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Because of Asia's growing importance in an age of globalization, knowledge of Asian languages as well as familiarity with Asian history, culture, and current events gives Asian studies students a competitive edge in careers related to business, government, law, education, and art connected with this region of the world. Talk with your advisor about your career plans, so that he or she can help you choose courses that support your career interests after graduation.
Office of Career Services
The Office of Career Services is designed to help you explore career possibilities, investigate employment trends, and consider graduate school options. Their staff can provide individual advising and workshops on job search strategies, resume writing, and interviewing. Their online career database, Handshake, provides UMass Boston students and alumni access to job postings, career event details, on-campus recruitment activities, and the bi-weekly Job Bulletin. In addition, the Career Resource Library offers many helpful publications related to careers and graduate study. This library is open Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and can be used on a walk-in basis.
Student Resources
300-level and Higher South Asia Electives
- ASIAN/RELSTY 314L - Meditation traditions of Asia
- ASIAN/RELSTY 335L - Literature and the Arts of the Islamic World
- ASIAN/RELSTY 351L - Religion and the Arts
- ASIAN/WGS 357L - Women in South Asian Religions: Gender Ideology and Practice in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 336 - Economic Development 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 337 - Emerging Economies in Asia 3 Credit(s)
- ASIAN/HIST 364L - India since 1857 3 Credit(s)
- ASIAN/HIST 365L - Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan in Modern World History
- HIST 456 - Faith and Politics in Islam: Devotion, Reform, and Jihad in Historical Perspective 3 Credit(s)
- SOCIOL 375L - Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 345 - Gender, Religion and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 355L - Gender, Development, & Globalization 3 Credit(s)
All Asian Studies Courses
- ART 256 - The Arts of Japan
- ART 258 - The Arts of China
- ART 356 - Japanese Architecture
- ART 357 - Japanese Art and Westernization
- ASAMST 226 - Becoming South Asian
- ASIAN 280 - Southeast Asian Cultures
- ASIAN 371 (online) - Environmental Issues in China
- ASIAN 480 - Topics in East Asian Studies
- ASIAN/ANTH 275L - Peoples and Cultures of China
- ASIAN/ART 104L - Introduction to East Asian Art
- ASIAN/ART 212L - Traditional Japanese Architecture
- ASIAN/HIST 115L - Survey of South Asia
- ASIAN/HIST 160 - East Asian Civilization I
- ASIAN/HIST 161L - East Asian Civilization II
- ASIAN/HIST 360L - Traditional China
- ASIAN/HIST 361L - History of Modern China
- ASIAN/JAPAN 367L - Food and Culture in Japan
- ASIAN/HIST/WGS 359L (online) - Women in Modern China
- ASIAN/HIST 363L (online) - Modern Japan
- ASIAN/MLLC 155L - Great Books of East Asia: Classics of Love and War
- ASIAN/MLLC 265L - Icons of East Asia: Stereotypes, gender, and cultural history from geisha girls to martial masters
- ASIAN/MLLC 366L - Re-made in Asia: Tellings and re-tellings from the Buddha to Godzilla
- ASIAN/MLLC 488L - The Idea of Asia
- ASIAN/RELSTY 112L - Religions of Asia
- ASIAN/RELSTY 215L – Introduction to Buddhism
- ASIAN/RELSTY 232L - East Asian Religions
- ASIAN/RELSTY 235L - Yoga in History, Philosophy, and Practice
- ASIAN/RELSTY 239L - Hindu Myth and Narrative
- ASIAN/RELSTY 234L - Religion and Culture in Japan
- ASIAN/RELSTY 314L – Meditation traditions of Asia
- ASIAN/RELSTY 335L – Literature and the Arts of the Islamic World
- ASIAN/RELSTY 351L - Religion and the Arts
- ASIAN/RELSTY 358L - Psychology, Politics, and Philosophy in East Asia
- ASIAN/WGS 357L - Women in South Asian Religions: Gender Ideology and Practice in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
- CHINSE 101 - Elementary Chinese I
- CHINSE 102 - Elementary Chinese II
- CHINSE 105 - Elementary Chinese for Heritage Speakers
- CHINSE 201 - Intermediate Chinese I
- CHINSE 202 - Intermediate Chinese II
- CHINSE 253 - Is Culture Power? Rethinking “Traditional” Chinese Culture
- CHINSE 260 - Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation
- CHINSE 276 - Modern Chinese Cinema
- CHINSE 301 - Advanced Chinese I
- CHINSE 302 - Advanced Chinese II
- CHINSE 303 - Readings in Chinese: 20th Century
- CHINSE 304 - Readings in Chinese: Contemporary Culture
- CHINSE 305 - Readings in Chinese: Classical
- CHINSE 315 – Chinese Popular Music
- CHINSE 320 - Introduction to Teaching Chinese Language
- CHINSE 377 - Topics in Chinese Cinema
- ECON 336 - Economic Development
- ECON 337 - Emerging Economies of Asia
- ECON 407 - Advanced Topics in Development Economics
- Hist 251 - South Asia in the Indian Ocean World
- HIST 353 - Postcolonial India
- HIST 357 - Vietnam War
- HIST/ASIAN 364L - India Since 1857
- HIST/ASIAN 365L - Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan in Modern World History
- HIST 456 - Faith and Politics in Islam: Devotion, Reform, and Jihad in Historical Perspective
- JAPAN 100 - Intensive Elementary Japanese
- JAPAN 101 - Elementary Japanese I
- JAPAN 102 - Elementary Japanese II
- JAPAN 103 - Japanese Through Music
- JAPAN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I
