(Including Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Sanskrit, and Thai)
Correspondence and Information: East Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Studies: Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 608 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801; South and West Asian Studies: Program in South and West Asian Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 381 Lincoln Hall , 702 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801
GRADUATE FACULTY
Professors: E. Accad, N. Aggarwal, P. R. Balgopal, E. M. Bruner, C.
Capwell, C. C. Cheng, S. P. Cohen, C. E. Cunningham, P. B. Ebrey, E. Giles, D.
G. Goodman, J. Hill, H. H. Hock, T. Hymowitz, B. Kachru, Y. Kachru, J. D.
Keller, C. W. Kim, B. B. Kling, F. K. Lehman, B. Nettl, D. W. Plath, G. G.
Porton, S. Rashid, P. Schran, C. C. Stewart, K. Taira, G. L. Tikku, R. P. Toby,
M. G. Weinbaum, G. T. Yu
Associate Professors: B. Bognar, K. W. Chow, D. M. Desser, S. A. Douglas, P. N. Gregory, J. K. Haboush, R. C. Jennings, S. Johnson, W. L. MacDonald, H. P. Maguire, J. L. Packard, J. Peterson, T. J. Riley, M. M. Saul, M. M. Shorish, K. E. Southwood, M. Wagner
Assistant Professors: N. A. Abelmann, H. Butler, Z. Cai, K. Doak, A. P. Elhance, S. Fuji, V. J. Hoffman-Ladd, D. A. Pan, R. Pandharipande, W.T. Pitard, L. J. Unnevehr
GRADUATE PROGRAM
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures administers, in cooperation
with the Program in South and West Asian Studies where applicable, a two-year
program of language and area courses leading to the master of arts degree with
regional concentrations in East Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, and
Southeast Asia. The program is a basic preparation in language and area
training, both for students intending to proceed to the Ph.D. degree in a
related field and for students preparing for a career not requiring the
doctorate. The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures also administers
a graduate minor in Asian studies in cooperation with various departments,
allowing graduate students electing this minor to concentrate on East Asia, the
Middle East, South Asia, or Southeast Asia, or a combination of two or more of
these areas. At press time, new master's and doctoral degree programs in East
Asian Languages and Cultures were nearing approval. Potential applicants should
contact the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures for information on
these programs.
ADMISSION
Candidates for admission must meet at least the minimum standards established
by the Graduate College for graduate study at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, but final selection is determined by a committee of center
faculty members. All students must submit GRE scores. Students whose native
language is not English must score at least 600 on the TOEFL to be eligible for
admission at full graduate standing. Applicants must specify one of the
regional concentrations at the time of application. Although prior language and
area training relating to the regional concentration is highly desirable, it is
not required for admission. Students entering without any prior training or
experience, however, may be required to take, without credit toward the degree,
such work as the adviser may deem necessary to make up any deficiencies.
MASTER OF ARTS
Candidates must complete 9 units of work in area studies distributed among at
least three disciplines and chosen from an accepted list of courses,
demonstrate a reading knowledge of one language related to the candidate's
regional concentration by satisfactory completion of an examination or
appropriate course work, pass an oral examination covering the area studies
taken while in residence, and complete two satisfactory research/seminar
papers. No thesis is required.
Doctoral candidates who elect Asian studies as a minor must earn at least 4 units of graduate credit in approved courses in at least two departments outside the major department. Also, before the completion of course requirements for the degree, doctoral candidates must complete satisfactorily an examination in an appropriate Asian language.
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