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terested in pursuing careers in academia. he said.
"They're preparing for more pragmatic qualifications than just studying language and literature," he said.
Enrollment and politics
James Carothers, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said almost all foreign language departments had experienced a recent enrollment increase.
"In the last three or four years, there's been an increased willingness on the part of students to study foreign language." Carothers said.
Enrollment in first-semester Chinese language has increased 90 percent this fall, from 20 to 38, Tsubaki said. First-semester enrollment in Japanese language was unchanged at 32 students.
Besides reflecting the trend toward foreign languages and the increase in the overall KU enrollment, the University has a strong interest in China, Tsukaji said.
"There's still a certain mystique with mainland China," he said, explaining that unlike other East Asian countries, China is just now moving dynamically toward a more modern society.
Kansas' interest in expanding trade with China is one example of China's increasing importance in international business.
KU began offering Chinese classes in fall 1959 and Japanese in 1961.
But until recently, Japanese atracted more students because of the greater possibilities of dealing with Japan, Tsubaki said.
Interest in the Chinese language increased after President Nixon made his historic visit to the People's Republic of China in 1972. But the surge subsided when people realized that the opportunities to deal with
China were not expanding as quickly as they had expected, Tsubaki said.
Joseph Kuo, associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures, said enrollment suddenly increased nationwide after the United States normalized relations with China in 1979.
Tsubaki said the increased enrollment at KU this fall reflected a national trend that had begun on the coasts about five years ago and finally was reaching the Midwest.
"Chinese is just coming to the non mal stage," he said.
Why study Chinese?
Since spring 1975, Kuo has taught outreach classes in Chinese at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
This year, a graduate student is teaching the classes. She is continuing the tradition of offering the classes between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Sundays to accommodate the students.
The class consists of doctors, business people, teachers, high school students and others who want to work as a teacher. Students are invited for research or travel, he said.
"There are many people who want to learn Chinese," said Kuo, a native of
Greg Quirk, Kansas City, Mo,
senior majoring in East Asian
languages and cultures, wants to
participate in KU's exchange program
with the university in Nanjing in
Nanjing Province next year.
He and his classmates in Kuo's Intermediate Chinese I class agreed that the language often was frustrating, the first year being the worst.
Non-Western culture
joring in East Asian languages and cultures.
While Bond is majoring in Chinese language and literature. Quark is ma-
The culture degree requires at least two years of either Chinese or Japanese and 25 credit hours of other classes in the department and in other departments such as art history, geography and political science.
"Art history is by far the strongest discipline in East Asian studies at KU."
Starting next fall, incoming freshmen working on bachelor of arts degrees in the college will need one class in non-Western culture.
But East Asian culture classes aren't just for Chinese or Japanese
Students will be able to meet the requirement by taking a class in a department such as East Asianthropology, history or African studies.
"It's an enormous gesture on the part of the college administration to recognize the importance of broader. on world affairs." Tsubaki said.
Carothers said the college had been considering the addition for four or five years because the faculty didn't understand by a provincial sense of culture.
"We believe that all of our students should have some exposure to a non-Western culture." he said.
However, because of budget constraints, the University has been unable to promise additional financing to accommodate the anticipated increased enrollments.
Tsubaki said department faculty members were nervous about the change.
"We're apprehensive, but we want to do our best," Tsubai said.
Oriental languages aren't the only languages that departments are
Other languages stressed
Although the art history department emphasizes Japanese and Chinese for participants in its highly regarded Oriental art history program, the department recognizes the importance of language for all of its majors.
stressing.
Stephen Addiss, chairman of the department of art history, said that art's close ties with culture made him one of the foreign language and cultural crucial.
"The students know that it's going to be a real addition to what they're doing."
What tipped the scales, he said, was the pragmatic realization by other professors of the changing realities of world trade.
Shulenberger said that 15 years ago, international trade accounted for about 5 percent of the U.S. gross imports and accounts for about 20 percent of the GNP
Like other students pursuing bachelor of arts degrees in the college department majors must have language requirement of 16 credit hours.
David Shulenberger, associate dean of business, explained that some professors always had wanted a foreign language requirement because they saw it as an important part of a liberal education.
The importance of language skills is nothing new to art history majors, but it may be to some business majors.
Starting this fall, students planning to enter the School of Business need four semesters of a foreign language. Students in these semesters of a combination of both
"Spanish has become awfully im
Addiss said the department encouraged its majors to take French or German because most critical letters of art was written in those languages.
Joseph Kuo, associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures,
teaches Chinese to his class.
portant," he said, because it is used throughout the world.
On the other hand, students who are interested in international trade and who want to specialize may find Chinese or Japanese useful, he said.
Employment outlook
Diane Mielke, assistant director of the University Placement Center, said many career options were open to students with language skills.
"I think a student can use the language in any kind of capacity." Mielke said. "They have to decide how they want to sell that."
"In general, most recruiters recognize the kind of discipline it takes to study a foreign language," Mielke said.
But language skills alone are not sufficient, she said, because people have well rounded people who have good communication and leadership skills.
Job seekers also need to be critical of their linguistic abilities, she said.
"To really learn a foreign language, you need to spend time abroad," she said.
Employers also recognize the importance of foreign experience, as indicated by the job description for a position in the Department of Economic Development.
Kirk said the department was looking for someone with a college degree who was fluent in Japanese or German and who had had at least one year of international business experience.
But those language skills can be useful, she said, pointing out that a former classmate was a vice consul in Shanghai.
"It really helps open doors if you use their own language." Kirk said.
"People are studying language not because it is interesting, but also because
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