Welcome to the Department of Transnational Asian Studies. We are excited that you are considering or have chosen Asian Studies as your undergraduate major. Asian Studies is a field that both prepares you for a wide range of professional and academic careers and inspires you to learn about Asia and Asia-related cultures and histories.
The Department offers two majors and a minor in Asian Studies. The Major Concentration in Transnational Asian Studies is a research-based study of the peoples of Asia through history, politics, migration and diaspora, trade, religion, art, and philosophy. The Major Concentration in Asian Language supports advanced studies of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.