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AREA STUDIES

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251062 Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
 

Program(s) of Study and Training
 
05.0101 African Studies
African Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the African Continent, usually with an emphasis on Africa south of the Sahara, and including the African diaspora overseas.
 
05.0102 American/United States Studies/Civilization
American/United States Studies/Civilization. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the United States and its Pre-Columbian and colonial predecessors, and including the flow of immigrants from other societies.
 
05.0103 Asian Studies/Civilization
Asian Studies/Civilization. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the Asian Continent, including the study of the Asian diasporas overseas.
 
05.0104 East Asian Studies
East Asian Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of East Asia, defined as including China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Tibet, related borderlands and island groups, and including the study of the East Asian diasporas overseas.
 
05.0105 Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies
Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of what is historically known as Central/Middle and Eastern Europe, defined as including Austria, the Balkans, the Baltic States, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, related borderlands and island groups, and migration patterns.
 
05.0106 European Studies/Civilization
European Studies/Civilization. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the European Continent, including the study of European migration patterns and colonial empires. )
 
05.0107 Latin American Studies
Latin American Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic peoples of the North and South American Continents outside Canada and the United States, including the study of the Pre-Columbian period and the flow of immigrants from other societies.
 
05.0108 Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Near and Middle Eastern Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of North Africa, Southwestern Asia, Asia Minor, and the Arabian Peninsula, related borderlands and island groups, and including emigrant and immigrant groups.
 
05.0109 Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies
Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Australasia and the Pacific Ocean, related island groups and bordering coastal regions, and including pre- and post-colonial migration patterns.
 
05.0110 Russian Studies
Russian Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the Russian Federation and its Soviet, Czarist, and medieval predecessors and related borderlands.
 
05.0111 Scandinavian Studies
Scandinavian Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Scandinavia, defined as Northern Europe including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, related island groups (including Greenland), and borderlands.
 
05.0112 South Asian Studies
South Asian Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of South Asia, defined as including Afghanistan, India, the Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, and Sri Lanka and related borderlands and island groups; and including the study of migration patterns and overseas diasporas.
 
05.0113 Southeast Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Southeast Asia, defined as including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam; related borderlands and island groups; and including the study of migration patterns and overseas diasporas. and Linguistics. (Report under 16.14 Series)
 
05.0114 Western European Studies
Western European Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of historical Western Europe, defined as including Britain, Ireland, France, the Low Countries, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, the Western Mediterranean, and related island groups and borderlands.
 
05.0115 Canadian Studies
Canadian Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Canada and its Pre-Columbian, colonial, and pre-federation predecessors, including immigrant flows and related borderlands and island groups.
 
05.0116 Balkans Studies
Balkans Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan Peninsula and associated island groups and borderlands, Southern Slavic and non-Slavic, during the medieval, Ottoman, and modern periods.
 
05.0117 Baltic Studies
Baltic Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples inhabiting the coastlands of the Baltic Sea, including Baltic, Germanic, Scandinavian, and Slavic populations, related borderlands and island groups, and problems of cultural survival and assimilation.
 
05.0118 Slavic Studies
Slavic Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Slavic peoples inhabiting Europe, Asia, and in immigrant groups elsewhere, including the study of the emergence and migration patterns of Slavic culture, languages, and populations.
 
05.0119 Caribbean Studies
Caribbean Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples inhabiting the major islands and archipelagoes of the Caribbean Sea and related coastal borderlands, including immigration patterns and Pre- Columbian, colonial, and modern societies.
 
05.0120 Ural-Altaic and Central Asian Studies
Ural-Altaic and Central Asian Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples and countries of Inner/Central Asia, including the Turkic and Mongolian inhabitants of the Caspian, Amur, Tien Shan, Baikal, Gobi, Siberian, and Manchurian areas and the historical Silk Road, in terms of their past and present development.
 
05.0121 Commonwealth Studies
Commonwealth Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples and countries comprising components of the historical British Empire and modern British Commonwealth, including migration patterns, shared sociocultural and political features and problems, and contemporary relations.
 
