Majors

BA in International Literary & Cultural Studies

As of Fall 2024, the Department offers one ILCS major with two options.

Option 1: Single language/culture with six possible language tracks

Arabic Chinese German Hebrew Japanese Russian

Option 2: Comparative track

Comparative

Interdisciplinary Majors

The Department offers two interdisciplinary majors: German Studies and Russian and Eastern European Studies.

BA in German Studies BA in Russian & Eastern European Studies

Majors for Matriculated Students in Fall 2023 or Earlier

Students who matriculated in Fall 2023 or earlier may still pursue the following majors: Arabic Language and Cultural Studies, Chinese Language and Cultural Studies, German Language and Cultural Studies, Japanese Language and Cultural Studies, Russian Language and Cultural Studies.

BA in Arabic Language & Cultural Studies BA in Chinese Language & Cultural Studies BA in German Language & Cultural Studies BA in Japanese Language & Cultural Studies BA in Russian Language & Cultural Studies

Department Chair

Charles Inouye

Professor and Department Chair of International Literary and Cultural Studies

Japanese Program

Premodern and modern Japanese literature, figurality and the development of modern consciousness, gothic studies, realism, lyricism, animism, and eschatology.