East Asian Studies Program — Requirements

For the First Track

Four semesters of Chinese or Japanese language, plus three electives chosen from the list below of courses relevant to the program.

For the second track

1. One of the following introductory courses:

• EASIAN L160 (HIST L160) (East Asian Civilizations I to 1850)
• EASIAN L161 (HIST L161) (East Asian Civilizations II since 1850)
• SOCIOL 220 (A Survey of East Asian Societies: China and Japan

2. Six electives from the list below of courses relevant to the program. These must include at least two 300-level courses, and no more than two 100-level courses.

A one-course waiver will be granted to students who complete two semesters of Chinese or Japanese language, or who can show evidence of proficiency in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Vietnamese.

For students in this track, no course counting toward program completion may be taken on a pass/fail basis. Participants must maintain a GPA of at least 2.0 for program courses.

Transfer Credit Policy

Partial waivers of language and other requirements may be granted by the director to certain transfer students.