Degree Programs and Courses

Graduate Degree Programs

                   The Master of Arts Degree in East Asian Studies

The Master of Arts Program in East Asian Studies is designed for students who want multi-disciplinary exposure to East Asia at the graduate level and also competence in an East Asian language. It is a terminal degree. Although some students do go on to PhD programs in various disciplines, most students go on to Asia-related employment.

Students are encouraged to construct courses of study suited to individual interests and career goals by combining language training, multidisciplinary area studies and some disciplinary concentration. The range of possible specialty tracks within the program extends from modern and contemporary China or Japan to the East Asian religious traditions. Students usually take 21 months--two academic years and the intervening summer--to complete all requirements for the degree, though the program can be completed more quickly if no additional language work is necessary. In planning their schedules students should allot a generous amount of time to the completion of their MA Thesis.

Recent students have praised the program for the degree to which it allows students to design their own course of study. The program is flexible and allows students to combine Asia-related courses from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences with courses from both the Business and Law Schools here at the University.

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