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Programs of Study, 1997-1999
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Director of Graduate Studies: J. L. Packard
Correspondence and Information: Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 608 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801. E-mail: ealc@uiuc.edu.
Prospective students may contact: J. L. Packard, (217) 333-0451.
E-mail: jpackar@uiuc.edu
GRADUATE FACULTY
Professors: C. C. Cheng, P. B. Ebrey, D. G. Goodman, J. K. Haboush, C. W. Kim, P. N. Gregory, R. P. Toby
Associate Professors: K. W. Chow, W. L. MacDonald, J. L. Packard
Assistant Professors: N. A. Abelmann, Z. Cai, K. Doak, S. Fujii, R. Peterson, and H. Yamashita
GRADUATE DEGREE 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 Asian, 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 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 Asian studies 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 degree, such work as the adviser may deem necessary to make up any defiencies.
MASTER OF ARTS
Candidates must complete nine units of graduate-level courses, including at least three courses at the 400 level, in Asian studies or Asian studies-related courses. Candidates must also 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.
MINORS IN ASIAN STUDIES
Candidates for a master's degree who elect Asian studies as a minor must earn at least two units of graduate credit in approved courses in at least two departments outside the major department.
Doctoral candidates who elect Asian studies as a minor must earn at least four units of graduate credit in approved courses in at least two departments outside the major department. Also, before the completion of course requirements or the degree, doctoral candidates must complete satisfactorily an examination in an appropriate Asian language.
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