现代语言和古典学系是您在当今不断缩小的世界中获得机遇和成功的门户。掌握另一种语言可以提高您从金融服务到新闻业到外交业等广泛领域的就业能力。探索语言和文化方面的经典作品，可以建立可以在许多专业中为您服务的技能。而且，当然，无论您的专业是什么，也无论您的目标是什么，这里的学习都可以使您的生活远离工作。我们提供阿拉伯语，中文，古典，法语，德语，日语和西班牙语课程。政府，商业乃至日常生活在全球范围内的运作范围日益扩大，从而使日本，中国和韩国等亚洲国家对美国的重要性日益提高状态。特别是日本，现在并将继续成为世界经济
Government, business, and even daily life operate in a more increasingly worldwide scope, making Asian countries like Japan, China, and Korea ever more important to the United States. Japan, in particular, is and will continue to be a world economic superpower and a major partner of the United States in international politics, business, culture, and trade. Those who can facilitate the relationships of those partnerships will be tomorrow's leaders. Our major in Japanese will teach you the language and the culture of this dynamic country. Ball State is one of only two universities in Indiana to offer a bachelor’s degree in Japanese. The bachelor’s degree in Japanese requires courses in beginning, intermediate, and advanced Japanese. You will also study Japanese culture and literary masterpieces.