BA Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at University of Minnesota Twin Cities

The Asian and Middle Eastern regions play integral roles in global culture, trade and commerce, and geopolitics. This major provides students with comprehensive approaches to understanding the cultures, histories, politics, and societies of these diverse regions. This interdisciplinary approach to the study of Asia and the Middle East is combined with rigorous language study to produce advanced proficiency in one of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, or Urdu.

Faculty: College of Liberal Arts  |  Duration: 4 years / 120 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Minneapolis, MN, United States

What you will study

Required components: Reading Asian Cultures, AMES and AMES-Related Courses, Capstone, Upper Division Writing Intensive within the major, Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Middle Eastern Studies. Collegiate Requirements: All CLA BA degrees require 18 upper-division (3xxx-level or higher) credits outside the major designator. These credits must be taken in designators different from the major designator and cannot include courses that are cross-listed with the major designator.

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