Institute for Asian Studies
What We Do
The Institute for Asian Studies was established in 1959. Our goal is to foster, facilitate, and enhance a global, multicultural, multiethnic, and multilingual education at St John's University.
The Institute for Asian Studies was established in 1959. Our goal is to foster, facilitate, and enhance a global, multicultural, multiethnic, and multilingual education at St John's University.
All programs within the Institute offer a comprehensive and critical study of the development of the Asian world, both as a whole and as individual societies, culturally and linguistically. Courses span the humanities and social sciences, and language courses in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are offered at various levels. Our master's-level programs provide intensive research training in the field.
Contact Information
Hung-Yi Erik Shen
Associate Director, Institute for Asian Studies
St. John Hall 116
[email protected]
718 990-1657
Additional Information
The Institute for Asian Studies offers a minor in Asian Studies to complement any major with a global perspective on the Asian world. The minor sequence consists of 18 credits in Asian Studies, including the following:
- ASC 1300 Introduction to the Civilizations of Asia I
- ASC 2610 Discovering China
Students must also complete two from among the following language courses:
- CHI 1010; 1020 Elementary Chinese I;II
- CHI 2030; 2040 Intermediate Chinese I;II
- CHI 3090; 3100 Readings in Selected Chinese Essays
- JPN 1010; 1030 Elementary Japanese I;II
- JPN 2030; 2040 Intermediate Japanese I;II
- JPN 3090; 3100 Readings in Selected Japanese Essays
- KOR 1010; 1020 Elementary Korean I;II
- KOR 2030; 2040 Intermediate Korean I;II
- KOR 3090; 3100 Readings in Selected Korean Essays
In addition, students must select two additional elective courses (six credits) under departmental advisement.