University of California Santa Barbara: Institution Main

The Santa Barbara campus was incorporated into the University of California in 1944. Originally a small teachers' college, the campus now hosts over 1,000 faculty and nearly 22,000 students, with over 200 majors, degrees, and credentials.

The Japanese progam at UCSB started in 1966, while the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Department was created in 1994, including Chinese and East Asian Studies as well.

Arts Library

Davidson Library

East Asian Library

Minimal amounts of Japanese materials are available in several other libraries on the UCSB campus, including the Ethnic & Gender Studies Library and Sciences-Engineering Library.

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Other University of California campuses:

• University of California Berkeley
• University of California Davis
• University of California Irvine
• University of California Los Angeles
• University of California San Diego

The East Asia Center at the University of California Santa Barbara organizes and sponsors lectures, film screenings, and other activities on campus, as well as offering a small travel grant for graduate students.

Undergradute studies

• B.A. in Japanese or Asian Studies available through the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies (EALCS) Department.
• A special five-year program offering a B.A. and M.A. in Japanese or Asian Studies is also available.
• 24 faculty and professional staff teaching Japanese-focused courses.
• Courses are taught outside the EALCS department with a Japanese concentration in film and media studies, history, history of art and architecture, and religious studies.
• Study abroad opportunities are available.
• For undergradute applications to UCSB, please visit their Admissions webpage.

Graduate studies

• M.A. and Ph.D. available from the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Department with an emphasis in one of the five following emphases:
• film, media, performing arts and popular culture
• gender and sexuality studies
• literature, linguistics, and translation studies
• modernity, colonialism, and globalization studies
• religiosity and the history of ideas.
• The EALCS Department also offers a concentration in Shinto Studies.
• The Ph.D. program in the Religious Studies Department offers a Buddhist concentration, including specialization in Japanese Buddhism.
• For application to the EALCS graduate program, please visit their Graduate Program Application webpage.