Bachelor degrees in East Asian Studies: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of East Asia, defined as including China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Tibet, related borderlands and island groups, and including the study of the East Asian diasporas overseas.
A program of study focused on the worlds most volatile and controversial region, this degree addresses the political, religious, military, economic, and social/cultural issues of the Middle East. From a wide variety of courses ranging from holy wars to a city-study on Jerusalem, students have the opportunity to choose areas and topics of the Middle East of most interest to them....
The East European, Russian and Central Asian cultural formations will be studied through a conscious application of interdisciplinary methods to an analysis of the relationships among historical, economic, political, artistic, literary, geographic and other perspectives which define the Eastern European, Russian and Central Asian experience. The goal will be both theoretical and practical understanding of this complex geo-political area....
Overview: The Middle Eastern Studies (MES) concentration promotes the intellectual exploration and analytic study of the historical and contemporary Middle East, from North Africa to Afghanistan, and from central Asia to Yemen. This geographical conception of the Middle East has its roots in the 19th century, when British strategic forces considered how to manage the decline of the Ottoman Empire in Turkish- and Arab-speaking regions and maintain...
A dynamic subject, with connections to many disciplines, mathematics is an integral part of a liberal arts education, and is increasingly vital in understanding science, technology, and society. Entry-level courses introduce students to basic concepts and hint at some of the power and beauty behind these fundamental results. Upper-level courses and the capstone experience provide majors with the opportunity to explore mathematical topics in greater...
All majors must complete LC 212 or LJ 212, or demonstrate equivalent proficiency in one of the languages of East Asia — Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, or Cantonese. Other languages, such as Vietnamese, Bahasa Malay, or Tagalog, may be used to satisfy the language requirement if appropriate to the student's academic program. Please note that as of now, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese are the only East Asian languages taught at the 212 level...
East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary program that seeks to give the student broad yet intimate knowledge of the history, politics, economics, art, and language of the major areas of East Asia. It allows the student to concentrate in a single program while at the same time enlarging his or her knowledge of East Asian civilization by taking related courses in other disciplines. At the crux of the program is the language requirement that provides...
This multidisciplinary concentration is designed to serve undergraduate students wishing to attain reasonable fluency in Chinese and Japanese and specialized familiarity with selected East Asian subjects. The concentration serves students with two different types of professional and academic interests: those who wish to pursue active professional careers related to the East Asian region; and those who will continue their education at the graduate...
The Asian studies minor complements the skills the student gains in his or her major discipline by providing an interdisciplinary study of the cultural, historical, political, and contemporary business reality of the Asian/Pacific world.
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