East Asian Languages & Cultures

Spend your academic career honing your East Asian language skills and exploring all aspects of this region's history, culture, political structure, and world impact. 

Both the East Asian Languages and Culture and East Asian Studies B.A. degree programs allow you to immerse yourself in one or more of the countries in this region—China, Japan, or the Koreas.

You'll also have the opportunity to customize your area of concentration. You can focus on politics, history, language and culture—the opportunities are almost limitless. Your academic advisor will help you choose the area that best fits your goals. 

As a student in the Chinese Language Flagship program, you'll get the skills, knowledge, and understanding you need to function as a global professional working in mainland China.

You'll participate in four years of Chinese language instruction as well as special cluster classes, which teach topics of cultural importance in both Chinese and English.

To top it all off, you'll spend an academic year in China. During your first semester, you'll attend a university, taking classes that relate to your major. Your second semester will find you completing an internship with a Chinese company.