2007-2008 Program Requirements for UCLA Graduate Degrees

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2007-2008 academic year.

East Asian Studies

Interdepartmental Program
College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

The East Asian Studies Program offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in East Asian Studies.

Admission

Master's Degree

Advising

Advising is a cooperative effort between the student affairs officer and the student's principal faculty academic adviser.

Areas of Study

Students are expected to concentrate on one cultural area (China, Japan, or Korea), or to combine areas for a cross-cultural program. All students are expected to take at least one course in an area outside of their area of concentration.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students must complete the third-year level of coursework in either modern spoken Chinese, Japanese, or Korean (through course level six) or demonstrate and document the equivalent level of ability.

Course Requirements

Nine courses are required for the degree, five of which must be graduate courses. Of the nine courses, at least five must be in the student's area of concentration, including one survey course approved by the program chair. At least one course should be in a national culture other than the area of concentration. No more than two courses in the 500 series may apply toward the nine courses and only one of these courses may be counted toward the minimum of five graduate courses required for the degree. Courses used to meet the language requirements do not apply toward the total course requirements.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

The comprehensive examination consists of the submission of three research papers (at least one seminar and two upper division papers) to be evaluated by the ad hoc committee chaired by the student's principal adviser.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Upon admission, full-time students can expect to complete all requirements, except those for the language requirement, within six quarters. Students with no language background may require an extra three regular quarters or one term of intensive summer school study.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

None.

Program Requirements

East Asian Studies