Area studies

Area Studies is a degree category that consists of the following common degrees:

• African Studies

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  African Studies

  Africa, sometimes referred to as the ‘Mother Continent,’ is the oldest inhabited and most culturally and geographically diverse continent on earth.

  Programs in African studies – also known as Africana studies – offer students an opportunity to study the continent’s histories, cultures, geographies, politics, and economics, and to learn about the aid, trade and investment, and migration flows that link Africa to the rest of the world in the era of globalization.

  This wide scope of topics means that students of African studies gain a cross-disciplinary exposure to Africa and come to understand why it is the cradle of humankind.

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• American Studies

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  American Studies

• Latin American Studies

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  $62k

  Latin American Studies

• Asian Studies

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  Asian Studies

  Asia is the largest of the world’s continents, encompassing 49 countries (list below) with a combined population of 4.5 billion people. Most Asian studies programs tend to focus on East Asia and South Asia and specifically on the countries of China, Japan, South Korea / North Korea, and India.

  The typical curriculum explores the languages, literatures, cultures, philosophies, religions, societies, politics, and other related spheres of Asian people and civilization. It examines the interactions between countries within Asia and the continent’s impacts on the rest of the world.

  Central Asia
  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

  East Asia
  China, China-Hong Kong, China-Macao, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea-Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, South Korea-Republic of Korea

  South Asia
  Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

  South East Asia
  Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam

  Western Asia
  Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

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• Russian Studies

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  Russian Studies

  Russia, officially known as the Russian Federation, is the world’s largest country and one of its most dynamic and fascinating geopolitical regions.

  Majors in Russian studies learn the Russian language and examine the history, economics, politics, and culture of Russia and its people. They gain the skills necessary to understand the complexities of this European and Asiatic, mythically old and proudly new, democratic and autocratic, mysterious and mystifying land.

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• European Studies

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  $61k

  European Studies

• Canadian Studies

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  Canadian Studies

• French Studies

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  French Studies

• German Studies

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  $63k

  German Studies

• Italian Studies

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  Italian Studies

• Area Studies

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  Area Studies

  The subject matter of area studies is wide. Whichever country or region of the globe you choose to focus on, you will study its history, geography, language, literature, society, government, politics, culture, philosophy, and economics. You will explore how change in many different societies sheds light on human rights, development, security, and governance. You will examine different viewpoints concerning world challenges, engage in debate, and make discoveries about the templates that frame our understanding of the world.

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