San Francisco is very much a city on the

Pacific and there's so many

opportunities here to think about how

this city is connected to Asia

I think the most unique feature of the

maps program is its interdisciplinary

stance map students all understand that

they're gonna study from a lot of

different academic viewpoints they're

gonna study history we're gonna study

literature we're going to study

philosophy with the study Business and

Economics and that studying from all of

those viewpoints has advantages it is

not a disadvantage to understand Asia

from a lot of different perspectives

what I enjoy about working with graduate

students is their enthusiasm and their

commitment and particularly the map

students they're coming from many

different walks of life different

experiences many different cultural

backgrounds and they're very willing to

share and the level of enthusiasm and

desire to learn I've found really

rewarding as a teacher so there's

something about the maps class that

brings out this kind of dynamic research

teaching and fusion there is a small

group of very smart very dedicated

faculty that are committed to this

program to see it become a fantastic

program the professors are so supportive

of whatever goals you might have that

they are willing to help work with you

to ensure your success in whatever it

may be I think an understanding of the

Asia Pacific region is

essential for success in any Korea in

the st century the maps curriculum

offer a variety of subject matters that

help student developed culture

competency and awareness and the program

is very keen on helping student to be

competitive in a job market so there are

a lot of internship opportunities

including the profit organizations or

companies that are available to our

students I think what delivers the

greatest value to me in my professional

development has been being able to be

the subject matter expert so I

definitely feel that the maps program

doesn't limit you to just one specific

industry or one ideal industry the

skills that you gain can be applied in

any type of job I think the complexity

of east-west relations in the future of

our world is such that we need to have a

deeper more serious engagement with all

kinds of practical avenues of

application the ability to engage at a

higher level with expert knowledge is

something that Maps provides