Of Note:

Department of Asian Languages & Literatures

Majors

• East Asian Studies Major: Chinese Language and Literature

• East Asian Studies Major: Japanese Language and Literature

East Asian Studies Major: Chinese Language and Literature

1. Courses required of all East Asian Studies majors:

   • CHIN 206/EAST 204 (Intermediate). All students are strongly urged to go beyond this minimum. New majors who place higher than the third year of language are strongly urged to undertake more advanced language work, or to study the language with which they are less familiar, depending on the particular needs of the student.

   • EAST 201: Sophomore Colloquium

   • HIST 223/EAST 223: Traditional China

   • HIST 225/EAST 225: Japan to 1800

   • One course in East Asian literature: _______________________

   • One additional East Asian Studies course: ________________________ (to be chosen in consultation with the EAST advisor)

2. Courses required for this concentration:

   • Two additional semesters of Chinese language study at Wesleyan (or in a Wesleyan program) above the intermediate level. Students whose Chinese proficiency is already at a native or near-native level in all respects may substitute two years (four semesters) of another language for this requirement.

   • Two courses in Chinese literature (in addition to the literature course required of all EAST majors):

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3. Recommended courses:

   • At least one course in a literature other than Chinese

   • Modern Chinese history

4. Other requirements:

   • A senior project. This should use Chinese language materials to the extent that the student's preparation premits. The project may take the form of a seminar paper or project, a senior-essay tutorial, or a senior-thesis tutorial.

   • Study in China or Taiwan for at least one semester, and preferably for two semesters. See the Office of International Studies and the East Asian Studies Major brochure for detailed information. (Students whose exceptional circumstances make study abroad problematic may petition the Program faculty to have this requirement waived.)

East Asian Studies Major: Japanese Language and Literature

1. Courses required of all East Asian Studies majors:

   • JAPN 206/EAST 206 (Intermediate). All students are strongly urged to go beyond this minimum. New majors who place higher than the third year of language are strongly urged to undertake more advanced language work, or to study the language with which they are less familiar, depending on the particular needs of the student.

   • EAST 201: Sophomore Colloquium

   • HIST 223/EAST 223: Traditional China

   • HIST 225/EAST 225: Japan to 1800

   • One course in East Asian literature: _______________________

   • One additional East Asian Studies course: ________________________ (to be chosen in consultation with the EAST advisor)

2. Courses required for this concentration:

   • Two additional semesters of Japanese language study at Wesleyan (or in a Wesleyan program) above the intermediate level. Students whose Japanese proficiency is already at a native or near-native level in all respects may substitute two years (four semesters) of another language for this requirement.

   • Two courses in Japanese literature (in addition to the literature course required of all EAST majors):
      

     • ________________________________________________
       
       ________________________________________________

3. Recommended courses:

   • At least one course in a literature other than Japanese

   • Modern Japanese history

4. Other requirements:

   • A senior project. This should use Japanese language materials to the extent that the student's preparation premits. The project may take the form of a seminar paper or project, a senior-essay tutorial, or a senior-thesis tutorial.

   • Study in Japan for at least one semester, and preferably for two semesters. See the Office of International Studies and the East Asian Studies Major brochure for detailed information. (Students whose exceptional circumstances make study abroad problematic may petition the Program faculty to have this requirement waived.)