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The East Asian Cultures major curriculum emphasizes understanding cultural and societal changes across the region. This program employs interdisciplinary methods to analyze connections between East Asian nations, placing them within wider global frameworks. Students develop dual viewpoints by exploring East Asian societies both independently and through their global relationships, examining both shared characteristics and intercultural tensions with other world civilizations.
Student must have completed secondary school with excellent grades/marks in academic subjects and have earned a certificate of completion that enables you to be admitted to a university in your home country and is equivalent to a U.S. high school diploma. If your secondary/high school was completed in a country where English was not the language of instruction, or if you have less than three years of high school curriculum instruction in English in the U.S., you are required to demonstrate English proficiency.
Various examinations and scores may be used to demonstrate proficiency in English: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) examination: Internet-based test (IBT): score 80 or higher; Score 6.5 or higher on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); Freshman applicants may complete one UC approved English composition course.