The Program in East Asian Studies offers a major and a minor that are interdisciplinary and interdepartmental. The program’s primary purpose is to introduce undergraduates to the knowledge, language skills, and research methods they will need to enter various academic and professional paths relating to China, Japan, and Korea.
This interdepartmental major allows students to choose a focus area from history, political science, sociology, history of science, technology, and medicine, or to design their own focus area.
Thanks to partnerships with schools in China and Japan, study abroad opportunities abound.
Focus on East Asian studies while getting a degree from the department of history, sociology, political science, history of science and technology, and history of medicine (through the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine).
Japan in the World AS.100.165 Distribution Areas: Humanities and Social & Behavioral Sciences (HS) AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) Y. Kim Chinese Cultural Revolution […]
Communicate with native speakers in an informal social environment Chinese Language Corners Japanese Language Corner Korean Language Corner
JHU takes great pride in providing authentic professional research opportunities to undergraduates. In this spirit, the EAS Summer Internship Program will: Internships under the East Asia Studies Summer Research Internship […]