Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures

The primary aim of the Department is to introduce major Asian and Middle Eastern Civilizations and their works and values as a means of expanding knowledge of the varieties and unities of the human experience.  The general courses are designed for all students, whatever their major interests, who wish to include knowledge of Asian and Middle Eastern life in their education.

AMEC is a department that prepares students both for area-specific work/further schooling and for careers that require a broad education, the ability to think, and creative vision.  Past students who have majored in Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures have gone on to myriad careers, including: jobs or further study of Asia and the Middle East (i.e. State Department  jobs, MA or Ph.D. study, museum curating, consultancy, NGO work, charitable foundations, advocacy work), Law school, Medical school, Veterinary school, Public Health, International Affairs, Peace Corps, education abroad, Teach for America, Divinity School, chaplaincy, jobs in climate science, publishing, writing, journalism, professional translation work, primary or secondary education, finance, private business, opera singing!