Center for Asian Studies

Dr. Ronnie Littlejohn, Director Asian Studies in
Belmont's Undergraduate Curriculum

Belmont faculty members are engaged in an initiative to increase the breadth and depth of the use of materials related to China, Japan, Southeast Asia, and India in their undergraduate courses This initiative began in 1999 and it has led both to an increase in the scholarly knowledge of participating faculty members and in their awareness of pedagogical resources available for teaching about Asia.

A principal goal of the effort is to create revised courses that reflect both more concentrated and better conceived work in Asian Studies. The initiative is creating a cohort of faculty who are undertaking interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary innovation of Belmont's curriculum at both the general education and discipline specific levels.

This work is consistent with Belmont's role as an institution that includes cross-cultural expertise as one of its primary expectations for faculty and students alike.