Asian Studies? Johnny K?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I am a Wharton-ED hopeful for this fall. My one major would obviously be economics but I am also interested in Asian studies (I have taken 4 yrs of Chinese & would like to be fluent in Chinese & Hindi by the end of college). I am considering doing some sort of international business as an adult.</p>

<p>I was wondering if anyone could give me some background (or links) on the program. If any of you are involved in it, I was wondering if you could give me some insight as to what you are doing & what you think of it.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<h2>I sent this to Stambliark in a PM, but in case anyone else is interested, here is the message:</h2>

<p>Penn used to lump all cultures east of Athens in a single department, "Asian & Middle Eastern Studies" (AMES). They recently split it up into three differnt departments:</p>

<p>East Asian Languages & Civilizations (EALC)
Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations (NELC)
South Asian Studies (it used to be South Asia REGIONAL Studies but that had the unfortunate acronym of SARS)</p>

<p>In addition to having their own departments, the EALC and South Asia divisions also have their own special hubs, the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), and South Asia Center, which gives Penn a constant flow of Asia speakers, cultural events, and delicious research money.</p>

<p>Additionally, Penn is packed with South Asian and East Asian students--even more so than the other Ivies (Penn's WASP population is the smallest of them all)</p>

<p>Here are some links to the depts.</p>

<p><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/&lt;/a> (CEAS)
<a href="http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ealc/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ealc/&lt;/a> (EALC--not up yet)
<a href="http://www.sas.upenn.edu/nelc/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sas.upenn.edu/nelc/&lt;/a> (NELC)</p>

<p>All the professors I've had in these fields have been excellent. They actually enjoy teaching--and undergrads. If any Penn professors are truly of the same caliber as HYP professors, these ones are surely it (Oh, and the Wharton ones, too ;-) )</p>