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Combined Ph.D. Degree Program
between Film Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures
Introduction
The study of an East Asian cinema requires considerable
knowledge of both film studies and the history and
culture of the region, and is thus a field often best
pursued through combined interdisciplinary study in
film and Asian literature or culture. The Combined
Ph.D. Degree Program in Film Studies and East Asian
Languages and Literatures at Yale aims to cultivate
scholars of Asian cinema with rigorous training in
both fields. This is a true combined degree program,
with each department being the student’s “major”
field and thus with complementary sets of requirements.
Students must develop considerable knowledge not only
of their East Asian cinema, but also of East Asian
literature unrelated to film, and cinema apart from
East Asian film. Such scholars can pursue a variety
of career possibilities, in either a film studies
or an East Asian literatures department, or elsewhere.
Yale supports study in East Asian cinema through a
university-wide commitment to information exchange,
cooperative research, the acquisition of resources
(films, books, magazines, etc.) and through events
such as conferences, film series, and lectures. Students
interested in thorough interdisciplinary study of
East Asian cinema, particularly Japanese film, are
encouraged to apply to the Combined Degree Program.
On the other hand, students who wish to concentrate
in East Asian languages and literatures with only
supplementary study of film should apply just to the
Ph.D. program in East Asian Languages and Literatures,
not the Combined Program.
Admission
to and Administration of the Combined Ph.D. Degree
The application for the Combined Degree Program is
administered by the Office of Graduate Admissions.
To apply online, please visit their website at http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/admissions.
Interested students designate Film Studies and East
Asian Languages and Literatures (EALL) on their application.
All applications, including writing samples, are read
by the admissions committees of both departments.
Every student admitted to the Combined Program will
then be under the combined supervision of the Film
Studies Program and EALL. The student’s plan
of study will be worked out in consultation with the
director of graduate studies (DGS) of Film Studies
and the DGS of EALL.
Requirements
and Progress toward the Degree
Students are required to take sixteen courses over
a two-year period. In some cases, a candidate may
be allowed to take up to two courses in the third
year of study while preparing for the oral examination.
The general breakdown of course requirements is as
follows:
A: Requirements in Film Studies: Six courses
1. Films and Their Study (offered every other Fall
term)
2. Historical Methods of Film Study (offered in Fall
term in alternation with Films and Their Study)
3. Four additional seminars in Film Studies
B: Requirements in EALL: Eight courses in
East Asian studies
1. Includes a course in research methods
C: Other courses: Two courses
1. These courses, often outside of film and East Asian
studies, are to be selected in consultation with the
DGSs of both units
2. Students may gain up to four course credits for
prior graduate-level course work upon approval of
both DGSs.
D: Languages
1. International students must have a high proficiency
in English at admission. Graduate coursework (seminars
presentations, papers, etc.) at Yale is conducted
in English
2. A minimum of three years of course study in an
East Asian language upon admission. Students who have
not studied classical Japanese or Chinese will do
so in their first year in the program.
3. Reading knowledge of one European language (usually
French) must be attained by the time of qualifying
examinations.
E. Other
At the end of each academic year, until a student is admitted to candidacy, a faculty
committee will review the student's progress. For the second year review, the student
must submit a revised seminar research paper, on a topic selected in consultation with
the adviser, no later than April 1 of the fourth term.
A student has some flexibility in planning his or
her courses, but a precise plan of study will be worked
out in consultation with the DGS in both departments.
Students could, for instance, take East Asian-related
courses in the History, Anthropology or History of
Art departments, as well as East Asian cinema courses
offered through EALL, to fulfill the EALL requirements,
but through courses and readings they must also prepare
for examination questions in classical and modern
East Asian literature.
A student advances to candidacy by completing a number
of formal
procedures.
A. A two-hour qualifying examination
administered by faculty from both the Department of
EALL and at least one member of the Film Studies graduate
committee. The exam will take place by the end of the
sixth term and will cover three fields distinguished
by period and/or genre in one or more East Asian national
literatures and cinemas. One of these fields must focus
on East Asian cinema, and the others normally will focus
on areas other than cinema. These fields and accompanying
reading lists and/or filmographies will be selected
in consultation with the examiners and the director
of graduate studies in order to allow the student to
demonstrate knowledge and command of a range of topics.
B. A one-hour oral examination covering
key primary and secondary texts in Film Studies, and
administered by two members of the Film Studies graduate
committee,taken at a time to be agreed upon by members
of the faculty in Film Studies.
C. The submission of a dissertation
prospectus to the Department of EALL and to the Film
Studies graduate committee for approval by the end of
the seventh term.
Once
these three steps have been successfully completed,
the student has advanced to candidacy. Upon completing
these requirements the student will begin work on
a dissertation, in close cooperation with an adviser.
.Once the student and dissertation adviser deem the
dissertation finished, a public defense of the completed
work shall be held. At least one examiner of the dissertation
must be a member of the graduate Film Studies committee
and one a member of EALL.
Teaching
Fellowships
All admitted students receive the standard fellowship
package as administered by the Graduate School. Ordinarily,
students in this program will be offered opportunities
to serve as Teaching Fellows in their third and fourth
years of registration. Students in the Combined Program
will have opportunities to teach in at least two film
studies courses and can expect to have opportunities
to teach in East Asian language and literature courses
as well.
Study
Abroad and Internships
Opportunities for study and residency in East Asia
will be the same for students in the Combined Program
as they are for all students in EALL. These include
all fellowships and grants administered by the Graduate
School as well as eligibility for the R.
U. Light Fellowships for language study in East
Asia, and other grants and fellowships for language
study, pre-dissertation research and research-related
travel, and dissertation research and writing administered
by the Council
on East Asian Studies. In Film Studies, one or
two internships exist for candidates past their third
year of study. These provide a stipend for one year
as the intern helps prepare and stage the annual film
series and colloquium at the Whitney
Humanities Center.
Please
also read the graduate study section of the Film
Studies Program website for more details on application
procedures and other issues.
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