BA in Asian Studies in Ithaca United States | Cornell University

Pursuing an Asian studies degree provides comprehensive education in the languages, literature, religions, and cultural traditions of East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The curriculum spans various social science and humanities disciplines. This department specializes in teaching Asian languages, literary traditions, belief systems, cultural practices, and historical thought, standing among the rare U.S. academic departments that cover social sciences, humanities, and language studies across all three Asian regions: East Asia (including China, Japan, Korea), Southeast Asia (encompassing Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, The Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore), and South Asia (covering India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh). The program emphasizes analyzing social structures, political systems, and cultural developments that cross conventional national and regional borders.