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Master of Arts in Asian Studies
The M.A. degree requires 30 credits, which includes a thesis (12 credits).
Six credits may be numbered 300 or 400, selected in consultation with the Department.
Note: The combination of thesis and courses numbered 500-599 must total no fewer than 24 credits.
For the langage requirement contact your supervisor and the Graduate Advisor.
Master students must spend at least one Winter Session in residency. They may not commit more than 12 hours a week of working time, including Teaching Assistant or Research Assistant duties, to matters other than the degree program. They will be geographically available to the campus, visit it regularly, and make regular use of the University resources. Under special circumstances a full-time student may be required to conduct research at some location away from the UBC campus. With the permission of the Dean of Graduate Studies, up to a year of this research time may be counted as residence.
Part-time: We do not accept Part-time students in this Department.
The option of M. A. without thesis is not available in the Department of Asian Studies.
Thesis defense and submission
MA candidates must complete an oral defense of the thesis. The two-hour defense begins with a brief (15-20 min. max.) presentation of the research by the student during which s/he may read from notes and/or use audio-visual equipment but must not read from a prepared text.
Following this, the three members of the candidate's supervisory committee (the Research Supervisor and two other committee members) will in turn address questions and make comments regarding the thesis. Each defense will be assigned a faculty Chair, who will moderate the question and answer period and oversee the defense.
The student will be asked to leave the room during the deliberation period. The chair will then recall the candidate and, in the presence of the examining committee, inform the candidate that s/he has passed/failed and advise the student that the defense grade will be entered into the student’s record.
For thesis guidelines please view the following website:
http://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/dissertation-thesis-preparation