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How To Apply/Declare
Current Undergraduate Students: Declare or change your minor by completing an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form.
Prospective Undergraduate Students: Apply for admission to UMass Boston by completing an application. Start by reviewing the first-year and transfer application pages for important information about requirements, deadlines, and application status checks. Use the links below to apply:
Curriculum
Required Course (3 Credits)
- ASIAN 115L - Survey of South Asia 3 Credit(s)
Electives (18 Credits)
Take six electives from the list below. At least two courses must be 300-level or higher.
- ASAMST 226 - Becoming South Asians 3 Credit(s)
- ASIAN 357L - Women in South Asian Religions: Gender Ideology and Practice in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam 3 Credit(s)
- ASIAN 488L - The Idea of Asia 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 336 - Economic Development 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 337 - Emerging Economies in Asia 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 364L - India since 1857 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 456 - Faith and Politics in Islam 3 Credit(s)
- PHIL 297 - Asian Philosophy 3 Credit(s)
- SOCIOL 375L - Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 355L - Gender, Development, & Globalization 3 Credit(s)
Completion Requirements
Complete 21 credits from seven courses, including one required course and six electives.
Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency: At least four courses for the minor must be completed at UMass Boston.
Course level: No more than two 100-level courses may be applied toward the minor.
Contact
Shaman Hatley, PhD, Asian Studies Department Chair
Wheatley Hall, 6th Floor, Room 86
617.287.6492
Shaman.Hatley [@] umb.edu
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