East
Asian Studies
East
Asian Studies
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Penn State offers
undergraduate courses that deal with China, Japan and/or Korea in a variety of
disciplines. Students with an interest in this part of the world, especially
China or Japan, should consider a major in East Asian Studies or perhaps a minor
in Asian Area Studies. Students with an interest in East Asian languages can
take a major or minor in Japanese, a minor in Chinese, or basic courses in
Korean.
There is no graduate program in East Asian Studies at this time, but concrete plans are now underway to increase opportunities for graduate work. Several departments offer graduate courses that deal with East Asia in whole or in part. Graduate students may also be able to arrange one more more fields of concentration that deal with East Asia, depending on the details of their program.
The majors, minors, and programs connected with this website focus on the study of East Asia and do not usually deal with the realm of Asian-American studies. However, some of the faculty members listed here have participated in the Asian Diaspora initiative, which includes Asian-American topics in the context of the overall presence of Asian cultures worldwide.
Recently the College of the Liberal Arts has begun an initiative to strengthen our teaching and research in the area of East Asian studies (more details).
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