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Thinking of majoring
in
EAST ASIAN STUDIES?
FALL 2016
EAST ASIAN STUDIES
COURSES
ANT 251 City and Countryside in China
EAS 214 Korean Film and Culture
EAS 215 Premodern Korean History
EAL 231 Culture of the Lyric in Traditional
China
EAL 234 Self and Society in Chinese Fiction
and Drama
EAL 241 Literature and Culture in
Premodern Japan
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Marnie S. Anderson
History and East Asian Studies
(Director, 2016-2017)
Ernest Benz
History
Ellie Yunjung Choi
East Asian Studies
Suzanne Z. Gottschang
Anthropology and East Asian Studies
FYS 150 Writing and Power in China
Kimberly Kono
East Asian Languages and Literatures
HST 313 Writing Gender Histories of East
Asia
Jessica D. Moyer
East Asian Languages and Literatures
MUS 220 Music of Japan
Sujane Wu
East Asian Languages and Literatures
www.smith.edu/eas
Dennis Yasutomo
Government and East Asian Studies
PARTICIPATING FACULTY
Daniel K. Gardner
History
Jamie Hubbard
Religion and Buddhist Studies
Maki Hirano Hubbard
East Asian Languages and Literatures
Sabina Knight
Comparative Literature
Margaret Sarkissian
Music
East Asia has taken center stage
internationally. Analysts predict that it
will be the most powerful economic force
in the world in the 21st century. To
understand today’s world we must
understand East Asia today. But it isn’t
the present alone that deserves study.
China, Japan, and Korea represent some
of the oldest and richest cultural
traditions in the world. Their millennia of
art, religion, literature, and history
inspire and challenge us.
East Asian Studies combines language
study with work in anthropology,
history, film, literature, religion, art and
government. Majors graduate from the
program with a firm grasp on the culture
and history of the region, as well as a
command of at least one language.
DID YOU KNOW THAT…
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East Asia has experienced the most
rapid economic growth of any region
since the 1980s (askasia.org).
China is ranked 2nd in leading exporters
of world merchandise trade, Japan
ranked 4th, Republic of Korea ranked
11th (WTO, 2007).
Japan spends the highest proportion of
GDP on research and development of
new technology in the world
(jetro.go.jp).
Mandarin Chinese is the world’s most
spoken first language with over 870
million speakers.
The world’s first movable print was
made in Korea in the early 15th century.
Japan has one of the highest life
expectancies in the world. Japanese
people live an average 4 years longer
than U.S. citizens.
South Korea ranked 1st for the highest
percentage of households accessing the
internet via broadband with 95 percent,
Taiwan ranked 5th with 81 percent, and
the U.S. 20th with 60 percent (Global
Household Broadband Penetration
Rankings, 2008).
Paper was first made in China – one of
the earliest known examples is
preserved in a Central Asian tomb from
the 3rd century A.D.
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What can you do with an
EAS major?
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Graduates of Smith’s EAS major
have gone on to work in:
Basis Courses:
1) 2nd year of an East Asian language
2) EAS 100 One Fifth of Humanity: Modern East
Asia
3) One survey course on the pre-modern
civilization of an East Asian country
Law (Real Estate Attorney,
Underwriter)
Software Programming
Nonprofit foundations (Human
Rights Director, Director of
Development & Communications)
Museums/Arts (Gallery Manager,
Professional Photographer,
Reference Librarian)
Medicine (Optometrist, Physician,
Physician Assistant)
Finance/Banking (Investor
Relations, Financial Advising,
Accounting, Research Associate)
Education (High School Teachers in
Japan and U.S. and College
professors)
Sales/Marketing (Advertising
Account Executive, International
Sales Representative, Director of
Sales)
Mass Media/Communications
(Journalist, TV/Radio Broadcaster,
Freelance Writer and Editor,
Manager of Diversity Initiatives)
Graduates in Smith’s EAS program
also continued their studies in:
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East Asian Studies (MA)
Law (SJD)
Economics (Masters)
Journalism
Library/Information Sciences (Masters)
Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Medicine (M.D.)
History (Ph.D.)
Anthropology (Ph.D.)
Elective Courses: Six elective courses, four of
which should constitute an area of concentration
in one civilization (China, Japan, Korea) or a
thematic concentration (e.g. comparative
modernization, religious traditions, women and
gender, political economy, thought and art).
Other concentrations may be formulated in
consultation with an advisor. Electives must
include courses in both the Humanities and Social
Sciences, courses on more than one East Asian
country, and one of the elective courses must be
a Smith seminar on East Asia. No more than two
100-level courses shall count as electives. At
least half of the Major credits must be taken at
Smith.
MINOR REQUIREMENTS
Basis Courses: EAS 100 One Fifth of Humanity:
Modern East Asia
Elective Courses: Five elective courses at the
200 or 300 level.