Bachelor of Arts in Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures (Barnard)- South Asian

The equivalent of six courses (the completion of the 3rd year of advanced language study) of Bengali, Hindi-Urdu, Panjabi, Persian, Sanskrit, or Tamil, selected in consultation with the advisor.
Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures. Our courses and affiliated faculty cover world areas, histories, and cultures that extend from East Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, and Tibet), through South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan), Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Turkey, to the Middle East (Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria), the Gulf States (Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen), and North Africa (Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco).

The primary aim of the Department is to introduce major Asian and Middle Eastern Civilizations and their works and values as a means of expanding knowledge of the varieties and unities of the human experience. The general courses are designed for all students, whatever their major interests, who wish to include knowledge of Asian and Middle Eastern life in their education.

High school transcripts, secondary school records, or GED/TASC test results are required from any student with less than 30 earned college course credits.
Applicants with a GED or TASC and two or more years of high school are required to submit their high school transcripts.

IELTS - overall score of 7.0.
TOEFL IBT - overall score of 100 on the internet-based.
TOEFL PBT - overall score of 600 or better.