ASIAN STUDIES (minor)WHAT YOU’LL LEARN • Become a “global citizen” through the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary examination of Asian religion, history, art, government, customs and more. • Focus your Asian Studies on a specific discipline or a country, such as China, Korea, Japan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet or Bhutan. • Take classes like “Identity and Society in Asia,” “Shamans and Superstition” and “North Korean History.”

STUDY ABROADStudents have traveled to Bhutan on a pilgrimage where they visited sacred temples, monasteries and shrines, examined landscapes and architecture and more. Students also have an opportunity to examine “Tradition and Change” in China, “Cultural and Genetic Identity” in Japan and “Identity, Expression and Representation” in India.

How can I use an Asian Studies minor?Students can pair this minor with another discipline and/or graduate studies to become: • a foreign service officer • a cultural affairs specialist • a customs officer • a diplomat • a human rights officer • an immigration services officer • an international relations officer • a cultural artifact specialist • a cultural researcher • an international student advisor • a cultural resource manager • an import specialist • a global marketing manager • a cultural center coordinator

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ASIAN STUDIES (minor)WHAT YOU’LL LEARN • Become a “global citizen” through the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary examination of Asian religion, history, art, government, customs and more. • Focus your Asian Studies on a specific discipline or a country, such as China, Korea, Japan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet or Bhutan. • Take classes like “Identity and Society in Asia,” “Shamans and Superstition” and “North Korean History.”

STUDY ABROADStudents have traveled to Bhutan on a pilgrimage where they visited sacred temples, monasteries and shrines, examined landscapes and architecture and more. Students also have an opportunity to examine “Tradition and Change” in China, “Cultural and Genetic Identity” in Japan and “Identity, Expression and Representation” in India.

How can I use an Asian Studies minor?Students can pair this minor with another discipline and/or graduate studies to become: • a foreign service officer • a cultural affairs specialist • a customs officer • a diplomat • a human rights officer • an immigration services officer • an international relations officer • a cultural artifact specialist • a cultural researcher • an international student advisor • a cultural resource manager • an import specialist • a global marketing manager • a cultural center coordinator

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GET INVOLVEDJoin the Social Justice Warriors or Anime Clubs to connect with other students who have an interest in Asian studies.

PEACE CORPS PREP PROGRAMStudents with an interest in joining the Peace Corps after graduation can take advantage of this unique program offered through our Center for Global Interaction by concentrating their studies on specific curriculum

Accounting and Financial ManagementApplied Computer ScienceArt HistoryBiochemistryBiologyBiomedical HumanitiesChemistryCommunicationComputer ScienceCreative WritingEconomicsEducation LicensureEducational StudiesEnglish

Environmental StudiesIntegrative Exercise ScienceFrenchHistoryManagementMathematicsMusicNeuroscienceNursingPhilosophyPhysicsPolitical SciencePsychologyReligious StudiesSociologyStudio ArtsSpanishTheater Arts

MAJORS

Learn more: www.hiram.edu/asianstudies

Your next stepsApply online at admission.hiram.edu.

Questions? Contact the Office of Admission at admission@hiram.edu,

or 800.362.5280.

90%FACULTY MEMBERS

WITH A PH.D.

GET INVOLVEDJoin the Social Justice Warriors or Anime Clubs to connect with other students who have an interest in Asian studies.

PEACE CORPS PREP PROGRAMStudents with an interest in joining the Peace Corps after graduation can take advantage of this unique program offered through our Center for Global Interaction by concentrating their studies on specific curriculum

Accounting and Financial ManagementApplied Computer ScienceArt HistoryBiochemistryBiologyBiomedical HumanitiesChemistryCommunicationComputer ScienceCreative WritingEconomicsEducation LicensureEducational StudiesEnglish

Environmental StudiesIntegrative Exercise ScienceFrenchHistoryManagementMathematicsMusicNeuroscienceNursingPhilosophyPhysicsPolitical SciencePsychologyReligious StudiesSociologyStudio ArtsSpanishTheater Arts

MAJORS

Learn more: www.hiram.edu/asianstudies

Your next stepsApply online at admission.hiram.edu.

Questions? Contact the Office of Admission at admission@hiram.edu,

or 800.362.5280.

90%FACULTY MEMBERS

WITH A PH.D.