Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages - Asian Studies

The Asian region, broadly defined here – including East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia – has a rich variety of languages, cultures, and literatures in the long history of their respective civilizations, and it is a region with continually growing importance in the contemporary global economy. The concentration in Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary program with a focus on Asia. It is based on a strong foundation of language, literature, and cultural studies. Students choose either Chinese (Mandarin) or Japanese, and take a minimum of 36 credit hours of coursework, including 3 years of study of the target language and elective East Asian literature and culture courses offered by CMLL faculty.

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