CALL FOR GRADUATE APPLICATIONS
The East Asian Languages and Cultures Department at the University of Kansas (KU) is accepting applications for its Spring 2022 and Fall 2022 Master’s degree program!
Deadlines
Fall priority—February 1*
Fall final—May 1
Spring final—December 1
*If you want to be considered for FLAS and university scholarships/fellowships, you need to submit all application materials for Fall matriculation by December 1.
Why Do an MA in Our Program?
The M.A. in EALC program gives you the best training in three of the world’s most commonly spoken languages. We have an expert faculty who can give you the best guidance possible, and we link with other departments at KU to provide you with opportunities in many fields.
The University of Kansas is an awardee of the Department of Education’s Title VI grant to support students’ language acquisition and tuition waiver through Foreign Language Acquisition Scholarships (FLAS). There is possible financial support not only in FLAS but as a GTA for courses in EALC.
The East Asian Library at the University of Kanas ranks among the top 20 collections in North America, and 11th among publicly funded collections in the U.S. Specialist librarians are in charge of a collection that has over 323,000 items with over 315,000 in volumes and more than 3660 print periodical titles, with access to about 19,000 online periodical titles.
About Our Program
·M.A.: Students concentrate in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or East Asian Cultures, usually entering the program with at least two years of college-level language. The program typically takes two years to complete, and now includes a Thesis option and a Non-thesis option.
Suitably qualified applicants to our graduate program may apply for Graduate Teaching Assistantships with an annual stipend ($17,750) and benefit from full tuition remission. American citizen and permanent residents may also apply for FLAS fellowships, which provide summer and academic year funding. All language GTAs receive support and guidance through a course on language teaching methods; non-language GTAs and graduate students receive training in research methods.
Graduates with an M.A. in EALC successively apply to Ph.D. programs in other schools and find careers in both private and public sectors. Departmental study-abroad advisors and the Office of Study Abroad provide guidance on study-abroad programs for all three languages.
If you have questions, please contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Keith McMahon.
Please visit our website for more information about our program and our admissions requirements.
Posted by: Faye Xiao <hxiao@ku.edu>