East Asian Languages and Cultures

The PhD in East Asian Languages and Cultures allows students flexibility to specialize in the literature and culture of one East Asian linguistic tradition (Chinese, Japanese or Korean) or to pursue transcultural or multi-disciplinary studies. The doctoral program combines the study of Chinese, Japanese or Korean literature and cultural history as its major component with courses in two minor fields: in literary theory and critical methodology, in studies in one or more other disciplines, or in a second East Asian literature and/or culture.  All students will have a range of teaching experiences as part of their professional training, with extensive hands-on instruction in pedagogical methodologies.

The MA in East Asian Languages and Cultures is a flexible program that allows students either to concentrate primarily on one East Asian culture (China, Korea, Japan) or to pursue transcultural, multi-disciplinary study of East Asia.