Chinese Language M.A. Degree Requirements *

A. Language Requirements:

• Fluency in modern spoken and written Chinese. Students who lack adequate knowledge of spoken Chinese are encouraged to spend a year abroad as early as possible in an intensive program in China or Taiwan.
• Reading knowledge of French, German, or Russian.

B. Course Requirements:

• Chinese 242A/B: Chinese Bibliography and Research Method (4 units Fall;4 units Spring).
• Three graduate seminars, one in each of the following areas (12 units): Classical Chinese Literature, Vernacular/Modern Chinese Literature, Chinese Linguistics.
• Two additional graduate or upper-division courses, chosen in consultation with the Graduate Adviser (8 units).

C. Thesis

Chinese Language Ph.D. Degree Requirements

A. Language Requirements

• Advanced training in modern Japanese, satisfied by completion of one upper-division course in modern Japanese (e.g., J100A or equivalent).
• Reading knowledge of French, German, or Russian unless completed at the M.A. level in this program.

B. Course Requirements

• Three courses (upper-division or graduate level) to be chosen in consultation with the Graduate Adviser (12 units).

C. Oral Qualifying Exam

• Language requirements must be met before application to sit the oral exam.

D. Dissertation

Japanese Language M.A. Degree Requirements *

A. Language Requirements

• Reading knowledge of one of the following: French, German, Classical Chinese, or when clearly relevant to the proposed program, Russian.

B. Course Requirements

• Three graduate seminars in Japanese (12 units).
• Two additional upper-division or graduate courses chosen in consultation with the Graduate Adviser (8 units).

C. Thesis

Japanese Language Ph.D. Degree Requirements

A. Language Requirements

• Reading knowledge of classical Chinese unless completed at the M.A. level in this program.
• Advanced knowledge of classical Japanese.

B. Course Requirements

• Two graduate seminars in addition to the ones satisfying the minimum for the M.A. One must be in Japanese, the other may be in Chinese.

C. Oral Qualifying Exam