<p>I read that Asian Studies majors are recruited to International Businesses.</p>
<p>I was wondering how much they earn? 50k?</p>
<p>Also what are the job titles and daily work life like in International Business?</p>
<p>Is it mostly Chinese concentrators who are recruited, or are Japanese and Korean concentrators also equally frequently recruited?</p>
<p><a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major2006/Major.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major2006/Major.stm</a></p>
<p>These are the records of what students after they graduate.</p>
<p>Being an Asian studies major is worth little by itself. Being very strong with one of the languages is very important in order to be recruited. Being from Berkeley helps–the school has a ridiculously strong reputation in Asia. If you want to work with international businesses in Asia, you’d be much better off doing the Haas thing and just taking the foreign languages as electives.</p>
<p>I guess Chinese language is a lot more valued than Japanese which in turn is more valued than Korean?</p>
<p>What do you mean by “recruited to International Businesses”? Do you mean companies in Asia? Almost every major can be recruited by international businesses, probably even more so than Asian studies, which, honestly, is not really a useful major by itself.</p>
<p>If your goal is to work for a company in Asia, major in something you are interested in (like Engineering, finance, etc) and learn the language on the side. </p>
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This obviously depends on where you work. Different countries, different work ethic. </p>
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Well, this all depends on where you want to work. Of course, if you want to work for a Japanese company then you should speak Japanese. In general though, you are probably right. Because of the Chinese economy, Chinese is most sought after internationally, however, it is also the most difficult to master. You can master both Japanese/Korean in a relatively short period of time, for Chinese it will take a little longer.</p>
<p>In the end, it all depends on what you want to do. If you stop being vague and tell us about your goal we could give your more tips ;)</p>
<p>One of the EALC majors might be better for you as they are more structured for East Asian languages than AS is. EALC (East Asian Languages and Cultures) and SSEAS (South and Southeast Asian Studies) would be better routes for people focusing on Asian languages (as they are the ones that actually offer the languages). Given that you are interested in East Asian languages, EALC might be your best bet.</p>
<p>Also, an FYI, a few years back a massive student petition kept EALC from losing funding, I don’t know if they will be so lucky next time, so majoring/minoring as opposed to just taking languages on the side may be a better idea. That way in the case of another budget threat for EALC, you would still have spots secured for you in their classes.</p>