Ph.D. Korea Sample Degree Plan

Required Core Course

• Proseminar in Asian Studies

Major Area of Specialization: Korean Society in Regional Context

• Space and Place-Making in East Asia
• Anthropology of East Asia
• Frames of Korean Studies
• Gender in East Asia
• Ethnography of Global Asia
• Korean Language (as necessary)

Minor Area of Specialization: Gender, Power, and the State

• Feminist Theory
• Religion, Health, and Illness
• History of Sex/Gender in Japan

Theory and Methodology

• Narratives of Space
• Media and Diaspora

Research Language

• Japanese, Chinese, French, German, Russian, or others as appropriate

Other Course Work

• Visual Evidence in Modern China
• Material Texts, Material Histories
• New Perspectives on Modern Chinese History
• Academic Writing in Asian Studies