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Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary major that covers the huge and diverse area stretching from Japan to the Mediterranean and from the Siberian tundra to the Southeast and South Asian tropics.

The Asian studies major allows students to focus on a specific language, to travel abroad for intensive language and cultural study, and to delve deeply into Asian cultures using the tools of a number of disciplines.

Courses which count toward the Asian Studies major and minor may be found in the departments of anthropology, art, economics, English, geography, history, international relations, philosophy, politics, religion, and gender studies.

This interdisciplinary approach demands that students become active and intelligent partners in designing their majors by choosing courses appropriate to their own skills and interests.

At the core of an Asian Studies major lies the study of the cultures and languages of East Asia, the Middle East and South Asia. Mount Holyoke currently offers instruction in Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. Asian Studies majors concentrate on the regions defined by those languages.

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