Need help planning your course of study, meeting academic requirements, or exploring career options? Students who are interested in declaring an Asian Studies major or minor should contact our undergraduate program advisor(s). Undergraduate students already pursuing a major or minor in Asian Studies can seek academic support from advisors at Tykeson Hall or from our program advisor.

Department Coordinators

Luke Habberstad
Director

Email: lukehabb@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4006
Office: 401 Friendly Hall
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Tykeson Hall Advising

Need help planning your course of study? Tykeson College and Career Advising is the academic and career advising destination for all students who are declared majors and minors in the College of Arts and Sciences. At Tykeson Hall, you can work with professional college and career advisors to schedule your classes, plan for graduation, discuss career possibilities, and more.

Students should also continue to seek advice from faculty when they are looking for specific information about their chosen major or detailed information about their major department and its curricular and co-curricular offerings.

Location: Tykeson Hall
Phone: 541-346-9200
MS Teams/Email: tykesonfront@uoregon.edu
Drop-in Hours: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. PT

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Office of Academic Advising

Are you still figuring out which major you’d like to pursue at UO? Whether you're in year one, two, or three and beyond or you're a transfer student, advisors in the Office of Academic Advising can help you explore options based on your strengths and interests so you can make the most of your college experience.

Location: 101 Oregon Hall
Phone: 541-346-32110
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm PT

Student Resources

• Internships in Asian Studies
• East Asian Languages and Literatures
• Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
• Yamada Language Center

Related Language Programs

Hindi

Department: Yamada Language Center
Number of Users Worldwide: 544 million
Offerings: LT 199 – Self-Study Program

Although known as the land of mythologies, mysticism, and diversity, India is now also a land of opportunities. The growth of modern science and technology in India is changing the patterns of life and is posing many a research question. Hindi provides a glimpse into this progressive culture standing the litmus test of time. Learning Hindi is as simple as learning any other language of the world. It just requires students to once more be persistent, ignorant, imitative, innocent and inquisitive as everyone is in one’s childhood. Did you learn or acquire your mother tongue? Is acquisition of a language possible after critical age?

Japanese

Department: Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
Number of Users Worldwide: 127 million
Offerings: Levels 100-600, SLAT, Minor, BA, Master’s, Ph.D.

Japanese is spoken by 120 million natives of the Japanese islands and by an additional 2 million people outside of Japan, primarily in South America and the United States. As Japan emerged as an economic power in the second half of the twentieth century, its language became common on the international business scene. Japan is also the home of one of the world’s oldest continuously existing civilizations. The study of Japanese is thus rewarding not only for its practical benefits, but also for the introduction it offers to a rich cultural and literary tradition still largely unknown to the majority of Westerners.

Korean

Department: East Asian Languages and Literature
Number of Users Worldwide: 80 million
Offerings: Levels 100-400, SLAT, Minor, BA, Master’s

Korean is the official language of both North Korea and South Korea, which have a total combined population of around 77 million (26 million in the North and 51 million in the South). Korean is also spoken in large ethnic Korean communities in the USA, China, Japan, and Central Asia. In the past, Korean was often written using Chinese characters or Hanja. However, use of Hanja has now more or less been replaced by an indigenous alphabetic script known as Hangul, which was invented in 1443 by King Sejong (possibly with the help of other scholars).

Chinese

Department: East Asian Languages and Literature
Number of Users Worldwide: 1.1 billion
Offerings: Levels 100-600, SLAT, Minor, BA, Master’s, PhD

Chinese has more native speakers than any other language, and it also uses the world’s oldest writing system, comprised of distinctive graphs, or “characters,” that represent words. Character inscriptions have been found on turtle shells and animals bones dating back to the Shang dynasty (ending ca. 1050 BCE), proving that the writing system has existed for more than 3,000 years. Chinese is now used by people around the world, and so study of the language provides not only an essential window into China’s ancient cultures, but also into fast-changing societies, nations, and communities of Chinese speakers found across the globe.

Russian

Department: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Number of Users Worldwide: 260 million
Offerings: Levels 100-500, Minor, BA, Master’s

Russian is spoken around the world, from across Eurasia to Russian-speaking communities in North America. A language with a long history and a fascinating and hugely influential literary tradition, Russian is one of the most important languages in the world. At the University of Oregon, Russian classes are offered in the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies program (REEES).

Thai

Department: Yamada Language Center
Number of Users Worldwide: 69 million
Offerings: LT 199 – Self-Study Program

Thai is the most spoken of over 60 languages of Thailand and is the country’s sole official language. It is partly mutually intelligible with some related languages, and so study of Thai opens a window into a fascinating and beautiful country comprised of many different cultures and ethnicities.

Vietnamese

Department: Yamada Language Center
Number of Users Worldwide: 75 million
Offerings: LT 199 – Self-Study Program

Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the native language of the Vietnamese (Kinh) people, as well as a first or second language for many ethnic minorities of Vietnam. As the result of Vietnamese immigration and cultural influence, Vietnamese speakers are found throughout the world, notably in East and Southeast Asia, North America, Australia and Western Europe. It is part of the Austroasiatic language family of which it has by far the most speakers (several times as many as the other Austroasiatic languages combined).