This multidisciplinary concentration is designed to serve students wishing to attain reasonable fluency in Chinese or Japanese and specialized familiarity with selected East Asian subjects. Language study through the levels of Chinese 600 or Japanese 600 or their equivalents is required. History 410, 420 and five additional courses on East Asia, chosen from various disciplines, plus the Senior Project (EAST 1990 or a designated capstone course) constitute a concentration program. Of the five additional courses in East Asia, four electives should be relatively advanced (usually 1000-level offerings) in the discipline/area in which the student is primarily focused. One elective should focus exclusively on an East Asian culture outside of the student's area of concentration (China/Japan). The senior project, or alternatively the honors thesis, will provide all concentrators with a culminating academic experience. Students admitted to the honors program will be expected to complete EAST 1930–1940 in addition to the standard seven courses. Concentration advisors will guide and supervise students in the planning of individual courses of study to ensure the development of coherent programs of study (China: Associate Professor Lingzhen Wang, East Asian Studies; Japan: Associate Professor Kerry Smith, History/East Asian Studies). At this time, the department does not offer a Korean track concentration.
Candidates admitted to the honors program will, in addition to the seven regular courses, complete East Asian Studies 1930–1940, Research and Writing of the Thesis, working under the direction of a member of the East Asian studies faculty.
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