The Department of East Asian Studies offers an in-depth and wide-ranging series of courses dealing with the history, culture, and language of pre-modern, modern, and contemporary East Asia.

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Admission Information

• Apply to either the Humanities or Social Sciences admission categories on the St. George campus
• Six Grade 12 U or M courses, including English are required
• Students outside of Ontario should have the equivalent senior high school credits

Bachelor of Arts Program

• East Asian Studies (specialist, major and minor options)

First-Year Courses

• EAS 102Y1 – Introduction to East Asian Civilizations
• EAS 103H1 – Premodern East Asia
• EAS 105H1 – Modern East Asia
• EAS 100Y1 – Modern Standard Chinese I
• EAS 101Y1 – Modern Chinese for Students with Prior Background
• EAS 110Y1 – Modern Standard Korean I
• EAS 120Y1 – Modern Standard Japanese I
• EAS 121Y1 – Modern Japanese for Students with Prior Background
• EAS 122Y0 – Summer Japanese in Japan I
• EAS 110Y1 – Modern Standard Korean I

Advice for First Year

Students who wish to pursue the major or specialist programs in East Asian Studies are required to take EAS 103H1 and EAS 105H1; students interested in the minor may take EAS 102Y1 or EAS 103H1/105H1. All students interested in East Asian studies programs are encouraged to begin, as early as possible, the study of Chinese, Japanese or Korean. No language course is required for the minor program.

Careers

• A program in East Asian studies is of immediate value for the insight it affords into one of the world’s great civilizations. It will have further practical value for anyone who plans to work in East Asia or in an enterprise dealing with East Asia.
  
• Some of our graduates work in government, business education and the legal field. 
  
• A specialist or major program will serve as a foundation for graduate studies, which are, of course, required for an academic career in East Asian studies.

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