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International Studies and Languages Division

Academic Programs


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Asian Studies

Promoting teaching, research, and scholarly exchange about East Asia, Asian Studies takes an interdisciplinary approach offering courses on the traditional and modern cultures of China and Japan. Asian Studies maintains a specialized library on East Asia, provides scholarships, sponsors programs that foster greater understanding of the region, and offers study in the Japanese and Chinese languages.

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International Studies

This program, overseen by expert faculty drawn from key disciplines of Seaver College, promotes the teaching and study of international affairs from an interdisciplinary perspective. The Program's International Studies majors take a core set of classes in international politics, economics, and culture, then specialize in International Management, Political Studies, International/Intercultural Communication, Asian Studies, European Studies, or Latin American Studies.

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Modern Languages

The Modern Languages curriculum includes Francophone, Germanic, Italian and Hispanic studies. Courses are offered which lead to a major in French, German, Italian and Spanish and the fulfillment of the general education foreign language requirement.. Classes are available on the home campus or in one of Seaver's regular overseas programs (Lausanne, Heidelberg, Florence, Buenos Aires) or in special intensive language programs offered in Madrid and Buenos Aires.