Program Requirements:
- 4.0 non-language full-course equivalents (FCEs), including at least 2.0 FCEs in EAS courses, to be selected in consultation with the Associate Chair, Graduate. 2.0 FCEs must be completed in the first year of the program, with an average grade of at least A-. The remaining courses are normally completed by the end of the second year of the program, maintaining an average of at least A-.
- EAS 2020H/Y Critical Approaches to East Asia is a required course if not taken previously. If EAS 2020H/Y has previously been taken, students are required to take an additional 0.5/1.0 FCE.
- Students are permitted to take some of their courses in other departments.
- A comprehensive qualifying examination is undertaken, with the guidance of a supervisory committee, within three months of completion of coursework and must be taken by November 30 of Year 3 of study. The committee will provide the student with three questions (in a Major, Minor, and Adjacent field), for which the student must provide written answers within seven days. Within one week after submitting the answers, the student will meet with the committee to provide an oral defence of the answers. The committee will decide whether the student has passed or failed in each of the three fields on the basis of the written answers and oral defence taken together. If the student fails the Major field, he or she will be given one more chance to pass an entirely new examination, within three months of the first attempt. If the student passes the Major field but fails either one or both of the Minor and Adjacent fields, then he or she will be given one more chance to take an examination consisting of new questions in the fields failed, within six weeks of the first attempt. Third attempts are not permitted.
- An appropriate level of proficiency in at least one language (other than English) relevant to the student’s areas of study must be demonstrated by November 30 of Year 3 of study; the language(s), level of proficiency, and method of evaluation are to be determined by the Associate Chair, Graduate, in consultation with the student’s supervisor.
- Within one to three months after completing the comprehensive examination, students are required to produce a dissertation prospectus to be approved by their supervisory committee. The committee will meet to consider the dissertation prospectus and provide the student with feedback. The student will make the revisions and submit the prospectus to his/her supervisor for final approval, which must be given by the end of the student’s third year. After the dissertation prospectus is approved, the student advances to candidacy.
- After completing all of the above requirements, students are required to produce a doctoral dissertation with the guidance of a supervisory committee. This process begins with the production of a dissertation prospectus to be approved by the committee. The completed dissertation must be defended at a Doctoral Final Oral Examination.
Direct-Entry
Program Requirements
- 4.0 non-language full-course equivalents (FCEs), including at least 2.0 FCEs in EAS courses, to be selected in consultation with the Associate Chair, Graduate. 2.0 FCEs must be completed in Year 1, with an average grade of at least A–. The remaining courses are normally completed by the end of Year 2, maintaining an average of at least A–.
- EAS 2020H Critical Approaches to East Asia (0.5 FCE) is a required course if not taken previously. If EAS 2020H has previously been taken, students are required to take an additional 0.5 FCE.
- Students are permitted to take some of their courses in other departments.
- EAS 1150Y Reading and Major Research Paper (1.0 FCE), to be written with the guidance of and assessed by the student’s academic supervisor, must be completed by August 31 of Year 2.
- A comprehensive qualifying examination, undertaken with the guidance of a supervisory committee, must be taken by February 28 of Year 3. The committee will provide the student with three questions (in a Major, Minor, and Adjacent field), for which the student must provide written answers within seven days. Within one week after submitting the answers, the student will meet with the committee to provide an oral defence of the answers. The committee will decide whether the student has passed or failed in each of the three fields on the basis of the written answers and oral defence taken together. If the student fails the Major field, he or she will be given one more chance to pass an entirely new examination, within three months of the first attempt. If the student passes the Major field but fails either one or both of the Minor and Adjacent fields, then he or she will be given one more chance to take an examination consisting of new questions in the fields failed, within six weeks of the first attempt. Third attempts are not permitted.
- An appropriate level of proficiency in at least one language (other than English) relevant to the student’s areas of study must be demonstrated by November 30 of Year 3; the language(s), level of proficiency, and method of evaluation are to be determined by the Associate Chair, Graduate, in consultation with the student’s supervisor. Students will take a language placement test (or multiple tests, depending on the area of study) at the beginning of their program. Upon receiving the placement result, students must meet with their supervisor. If the appropriate level of proficiency has not been demonstrated, the student and their supervisor will devise a plan for achieving proficiency by November 30 of Year 3. The plan will be approved by the Associate Chair, Graduate.
- Within one to three months after completing the comprehensive examination, students are required to produce a dissertation prospectus to be approved by their supervisory committee. The committee will meet to consider the dissertation prospectus and provide the student with feedback. The student will make the revisions and submit the prospectus to his/her supervisor for final approval, which must be given by the end of the student’s third year. After the dissertation prospectus is approved, the student advances to candidacy.
- After completing all of the above requirements, students are required to produce a doctoral dissertation with the guidance of their supervisory committee. The completed dissertation must be defended at a Doctoral Final Oral Examination.