The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) is the focal point connecting East Asia to UW-Madison. One of UW-Madison’s eight federally funded National Resource Centers, CEAS is dedicated to all aspects of research, education, and outreach related to China, Japan, and Korea.
CEAS began in 1962 as the East Asian Studies program, building on more than sixty years of research and teaching on China, Japan, and Korea at UW-Madison. Over the years it has grown from fewer than a dozen faculty members teaching 30 graduate-level courses to more than 70 faculty members teaching nearly 300 courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
The doctoral minor in East Asian Studies is offered to students who are enrolled in a doctoral program at UW-Madison and are interested in focusing their studies on East Asia. Students interested in obtaining this minor should consult with the Center's Associate Director, who serves as the advisor for the minor in East Asian studies.
Admissions
All Graduate School students must utilize the Graduate Student Portal in MyUW to add, change, or discontinue any doctoral minor. To apply to this minor, please log in to MyUW, click on Graduate Student Portal, and then click on Add/Change Programs. Select the information for the doctoral minor for which you are applying.
The Associate Director and Advisor will review your application for admittance, and reach out to you if there are any further questions. Please contact the Associate Director and Advisor prior to submitting your application in the Graduate Student Portal.
Requirements
Required Courses
Students earning an interdisciplinary PhD Minor in East Asian Studies must complete a minimum of 12 credits in East Asian area studies. These credits must be earned in at least three subject listings other than the student's major department, and courses must contain a minimum of 25 percent East Asian content. Please contact the Center for East Asian Studies for additional guidance on course selection.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| A A E/INTL ST 374 | The Growth and Development of Nations in the Global Economy | 3 |
| A A E/ECON 474 | Economic Problems of Developing Areas | 3 |
| ANTHRO 300 | Cultural Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography | 3 |
| ANTHRO 330 | Topics in Ethnology | 3-4 |
| ANTHRO 357 | Introduction to the Anthropology of Japan | 3 |
| ANTHRO 490 | Undergraduate Seminar | 3 |
| ANTHRO 940 | Seminar-Problems in Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ART HIST 307 | From Tomb to Temple: Ancient Chinese Art and Religion in Transition | 3 |
| ART HIST 308 | The Tastes of Scholars and Emperors: Chinese Art in the Later Periods | 3 |
| ART HIST 411 | Topics in Asian Art | 3-4 |
| ART HIST 575 | Proseminar in Japanese Art | 3 |
| ART HIST 576 | Proseminar in Chinese Art | 3 |
| ART HIST 875 | Seminar in Japanese Art | 3 |
| ART HIST 876 | Seminar in Chinese Art | 3 |
| All upper-level/graduate-level courses on East Asia offered by the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures may be taken as part of the East Asian studies doctoral minor. 1 | ||
| COM ARTS 458 | Global Media Cultures | 3 |
| CURRIC 564 | Advanced Problems on the Teaching of World Languages | 3 |
| DANCE 560 | Current Topics in Dance: Workshop | 3 |
| ECON 464 | International Trade | 3 |
| ECON 467 | International Industrial Organizations | 3 |
| ECON 475 | Economics of Growth | 4 |
| HISTORY 336 | Chinese Economic and Business History: From Silk to iPhones | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 337 | Social and Intellectual History of China, 589 AD-1919 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 341 | History of Modern China, 1800-1949 | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 342 | History of the Peoples Republic of China, 1949 to the Present | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 454 | Samurai: History and Image | 3-4 |
| HISTORY/ASIAN 456 | Pearl Harbor & Hiroshima: Japan, the US & The Crisis in Asia | 3-4 |
| HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History | 3 |
| HISTORY 725 | Seminar in East Asian History | 3 |
| HISTORY 753 | Seminar-Comparative World History | 3 |
| HISTORY 854 | Seminar in Modern Chinese History | 3 |
| HISTORY 855 | Seminar in Japanese History | 3 |
| INTL BUS/M H R 403 | Global Issues in Management | 3 |
| INTL BUS/MARKETNG 420 | Global Marketing Strategy | 3 |
| INTL BUS/FINANCE 445 | Multinational Business Finance | 3 |
| INTL BUS/FINANCE 745 | Multinational Business Finance | 3 |
| LAW 940 | Law and Contemporary Problems (The State in Economic Development) | 2 |
| LAW 940 | Law and Contemporary Problems (Chinese Law) | 2 |
| LAW 953 | Selected Problems in Business Organization-Seminar | 1 |
| LITTRANS 373 | Topics in Japanese Literature | 3 |
| MUSIC/FOLKLORE 515 | Proseminar in Ethnomusicology | 3 |
| MUSIC/FOLKLORE 915 | Seminar in Ethnomusicology | 3 |
| POLI SCI 324 | Chinese Politics | 3-4 |
| POLI SCI 601 | Proseminar: Topics in Political Science | 3 |
| PUB AFFR 857 | Political Economy of Corruption and Good Governance | 3 |
| SOC 496 | Topics in Sociology | 3 |
| THEATRE 526 | The Theatres of China and Japan | 3 |
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See course listings for Asian Languages and Cultures.