05.0122 Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign)
Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign). A program that focuses on the defined geographic subregions and subcultures within modern and historical countries and societies. Includes such topics as Acadian Studies, French Canadian and Quebec Studies, Southern (U.S.) Studies, Appalachian (U.S.) Studies, New England Studies, Southwestern Studies, Northern Studies, and others.
 
05.0123 Chinese Studies
Chinese Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of present-day China and its historical predecessors, related borderlands and island groups, and the overseas Chinese diaspora.
 
05.0124 French Studies
French Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of France, other Francophone countries inside and outside Europe, and the French colonial experience and the associated French minorities around the world.
 
05.0125 German Studies
German Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of Germany, the neighboring countries of Austria and Switzerland, the German minorities in neighboring European countries, and the historical areas of German influence across Europe and overseas.
 
05.0126 Italian Studies
Italian Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of modern Italy and its predecessors on the Italian Peninsula, including overseas migrations of Italian peoples.
 
05.0127 Japanese Studies
Japanese Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the peoples of Japan, and related island groups and coastal neighbors.
 
05.0128 Korean Studies
Korean Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the peoples of Korea, including related island groups and borderlands.
 
05.0129 Polish Studies
Polish Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of Poland and the current and historical inhabitants of the Polish lands, including borderlands, from earliest times to the present.
 
05.0130 Spanish and Iberian Studies
Spanish and Iberian Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the peoples of the Iberian Peninsula and related island groups and border regions from earliest times to the present, with particular emphasis on the development of Spain and Portugal but including other historical and current cultures.
 
05.0131 Tibetan Studies
Tibetan Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of Tibet and its borderlands, with emphasis on both pre-modern and modern Tibet and associated religious and exile movements.
 
05.0132 Ukraine Studies
Ukraine Studies. A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the Ukraine and its inhabitants, and related border regions, from earliest times to the present.
 
05.0199 Area Studies, Other
Area Studies, Other. Any instructional program in specifically defined area studies not listed above.
 
05.0201 African-American/Black Studies
African-American/Black Studies. A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of the North American peoples descended from the African diaspora; focusing on the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, but also including reference to Latin American elements of the diaspora.
 
05.0202 American Indian/Native American Studies
American Indian/Native American Studies. A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the American Indian, Aleut, Inuit, Hawaiian and other native peoples of the Americas from earliest times until the present, with particular emphasis on U.S. and Canadian populations and their problems but including reference to Caribbean and Latin American native peoples.
 
05.0203 Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican- American/Chicano Studies. A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic American immigrant populations within the U.S. and Canada, including Mexican-American Studies, Cuban American Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, and others.
 
05.0206 Asian-American Studies
Asian-American Studies. A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of Asian population groups who have immigrated to the United States and Canada, or sought refugee asylum, from the colonial period to the present, and including Chinese- Americans, Japanese-Americans, Korean-Americans, Vietnamese- Americans, Cambodian-Americans, and others.
 
05.0207 Women's Studies
Women's Studies. A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of women, and the development of modern feminism in relation to the roles played by women in different periods and locations in North America and the world. Programs may focus on literature, philosophy, and the arts as much as on social studies and policy.
 
05.0208 Gay/Lesbian Studies
Gay/Lesbian Studies. A program that focuses on homosexuality in history, society, politics, and cultural life; usually with an emphasis on the modern emergence of gays and lesbians as a sociocultural minority movement, the identification of social, literary, and artistic themes and the definition of, and public policy and legal issues surrounding the gay and lesbian community.
 
05.0299 Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other. Any instructional program in ethnic, cultural minority, and gender studies not listed above.
 
05.9999 Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, Other
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, Other. Any instructional program in area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies not listed above.
Occupation(s)
 
25-1062 Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses pertaining to the culture and development of an area (e.g., Latin America), an ethnic group, or any other group (e.g., women's studies, urban affairs).

 
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