Prospective Graduate Students
Graduate programs in EALL are primarily designed to provide students with advanced professional training in language history, structure, pedagogy, and sociolinguistics, as well as literary history and criticism.
All M.A. and Ph.D. programs offered by EALL are recognized Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) regional graduate programs. Residents of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming are eligible, upon admission, to enroll at Hawai`i resident tuition rates.
For more information, please contact the Graduate Chair or the Section Heads of each program:
Graduate Chair:
Joel Cohn
Moore Hall 490
Phone: (808) 956-8292
Email: cohn@hawaii.edu
Chinese:
Giovanni Vitiello
Temp Port 123
Phone: (808) 956-5984
Email: vitiello@hawaii.edu
Japanese:
Ken K. Ito
Moore Hall 386
Phone: (808) 956-2233
Email: kenkito@hawaii.edu
Korean:
Ho-min Sohn
Moore Hall 352
Phone: (808) 956-2054
Email: homin@hawaii.edu
Chinese Programs
- M.A. in Chinese Language & Linguistics
- M.A. in Chinese Literature
- Ph.D. in Chinese Language & Linguistics
- Ph.D. in Chinese Literature
- Description and requirements for Chinese graduate programs on the Graduate Division web site
Japanese Programs
- M.A. in Japanese Language & Linguistics
- M.A. in Japanese Literature
- Ph.D. in Japanese Language & Linguistics
- Ph.D. in Japanese Literature
- Description and requirements for Japanese graduate programs on the Graduate Division web site
Korean Programs
- M.A. in Korean Language & Linguistics
- M.A. in Korean Literature
- M.A. in Korean for Professionals
- Ph.D. in Korean Language & Linguistics
- Ph.D. in Korean Literature
- Description and requirements for Korean graduate programs on the Graduate Division web site
How to Apply
Students may apply to the program online or submit a paper application through the mail. For more details, please see the Graduate Division's admissions requirements and the department's FAQ page on admissions.
Application deadlines may vary by section, but are generally February 1 for students wishing to enroll in the next fall semester, or September 1 for students wishing to enroll in the next spring semester. For up-to-date deadlines, please visit one of the above links to the Graduate Division's listing for each of the three language programs.
E-mail List
In order to better communicate with each other, the EALL graduate students use the Listserv facilities provided by the university to maintain an e-mail list of all graduate students, eallgradstudent-l@lists.hawaii.edu. Any mail sent to this list goes to EALL graduate students only; no faculty or administration members will receive the mail. Permission to send mail to this list is also limited to EALL graduate students only. If you wish to be on the e-mail list, please contact Evelyn Nakanishi, who currently maintains the list.
Useful Software for Grad Students
- SIL Fieldworks - comprehensive tool for managing data collected in the field
- Zotero - Firefox extension for managing research sources
Useful Links
- Residency requirements for Hawai‘i
- Graduate tuition rates
- Graduate Division home page
- UHM Financial Aid Office
- Graduate resources/forms (including red folder updates)
- Graduate Student Organization (GSO)
- Graduate Division forms (MA Plan A & PhD forms, thesis & dissertation style manual, etc.)
- Thesis & dissertation information