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The formal requirements Course work in the East Asian Studies concentration falls into 3 categories: language study, tutorials in either a humanities or social sciences "track", and East Asia "area courses," as follows: Language Concentrators must take two or three years of an East Asian language (depending on the choice of track), or demonstrate this level of proficiency through a placement test. Tutorials The tutorials are small group instruction classes taught by East Asia faculty and teaching fellows. All primary concentrators must take the sophomore and junior tutorials (tutorial requirements vary for secondary and joint concentrators). In the junior year students elect a particular country focus, usually determined by their language choice. They choose between social science and humanities tutorials focused on that country. Honors concentrators take a senior tutorial in which they prepare an honors thesis. Area courses Area courses, listed below, include the several East Asia courses in the Core, which provide varying degrees of general background and the many more focused departmental offerings. The exact number of courses required in each of these three categories varies, depending on whether you choose the humanities or the social sciences track, whether you seek to satisfy honors or non-honors requirements, and whether you are a primary, secondary, or joint concentrator. This structure is somewhat complex, as we seek to offer a variety of paths through the concentration to meet diverse student interests. But figuring out how to satisfy these requirements is a relatively straightforward, by-the-book matter. Precise details for each track and category are presented in the Concentration Guide (link to pdf of EAS Handbook)
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