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East Asian Studies (B.A.)

Gain entry to a new world with UNG's Bachelor of Arts with a Major in East Asian Studies. This immersive program takes a multidisciplinary approach to East Asia. Explore the history, politics, society, philosophy, arts, cinema, languages, and literature of China, Japan, and Korea.

Students in this program will go abroad for at least one summer, developing a greater cultural understanding and fluency in the native language.

Prepare to lead and to become an expert on one of the most important regions in the contemporary world.

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Why Get a Degree in East Asian Studies?

Gain broad contextual knowledge as well as specialized expertise. You will study the complexities of the region as a whole, while also choosing to concentrate in one of the following:
- Chinese studies
- Japanese studies
- Korean studies

Become fluent in a new language. Students will gain written and spoken fluency in one of the following languages:
- Chinese
- Japanese
- Korean

Immerse yourself in a new culture abroad. To complete this degree, students must study abroad in their country of concentration for at least one summer term. Students will experience life in East Asia while taking a study abroad program.

Become a leader on a region of major global importance. East Asia has geopolitical and economic significance to the whole world. Gaining fluency in this region's languages and cultures could help you stand out as a leader.

What Skills Will I Learn?

Students in East Asian Studies will examine the region through different lenses, becoming acquainted with multiple disciplines and approaches, including anthropology, film studies, history, international relations, literary criticism, philosophy, political science, and the visual arts.

Students will acquire the following in-demand skills:

Global Competence
Research and Comparative Methods
Social and Business Communication
Cultural Understanding
Written and Spoken Fluency in Chinese, Japanese or Korean

Our Faculty

Director

Sung Shin Kim, Ph.D., Professor, History

706-867-2564

Barnes Hall, 307, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: East Asian history (China and Korea)

East Asian Studies Faculty

Ms. Chi-Hsuan Catterson, Senior Lecturer - Chinese

706-864-1823

Dunlap Hall, 305B, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: East Asian Language and Literature.

Ran Chen, Ph.D., Program Coordinator

706-867-2464

Barnes Hall, 313, Dahlonega

Jiyoung Daniel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Korean

706-867-4553

Dunlap Hall, 314-C, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL), linguistics, second language acquisition

Yi Deng, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Philosophy

706-867-2745

Barnes Hall, 330, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Political and Social Philosophy, Ethics, Chinese Philosophy

Dr. Yunjuan He, Ph.D, Associate Professor - Chinese

706-867-4554

Dunlap Hall, 112, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Second language acquisition, phonetics, phonology, Chinese pedagogy.

Ms. Yizhe Huang, Lecturer & Chinese Flagship Tutoring Coordinator

706-864-1399

Barnes Hall, 128, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Second language acquisition, Chinese pedagogy, Chinese arts and culture.

Christopher Jespersen, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts & Letters

706-864-1771

Barnes Hall, 318, Dahlonega

Jinny Kim

Jinny Kim, Part Time Faculty

Gainesville

Dr. Mina Kyounghye Kwon, Associate Professor, English

706-867-2964

Dunlap Hall, 202A, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: World Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Asian/Asian American Studies, Gender Studies, Performance Studies

Hosuk Lee, Associate Professor

706-864-1994

Rogers Hall, 302, Dahlonega

Tomoe Nishio, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

706-867-4595

Barnes Hall, 304, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Second language acquisition, applied linguistics, Japanese pedagogy

Robin O'Day, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology

706-867-2793

Barnes Hall, 303, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Cultural Anthropology, specialization in Japanese culture

Tianyu Qin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

706-864-1841

Dunlap Hall, 305A, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Second Language Acquisition, Pedagogy and Assessment, Interlanguage Pragmatics

Haelim Suh

Haelim Suh, Assistant Professor

Nesbitt Academic Building, 4240, Gainesville

Sawako Tsutsumi

Sawako Tsutsumi, Limited Term Faculty

678-717-3567

Nesbitt Academic Building, 4128, Gainesville

Yandan Wang, Limited Term Faculty

706-864-1849

Dunlap Hall, 112, Dahlonega

Laurel Wei, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science

706-867-2143

Downtown Office Building, 117, Dahlonega

Candice Wilson, Assistant Professor of Film and Digital Media

678-717-3629

Nesbitt Academic Building, 4244, Gainesville

Dr. Yanfei Zhu, Acting Associate Department Head

706-867-2818

Hansford Hall, 219, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Chinese painting, Art History, Visual Studies, East Asian Studies, East Asian art and culture

Affiliated Faculty

Dlynn Williams, Ph.D., Dept Hd, Political Science

706-864-1869

Hansford Hall, 328, Dahlonega

Richard Byers, Ph.D., Professor, History

706-867-2841

Barnes Hall, 311, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: German history, Southeast Asia, modern Europe, holocaust/genocide, aviation history, world history

Jeff Marker, Dept Chair/Head AC

678-717-3578

Nesbitt Academic Building, 4230, Gainesville

Timothy May, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters, Professor of Central Eurasian History

706-864-1913

Barnes Hall, 314, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Mongol Empire, Mongolia, Central Eurasian history, Islamic history, the Crusades

Where Can a Major in East Asian Studies Lead You?

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