Looking for a way to gain entry into a new world? The Bachelor of Arts with a Major inEast Asian Studies is an immersive program that takes a multidisciplinary approach to East Asia. Explore the history, politics, society, philosophy, arts, cinema, languages, and literature of China, Japan, and Korea.
Become a leader on a region of major global significance. East Asian Studies will let you encounter the region as a whole, while allowing you to concentrate in either Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies or Korean Studies.
By the time you graduate you will have gained written and spoken fluency in a critical language that you choose to focus on: Chinese, Japanese or Korean.
The major will provide you a number of in-demand skills that include global competence, critical comparative thinking, and the ability to conduct research, with attention to social and business communication along the way.
9 Disciplines in which the program offers courses on East Asia, ranging from Political Science to Cinema Studies.
Become fluent linguistically and culturally in a focus in: Chinese, Japanese, or Korean Studies
Experience study abroad programs in China, Japan and South Korea, which are in the top 10 of countries by GDP.
Take control of your personal finances. Attend budgeting workshops, make a financial action plan or connect with a money mentor.
At UNG, you're not alone. You have access to licensed therapists and other mental health resources to support your well-being.
Members of our fraternities, sororities, and gender-inclusive organizations find friendship in community service & leadership.
This program will prepare you for public service or for jobs in the private sector, for instance in one of the many companies in Georgia that are connected with China, Taiwan, Japan, or South Korea.
Many of our students plan to continue their education – either in the US or in the country they have specialized in.
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