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February 1
D — February 1 |
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D — September 1 |
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| Admissions Requirements |
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Click
here
for link to online application or to download paper application.
Applicants need to meet:
1) Graduate Division admissions
standard and documentation
requirements, and
2) program specific admissions criteria and documentation
requirements
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MA Program
- completion of BA program in Japanese at UHM
or equivalent course work
- graduate program supplemental information form (download form)
- statement of objectives (download form)
- three letters of recommendation (Each letter must be printed
on the referee's institutional letterhead and received directly
from the referee.)
- official GRE General Test scores
- official TOEFL scores — 560/220/83 or above (Required
of most non-native speakers of English. Click here
for information on exemptions.)
PhD Program
- completion of BA program in Japanese at UHM
or equivalent course work
- graduate degree (equivalent to the master's level at UHM) earned with distinction in Japanese language
or literature
- graduate program supplemental information form (download form)
- statement of objectives (download form)
- sample of academic writing in English (seminar paper or
master's thesis)
- three letters of recommendation (Each letter must be printed
on the referee's institutional letterhead and received directly
from the referee.)
- official GRE General Test scores
- official TOEFL scores — 560/220/83 or above (Required
of most non-native speakers of English. Click here
for information on exemptions.)
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Submission of Program
Specific Documentation Requirements
With the exception of TOEFL and GRE scores, all program specific documentation requirements should be sent directly
to the graduate program.
If required, official TOEFL and GRE scores should be sent to the Graduate Admissions Office. Please note that GRE scores may be required by the graduate program (see above) or by the Graduate Division (more info.) |
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| Program
Overview |
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The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (EALL)
at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM) is the largest
of its kind in the United States. Unparalleled in its breadth
and depth, the department's curriculum includes a variety
of courses in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. The department's
graduate program is designed primarily to provide students
with advanced professional training in language (including
language history, structure, pedagogy, and sociolinguistics),
or literature (including literary history and criticism).
The department offers an MA program in the fields of Japanese
language and Japanese literature. The program is designed
to provide students with advanced professional training in
the history and structure or in the literature of Japanese.
The program is also intended to provide professional training
and practical teaching experience for future teachers of Japanese.
The PhD program is available with concentrations in Japanese
linguistics and literature and comparative studies exploring
the relations of a language and literature of East Asia. The
program is designed to produce scholars with high-level competence
in the languages and literatures of East Asia.
Financial Support
All applications for Fall admission that are complete by the
specified application deadlines will be considered
for tuition awards.
The MA and PhD programs in Japanese participate in the Western
Regional Graduate Program administered by the Western Interstate
Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). The program enables
legal residents of WICHE member states to enroll in selected
out-of-state professional or graduate programs at reduced
tuition rates. For more information, see Financial
Matters < WICHE Program.
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| Degree Requirements |
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All
graduate students at UHM need to meet degree requirements
set by the Graduate Division and their graduate programs.
For general Graduate Division requirements, see Degree
Requirements. Below is an overview of the degree requirements
for this graduate program. |
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MA Degree Requirements
Students may select either Plan A (thesis) or Plan B (non-thesis).
- Plan A requires 30 credits (including six credits of thesis
research), a written thesis and defense of the thesis.
- Plan B requires 30 credits, a final written exam and a
final oral exam.
PhD Degree Requirements
The PhD program requires the following:
- qualifying evaluation,
- mastery of four fields (at least one of which will be
outside the students' areas of specialization),
- proficiency in a second and possibly third foreign language,*
- publishable paper,
- comprehensive exam,
- dissertation,
- final oral exam / defense of dissertation.
* Apart from having a command of English and Japanese, candidates
must have knowledge of a second East Asian language equivalent
to two years of study; in some cases a third East Asian language
or an additional European language may be required.
Courses
To view a listing of courses offered by the Department of
EALL, visit www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/eall.htm.
Courses for the concentration in Japanese are listed at:
www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/jpn.htm.
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