Overview
Key facts
The curriculum combines training in one or more Southeast Asian languages with study of various aspects of modern and classical Southeast Asian civilizations. The University has a distinguished faculty of scholars who provide instruction in diverse areas of Southeast Asian studies, offering a rich variety of courses on these topics.
Students in the Southeast Asian Studies from University of Washington may specialize in Language, Drama, Ethnomusicology, Literature, or Cinema. Students may also concentrate in any field of social scientific application including Anthropology, History, Geography, Political Science, or Sociology. Students must take courses from at least two different departments during their course of study.
The University’s Southeast Asia program offers special strengths in ethnomusicology, film, history, anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies and marine affairs, political science, sociology, cultural studies, science and technology studies, postcolonial theory, and women studies. Filipino, Thai, Khmer, Indonesian, and Vietnamese are regularly taught on campus, and Burmese can be studied by special arrangement.
Southeast Asian Studies graduates have gone on to graduate programs in various academic disciplines, as well as careers in government service, journalism, teaching, research, marine affairs, international trade, and international development.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- The Study of Southeast Asia
- Field Course in Southeast Asian History
- Seminar in Southeast Asian History
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
Credits
quarter credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Area & Cultural Studies Languages Linguistics View 807 other Masters in Languages in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Hold the minimum equivalent of a four-year baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the U.S.1 or its equivalent from a foreign institution2 or a Bologna bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 180 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits.
- All students confirming enrollment must provide an official (sealed) transcript and degree statement (with date of award & title of degree awarded) for verification to Graduate Enrollment Management Services (GEMS).
- Have earned at least a 3.0 grade-point-average (on a 4 point scale) from a regionally accredited college or university in the U.S.1 or its equivalent from a foreign institution
Tuition Fee
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International
31530 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 31530 USD per year during 24 months. -
National
31530 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 31530 USD per year during 24 months. -
In-State
18057 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 18057 USD per year during 24 months.
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