Professors
 James M. Hargett, Ph.D.
  Indiana University
 Charles M. Hartman, Ph.D.
  Indiana University

Associate Professors
 Mark Blum, Ph.D.
  University of California, Berkeley
 Anthony DeBlasi, Ph.D. (Department Chair)
  Harvard University
 Susanna Fessler, Ph.D.
  Yale University

Assistant Professors
 Andrew Sangpil Byon, Ph.D.,
  University of Hawaii
 Fan Pen Chen, Ph.D.
  Columbia University

Lecturers
 David Eason, M.A.
  University of California, Los Angeles
 Michiyo Kaya Wojnovich, M.S.
  University at Albany
 Shu-Han Yeh, M.A.
   National Taiwan Normal University
 
Affiliated Faculty
 Cheng Chen, Ph.D.
  University of Pennsylvania
  Department of Political Science
 Angie Y. Chung, Ph.D.
  University of California, Los Angeles
  Department of Sociology
  Youqin Huang, Ph.D.
   University of California, Los Angeles
   Department of Geography and Planning
 Christopher J. Smith, Ph.D.
  University of Michigan
  Department of Geography and Planning
 Kwan Koo Yun, Ph.D.
   Stanford University
   Department of Economics

Instructors: 6

Careers
Graduates of the Department traditionally enter careers in teaching, international trade, U.S. government, and the travel industry. The degree is also excellent preparation for professional graduate programs in business administration (M.B.A.), law, librarianship, and Teaching English as a Second Language. The department strongly encourages students interested in East Asian Studies to double-major. Combinations with particularly strong employment potential are East Asian Studies and economics, business, and political science.

Special Programs or Opportunities
The University maintains exchange programs in China with Beijing University, Beijing Normal University, Fudan University, and East China Normal University. These programs provide students an opportunity to study Chinese language and selected topics in the humanities and social sciences in China for one academic year. The university also maintains a similar exchange program with Kansai University and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in Japan and with Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. All departmental majors are strongly encouraged to participate in these exchange programs in order to gain first-hand experience of life in contemporary East Asia.

One Introductory course-100 level: (choose 1 from the following) A Eas 103; A Eac 170

Language: (the following are required) A Eac 201, A Eac 202, A Eac 301, A Eac 302

Three intermediate prerequisites: (choose 3 from the following) A Eas 255, A Eas 205; A Eac 210, A Eac 211, A Eac 212,
A Eac 280, A Eac 281, A Eac 379, A Eac 380

One 300-level Seminar: (choose 1 of the following) A Eac 390, A Eac 395, A Eac 398; A Eas 392, A Eas 393, A Eas 399

One upper level elective-300 or 400 level: (choose 1 from the following) Any A Eac 300-level course or A Eas 495

Two Upper level electives-300 or 400 level: (choose 2 from the following) Any two A Eas, A Eac, A Eaj and/or A Eak 300
level course or A Eas 495.

Students with 3.5 G.P.A. in one of the department’s majors are eligible for its Honors Program. In addition to completing the regular requirements for the major in Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, or East Asian Studies, students in the Honors Program complete a further six credits of A Eas 495, Colloquium in East Asian Studies.

At the beginning of the fall semester (preferably of the senior year), students will submit their honors proposals to the faculty. If the faculty approves a proposal, the student will be permitted to enroll in A Eas 495 (3 credits), which consists of directed readings and conferences involving appropriate members of the faculty..The project will be evaluated by the project adviser at the end of the fall semester and if the student is making appropriate progress, s/he will be permitted to enroll in A Eas 495 (3 credits) again in the spring semester. The project will be formally evaluated by the Department Honors Committee no later than the mid-term point in the second semester of the senior year. The final version of the project must be submitted by the last day of classes during the second semester of the senior year.