2. Overview of the talk
• What is „Area Studies“?
– terminology
• Area Studies in BAIS
curriculum
– areas and languages
– core disciplines
• The importance of Area
Studies
3. Area studies in BAIS curriculum
8 offered areas with corresponding languages
East Asia Mandarin, Japanese (Korean)
Latin America Spanish (Portuguese)
Middle-East Arabic (Persian, Turkish)
North America French, Spanish
Russia and Eurasia Russian
South Asia and South-East Asia Hindi, Indonesian, Spanish
Sub-Sahara Africa Swahili, French (Afrikaans)
Dutch, French, Spanish (Italian,
Western Europe
Portuguese)
4. Area studies in BAIS curriculum
History Economics
2nd semester 3rd semester
A language of
the chosen
area
Politics Culture
4th semester 3rd semester
5. What is „Area Studies“?
• ‘Area Studies’ is the term used to describe the
multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary study of
specific geographical areas of the world.
(University of Cambridge)
• An infusion of languages (the humanities) and
social sciences (history, sociology, politics...)
6. The Importance
• Insight view of the area
• Broader outlook
• Tollerance
• Knowledge of a foreign
language
• Academic & job
opportunities
