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East Asian Languages and Cultures MenuUndergraduate East Asian Languages & Cultures Program Graduate EALC PhD & MA programs Student Resources Events Named Lecture Series Our People Faculty Bookshelf Let your curiosity lead the way: Apply Today Home Courses Recent News Contact Us Alumni Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies in A&S Our People Undergraduate Graduate Resources Events News COVID-19 Information About Our Department Welcome to the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. EALC explores the complexity and richness of human experience as expressed in the languages, histories, cultures, and literatures of China, Japan, and Korea. Not only are the civilizations of East Asia among the world’s most ancient, these three cultural and linguistic areas have also come to play a vital role in today’s global economy. EALC offers a wide-ranging and diverse curriculum by means of which students may acquire knowledge and understanding of the literary, historical and cultural expressions of East Asia from ancient times up to the present. Our language programs also foster the ability to negotiate meaning in a culturally and contextually appropriate manner through the development of high levels of proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The emphasis in the East Asian Language and Culture programs (with concentrations on Chinese, Japanese or Korean), is on achieving high competency in the relevant language and learning how to read texts from the target culture—literary, philosophical, cultural, historical, or even visual—with an informed appreciation of the contexts in which they were produced. The goal of all of these studieslanguage, textual and interdisciplinaryis to acquire the cultural sensitivities needed to become sophisticated scholars and educated global citizens, as well as to provide a deeper appreciation of our common cultural experience and the intrinsic value of humanistic study. East Asian Languages and Cultures offers the unified EALC major and minor , effective for students matriculating FL2021 and later. Note that students are held to the requirements published in the Bulletin that is in place when they matriculate. Current students—those who have declared a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean major/minor and those who have not—are permitted to complete the program requirements reflected in the Bulletin at the time they matriculated [Note: pre-FL21 students should contact the EALC department to have the Chinese, Japanese, or Korean major/minor added to their record as these degrees are no longer available in WebSTAC]. Current students may also elect to follow the new EALC requirements with the permission of the Department. The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures respectfully acknowledges that we are on the traditional, ancestral lands of the Osage Nation. The process of knowing and acknowledging the land we stand on is a way of honoring and expressing gratitude for the ancestral Osage people who were on this land before us. For more information about the Osage Nation, click here . three cultures, one program New EALC PhD and MA degrees for FL23 East Asian Languages and Cultures UG Program Pre-Fall 2021 Majors & Minors (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) East Asian Languages and Cultures major introduced The majors and minors in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are consolidated into the major and minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures. Since fall 2021, students in Arts & Sciences are able to major or minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures. The department’s three tracks in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are consolidated into a single major and minor. In recent years, students in the department have expressed interest in a more comparative approach to studying East Asian languages that would explore the relationship between nations within the region. Learn More upcoming events See More Events Graduate Elsa Chanez participates in National Humanities Center Graduate Student Summer Residency program Read More Call For Papers: The Cultural Lives of Science and Technology in the Sinosphere: From the Late Qing to the Present Read More Being able to study in the Japanese Language Program at Wash U is, without a doubt, one of the most enjoyable and fulfilling experiences of my time at Wash U. And it is studying Japanese that inspired me to pick up a few novels in Japanese-to-English translation in the summer before my sophomore year - which, in turn, took me so completely that I couldn’t wait until the fall to declare my major in Japanese Language and Culture. Ultimately, I loved being a part of EALC at Wash U. I loved being a part of the Japanese Language Program. ―Katarina Lacy Klafka Major in Japanese Language & Culture, Minor in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, ’16 Quick Links Resources Events Careers & Outcomes Our People Alumni Contact Additional information Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies in A&S Copyright 2024 by: Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Follow Us Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Contact Us: East Asian Languages and Cultures ealc@wustl.edu Visit the main Washington University in St. Louis website 1 Brookings Drive / St. Louis, MO 63130 /...