Overview

Graduates from the Asian Studies at California State University Long Beach can expect to be much more competitive for positions in the Foreign Service, State Department, K-12 and community college education and administration, international finance and industry, non-governmental organizations, academic publishing, professional translation work, and Ph.D. programmes in Chinese, Japanese, or Asian Studies.

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate their ability to research comparative topics on Asia using at least one Asian language along with European language sources. They will demonstrate this in their culminating project.

Demonstrate a comparative understanding of the cultural, economic, or socio-political significance of Asia in the 21st century. They will demonstrate this through their course work and culminating project.

Demonstrate research proficiency in at least one Asian language. They will demonstrate this through their course work and culminating project.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Asian Studies and Languages: Research and Methodologies

Comparative Traditional Cultures of Asia

Asia and Globalization

Current Affairs in China

Chinese Culture and Tradition

Contrastive Analysis of Chinese and English

Masterpieces from China

Japanese Civilization

Japan: Its Land, People and Culture

Japanese Culture as Social Process

Readings in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-15 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

30 SCH

30-42

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Long Beach, United States

Disciplines

Asian studies View 96 other Masters in Asian studies in United States

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Academic requirements

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English requirements

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General requirements

A Bachelor’s degree a major in Asian Studies, or a field with an emphasis on Asia, including Cultural Geography, International Business, and International Studies and Linguistics.

A 3.0 (“B”) GPA in Asia and Asian language related courses taken as an undergraduate. (A student whose GPA is less than 3.0 may appeal to the Department’s Graduate Committee for a possible waiver of this requirement.)

Asian language requirement:

Statement of Purpose (maximum of two pages)

Two letters of recommendation. One letter must be from a professor with whom the applicant has studied.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

17922 USD / year

≈ 17922 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

8064 USD / year

≈ 8064 USD / year

Additional Details

If you are not a resident of California, you must add $444.00 for each unit of credit you take to your tuition total.

Living costs

Long Beach

United States

1400 - 2000 USD / month

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