BA Asian Studies

This concentration is ideal for students with a keen interest in studying Asia (broadly defined as including mainland and maritime East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia) in multiple historical contexts and from a variety of complementary perspectives: political, sociological, economic, geographical, religious, linguistic, etc. Courses focusing on Asian history, geography, religions, political and social issues, music and arts, literatures and film are suitable for this major. (Note: Students pursuing this concentration must meet their IGS foreign language requirement by completing at least 6 upper-level semester hours of Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, or another approved language of the region [e.g., Korean, Vietnamese, etc.]. Native speakers of a regionally appropriate language may appeal to the Director to waive this requirement.)