The UVM Asian Studies Program, offering B.A. and minor programs, provides students with a unique interdisciplinary experience-we draw on faculty expertise from all across the university. Twenty-four faculty members from 14 academic disciplines (art history, anthropology, Chinese language, community development, economics, education, environmental studies, history, linguistics, Japanese language, philosophy, political science, and religion) teach in the major. This approach gives you multiple perspectives that examine ancient history and cultural traditions to contemporary issues in one of the fastest developing regions of the world. Major and minor academic concentrations in Asian Studies are available to undergraduate students. Several departments offer graduate programs as well. Students majoring in Asian Studies take courses on Asia in several academic disciplines and are encouraged to pursue language courses and study abroad opportunities. Students focusing on a geographic area in which UVM offers a full array of relevant language courses (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Arabic) all establish at least intermediate proficiency in the pertinent Asian Language.