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REQUIREMENTS
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Undergraduate
Program
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The
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures offers undergraduate
majors in Chinese and Japanese as well as a sequence of courses
in Korean language and literature. Since the Fall
2004 semester, the Department will has also offered undergraduate
minors in Buddhism, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The mission
of the undergraduate major is to train students in the humanistic
study of the languages, literatures, and cultures of East
Asia. The curriculum centers around the informed and engaged
reading
of a wide variety of East Asian texts in their historical
and cultural context, as well as the development of effective
writing
skills and critical thinking. Students are introduced to
the vast and variegated literary, artistic, philosophical,
and
cultural traditions of East Asia and their transformations
in modernity. Course offerings situate the study of East
Asia in a global context, and expose students to a variety
of disciplinary
and comparative approaches.
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The
major provides training in speaking, reading, and writing the
relevant modern languages, as well as a basic familiarity with
one or more of the language's earlier forms. Students complete
the major by selecting from a broad range of courses in literature,
popular cultures, philosophy, and linguistics, both in translation
and in the original languages.
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The
department offers a two-semester honors program for its majors
who have a 3.5 GPA in the major and a 3.3 GPA overall. This
program allows qualified students to work closely with a faculty
member in independent study ending in a senior honor's thesis.
Students interested in the honors program should consult with
the undergraduate advisor.
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Students
who major in the department have a variety of backgrounds and
many students are double majors in a broad spectrum of other
departments and programs including: Anthropology, Applied Mathematics,
Architecture, Art History, Art Practice, Asian Studies, Business,
Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Economics, English,
Linguistics, Mass Communications, Molecular and Cell Biology,
Political Economy of Industrial Societies (PEIS), Political
Science, Psychology, Rhetoric, and Theater Arts.
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Students
interested in majoring in the department should consult with
the staff undergraduate advisor regarding major requirements,
transfer credits, and other academic concerns. Students are
admitted to the major only after successful completion (with
a grade of C or higher) of the prerequisites to the major.
Students are advised to begin preparation for the major as
soon as possible in order to satisfy University, College, and
department requirements. All students should be familiar with
the College requirements for graduation with a Bachelor of
Arts degree, as explained in the "Earning your Degree," a
bulletin available from the College of Letters and Science,
113 Campbell Hall. The bulletin is revised and reissued every
year. Students should also review the UC Berkeley General
Catalog 2007-2009 for additional information on academic
policies and undergraduate education.
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Undergraduates
interested in going on to graduate school are encouraged to begin
preparations early in their undergraduate
career. The College of Letters & Science has developed a STEP
by Step: A Guide to Preparing for Graduate School to help you
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