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Exploring a broad range of diverse issues across traditional disciplines in the liberal arts ranging from Chinese art and folklore to South Asian history and politics, the Asian Studies Program is a perfect choice for students who seek to become culturally aware, well-rounded global citizens.
- By encompassing, and in many ways, transcending, traditional programs in commerce, culture, and politics, and by reexamining traditional borders and boundaries between nations and peoples in the Asia, the Asian Studies major equips Whitman students with the knowledge, skills and cultural tools they need to become service-minded global citizens and leaders.
- In addition to a rigorous, comprehensive curriculum of more than 30 courses spanning fields such as anthropology, art, and politics, Asian studies majors also study two years of Chinese or Japanese with faculty and native speakers who serve as assistants in the language classes. Small class sizes and student-faculty ratios ensure students collaborate closely and build strong professional relationships with professors who are experts in the cultural and geographical areas they seek to explore.
- The program also encourages students to immerse themselves in the cultures they study by living in one of several interest house residences on campus as well as through tailored study abroad programs, including the Associated Kyoto Program, a two semester study abroad program that is sponsored by Whitman along with 14 other prestigious liberal arts colleges in the United States, and Whitman’s intensive six-week summer program offered at Yunnan University in Kunming, one of the most ethnically diverse provinces in China.
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