- JAPAN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II
- JAPAN 222 - Introduction to Japanese Music
- JAPAN 250 - Modern Japanese Literature
- JAPAN 252L - Premodern Japanese Culture
- JAPAN 260 - Japanese Theatre
- JAPAN 270 - Introduction to Japanese Culture
- JAPAN 276 - Postwar Japanese Cinema: From Kurosawa Akira to Kurosawa Kiyoshi
- JAPAN 301 - Advanced Japanese
- JAPAN 302 - Readings in Japanese
- MLLC 368 - Shanghai
- PHIL 297 - Asian Philosophy
- PHIL 379 – Reality and Illusion, East and West
- POLSCI 365 – Japan and the United States
- POLSCI 387 - Government and Politics of China
- POLSCI 390 – A Comparative Analysis of Inequality and Redistribution
- RELSTY 233L - Introduction to Islam
- SOCIOL 375L - Indian Cinema
- VIET 101 - Introductory Vietnamese I
- VIET 102 - Introductory Vietnamese II
- VIET 201 - Intermediate Vietnamese I
- VIET 202 - Intermediate Vietnamese II
- WGS 345 - Gender, Religion, and Politics in South Asia
- WGS 355L - Gender, Development & Globalization
Careers
Because of Asia's growing importance in an age of globalization, knowledge of Asian languages as well as familiarity with Asian history, culture, and current events gives Asian studies students a competitive edge in careers related to business, government, law, education, and art connected with this region of the world. Talk with your advisor about your career plans, so that he or she can help you choose courses that support your career interests after graduation.
Office of Career Services
The Office of Career Services is designed to help you explore career possibilities, investigate employment trends, and consider graduate school options. Their staff can provide individual advising and workshops on job search strategies, resume writing, and interviewing. Their online career database, Handshake, provides UMass Boston students and alumni access to job postings, career event details, on-campus recruitment activities, and the bi-weekly Job Bulletin. In addition, the Career Resource Library offers many helpful publications related to careers and graduate study. This library is open Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and can be used on a walk-in basis.
Professional Organizations
Many academic associations and professional organizations offer online career resources which may be of interest to students and emerging professionals. Searches of the groups' websites may reveal professional development advice, open job postings, and conference information. Professional organizations related to our department’s majors include (but are not limited to):
The Association for Asian Studies
The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is a scholarly, non-political, nonprofit professional association open to all persons interested in Asia and the study of Asia. With approximately 8,000 members worldwide, representing all the regions and countries of Asia and all academic disciplines, the AAS is the largest organization of its kind.
The American Institute of Indian Studies
The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) was formed to further the knowledge of India in the United States by supporting American scholarship on India. The programs of AIIS promote and advance mutual understanding between the citizens of the U. S. and of India. More than 6,000 scholars and creative artists have received AIIS support, with their work spanning the humanities, social sciences, social policy and natural sciences.
The American Institute of Bangladesh Studies
American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) is an association of institutions of higher learning in the United States aimed at promoting scholarly understanding between Bangladesh and the United States. Incorporated in 1988, AIBS provides senior and junior fellowships as well as pre-dissertation grants for U.S. scholars and students to visit Bangladesh and observe first-hand the problems facing a developing country.
Beyond the Classroom
There are also opportunities for funding, including the full use of your FAFSA Pell grant, to cover living expenses while overseas. These opportunities depend a great deal on the circumstances of individual students. Interested students should contact the Study Abroad Office in the Office of Global Programs to explore funding opportunities and university partners (https://www.umb.edu/academics/global/studyabroad/programs/exchange ).
Part of the study abroad process and before a student studies abroad, you will need to visit the financial aid office at UMass Boston, part of whose job it is to make sure each student has sufficient funds to support them. Students should also try to find information about what courses are available at these institutions, choose some particular courses, and if possible reach a prior written agreement with appropriate faculty at UMass Boston as to what kind of credit will be transferred to UMass Boston on their return. This is accomplished by completing the "Request For Prior Approval of Transfer Credit of Study Abroad Programs" form which is obtained in the Office of Global Programs.
Alumni
Welcome, Asian Studies alumni!
We post upcoming campus-based events on the News and Events pages of our website. Alumni are invited to attend these events.
We encourage alumni to keep in touch with us and let us know what you are doing. Send your news and latest contact information to cla@umb.edu.