{"id":4588,"date":"2024-12-19T17:44:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2025-01-23T19:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T19:57:26","slug":"taiwan-track-in-east-asia-studies-m-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/2024\/12\/19\/taiwan-track-in-east-asia-studies-m-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement &amp; Call for Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jackson School graduate degree programs in East Asia are\u00a0being reviewed to be updated into a new degree program: M.A. in East Asia Studies. This new M.A. degree is in the final approval stage and should be granted in the new year in which applicants will choose from various tracks of study,\u00a0including for the first time a\u00a0<strong>Taiwan Studies\u00a0<\/strong>track.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first Taiwan Studies-related graduate degree at a major university in North America.<\/p>\n<p>With final approval, the inaugural cohort will begin in\u00a0AUTUMN 2025 <strong>(application cycle Autumn 2024 <\/strong><b>deadline is January 31, 2025). <\/b>If you are interested in studying Taiwan Studies, then you can apply to any of the following M.A. programs: China, Korea, or Japan Studies. <b><i>Please note in your application that you are interested in the Taiwan Track.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The East Asia M.A. at the University of Washington offers students the opportunity to develop a substantial understanding of East Asian culture, history, society, and contemporary issues while focusing their coursework on China, Japan, Korea, or Taiwan. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additionally<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> language learning is a core element of the program of study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The faculty members of the Taiwan Studies Program provide a broad and deep range of course offerings in the social sciences and humanities. While relatively small, there is close faculty-student interaction. Students may combine their graduate study with professional degrees (subject to acceptance by those programs and schools) through a con-current degree opportunity in which two degrees may be earned in the course of three years rather than four. Advanced work may also be pursued in disciplinary departments after completion of the M.A. degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">See more information at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/programs\/graduate\/\">JSIS Graduate Programs<\/a> <\/strong>page where you may also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/advise\/appointment\/\">make an appointment with an advisor<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jackson School graduate degree programs in East Asia are\u00a0being reviewed to be updated into a new degree program: M.A. in East Asia Studies. 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