PhD Japanese (East Asian Literatures and Cultures PhD) at Indiana University Bloomington

The PhD in East Asian Languages and Cultures at IU Bloomington, with a Japanese focus, requires study of an East Asian language and allows coursework across a range of topics. Japanese linguistics is included, and applicants with a background in Chinese, Japanese or Korean interested in linguistic research are welcomed.

Faculty: Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies and the Graduate School  |  Department: Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures  |  Location: Bloomington, IN, United States

What you will study

Beyond the MA, students complete a minimum of 30 credit hours in departmental courses including five 400/500-level courses, a research methods and bibliography course and four seminars, plus a 12-15 credit minor in an outside field. Requirements include oral and reading proficiency in the major language and reading proficiency in a second relevant language, two written qualifying exams and one oral exam, a dissertation and an oral defense.

Career pathways

Teaching and research on the languages and cultures of China, Japan and Korea at the college and university level.

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