Language, Culture, History, Society
The Asian Studies Program offers undergraduate majors in East Asian Studies and Japanese, minors in Asian Area Studies, Chinese, and Japanese, and language instruction in Hindi and Korean. In the next two years we plan to offer a major in Chinese and a minor in Asian American Studies; we also hope to expand the Korean and Hindi programs.
Students who take courses in our department learn to think critically, to make literary, political, and historical judgments, to understand the impact of the past on the present, and of present choices on the future. Our language programs offer deep immersion in new cultural contexts, broaden linguistic and social horizons, and engage the changing and globalizing face of the planet. Students who choose our majors and minors prepare themselves for future employment in business, politics, teaching, and scholarship in Asia-related fields.
Asian Studies majors and minors are profoundly interdisciplinary, ranging across the humanities and social sciences; our curriculum includes classes in Applied Linguistics, Art History, Comparative Literature, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Theater, and more. By drawing on the best of the liberal arts tradition, we prepare our students both to understand the world, and to change it.
Advising
Advising for the major in Asian Studies and the minor in Asian Studies is handled by Dr. Rebecca Egger <rme13@psu.edu>. Advising for the language programs is taken care of by Julianna Chaszar <jxc50@psu.edu>. You can make an appointment to meet with either advisor using this web-based calendar.
