Cornell University offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Asian Studies. Eighty-one students majored in Asian Studies during 1994-95 academic year.
The Department of Asian Studies encompasses the geographical areas of East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia and offers courses in most disciplines of social sciences and humanities. Asian studies courses are taught in English and are open to all students in the university.
Below is a sampling of courses offered by the Department of Asian Studies that relate to China.
Economic Anthropology
Religion, family and Community in China
Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society
Economy of China
Chinese Government and Politics
Economy of China
Chinese Government and Politics
Chinese Foreign Policy
Socialism and the Market in China
Politics of China
China and the West before Imperialism
History of China up to Modern Times
History of China in Modern Times
Early Warfare, East and West
Seminar in Medieval Chinese History
The Japanese in Asia
Problems in Modern Chinese History Chinese Historiography and Source Materials
The Arts of Southeast Asia
The Arts in Modern China
Ceramic Art of China and Southeast Asia
Peasants, Market and the State
Self and Society in Late Imperial and 20th Century China
Study Abroad in Asia
Study abroad opportunities in Asia are plentiful at Cornell. The university is a member of the Inter-University Centers for Chinese Language Study in Taipei and for Japanese Language Study on Yokohama and a member of the Council on International Educational Exchange offering study in China.
Cornell Abroad offers a one-semester program at the University of Xiamen in Fujian Province in China. Other opportunities include junior year abroad at IKIP-Malang in Indonesia.
Intensive Language Program (FALCON)
For students who wish to accelerate their acquisition of Chinese, Japanese or Indonesian, Cornell offers a full-time intensive language program, the Full-Year Asian Language Concentration (FALCON).
Students enrolled in the program spend six hours a day, five days a week for periods of up to a year studying only the language and thus are able to complete as many as 1,200 hours of supervised classroom instruction and laboratory work in one year.
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