Policies

Courses as well as their prerequisites must be completed with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or better.

External credit may be used in fulfillment of requirements with approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS). External credit options include courses taught by the Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP), by other colleges or universities outside of Stanford, or internship or other educational experiences in East Asia.

The courses taken for the major must add up to at least 78 units, comprised of EALC 198 and at least 75 additional units, all taken for a letter grade. Courses must be at least three units and taken with a letter grade to be counted towards the degree. Majors are encouraged to distribute their coursework among at least three disciplines and two subregions in Asia. The subregions need not be traditionally defined.

All courses used in fulfillment of non-language requirements must be taught by a Stanford faculty member with a primary or courtesy/affiliated appointment in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.

Eligible subject codes for courses used in fulfillment of requirements include: CHINA, CHINLANG, JAPAN, JAPANLNG, KOREA, KORLANG, EALC, EASTASN, ANTHRO, ARTHIST, ASNAMST, COMPLIT, DLCL, ETHICSOC, FEMGEN, FILMEDIA, GLOBAL, HUMSCI, HUMCORE, INTLPOL, INTNLREL, LINGUIST, MTL, PHIL, POLISCI, PUBLPOL, RELIGST, STS, SOC, TAPS, URBANST, OSPBEIJ, OSPHONGK, OSPKYOTO, OSPKYOCT, and/or other related departments.

The Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) may approve changes or substitutions to the fulfillment of requirements.