What colleges have a good Asian program?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm think of majoring in one of these:
(East) Asian Studies
(East) Asian Languages and Literatures (And cultures)
Korean</p>

<p>And then possibly minoring n Japanese. </p>

<p>Does anyone know of colleges that have a good program. I'm more interested in culture and the language. I really want to major in Korean but there aren't really many Korean majors in the US. </p>

<p>The only college I know of that has a really good program is University of Hawaii at Manoa. </p>

<p>Can anyone suggest others?</p>

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<p>Indiana University in Bloomington has a good program in East Asian Studies, including Korean. Just go the website and search for East Asian Studies, majors, and Korean.</p>

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<p>Oberlin has a great East Asian Studies program, including the opportunity to specialize in Korea. See the major description [url=<a href="http://www.oberlin.edu/admissions/college/contact/documents/EastAsianStudies.pdf%5Dhere%5B/url"&gt;http://www.oberlin.edu/admissions/college/contact/documents/EastAsianStudies.pdf]here[/url&lt;/a&gt;] (PDF). The Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association grants two-year fellowships for students to teach in Asia after graduation.</p>

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<p>All of the major universities will have good course offerings on East Asia and East Asian languages. The UCs are especially strong. </p>

<p>What are your stats? That tells us where we should start looking.</p>

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<p>I'm applying early to Hamilton, which I think has one of the top East Asian programs among LACs. I am really interested in either an East Asian or Chinese major, so all the schools I looked at were really good for this. A couple others with amazing programs are Princeton and Pomona. My college counselor had some book with all schools which offer certain majors, and that was really helpful.</p>

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<p>I'm currently a HS sophmore and just exploring options right now. </p>

<p>9th Grade GPA: 4.0
Chemisty A|A
World Studies A|A
Geometry A|A
English A|A
French 1 A|A (Though I didn't continue it...)</p>

<p>10th grade:
Bio B|
AP Comp A|
Algebra II A|
European History AP B|</p>

<p>Seems like an airy schedule but I'm also taking health ad PE, though those aren't core classed. I'm planning on taking an Korean intensive program at a CC over the summer which will be equivalent to three quarters. Then continue with Korean 4-6 if I get accepted into middle college (Taking HS and CC courses cocurrently...). If I don't get accepted, then I'll take Japanese at my HS.</p>

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<p>UChicago has one of the top programs in the nation for EALC (especially Japanese).</p>

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<p>Where do you go to school?</p>

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<p>Bay Area, California.</p>

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<p>^^^</p>

<p>Right in your backyard, Berkeley has a center dedicated to Korean Studies, Here is the course list:</p>

<p>Courses</a> - Center for Korean Studies, UC Berkeley</p>

<p>I noticed UCLA has a Korean Studies center too.</p>

<p>But I am sure there are quite a number across the country.</p>

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<p>RKQS12,</p>

<p>It's a bit early to be planning your college, but Cal, UCLA, and UCSD all have excellent offerings in East Asian studies.</p>

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<p>For languages, look into Georgetown and Middlebury.</p>

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<p>go to UCs....</p>

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<p>Also, chk out U Wash-Seattle.</p>

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<p>Columbia and Wesleyan</p>

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<p>It is only logical that there will be a lot of great Asian/Korean studies programs in California--after all, they're just a lot closer to Asia!</p>

<p>In the east coast, I know my own beloved University of Pennsylvania is one of the few to offer a full-blown major in Korean. Penn also offers an East Asian Area Studies major that has a greater emphasis on modern Asia (politics, societies, economics, etc) than the more purely cultural basis of the Korean studies major. Your choice. Penn also has particularly strong Asia-centric professors in other fields, like Jennifer Amyx (political economy), Avery Goldstein (poli-sci/int'l security), Arthur Waldron (history)</p>

<p>There are many small seminars offered in Korean culture (small as in 2 students).</p>

<p>Other particularly strong Korean studies departments in the northeast are at Columbia and Harvard.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth.</p>

<p>Amazing humanities programs, superb language classes.</p>