Students may earn honors in the East Asian Studies major by maintaining a 3.7 average in the major and completing a senior honors thesis. Students who intend to write an honors thesis are required to complete the year-long Senior Thesis Seminar: East Asian Studies (AS.310.431 and AS.310.432).

Students must secure the mentorship of an adviser among the EAS faculty and submit a completed application form to the Director of the EAS Program before the end of the spring semester of their junior year.