{"id":1155,"date":"2019-05-03T14:06:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T18:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/?page_id=1155"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T16:18:21","slug":"asian-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/programs-of-study\/asian-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\"><br \/>\nThe Asian Languages Programs at 麻豆传媒在线 offer Chinese, Japanese, and Korean courses.\n<p><strong>Major:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/programs-of-study\/asian-languages\/asian-languages-and-cultures-major\/\">Asian Languages and Cultures<\/a> (36-42 credits)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minors:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/programs-of-study\/chinese\/\">Chinese<\/a> (18 credits)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/programs-of-study\/japanese\/\">Japanese<\/a> (18 credits)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/programs-of-study\/korean-program\/\">Korean<\/a> (18 credits)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/programs-of-study\/asian-languages\/asian-languages-minor\/\">Asian Languages<\/a> (18 credits)<br \/>\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2021\/10\/experience-asian-cultures-calligraphy_300x200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2021\/10\/experience-asian-cultures-calligraphy_300x200.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2021\/10\/experience-asian-cultures-calligraphy_300x200.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Students learning Asian Caligraphy\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Why Study Asia?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Studying Asia is not just about geography or culture, it is about understanding a big part of the world that continues to shape global affairs, including the lives we live in the United States&#8230;Personally, learning about Asia has also helped me feel more aware of my own identity. Even though I do not come from an Asian background, I have found that learning about another culture allows me to reflect on my own in ways I never expected.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n\u2013 Denisse Rubio, Asian Languages and Cultures major with a Concentration in Korean<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Asian Languages and Cultures?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chinese is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.<\/li>\n<li>Chinese, Japanese, Korean, among other Asian languages, are critical languages as defined by the State Department.<\/li>\n<li>Asia\u2019s civilizations offer non-Western perspectives and cross-cultural understanding to American students.<\/li>\n<li>China, Japan, and Korea have been three of America\u2019s top six trading partners since 2013 (United States Census Bureau).<\/li>\n<li>Asia plays a key role in global affairs and America\u2019s foreign policy.<\/li>\n<li>Asia is home to nearly 60% of the total world population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What have students who have studied Asian languages done beyond MSU?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taught English in Korea, Japan<\/li>\n<li>Won the highly prestigious Critical Language Scholarship offered by the State Department<\/li>\n<li>Hired by a Taiwanese company<\/li>\n<li>Attended law school<\/li>\n<li>Pursued a Master\u2019s Degree in Teaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to learn more about the Asian Languages at 麻豆传媒在线, contact <a href=\"mailto:how@montclair.edu\">Dr. Wing Shan Ho<\/a>, Coordinator of Asian Languages Programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Study Asia? &#8220;Studying Asia is not just about geography or culture, it is about understanding a big part of the world that continues to shape global affairs, including the lives we live in the United States&#8230;Personally, learning about Asia has also helped me feel more aware of my own identity. Even though I do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3838,"parent":30,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1155","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4736,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1155\/revisions\/4736"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}