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BA Honors and BA Major/Minor Requirements
44.9
East Asian Studies
44.9 East Asian Studies
Effective September 2015, there will be no further admissions to BA Honors Chinese or Japanese programs. Students who entered one of these programs prior to September 2015 must complete all program requirements by April 30, 2019. The last BA Honors degree with Chinese or Japanese major will be granted at Spring Convocation 2019.
44.9.1 Honors in East Asian Studies
All prospective students are asked to contact the Department for information, advice, and program planning. Students with a prior background in Chinese, Japanese or Korean language should consult the Department before selecting courses. The Department reserves the right to place students in the language course appropriate to their level of study. Students assessed by the Department as having a prior language proficiency beyond 400-level will be required to pursue a different language for the major.
Students planning to apply for admission to the Honors program should consult §16.2.2 for admission requirements.
See §43.6 for Faculty regulations concerning the Honors program.
The Department offers the following Honors programs:
Honors in East Asian Studies requires EASIA 101 and a minimum of
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Related East Asian content courses may be taken as options, or applied to the major to a maximum of 
12. These will be in addition to, not in place of, the requirements above.
Note: The list of related East Asian content courses is available from the Department of East Asian Studies.
Promotion Requirements
Promotion from year to year in the honors programs requires a minimum GPA of 3.0 with an average of at least 3.3 on all courses applied to the major.
Graduation Requirements
Graduation with Honors requires a GPA of at least 3.0 with an average of at least 3.3 in all courses applied to the major. Graduation with First Class Honors requires a GPA of at least 3.7 in all senior courses applied to the major and a GPA of at least 3.5 or better on the last 30 completed.
44.9.2 Combined Honors in East Asian Studies and one other discipline.
For common requirements in these Combined Honors programs refer to §43.6.
The Combined Honors in East Asian Studies and one other discipline requires EASIA 101 and a minimum of 36 at the senior level in EASIA, CHINA, JAPAN, KOREA, including:
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EASIA 480, the Honors Seminar, or an equivalent class in the other discipline; | |
EASIA 490, an Honors thesis, to be written under the supervision of an advisor appointed by the Department. With the permission of the Honors Advisor, students pursuing Combined Honors in East Asian Studies and another discipline may write a combined honors essay (INT D 520) that is supervised jointly by faculty from both programs and the subject of which integrates both disciplines. In these circumstances, students will complete INT D 520 in place of EASIA 490. |
The Department reserves the right to place students in the language course appropriate to their level of study. Students assessed by the Department as having a prior language proficiency beyond 400-level will be required to pursue a different language for the major.
Promotion and Graduation Requirements
In a combined honors program, students must meet the promotion and graduation standards of each department. The requirements for Honors in East Asian Studies are outlined in §44.9.1.
44.9.3 Major and Minor in East Asian Studies
Degree of BA
All prospective students are asked to contact the Department for information, advice, and program planning. Students with a prior background in Chinese, Japanese or Korean language should consult the Department before selecting courses. The Department reserves the right to place students in the language course appropriate to their level of study. Students assessed by the Department as having a prior language proficiency beyond 400-level will be required to pursue a different language for the major.
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Major Requirements
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Minor Requirements
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44.9.4 Certificate in Translation Studies in Japanese
Students may pursue this certificate in translation studies while fulfilling existing requirements in their disciplines by choosing courses (see below) for a minimum of 27. While the certificate does not prepare students to be full-fledged translators upon graduation, it provides them with the necessary focus to pursue further training in the profession. Furthermore, since cultural literacy is emphasized in the certificate, students who complete its requirements will have honed their skills in their area of specialization and will be ready to embark on many types of careers requiring cultural expertise in government organizations, foreign trade, business abroad, and tourism. The certificate is only granted at the time of graduation.
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Please note that the Certificate in Translation Studies in Japanese is available only to students with an honors, major or minor in East Asian Studies in the Faculties of Arts, Education or Science (see §43.1).
