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Many students pursuing graduate degrees at Boston University
specialize in Asia while working through traditional academic departments
and professional programs. Students in consultation with their departments
can take a full range of Asian Studies and language courses across the
disciplines.
Scholarships and other financial aid are available
in all departments, and many are open to both U.S. citizens and international
students. Specific grants for Asian Studies, are, for example, those
offered in the Department of Art History, including a Fellowship of
Asian Art History, and grants funded by the Henry Luce Foundation for
students pursuing a Master’s
Degree in Asian Art History in addition to the Certificate in Museum
Studies.
Students wishing to learn more about pursuing a graduate
degree should consult with appropriate Asian
Studies faculty,
refer to the website of the appropriate department, and consult the Bulletin
of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences or the appropriate professional
school Bulletin.
Master of Arts in International
Relations >>
The Department of International Relations offers six
MA programs, including joint programs with Law, Management, Environmental
Policy, Communications, and Religion. Students with an interest in Asian
studies can choose from a broad range of courses on East Asia, as well
as some offerings in South Asia and Central Asia. For more information
on graduate study in International Relations, please refer to the department
website.
Master of
Business in International Management >>
The International Management Program is an MBA program
that begins in Asia over the summer, following the same requirements
as the School of Management's General MBA program. Students spend five
weeks in Shanghai (China) and then five weeks in Kobe (Japan), combining
intensive classwork, multicultural teamwork, and visits to Shanghai's
and Kansai's great corporations and cultural landmarks. During this
Asian stage, they earn 20 MBA credits, 16 core credits, and 4 electives
credits for a Business in Asia course. All courses in Asia are taught
by BU School of Management faculty. After completing the Asian component
of the program, students come to Boston in September and finish their
remaining 44 MBA credits.
For more information on the International Management
Program, please visit the School
of Management Website.
Master of
Arts in Asian Art History >>
The MA degree program in Asian Art History at Boston University was designed in 1999 by Professors Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis and Qianshen Bai, specialists in Japanese and Chinese arts. A generous grant in the amount of $200,000 from the Luce Foundation assisted in the financial support of the first groups of incoming students. In addition, two endowed fellowship funds have been serving the research and travel needs of Asian art students: the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Fellowship Fund, gifted by Boston University alumna Diane H. Schaefer; and the Ralph C. Marcove Fellowship Fund in Asian Art History. After the retirement of Professor ten Grotenhuis, Professor Alice Tseng joined the department in fall 2004 to teach Japanese art and architecture. Professors Bai and Tseng currently serve as advisors to students in the program.
The program provides graduate students interested in the arts of Asia a comprehensive and rigorous structure of study. Five of the eight semester courses taken to fulfill the MA degree course requirement are in Asian art history. Two of the five Asian art courses must be the basic colloquia courses, AH 726 Arts of Japan and AH 727 Arts of China; students take three other courses in Asian art history. For the three elective courses, students are encouraged to choose from the Art History Department’s diverse offering of courses on Western and non-Western art and architecture, as well as the wide range of courses on Asia offered by Asian studies faculty in the departments of anthropology, archeology, history, international relations, philosophy, religion, modern languages and comparative literature, and others. A complete list of Asian Studies faculty and courses at Boston University may be found on this website..
Language and comprehensive exams are specific to the Asian Art History MA degree. Entering students to the program are expected to have working research knowledge of modern Chinese or Japanese. At the completion of the program, students need to have had three years of college work or the equivalent in modern Chinese or Japanese. The master’s exam tests the student’s comprehensive knowledge of Asian art history.
The final requirement for the Asian Art History MA degree is a scholarly paper that presents original research and thought. It is usually a seminar paper originally written for a department art history course that has been expanded and revised according to professional standards of presentation.
Programs
at the School
of Theology and Division of Religious and Theological Studies >>
At Boston University students can earn degrees with
an Asian focus as Doctor
of Theology in Mission Studies and/or Church History in the School
of Theology;
and Doctor of Philosophy in Religion and Culture, and Doctor of Philosophy
in the History of Christianity
in the Division
of Religious and Theological Studies.
The ThD degree program is offered to students who wish to enhance
their knowledge or teaching competencies in advanced areas of theology
and ministry. The PhD in Religion and Culture is an interdisciplinary
program on the relation of religion and culture in modern or traditional
societies. Up to two-thirds of coursework is completed in the social
sciences (sociology or anthropology.) The PhD in History of Christianity
is designed to provide a broad overview of the history and thought
of World Christianity as well as to train specialists in mission history.
Over the years, many students have defended dissertations on Asian
topics.
Online Certificate
in Asian Religions and Healing: Beginning in fall 2006, the
School of Theology offers an Online Certificate in Asian Religions
and Healing designed and taught by world-renowned Asian religions scholar
Livia Kohn. The four online courses in this certificate can be taken
as a stand alone non-degree program or integrated within the STM or
MTS degrees. They may also be taken singly as a student's interests
dictate. Please click
here
for more information.
Center for Global
Christianity and Mission: Boston University is also home to
the Center for Global
Christianity and Mission, an academic
institution supporting the study of Christianity as a multi-cultural
and global movement in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The Center
faculty encourage projects undertaken by BU doctoral students and facilitate
dissertation field research.
Professional Programs >>
Legal, Medical,
and Community Interpreting Certificate Program — Mandarin Chinese >>
This program, administered by the University’s
Center for Professional Education at 1010
Commonwealth Ave., began training interpreters in Mandarin Chinese
in 2006. Students and instructors meet on Saturday mornings over the
course of a year for a minimum of 144 class hours
taught by professional interpreters.
Graduates of the community interpreting section
go on to work in education, social services, industry, public relations,
and local government issues and affairs. In the legal interpreting
section, instructors present students with a wide range of legal scenarios — including criminal court
sessions, depositions, financial affairs, and hearings before immigration
authorities — along with the fundamentals of legal processes
and legal terminology. Medical interpreting students are prepared for
the field through case studies, role-playing, and a review of medical
procedures.
For more information, please visit the Center for Professional
Education website.
For a listing of interpreting courses, see the Interpreting Certificate
Program section of the Courses
page.
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