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East Asian Studies

320 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, 432.3426
M.A.

Chair
Mimi Yiengpruksawan (History of Art) (205 OAG, 56 High Street, 432.2682, mimi.yiengpruksawan@yale.edu)

Director of Graduate Studies
John Treat (307 HGS, 432.2864, john.treat@yale.edu)

Professors
Beatrice Bartlett (History), Kang-i Sun Chang (East Asian Languages & Literatures), James Crowley (Emeritus, History), Deborah Davis (Sociology), Koichi Hamada (Economics), Valerie Hansen (History), Edward Kamens (East Asian Languages & Literatures), William Kelly (Anthropology), Edwin McClellan (Emeritus, East Asian Languages & Literatures), Frances Rosenbluth (Political Science), Helen Siu (Anthropology), Jonathan Spence (History), Hugh Stimson (East Asian Languages & Literatures), John Whittier Treat (East Asian Languages & Literatures), Stanley Weinstein (East Asian Languages & Literatures; Religious Studies), Mimi Yiengpruksawan (History of Art)

Assistant Professors
Michael Austin (History), Christopher Hill (East Asian Languages & Literatures), Sharon Kinsella (Sociology), Pierre-François Landry (Political Science), Charles Laughlin (East Asian Languages & Literatures)

Fields of Study
The Master of Arts program in East Asian Studies offers a concentrated course of study designed to provide a broad understanding of the Chinese or Japanese people, their culture, historical development, and contemporary problems. This program is designed for students wishing to go on to the doctorate in one of the disciplines listed above as well as for those students seeking a terminal M.A. degree before entering the business world, the media, government service, or a professional school.

Course of Study for the M.A. Degree
The program may be completed in either one or two years of course work at Yale, depending upon the extent of prior East Asian study and of previous college-level study of East Asia. Normally, students entering the program are expected to have completed the equivalent of at least one intensive year of study of Chinese or Japanese (or two years of intensive language study or the equivalent, if the program is to be completed in one year of course work at Yale) and should present evidence thereof at the time of application. A program of study for completion of the degree in one year consists of at least eight term courses and would normally include two terms of language study at Yale's third-year level (unless the language requirement has already been met through previous study) and six other term courses selected from the current year's offerings of advanced language courses and lecture courses or seminars in any relevant subject area, with the approval of the director of graduate studies. A program of study for completion of the degree in two years would normally include two to four terms of language study and additional courses, as described above, totaling fourteen courses. It is very likely that students who have taken the undergraduate major in Chinese or Japanese or in East Asian Studies at Yale, or a comparable course of study elsewhere, will be able to complete their M.A. program in one year.

Course of Study for the Joint Degree in East Asian Studies and Management
The joint master's degree program in East Asian Studies and Management is designed for students considering careers in public or private organizations that deal with East Asia. Normally a three-year program, it awards a master's degree in business administration and a Master of Arts degree in East Asian studies.

Special Requirements for the M.A. Degree
The course of study consists of (1) courses in Chinese or Japanese language (at least through Yale's third-year advanced level or its equivalent) and (2) an approved group of courses relating to China or Japan (and, where appropriate, to the theoretical and methodological tools of a discipline in which the student may plan to earn a Ph.D.) sufficient in number to reach a total of at least eight term courses for a program to be completed in one year or at least fourteen term courses for a program to be completed in two years. Students who take an intensive intermediate language course in the first year of a two-year program receive three term credits for completion of both terms of that course.

Special Requirements for the Joint Degree
The East Asian component of this degree is the same as that of the regular M.A. program except that the time period for the completion of the degree is extended to accommodate work at the School of Management. The Management component of this degree requires joint-degree candidates to complete thirteen courses at the School of Management. These include nine in the disciplines essential to management and three in integrative management courses.

Program materials are available upon request to the Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206; Web site, www.yale.edu/ceas/. Applications are available from the Admissions Office, Graduate School, Yale University, PO Box 208236, New Haven CT 06520-8236; e-mail, graduate.admissions@yale.edu.

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