ASIAN STUDIES AT
Missouri State University
Asian Studies Program:
With the increased emphasis being placed on International Studies, world
markets, and diversity awareness, the College of Humanities and Public Affairs
has created a minor in Asian Studies. Students who earn this minor will be
better prepared for careers in international business, public service, human
resources, and graduate studies in art history, political science, public administration,
religious studies, and history. To learn more about the minor
in Asian Studies, please click HERE
Travel and Exchange Programs:
(1) The Qingdao Exchange Program
The China Program is a direct exchange with Missouri State University
(Missouri State).
Four Missouri State students will be eligible to spend a semester at Qingdao University
immersed in the Chinese Culture. Qingdao University is home to over 18,000
students who study in six colleges including the College of Arts; the College of
Science and Technology; the College of Textile Engineering and Fashion; the
College of International Business; the College of Medicine; and the College of
Teachers. QU, facing the Yellow Sea and situated in the Science, Education, and
Culture District of Qingdao High-Tech Industrial Complex, sits below the
magnificent Mount Fushan which rises in its background, creating a beautiful
academic setting. QU has expanded their academic exchange programs over the
years to include 5 countries and nearly 15 universities around the world.
1998-1999 was the first year Missouri State participated in their program.
To learn more about the China program, please click
HERE
(2) The Dalian
Program
Located in Dalian, China, the Missouri State Branch
Campus is an educational cooperation project between Liaoning Normal University
and the Missouri State University System.Currently, the Missouri State Branch
Campus offers through Missouri State-West Plains a curriculum that will lead to an
Associate of Arts degree in General Studies with an emphasis in business. To
learn more about the Dalian Program, please click
HERE
(3)
National Sun Yat-sen University
The Missouri State Political Science Department and the Graduate Institute of
Political Science at National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) in Kaohsiung,
Taiwan, Republic of China, signed an exchange agreement in January 2005.
Graduate students from Missouri State will be able to spend a semester studying at NSYSU
beginning in the fall semester of 2005.
NSYSU has been named by the Ministry of Education as
one of Taiwan's seven major research-intensive universities. With a population
of over two million, Kaohsiung is the second largest city in Taiwan. Their Political
Science department only has exchange agreements
with a small number of other institutions--including the two best universities
in the People's Republic of China (Beijing University and Fudan University).
For more information on the exchange program, please contact the Political
Science Department. To view images of the sign ceremony, please click
HERE
Partnership with East-West Center
Missouri State
University is a regional center of the
Asian Studies Development Program, of the East-West Center, University of Hawaii.
To learn more about the ASDP program please visit the following link:
MBA Partnership with International School for Management Studies, Chennai,
India:
Missouri State and the International
School for Management Studies (IMissouri State), a division of the Madras School of Social
Work in Chennai (Madras) India, have a joint agreement facilitating entrance
into the MBA program by international students from India. The 24-credit hours
of MBA Foundation courses may be completed at the International School for
Management Studies and the subsequent 33-credit hours of the MBA program will be
completed on the Missouri State campus. Students at IMissouri State may also take additional
preparatory classes, particularly if they are pursuing the Techno-MBA option.
The MBA degree will be granted by Missouri State. To learn more about
the partnership, please click
HERE
Language Opportunities:
The Modern and Classical Languages Department
serves the Missouri State community by offering coursework in nine foreign languages and
English-language courses in culture and literature. The
Department supports the Missouri State Public Affairs
Mission by fostering in its students an awareness of
the world's cultural diversity, and by empowering students to make a difference
in the world around them. The Modern and Classical
Languages Department offers classes in both Chinese and Japanese. To learn
more about the department, please click
HERE
Meet the Missouri State
Asian Studies Faculty:
Many of the faculty at Missouri State have a keen
interest in Asian affairs and play a role in the Asian studies program.
Below please find a small number of these individuals and links to their
homepages.
Stephen C.
Berwitz, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, is an authority on
religions in Asia with a special focus on
Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka.
Dennis Van Vranken Hickey, Professor of Political
Science, is an authority on the relationship between the US, China and Taiwan and
security and defense issues in East Asia.
Madeleine
Kernen, Associate Professor of French and Head of the Department of Modern
and Classical Languages, has traveled extensively in China and aggressively
promotes the study of Asian languages at Missouri State.
Jack Llewellyn,
Associate Professor of Religious Studies,
is
an authority on the Hindu religious tradition
Weiyan Wang, Assistant Professor
of Media, Journalism and Film, is an authority on East Asian film and emerging
multimedia technologies.
Yongwei Zhang,
Professor of Geography, is an authority on the geography of China and tourism in
China and a leading figure in the maintenance of Missouri State's program's in the
People's Republic of China.
International Student Services:
The Missouri State Office of
International Student Services provides assistance to students from East Asia
and elsewhere in the international community. To learn more about the
Office of International Student Services, please click
HERE.
Asian Student Organizations:
There are over
250 Student Organizations here at Missouri State. If you
would like to get involved or start a new Student Organization, then the place
to start is here. The Office of Student Activities is located in the
Plaster Student Union in the middle of
campus. Below please find links to several Asian student
organizations.
The Chinese Students and Scholars Association
The Indian Students Association
Taiwan Students Association (temporarily inactive)
The Thailand Students Association
Graduate Program in International Affairs & Administration
The
Master of International Affairs and Administration (MIAA) degree is designed to
meet the growing societal and occupational needs in a highly competitive and yet
increasingly interdependent world for students trained in international affairs
and administration. The main mission of the MIAA program is to produce well
rounded and educated persons who understand and appreciate the diversity and
complexity of international affairs, who understand the role of global
citizenship, and who can bring imaginative and creative problem-solving skills
to problems faced by the global community. To learn more
about the program, please click
HERE.
Links to Asian News Sources
There
are numerous English-language news sources available to faculty and students.
These publications those seeking to gain additional information about current
events in Asia. For more information, please click
HERE.
John Q Hammons Fountain at
Missouri State
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