East Asian Studies

Students who pursue a minor in East Asian Studies are able to take classes in multiple cultural areas, but must declare a primary cultural concentration—Chinese, Japanese, or Korean—in which you take the most number of classes for the minor. This does not have to be the same area as the one in which you fulfill your language prerequisites (1020/1060-level in a DEALLC language). For students majoring in EAS, your primary cultural concentration is the one in which you are fulfilling your 3000- level language requirements.

INTRODUCTION TO THE EAST ASIAN STUDIES MAJOR

STUDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAJOR IN EAS MUST FIRST CONSULT THE MAJOR ADVISOR AND SUBMIT AN ADVISING FORM. THE ADVISOR MUST SIGN THIS FORM.

NEXT STEP -- COMPLETE DECLARATION OF MAJOR FORM THROUGH DOCUSIGN (FOUND HERE). ATTACH A COPY OF THE SIGNED ADVISING FORM TO THE DOCUSIGN FORM. LIST THE DUP, ANRI YASUDA (ay4yq) AS THE DECLARATION OF MAJOR/ MINOR CONTACT.

ADVISOR: Charles Laughlin (cal5m). See department website under People for office hours.

The East Asian Studies major is an interdisciplinary major featuring a language core in DEALLC and additional coursework in both DEALLC and other departments. Not all concentration courses must be from within DEALLC. For instance, a course on Buddhism in Religious Studies would count towards the major. Current lists of possible concentration courses are on the DEALLC website. Students are also encouraged to take DEALLC and related courses outside their country concentration.

Requirements for the Major in East Asian Studies

Prerequisites:

An average grade of C- or higher for the first two years of DEALLC language instruction

Requirements:

31 credits in DEALLC and related courses, including courses in the selected country concentration, with the following distribution:

Distribution:

6 credits at the 3010 and 3020 level of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean with the average grade of C- or higher for the first two years of language instruction. Language courses above the 3000 level can be counted toward the 30 credits in the major. Language courses below the 3000 level count towards the university language requirements
3 credits in EAST 1010
3 credits in an East Asian History (HIEA) course (a second course is also strongly recommended)
3 credits in an East Asian Humanities (Art History, Architectural History, Literature, Religious Studies) course
3 credits in an East Asian Social Sciences (Anthropology, Economics, Politics, Studies in Women and Gender) course
3 credits of a non-survey capstone course (3000 or 4000 level) in which a research paper is written using the students’ target East Asian language materials AND the one-credit capstone seminar, EAST 4991. . An independent study may not be substituted for this requirement. For more information click here.
9 credits of elective courses with East Asian content
students are reminded that USEM credits do not count towards major requirements.

Notes:

Students who intend to double major are reminded that only 6 credits may be counted towards both majors
For single majors, 9 of the 30 non-language credits must come from a single academic department
Students are reminded that USEM credits do not count toward major requirements
A maximum of 15 study abroad and domestic transfer credits are allowed, with the permission of the major advisor
Students in this major must maintain a satisfactory grade point in the major and related courses each semester
Satisfactory is defined as an average of C (i.e., 2.0)
Students whose GPA falls below this minimum are subject to discontinuation from the major
For courses that are not clearly East Asian related courses, students must bring an instructor’s note, syllabus, or some other documentation as evidence that the course’s content is focused on East Asia.

FORMS

Our advising forms, capstone enrollment forms, and DMP forms are all housed on this page.

ALL FORMS

THE MINOR IN EAST ASIAN STUDIES

STUDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MINOR IN EAST ASIAN STUDIES MUST FIRST CONSULT THE MINOR ADVISOR AND SUBMIT AN ADVISING FORM. THE ADVISOR MUST SIGN THIS FORM.

NEXT STEP -- COMPLETE DECLARATION OF MINOR FORM THROUGH DOCUSIGN (FOUND HERE). ATTACH A COPY OF THE SIGNED ADVISING FORM TO THE DOCUSIGN FORM. LIST THE DUP, ANRI YASUDA (ay4yq) AS THE DECLARATION OF MAJOR/ MINOR CONTACT.

ADVISOR: Charles Laughlin (cal5m). See department website under People for office hours.

Prerequisites:

1020/1060-level in a DEALLC language. A grade of C- or higher must be earned each semester.

Requirements:

at least 18 credits with the following distribution
3 credits in EAST 1010
3 credits in an East Asian History (HIEA) course
3 credits in an East Asian Humanities (Art History, Architectural History, Literature, Religion) course
3 credits in an East Asian Social Science (Anthropology, Economics, Politics, Studies in Women and Gender) course
6 credits of elective courses with East Asian content
a maximum of 6 transfer credits can be used to satisfy the 18 credit requirement
students are reminded that credits applied toward a minor cannot count toward a major
For courses that are not clearly East Asian related courses, students must bring an instructor’s note, syllabus, or some other documentation as evidence that the course’s content is focused on East Asia.
The prerequisite does not apply to students who place above the 1000-level either by testing or by approved prior coursework.

You may download the Declaration of EAS Minor Advising Form here.

STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS

For information on academic year and summer study abroad, please see the Study Abroad and Summer Study pages.

SCHOLARSHIPS

For information on scholarships and grant funding, please see the Grants page.

The information contained on this website is for informational purposes only. The Undergraduate Record and Graduate Record represent the official repository for academic program requirements. These publications may be found at http://records.ureg.virginia.edu/index.php.