Courses

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Area Courses

Area courses (described below) include East Asia courses in General Education, which provide varying degrees of general background, as well as more focused departmental offerings.

An area course is a non-language course in East Asian (or related) subjects. One of these must be chosen from one of the following survey courses: General Education 1136 "Power and Civilization: China" (formerly SW 12), History 1023 "Japan in Asia and the World" (formerly SW 13), General Education 1100 "The Two Koreas in the Modern World" (formerly SW 27), or SOC-STD 98LF "Globalization and the Nation-State." It is recommended that at least two area courses be upper-level seminars. The number of courses required depends on the number of East Asian language courses that a student chooses. Together these must total ten, so a student who chooses to count six courses of language requires four additional area courses, and a student who chooses to count four language courses requires six area courses.

  • Historical Survey Courses.
    Historical survey courses are a subset of East Asia area courses with a particular emphasis on history. Courses which count toward this requirement are: History 1023 "Japan in Asia and the World," SW 43 "Japan's Samurai Revolution," General Education 1136 "Power and Civilization: China," GOV 1280 "Government and Politics of China," General Education 1101 "The Business of China," History 1602 "Modern China," General Education 1100 "The Two Koreas in the Modern World," KORHIST 111 "Traditional Korea," History 1820 (Vietnam), History 1821 (Vietnam), and History B-68 "America and Vietnam."

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Tutorials

Tutorials are group instruction classes taught by EAS 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 also take a senior tutorial in which they prepare an honors thesis.

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Language Courses

Language study enhances the East Asian Studies concentration at Harvard. Most concentrators will spend 2-3 years on their language of choice. Students selecting a secondary concentration with the "area" track, however, are not required to complete any language courses.