The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to offer the graduate certificate in Asian studies. It enables students with intellectual or professional interest in Asia who are not focused primarily on Asia within their own degree program to acquire an official credential indicating that they have expertise in some aspect of Asian knowledge or practice.
For more information, visit the Center for Asian Studies' Asian Studies Graduate Certificate webpage.
Requirements
Admission Requirements
The certificate is available to all graduate students and post-BA students in the professional schools currently enrolled at CU Boulder, and to non-degree-seeking ACCESS students with a bachelor's degree.
How to Apply
- Write to the Certificate Director (lauren.collins@colorado.edu)
- Upon acceptance, meet with the Certificate Director to approve a plan for coursework and meeting the language requirement
- Upon completion, submit transcript to the Center for Asian Studies for review by the Certificate Director
Course Requirements
Students must complete 12 credit hours of approved graduate courses with a grade of B or higher, 3 credits of which may be in an approved undergraduate course, and 9 credits of which must be at or above the 5000 level.
- Specialization allowed in East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia or West Asia/Middle East.
- 2 courses in a single discipline or department.
- 2 courses from outside of that discipline or department.
- Thematic courses that have at least 50% Asia content may also be counted, dependent on approval by the Certificate Director.
- Up to 3 credits may be taken as independent study on an Asia-related topic at the 5000 level or higher with approval from the Certificate Director.
- 9 credits must be at or above the 5000 level.
- Two years' college-level proficiency in an Asian language relevant to specialization (does not count toward the certificate credit hours).
Note: Students may take 3 credits of independent study on an Asia-related topic at the 5000 level or higher with a CAS Faculty Affiliate from outside of their home department; students may not take both a theory class and an independent study for the certificate.
Approved Undergraduate Courses
These courses must be outside the student's home department and can be chosen from the upper-division courses (at 3000 or 4000 level) listed as requirements on the Asian Studies - Bachelor of Arts (BA) page under Modern Asian Civilizations and Electives.
Graduate Courses with a Theory Focus
If a student takes one of these courses, they may not also take an Independent Study course for the certificate; the course must be taught be a CAS Faculty Affiliate and the student must complete written assignments/projects on an Asia-related topic.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | ||
| Explorations in Anthropology (Approved topics include: Islam; Ethnography of Southeast Asia; Global Cultures: Islam; Global Islam) | ||
| Ethnography of Southeast Asia and Indonesia | ||
| Art and Art History | ||
| Topics in Ancient and Classical Art and Archaeology (Persian Empire) | ||
| Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East | ||
| Special Topics in Art History (when it has an Asia focus) | ||
| Seminar: Methods/Theories of Art History (when it has an Asia focus) | ||
| Graduate Seminar: Open Topics in Art History (East and West) | ||
| Art and Film Studies | ||
| Topics in International Cinema (Contemporary Asian Cinema) | ||
| Classics | ||
| Topics in Ancient and Classical Art and Archaeology (Persian Empire) | ||
| Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East | ||
| Economics | ||
| International Economics 1 | ||
ECON 8764 | ||
| History | ||
| Britain and the Empire, 1688-1964 | ||
| Borderlands of the British Empire | ||
| Decolonization of the British Empire | ||
| School of Law | ||
| Introduction to Islamic Law & Jurisprudence | ||
| Religious Studies | ||
| Interdisciplinary Seminar on Religion (The Body in Chinese Religion) | ||
Graduate Courses with an Asia Focus
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | ||
| Explorations in Anthropology (Islam; Ethnography of Southeast Asia; Global Cultures: Islam; Global Islams ) | ||
| Culture and Society in South Asia | ||
| Ethnography of Southeast Asia and Indonesia | ||
| Art & Art History | ||
| Topics in Ancient and Classical Art and Archaeology (Persian Empire) | ||
| Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East | ||
| Classics | ||
| Topics in Ancient and Classical Art and Archaeology (Persian Empire) | ||
| Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East | ||
| Geography | ||
| Geography of Tibet | ||
| Global Frontiers in Southeast Asia | ||
| History | ||
| Colloquium in Modern Asian History | ||
| The Modern Middle East, 1600 to the Present | ||
| History of Modern India | ||
| Women in Modern India | ||
| Women in East Asian History | ||
| Modern China: Collapse of Imperial Brilliance, 1644-1949 | ||
| Contemporary China: Radicalism and Reform, 1949 to Present | ||
| Between Beijing and Baghdad: China and Islam | ||
| Japan’s Empire: Birth and Death | ||
| History of Early Modern Japan (1590-1868) | ||
| Readings in World History (The Japanese Empire) | ||
| Readings in Asian History | ||
| Decolonization in Transnational Perspective: The End of the British Empire in S Asia & Middle East | ||
| Reading in South Asian History | ||
| Graduate Research Seminar in Asian History | ||
| Music | ||
| World Music Ensemble (Japanese Ensemble; Gamelan Ensemble) | ||
| School of Law | ||
| Introduction to Islamic Law & Jurisprudence | ||
| Political Science | ||
| Seminar: Comparative Political Systems (when it has an Asia focus ) | ||
| Religious Studies | ||
| Topics in Hinduism | ||
| Body and Magic in India | ||
| Advanced Readings in Sanskrit | ||
| Topics in Buddhism | ||
| Topics in Judaism (when it has an Asia focus ) | ||
| Islam in the Modern World | ||
| Daoism | ||
| Theatre & Dance | ||
THTR 5061 | ||
Graduate Literature Courses
For students with sufficient training in Chinese or Japanese
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | ||
| Sinological Methods | ||
| Readings in Pre-Modern Chinese Literary Theory | ||
CHIN 5120 | ||
| History of Chinese Literature from the Tenth to the Nineteenth Century | ||
| Ancient Prose | ||
CHIN 5220 | ||
CHIN 5230 | ||
| Topics in Ancient Literature | ||
| Medieval Prose | ||
CHIN 5420 | ||
CHIN 5430 | ||
| Topics in Medieval Literature | ||
| Early Modern Prose | ||
| Early Modern Poetry | ||
| Early Modern Fiction | ||
| Topics in Early Modern Literature | ||
| Daoism | ||
| Modern Literature | ||
| Contemporary Literature | ||
| History of Chinese Film | ||
| Topics in 20th Century Literature | ||
| Topics in Chinese Film | ||
| Japanese | ||
| Bibliography and Research Methods | ||
| Japanese Sociolinguistics: Japanese Language and Society | ||
| Kanji in Japanese Orthography | ||
| Japanese Literary Translation | ||
| Japanese for Sinologists | ||
| Classical Prose Literature | ||
| Waka, Renga, and Haiku | ||
| Topics in Classical Japanese Literature | ||
| Advanced Classical Japanese 1 | ||
| Advanced Classical Japanese 2 | ||
| Medieval Prose Literature | ||
| Japanese Buddhism and Literature | ||
| Topics in Medieval Literature | ||
| Japanese Dramatic Literature | ||
| Early Modern Japanese Literature and Culture | ||
| Modern Japanese Literature | ||
| Contemporary Japanese Literature | ||
| Readings in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Thought and Culture | ||
| Topics in Modern Literature and Culture | ||