Asian Studies - Hobart William Smith Colleges

Asian Studies from Hobart William Smith Colleges is a Campus Bachelor Area Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Working closely with other academic departments at Hobart and William Smith, the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures offers a wide variety of courses that are designed to acquaint its majors and minors with the history, institutions, religions, cultures, and languages of Asia and to provide a firm foundation for further study. Majors and minors in the department are strongly encouraged to participate in the Colleges' off-campus programs in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, and India. About The Program We offer so many courses in the Asian Studies Program?nearly 50 all together?that our students can't exhaust the possibilities for study. Our program has an Individual Major which is designed by the student; from that point, they can head in any direction: international trade, Chinese literature, economic development, Hinduism, 20th century politics, Japanese history, and Far Eastern art, to mention a few examples. The specificity of our offerings is extraordinary: Asian medical systems, modern Chinese literature, medieval women in France and Japan, and two history courses in Imperial China, for example. Our majors are required to study an Asian language. In addition to Japanese or Chinese, they may study Hindi through the Colleges' Self Instructional Language Program. Others study Sinhalese or Tamil in Sri Lanka and South India. Our language faculty help students build vocabulary in an area specific to their career interests, such as international trade and banking, health care, or diplomacy. View more details on Hobart William Smith Colleges . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Area Studies courses.