该跨学科学位旨在为本科生提供侧重于东亚作为世界区域和人类经验的学习课程，并提供结合社会科学，人文和法律研究方法的综合课程。该计划要求在多个部门和计划中进行相关课程-历史，国际关系，政治学，社会学，亚洲和中东研究，法律-同时保持高水平的语言学习。该学位是由东亚研究中心管理的，该中心是一个跨学科机构，也为跨部门计划和推广计划提供便利。
This interdisciplinary degree is intended to offer undergraduates a course of study that focuses on East Asia as a region of the world and human experience, and provides an integrated curriculum drawing on the approaches of the social sciences, humanities, and legal studies. The program requires relevant courses in a number of departments and programs--History, International Relations, Political Science, Sociology, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Law--while maintaining high standards in language study. This degree is now managed by the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.