It is recommended that East Asian studies majors spend their junior year or at least one semester at a College- approved program in Taiwan, mainland China, or Japan. Students may petition the program to have courses taken during their study abroad applied toward the fulfillment of major requirements 1-4. The Program normally approves a maximum of two language courses and two non-language courses toward this end. Independent research by an individual student under the direction of a faculty member. Students must submit a research proposal to both the faculty sponsor and the program chair prior to registration.
Students are limited to one independent study per semester.
Students register for East Asian Studies 457 in the fall semester and for East Asian Studies 458 in the winter semester. Majors writing an honors thesis register for both East Asian Studies 457 and 458. Upper-Level Modern Chinese. Readings in Classical Chinese. Masterworks of Chinese Literature in Translation.