{"id":33,"date":"2013-06-06T08:11:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T12:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/template-academic-small\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2023-11-06T11:07:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:07:19","slug":"requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/east-asian\/undergraduate\/requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Major and Minor Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Program in East Asian studies offers a major and minor that are interdisciplinary and interdepartmental. The primary purpose of the program 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Students who major in East Asian Studies engage in intensive Chinese, Japanese, and\/or Korean language study through the Center for Language Education. They work with faculty on such topics as China in the global economy, nationalism in East Asia, Korean politics, modern Japanese history and politics, Chinese urban history, and women in modern China. The university encourages students enrolled in this program to take advantage of foreign study options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students must choose one focus area and complete all requirements listed for that area: <\/p>\n\n\n\n