East Asian Studies 99 (comprised of 99a in senior fall and 99b in the senior spring) is a full-year course for those seniors writing honors theses. Students work in individual tutorials with a faculty advisor and a tutor. You are encouraged to make use of materials in East Asian languages in your research to the best of your abilities. Preparing for an honors thesis should begin in the junior year. Students should discuss potential thesis topics with professors and tutorial instructors and further explore these topics in papers written for tutorials or other courses.
Harvard offers several grants to allow students to travel to East Asia in the summer between the junior and senior years. As applications are due as early as late February, students should begin thinking about topics and writing a proposal early in the spring semester, or before.
Physical copies of recent EAS theses can be found in the EAS office at 9 Kirkland Place; click to view a list of past thesis topics.