Basic Structure of the Program
- AMES is an interdisciplinary program that draws on faculty and courses from a variety of disciplines (History, Art History, DAMELL, and many other departments and programs) as well as sponsoring its own courses.
- AMES shares an affinity with DAMELL (the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature) but concentrates more on area studies and less on languages (six of ten courses for the major, and all six for the minor, must be non-language courses). Members of the DAMELL faculty are part of the AMES faculty, and all DAMELL courses other than first-year language courses can count towards study in AMES.
- Within AMES are three principal areas of concentration: East Asia (mainly China, Japan, and Korea), South and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East are the principal areas of concentration, but students can also pursue a Central Asia or interregional focus.
- The AMES Program sponsors an interdisciplinary Foreign Study Program in Fez, Morocco, in the spring term. Prerequisites for the program are completion of at least ONE of the following courses (with a grade of B or higher): NTH 15 (with Middle Eastern Studies faculty and topics), ANTH 19/AMES 6, ANTH 27/AMES 5, ARAB 10/AMES 4, Arab 61 or 63 (when the designated topic includes a focus on North Africa), GOVT 46, HIST 5.2/AMES 14, HIST 71, REL 8/AMES 8, or REL 16/AMES 15. Students also qualify if they have taken the full sequence of Arabic (1, 2 and 3). Applications are due Feb. 2 for programs in 09-10; for students not on campus winter term, the due date is Nov. 5 of the preceding fall. Visit the Off-Campus Programs Office for more information and applications.
- In addition to the Foreign Study Program in Fez, Morocco, the AMES Program is awaiting final approval of a foreign exchange program with Yonsei University in Korea and a Foreign Study Program (co-sponsored with the Women’s and Gender Studies Program) in Hyderabad, India, both scheduled to begin during 2009-2010, with applications due Feb. 2, 2009 (or Nov. 5, 2008 for students not on campus during the winter). Please contact the AMES chair for further information and prerequisites.
Courses for the Student with Little or No Background Who Wants to Explore Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- Courses that have an AMES designation only or courses from other departments and programs that are cross-listed with AMES all constitute broad and comprehensive introductions to various aspects of Asia and the Middle East, and might be the best place for a student with no background to begin.
- These courses are listed at: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~asia/courses.html
Information for the First-Year Student who Plans on Pursuing Studies in AMES
- A first-year student who plans to major in AMES should identify as soon as possible an appropriate faculty advisor within his or her chosen area of concentration (East Asia, Middle East, or South and Southeast Asia), and work closely with the advisor to develop a coherent major program. Both the chair and the program administrator (Gerard Bohlen) can aid in identifying such an advisor.
Other Information about Courses and the Program
- Any questions about the program, appropriate courses, or whether certain courses in particular departments can count towards AMES study can be addressed to AMES study can be addressed to Reiko Ohnuma (interim chair of AMES through fall 2008), Steven Ericson (chair of AMES from winter 2009), or Gerard Bohlen (administrator). Courses from other departments or programs that have been approved for credit toward the AMES major are listed on the AMES website (see below).
Current Enrollments, Class Size, and Distributives
The ORC
The AMES Homepage
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