East Asian Studies, M.A.

The M.A. program allows students a great deal of flexibility in combining language training, interdisciplinary area studies, and a disciplinary concentration. Students are required to demonstrate third year level proficiency in the Chinese, Korean or Japanese, according to their research-area focus (either through coursework at Stanford or testing at the 4th year or higher in language-placement exams), to take the one-unit core course in East Asian Studies, and to complete at least nine area studies graduate courses, three of which must be in a single department. An M.A. thesis, usually an expansion of a paper written for a graduate seminar or colloquium, is required.The program is typically completed within 1 to 3 years, depending on the course load taken and the foreign language level of the student. Though it is recommended to have some prior lanaguage training, you do not need to have knowledge of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean prior to the start of the program. Advanced language students or students who are native speakers of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean can potentially complete the program within one year.Applicants are reminded that completion of the CEAS M.A. program does not constitute automatic admission to any departmental Ph.D. program. Acceptance into a doctoral program is determined through a separate application to that program via the normal Stanford graduate admission process.