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 ɫ Calendar 2011-2012 Faculty of Arts 4. Program Details 4.31 Germanic, Slavic and East Asian Studies 4.31.1 BA in East Asian Language Studies
4.31.1 BA in East Asian Language Studies
Eligibility

Students who receive advance placement at the 331 level or higher in both Chinese and Japanese are ineligible for this program. Students who receive advanced placement in either Chinese or Japanese at the 331 level or higher must choose the language in which they have not received advanced placement as their primary language of study and the language in which they do have advanced placement as their secondary language of study.
 
Requirements

A.FACULTY OF ARTS REQUIREMENTS

Students must adhere to the applicable Faculty of Arts requirements in 3.4 Graduation.

B.MAJOR-FIELD REQUIREMENTS

Students majoring in East Asian Language Studies choose either Chinese or Japanese as the primary language of study and the other as their secondary language of study.

Students must successfully complete a minimum of 8.5 and a maximum of 10.0 full-course equivalents in the Field of East Asian Language Studies while fulfilling the following requirements:

1.Primary Language of Study: 4.0 full-course equivalents from the list of either “Chinese Language” or “Japanese Language” courses, whichever is the primary language of study. (See the description under Major Field in East Asian Language Studies).

2.Secondary Language of Study: 2.0 full-course equivalents from the list of either “Japanese Language” or “Chinese Language” courses, whichever is the secondary language of study. (This will be the language not chosen for Requirement 1 above.)

3.Primary Culture of Study: 1.0 full-course equivalents from the list of either “Chinese Culture” or “Japanese Culture” courses, whichever corresponds to the primary language of study.

4.Secondary Culture of Study: 0.5 full-course equivalents from the list of either “Japanese Culture” or “Chinese Culture” courses, whichever corresponds to the secondary language of study.

5.East Asia Courses: 0.5 full-course equivalents from the list of “General Courses on East Asia.”

6.Capstone: East Asian Language Studies 501.

C.DEGREE OPTIONS

The BA in East Asian Language Studies can be taken with Cooperative Education. See section 3.4.5 Co-operative Education Programs for information and requirements.

Notes:

  • Students may take up to 1.0 full-course equivalent from the list of "Courses on East Asian Cultures" as part of the language requirement in the language in which they received advanced placement.
  • Students who have received advanced placement in the second language may take up to 1.0 FCE in the first language in place of 1.0 FCE in the second language.
  • In the final year, students take East Asian Language Studies 501: Topics in East Asian Language Studies. This course allows students to synthesize their training in East Asian languages and cultures and bring it to bear on a particular issue in the two languages, and/or the relation between the languages and the cultures.