Student Learning Outcomes

The Asian Studies undergraduate program provides the student with a broad interdisciplinary approach to Asian national and cultures. Upon receiving an area studies degree, the student should have the following skills:

1. Students possess basic skills in at least 1 Asian language. Demonstrate college-level fluency in reading, writing, speaking at basic and intermediate levels.
2. Students can demonstrate a basic understanding of the interrelationship of economy, politics, literature, religion, the arts, history of Asian countries.
   1. Demonstrate an understanding of major themes in Asian history and cultural development.
   2. Be able to explain how Asian Studies is constituted in the West.
   3. Be able to explain the ways in which global forces have interacted with the Asian regional context in shaping the character and course of societies in Asia today.
3. Students can demonstrate an advanced understanding of two Asian countries or regions (example Southeast Asia)
   1. Be able to explain Asian world views
   2. Be able to explain intra-Asian as well as West vs Asia differences
   3. Be able to analyze and interpret specific issues in research projects
4. Students can find and evaluate sources of information about Asia
   1. Be able to use the library to find appropriate sources of information for a research project
   2. Be able to evaluate the probable quality sources found on the web
5. Students conduct and communicate research findings
   1. Be able to outline, organize and present a research project
   2. Be able to design and deliver a presentation that communicates key findings of their research
6. Students gain a greater appreciation of the variety of human experience.
   1. Make students open to different and creative ways of seeing the world.
   2. Foster a spirit of inquiry so that received mainstream knowledge is never accepted uncritically.