Prospective Students - Graduate

Asian Languages and Civilizations

Areas of Study and Research

The MA in Asian Languages and Civilizations may be pursued in one of four different tracks: Chinese Language and Literature; Japanese Language and Literature; Chinese Language and Civilization, and Japanese Language and Civilization. Graduate students work in a broad interdisciplinary context, requiring a study of literary, historical, and cultural texts across the millennia of Chinese and Japanese written materials.

Faculty research includes various specialized topics in Chinese and Japanese literature and cultural history, from early times to the present day, in fields such as poetry, literary criticism, manuscript studies, religious and intellectual history, as well as fiction, drama, and film.

Degrees Offered

MA
Requires 24 hours of approved graduate course work plus a thesis, or 30 hours of course work without a thesis, and successful completion of the required comprehensive examinations.

Admission

Graduate School Minimum Admissions Standards
Individual graduate departments may have additional or more restrictive standards by which they evaluate graduate applicants. However, the Graduate School at CU-Boulder has established minimum standards for graduate admission. Applicants must:

1. Hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, or have done work equivalent to that required for such a degree.
   
2. Show promise of ability to pursue advanced study and research, as judged by the student’s scholastic record.
   
3. Have adequate preparation to enter graduate study in the chosen field.
   
4. Have at least a 2.75 (2.00=C) undergraduate grade point average. Note: Applicants who cannot meet this undergraduate standard may still secure regular admission if they have completed 9 semester hours of relevant graduate course work with at least a 3.25 average.

Asian Languages and Civilizations Admissions Requirements
Following is a partial summary of admission requirements. Further details are available on our web site (www.colorado.edu/ealld), or by contacting the department.

Applicants must:

1. Hold a baccalaureate or its equivalent from an accredited college or university.
2. Have an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.00 (applicants with a GPA above 2.50 may be admitted provisionally).
3. Have successfully completed the equivalent of the CU-Boulder undergraduate major in Chinese or Japanese, with advanced competence in modern Chinese or Japanese; an introduction to classical Chinese or Japanese; an understanding of the interrelationship of Chinese or Japanese language and society; and a familiarity with the history and major writers and works of Chinese and Japanese literature.
4. Foreign applicants must submit results from a TOEFL exam with a minimum score of 560.
5. The GRE is required for consideration for financial support or teaching assistantships.
6. Submit three letters of recommendation.

Financial Support Available
Applicants may compete for fellowships and teaching assistantships.

Application Information and Deadlines   Fall admission Yes Application deadline January 1 International application deadline December 1 Financial assistance application deadline February 1   Spring admission Yes Application deadline October 1 International application deadline September 1   Summer admission No

Contact Information

University of Colorado at Boulder
Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations
Humanities 240
279 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0279
Phone 303-492-6639
Fax 303-492-7272
e-mail: AsianLanguagesCivilizations@colorado.edu
web site: www.colorado.edu/ealld/