M.A. Sample Plan – Chinese Track

Fall of first year

ASIA 725, Critical Approaches to Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (required core course)

1. Course numbered above 400^{1 2 3} 
2. Course numbered above 400^{1 2 3} 

Spring of first year

3. Course numbered above 400^{1 2 3} 
4. Course numbered above 400^{1 2 3} 
5. Course numbered above 400^{1 2 3} 

Fall of second year

ASIA 991, Research & Writing in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

6. Course numbered above 400^{1 2 3} 
7. Course numbered above 400^{1 2 3} 

Spring of second year

ASIA 993, Master’s Research and Thesis

8. Course numbered above 400^{1 2 3} 

¹ These eight courses are ones the student will select, depending on their interests, in consultation with a faculty advisor. At least three of them must be China-focused; that can include courses taught in Chinese. For the first semester the advisor will be the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS); subsequently it will be a specific DAMES faculty member whom the student will choose during the first semester.

² At least three of these eight courses must be in the Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (DAMES), but students may also take courses in a variety of other departments.

³ At least three of these eight courses must be numbered above 700, but grad students may also take any course numbered above 400. Courses numbered 400-699 are for both advanced undergraduates and graduate students; courses numbered 700 and above are for graduate students only.