East Asian Studies - Bryn Mawr College

East Asian Studies from Bryn Mawr College is a Campus Bachelor Area Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The Bi-College Department of East Asian Studies links rigorous language training to the the study of East Asian, and particularly Chinese and Japanese, culture and society. In addition to our intensive programs in Chinese and Japanese languages, East Asian Studies Department faculty offer courses in East Asian philosophy, linguistics, literature, religion, and social and intellectual history. The Department also incorporates courses on East Asia by affiliated Bi-College faculty on East Asian anthropology, cities, economics, philosophy, and sociology, as well as additional courses on East Asian culture and society by faculty at Swarthmore. The intellectual orientation of the East Asian Studies Department is primarily historical and text-based; that is, we focus on East Asia's rich cultural traditions as a way to understand its present, through the study of primary sources (in translation and in the vernacular) and scholarly books and articles. All students wishing to specialize in this humanistic approach to the study of China, Japan, and (with special approval) Korea, are encouraged to consider the East Asian Studies major. But we also work closely with affiliated faculty in the Bi-Co and Tri-Co community who approach East Asia from the perspective of such social science disciplines as Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, and the Growth and Structure of Cities, as well as with faculty in History, Music, Religion, and Philosophy. View more details on Bryn Mawr College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Area Studies courses.