Degree Programs
East Asian Studies M.A. Program
The Interdisciplinary M.A. in East Asian Studies is a terminal M.A. degree designed to prepare students who desire concentrated training in East Asian language and culture either 1) before pursuing a non-academic career in government (including the foreign service), the military, pre-college and community college education, educational institutions such as administration of non-profit institutions with a related cultural mission, or the private sector in fields such as law, journalism, business, etc., or 2) in preparation for continuing study of East Asia in a discipline-specific Ph.D. program.
The program places heavy emphasis on interdisciplinary study as well as the development of appropriate language skills as a foundation for work in related professional or academic careers. Interdisciplinary work is required in at least two disciplines in addition to intensive language work. The program also introduces students to broad, theoretical and methodological issues associated with area studies perspectives.
The degree program is administered by the East Asian Studies Center and builds on the rich resources of The Ohio State University. Students have the opportunity to study with some four dozen faculty in thirteen different disciplines and have access to a superb and growing library collection of East Asian language materials. For information, please contact Ms. Amy Carey at the East Asian Studies Center carey.189@osu.edu
EAS MA Program Handbook
OSU Graduate Admissions Website
Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Chinese Cultural Studies
The Graduate Specialization in Chinese Cultural Studies is designed to offer graduate students a basic familiarity with scholarship on a culture that comprises roughly a quarter of the world’s population and that promises to play a steadily increasing role in this coming century. This program is intended to offer graduate students some of the intellectual and practical benefits that come with the strength of OSU’s faculty in this area unit. With the increasing emphasis on interdisciplinarity in arts and humanities, as well as the intrinsically interdisciplinary nature of Chinese studies as practiced in most universities today, this specialization is offered as a supplement to disciplinary education as currently offered within department-based graduate programs.
Intended for both graduate students who major in one particular disciplinary approach to China (such as Chinese history, Chinese art history, Chinese literature, Chinese anthropology, or Chinese politics) and to those, such as professional school students, who are not majoring in Asian studies but may wish to acquire a basic familiarity with issues critical to working in or researching this part of the world, it will offer students completing a degree within one discipline the opportunity to become familiar with the disciplinary conventions, including the basic scholarship, bibliographic and technological tools, and content that constitute the core practices of related disciplines outside their own.
To learn more about this program, please refer to the Graduate Specialization in Chinese Cultural Studies information sheet, or contact ICS at bare.3@osu.edu
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (DEALL): Chinese Language Programs
The Ohio State University’s Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (DEALL) is a nationally recognized center for Chinese language instruction, offering both undergraduate major and minor programs in Chinese. With a total of 39 Chinese language courses ranging from beginning to advanced levels, in both traditional classroom and Individualized Instruction settings, DEALL offers performance-based language instruction to develop communicative and intercultural competencies. DEALL also provides a variety of Chinese courses at differing levels of intensity to maximize student access. From traditional, moderately-paced courses to intensive summer programs such as the Summer Programs East Asian Concentration (SPEAC) that comprise an entire year of language study in one summer quarter. In a combination of formats, it is possible to complete the equivalent of 4 years of language study in 15 months.
Detailed information regarding DEALL’s Chinese programs can be found at: http://deall.osu.edu
OSU Chinese Flagship Program -- Advanced Chinese Language Instruction
With the inauguration in 2005 of the OSU Chinese Flagship Program, OSU has become home to one of the most comprehensive American programs of advanced Chinese. The OSU Chinese Flagship Program is designed for upper-intermediate and advanced speakers of Mandarin Chinese who seek to achieve a superior level of proficiency. This innovative two-year program focuses on the cultural aspects of communication, combining classroom-based instruction at OSU with a 6-month language and cultural immersion component in Qingdao, China.
Information regarding the OSU Chinese Flagship Program can be found at: http://chineseflagship.osu.edu/
OSU East Asian Studies-Related Course Offerings
Area Studies Courses
Language Courses
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