# Primary Concentration

**Source**: https://eas.fas.harvard.edu/primary-concentration-non-honors
**Parent**: https://eas.fas.harvard.edu/ways-concentrate

### Basic Requirements: 12 half-courses

**1. Required Courses:**

**A.** At least four, and no more than six, half-courses in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur/Chaghatay, or Vietnamese; or an approved combination of courses involving two East Asian languages.

**B.** Two half-courses of tutorial or courses designated as equivalents.

**C.** Four to six non-language half-courses (area courses) in East Asian or related subjects, selected from the [EAS-eligible course list](/area-courses) (or another course approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies). One of these must be a [historical survey course](/historical-survey-courses). It is recommended that at least two area courses be upper-level seminars. The number of courses required depends on the number of East Asian language half-courses that a student chooses, i.e., a student who chooses to count six half-courses of language requires four additional area courses, a student who chooses to count four language courses requires six area courses.

**2. Tutorials**

**A.** [East Asian Studies 97ab](https://courses.my.harvard.edu/psp/courses/EMPLOYEE/EMPL/h/?tab=HU_CLASS_SEARCH&SearchReqJSON=%7B%22PageNumber%22:1,%22PageSize%22:%22%22,%22SortOrder%22:%5B%22IS_SCL_SUBJ_CAT%22%5D,%22Facets%22:%5B%5D,%22Category%22:%22HU_SCL_SCHEDULED_BRACKETED_COURSES%22,%22SearchPropertiesInResults%22:true,%22FacetsInResults%22:true,%22SaveRecent%22:true,%22TopN%22:%22%22,%22SearchText%22:%22145419%22%7D): Sophomore Tutorial (offered every spring semester).

**B.** [East Asian Studies 98](https://courses.my.harvard.edu/psp/courses/EMPLOYEE/EMPL/h/?tab=HU_CLASS_SEARCH&SearchReqJSON=%7B%22PageNumber%22:1,%22PageSize%22:%22%22,%22SortOrder%22:%5B%22IS_SCL_SUBJ_CAT%22%5D,%22Facets%22:%5B%5D,%22Category%22:%22HU_SCL_SCHEDULED_BRACKETED_COURSES%22,%22SearchPropertiesInResults%22:true,%22FacetsInResults%22:true,%22SaveRecent%22:true,%22TopN%22:%22%22,%22SearchText%22:%22eastd%2098%22%7D): Junior Tutorial. With permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies, an approved replacement course may be substituted for EAS 98.

**3. Thesis**

None

**4. General Examination**

None

**Other Information**

Courses counted for concentration credit may not be taken Pass/Fail, with the exception of Freshman Seminars or by special petition. The sophomore tutorial may not be taken Pass/Fail. General Education classes on East Asia can be counted for concentration credit. Content courses taught in an East Asian language can count toward the language or area course requirement. A content course taught in an East Asian language may also count as a junior tutorial replacement course with the written permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.