Sample Ph.D. Program

EALC Core Courses (3):

• EALC 505: Introduction to East Asian Languages and Cultures
  (team-taught)
• EALC 565: Bibliography and Research Methods in Chinese Studies
• EALC 601, EALC 603: Series of courses on Professional Development
  (2 units each; total of 4 units)                        
  

Courses on East Asian Languages and Literatures (4):

• EALC 543: Japanese Literary Criticism and Theory
• EALC 555: Chinese Literary Criticism and Theory
• EALC 512: Japanese Literature and Film
• EALC 570: Narratives of Desire in Modern Chinese Literature

Courses on East Asian Cultures and Civilization (4):

• EALC 535: Proseminar in Chinese Visual Culture 
• EALC 510: Contemporary Japanese Cinema
• EALC 580: Literary and Artistic Movements in Modern China
• AHIS 484: Studies in Chinese Art (cross-listed in EALC)

Additional courses in a target discipline or field (3):

• MDA 501: Introduction to Visual Studies: Methods and Debates
• ENGL 502: Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory
• HIST 520: Modernity and Its Visual Cultures
  

Year 1	First Semester (12 units) EALC 505 EALC 565 MDA 501	Secnd Semester (12 units) ENGL 502 EALC 535 EALC 555 SCREENING
Year 2	Third Semester (12 units) EALC 512 EALC 510 AHIS 484	Fourth Semester (12 units) EALC 543 HIST 520 EALC 580
Year 3	Fifth Semester (6 units) EASC 570 EALC 600a	Sixth Semester (6 units) GRAD 800 EALC 600b Qualifying Exam
Year 4	One-year study abroad
Year 5	794a	794b
Year 6	794c	794d