The Bachelor of Arts program requires study in one or more Central Eurasian languages. Advanced coursework gives you a depth of knowledge about at least one of the following geographic regions: Tibet, Mongolia, Xinjiang, the Central Asian republics, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Hungary, andor Estonia and Finland. You will develop language proficiency and cultural competency while studying current cultural and political situations within their historical contexts. Our program provides you with the means to study in depth a region of specialization in Central Eurasia through mastery of one or more languages as well as the history, culture, religion, and geopolitics of a given region in a multidisciplinary approach. The degree program combines two key features: a language of specialization (LOS), which gives you access to your chosen civilization through the voices of its people; and a region of specialization (ROS), which includes courses on various aspects of your chosen civilization.