The Asian Languages and Cultures major at Northwestern invites students to achieve advanced proficiency in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean while exploring the region’s literature, cinema, religion, and contemporary societies. Intensive language courses emphasize communicative competence and cultural nuance, supported by study-abroad programs in Beijing, Tokyo, and Seoul. Interdisciplinary electives range from Tang poetry to K-drama criticism, Buddhist philosophy to East Asian political economy. Capstone seminars synthesize linguistic skills with original research—whether analyzing anime aesthetics or translating archival documents—preparing graduates for careers in diplomacy, international business, education, or media.
Translate and annotate short stories by contemporary Chinese science-fiction authors
Study honorific usage shifts in modern Japanese workplace emails
Create a linguistic corpus of K-pop lyrics for sentiment analysis
Develop a documentary on temple cuisine traditions in South Korea
Analyze cross-cultural adaptations of Journey to the West in global cinema
Produce an interactive map of Silk Road Buddhist cave art motifs
Research Chinese social-media discourse on environmental activism
Compare gendered speech patterns in historical versus modern Japanese dramas
Curate a mini film festival on post-war Korean cinema with critical essays
Build a mobile language-learning game using AR for Kanji recognition
Conduct ethnographic interviews on calligraphy practice among Chicago practitioners
Examine Korean webtoons’ global distribution and intellectual-property models
Translate Edo-period travel diaries and analyze spatial metaphors
Write policy analysis of language education frameworks in Taiwanese schools
Create a podcast discussing Buddhist concepts in Studio Ghibli storytelling
Gain linguistic mastery and cultural depth through Northwestern’s Asian Languages and Cultures major.
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