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Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary minor that allows students to explore a complex and increasingly influential part of the word from a variety of perspectives. More than half of humanity currently lives in Asia. Asian civilizations have produced some of the most powerful and enduring achievements in world art, literature, spirituality, philosophy, science, and technology. Ever more Americans and New Yorkers, including an ever-larger percentage of the Brooklyn College community itself, place their origins in Asian societies.
Commercial exchange between the United States and Asia continues to grow both in sheer volume and importance to the global economy as a whole. In pace with these economic ties are accelerating cultural and social exchanges that impact the daily life of ordinary people in all corners of the planet. For these reasons and many others Asian Studies can play a vital and exciting role in the education of virtually any undergraduate student, no matter what their major area of study or future career ambition.