What Can I Do With A Major In East Asian Studies
A bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies can prepare one to pursue a broad range of academic and professional pursuits including business, law, government, diplomacy, education, trade, or journalism. Opportunities exist in both the public and private sectors. One will also be prepared for graduate school.
Career Planning
Professional Associations
- American Anthropological Association
- American Association for Chinese Studies
- American Association of Exporters & Importers
- American Association of Language Specialists
- American Association of Museums
- American Foreign Policy Institute
- American Historical Association
- American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works
- American Library Association
- American Literary Translators Association
- American Political Science Association
- American Society of Journalist and Authors
- American Translators Association
- Archaeological Institute of America
- Association for Asian Studies
- Linguistic Society of America
- National Association of Asian American Professionals
- National Council of Churches Professional Church Leadership
- Organization of American Historians
- Society for American Archaeology
- Society of American Archivists
- Society of American Travel Writers
- U.S. Department of State
Miscellaneous
- Academy of International Business
- Amnesty International
- Asians in America Magazine
- Center for International Private Enterprise
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Council of the Americas
- Cultural Survival
- Euro Pages
- Relief Web
- International Chamber of Commerce
- Public Citizen
- Save the Children
- UNICEF
- United Nations
- US International Trade Commission
- World Bank
- World Economic Forum
- World Trade Organization
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Foreign Service Officer
Foreign Service Peacekeeping Specialist
Foreign Student Adviser
Government Service Executives
Historian
Historic Site Administrator
Historical Archivist
Instructional Coordinators
Intelligence Specialist
Labor Relations Advisor
Librarian
Lobbyist
Market Research Analyst
Missionary Worker
Museum Curator
Public Health Service Officer
Public Relations Manager
Public Relations Specialist
Sociologist
Student Admissions Administrator
Student Affairs Administrator
Travel Writer (Journalist)
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