Overview

The East Asian Languages and Civilizations program of University of Pennsylvania is extremely valuable to students who plan to seek employment in East Asia. The program offers flexibility for students who desire to combine this degree with another Master of Arts at Penn or who would like to pursue the degree on a part-time basis. The Master of Art in EALC focuses on humanistic disciplines such as literature, philosophy, religion, art, and archaeology of East Asia, and often the more rigorous language requirements such as classical Chinese, Japanese, or Mongolian in addition to the modern languages.

Key facts:

The East Asian Languages and Civilizations program of University of Pennsylvania is extremely valuable to students who plan to seek employment in East Asia. The program offers flexibility for students who desire to combine this degree with another Master of Arts at Penn or who would like to pursue the degree on a part-time basis. The Master's in EALC focuses on humanistic disciplines such as literature, philosophy, religion, art, and archaeology of East Asia, and often the more rigorous language requirements such as classical Chinese, Japanese, or Mongolian in addition to the modern languages.
Students who are able to pass the language examination (in either Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Mongolian) on admission and who are prepared to produce a research paper of superior quality in courses offered by the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) may normally expect to receive their degrees in one year. Those unable to speak and read a modern East Asian language must expect to spend more than one year (probably two, with summer work) in the program.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Beginning Tibetan

Intermediate Tibetan

Elementary Vietnamese

Beginning Filipino

Beginning Thai

Elementary Mongolian

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Philadelphia, United States

Disciplines

Linguistics Asian studies View 96 other Masters in Asian studies in United States

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Academic requirements

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165 _(verbal)

160 _{(quantitative)}

5 _(analytical)

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General requirements

Application

Personal Statement/Statement of Purpose

Three (3) Letter of Recommendation

Copies of all college-level transcripts

GRE scores

English language proficiency test scores

Writing Sample

Tuition Fees

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65616 USD / year

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65616 USD / year

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Living costs

Philadelphia

United States

1313 - 2284 USD / month

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