Master's Curriculum

A candidate is admitted to the program by meeting the general university requirements for graduate study. With the advice and consent of the director and the participating faculty, the student selects a faculty committee to supervise his/her degree program. The committee members are drawn from at least two different disciplines. Comps or Thesis Option 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 take a comprehensive examination during their last semester in the program. Students selecting the thesis option will designate one of their committee members to serve as their major professor and work closely with this major professor throughout the stages of outlining researching, and writing their theses. Six (6) of the required thirty (30) semester hours are to be taken as thesis hours. In lieu of a comprehensive written examination, students selecting the thesis option will be examined by an oral defense of their thesis. Language Requirement All students are expected to demonstrate a reading proficiency in Chinese, Japanese, 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 performanceon the Graduate School Foreign Language Test of the Educational Testing Service; or 3) passage of a reading comprehension test administered by the Department of Modern Language & Linguistics at Florida State University. Up to nine (9) semester hours of advanced level language study beyond the minimum requirement may be counted towards the degree requirements when taken under the appropriate 4000 and 5000 level course numberings. Course Work Students 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 sciences 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. Students may select broadly from the following list of courses, 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. Asian History [minimum of eight (8) hours ASH 5226 (4) Modern Middle East ASH 5266 (4)Central Asia Since the Mongols ASH 5406 (4) China to 1898 ASH 5408 (4) China Since 1898 ASH 5447 (4) History of Modern Japan ASH 5529 (4) Traditional India ASH 5559 (4) Modern India Social Science Track [minimum of six (6) hours] CPO 5036 (3) Politics of Developing Areas CPO 5091 (3) Core Seminar in Comparative Government & Politics CPO 5407 (3) Comparative Politics: The Middle East CPO 5557 (3) Comparative Politics: Japan CPO 5740 (3) Comparative Political Economy ECO 5005 (3) Economic Principles for International Affairs ECO 5705 (3) International Trade ECO 5715 (3) International Finance ECO 5936r (3) Special Topics: The Chinese Economy ECS 5005 (3) Comparative Economic Systems ECS 5015 (3) Economic Developement: Theory and Problems GEA 5195r (3) Advanced Area Studies GEA 5383 (3) Environmental Conflict and Economic Development GEO 5425 (3) Cultural Geography GEO 5465 (3) Historical Geography GEO 5472 (3) Political Geography GEO 5555 (3) World Systems Theory INR 5014 (3) Contexts and IR INR 5036 (3) International Political Economy INR 5037 (3) Developement, Dependence and Inequality INR 5088 (3) International Conflict INR 5137 (3) Politics of Terror INR 5275 (3) Middle East Foreign Policy INR 5315 (3) Foriegn Policy Analysis INR 5934 (3) Selected Topics INR 5938 (3) Seminar in International Affairs SYA 6938 (3) Social Institutions / Social Organizations / and Social Policy: Japanese Society SYP 5105 (3) Theories of Social Psychology SYP 5305 (3) Collective Behavior & Social Movements Arts & Humanities Track [minimum of (6) hours] ANG 5255 (3) Peasant Societies ANG 5491 (3) Seminar Social Anthropology: Japanese Society & Culture ANG 5491 (3) Seminar Social Anthropology: Chinese Society & Culture ANG 5491 (3) Seminar Social Anthropology: Peoples & Cultures of SE Asia ARH 5556 (3) Arts of Japan ARH 5558 (3) Arts of China ARH 6592r (3) Special Topics in Eastern Art CHI 5505 (3) Readings in Chinese Literature JPN 5900 (3) Studies in Japanese Language & Literature MUH 5577 (3) Music of Japan REL 5035 (3) Introduction to the Study of Religion REL 5195r (3) Seminar: Religion & Culture REL 5305r (3) Seminar: History of Religions REL 5326 (3) Religions of Ancient Near East REL 5332 (3) Modern Hinduism REL 5354 (3) Special Topics Asian Religion REL 5910 (1-3) Tutorial in Pali REL 5915 (1-3) Tutorial in Sanskrit Texts Graduate Courses ASN 5906r Directed Individual Study (1-4) Chinese Civilization (S/U) ASN 5907r Directed Individual Study (1-4) Japanese Civilization (S/U) ASN 5910r Supervised Research (1-6)(S/U) ASN 5935r Special Topics (1-3) ASN 5971r Thesis (1-6)(S/U) ASN 8966r Master's Comprehensive Exam (0) ASN 8976r Master's Thesis Defense(0) Note: each participating department periodically offers courses in selected or special topics, or as directed individual studies, allowing students the opportunity for greater contentration in selected areas of specialization

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