  • EALC-407: Newspaper and Documentary Chinese
  • EALC-412a, 412b: Business Chinese
  • EALC-413: Business Japanese
  • EALC-418: Korean Writing in Mixed Script
  • EALC-419: Newspaper in Documentary Korean

• All courses listed as 300- and 400-level, some of which are:

• • EALC-318: Readings in Contemporary Korean
  • EALC-355: Modern Chinese Thought and Culture
  • EALC-365: Studies in Japanese Thought
  • EALC-375: Women & Gender in China: Past & Present
  • EALC-400: Classical Chinese I
  • EALC-402: Classical Chinese II
  • EALC-410: Chinese-English Translation
  • EALC-426: Classical Japanese
  • EALC-431: The Taoist Tradition
  • EALC-452: Narrating the City: Literary and Visual Representations of Shanghai
  • EALC-470: Introduction to East Asian Linguistics
  • EALC-499: “Geisha Girls”: A Japanese Icon in the Literature, Art, and Films of East and West

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