EAS学位旨在为学生提供扎实的基础，无论是进修学习还是从事政府服务，图书馆和档案工作以及新闻业等职业。东亚研究专业的文学硕士课程也为在商务，国际法，政治学以及其他语言和地区专业知识很重要的其他领域进行进一步研究的良好准备。东亚Stuides中的文学硕士标志着至少一种东亚语言的精通，并且是该地区历史，文学和文化的坚实基础。经批准的课程共30个学时，包括MA项目学时。通常，这些学分中的至少20学分必须来自以下列表中“文化和区域课程”下列出的课程。这些课程中至少有三门必须达到或超过500级（E505，E600研
The department's MA in East Asian Studies is its most flexible graduate degree option and allows students to design a custom course of study (in consultation with their advisor). Some EAS MA students may opt to focus on in-depth study of a particular East Asian country/language, while others may choose to develop topical expertise with a focus on the region more generally. Some EAS students may focus on coursework in a particular discipline such as history, literature, political science, or linguistics, while others may opt to take advantage of EALC's diverse faculty expertise to explore a particular country, or the greater East Asian region, from multiple disciplinary perspectives. The varied possibilities for students in our MA in East Asian Studies mean that our graduates continue on to a wide array of careers, including government, business, NGOs, law, journalism, library and archival work, or further graduate studies (e.g., PhD)to name but a few possibilities.