Sophie's Interview
Nadine Attewell, Global Asia Program Director, asked current student Sophie McCann about her time in the GA Program. Here is what Sophie had to say:
Something I've enjoyed about the Global Asia minor is my ability to combine language-based and social studies/arts based courses for the program requirements. I have a strong interest in learning Japanese, and since ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV does not provide majors or minors that are solely based on language learning courses, the Global Asia program allowed me to take language courses and have them count towards a minor. I also found that as my language skills progressed, I could make connections between my language and culture-based courses. For example, the cultural and historical information I learned in GA courses about Japan (GA 101, 201, 303) was often reflected in my Japanese language courses and of course came in handy when studying abroad in Japan. I could also apply my Japanese skills in my GA courses. For example, in GA 303, I based my final research project on a book I read in Japanese.
Sophie McCann is in her 4th year of studies at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV and enrolled in the Global Asia Program.