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Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies
The University of Virginia joins Harvard, Stanford, and about a dozen other top universities in running the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, a well-regarded consortium study abroad program based in Japan's historic capital city. The consortium arrangement entitles the university to select two to four undergraduate students each year to participate in the program, either for one semester or a full academic year.
The program requires students to have two full years of college-level Japanese language coursework as a prerequisite, and it works to improve students' language abilities through small-group instruction tailored to each students ability level. A few courses are taught in Japanese, but most of the courses (on Japanese politics, foreign relations, society, and culture) are taught in English. The KCJS program, unlike some other study abroad programs in Japan, facilitates daily use of the language outside the classroom by placing all students who want to take advantage of this opportunity with host families.
Website:Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies
The Department of East Asian Languages Literatures and Cultures' Japanese Language Program recommends a select number of programs outside the University of Virginia to augment language study here. Students wishing to get credit for Japanese language study outside the university should consider one of these programs first.
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Summer Session of Asian Studies at Sophia University
The Summer Session at Sophia University is the oldest and most extensive of summer sessions in Japan. Though classes are also attended by students of Sophia's Faculty of Liberal Arts (Faculty of Comparative Culture), the majority of students come from abroad. Offering one of the easiest ways for students from abroad to study in Japan, the Summer Session has been attended by roughly 10,000 students from around the world over the years.
Summer Session of Asian Studies at Sophia University
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies is the premier American program for the teaching of advanced Japanese. First established in Tokyo in 1963, the Center now resides in Yokohama. The Center is governed by an Inter-University Committee of scholars representing 16 universities with strong, established graduate programs in Japanese studies.
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
Waseda-Oregon Summer Japanese Program
The Waseda Summer Japanese Program is an accelerated language program offered by the Center for Japanese Language, Waseda University in conjunction with Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, USA. Since 1999, over 400 students have participated in the Summer Japanese Program, which takes place entirely in Japan.
Waseda-Oregon Summer Japanese Program
Princeton in Ishikawa: Japanese Summer Program & Ishikawa Internships
The Princeton in Ishikawa (PII) program, formerly known as NihongoStudies in Kanazawa (NSK), is now accepting applications for the summerof 200. This eight-week Japanese language program. which now in itssixth year of operation, has earned a reputation as one of the best summerlanguage programs in Japan. Students who successfully complete theprogram earn credit for two semesters of Japanese language from PrincetonUniversity. The program offers both intermediate and advanced Japanese. The program is eight weeks in duration, from June 3 to July 29, 2000 andis highly intensive in nature. Students communicate only in Japaneseduring their stay and live with host families for the duration of theirvisit. Successful participants of PII may be considered for an IshikawaInternship. Between five and seven paid internships in major companiesare available.
website: http://www.princeton.edu/~pii/
Hokkaido International Foundation Summer Japanese Language Program
The HIF Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program is a university level intensive summer course that focuses on proficiency-oriented instruction. The program aims to help participants acquire or improve communication skills in all aspects of Japanese language with the following combination.
Hokkaido International Foundation Summer Japanese Language Program
Semester
Rikkyo University
Sophia University
Antioch College Buddhist Studies Program in Kyoto
Antioch Eduation Abroad
795 Livermore St.
Yellow Springs, OH 45387-1697
(937) 769-1015 or (800) 874-7986; (937) 769-1019 (fax)
e-mail: aea@antioch.edu
Fall term program for students with at least two years of college. Application deadline March 15.
website: http://aea.antioch.edu/bsjapan/
Associated Kyoto Program
A two-semester study program at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.
Contact: Adam Hempling
Associated Kyoto Program
Oberlin College, Peters Hall G-09
Oberlin, OH 44074 USA
(440) 775-6161 or (800) 940-7070
e-mail: hempling@associatedkyotoprogram.org
website: http://www.associatedkyotoprogram.org/
Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ) Study Abroad Japan Program Links
website: http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Bridging/ABRD-sum.html
FALCON: Summer Japanese Program at Cornell
Program for beginning students in June and July.
FALCON Program
Department of Asian Studies
388 Rockefeller Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850-2502
(607)255-6457; (607)255-1345 (fax)
website: http://www.lrc.cornell.edu/asian/programs/summer/falcon
Institute of Asian Studies
IES Chicago
33 N. LaSalle St., 15th floor
Chicago, IL 60602-2602
(312) 944-1750 or (800) 995-2300; (312) 944-1448 (fax)
e-mail: info@iesabroad.org
website: http://www.xlweb.com/heritage/asian/
International Education of Students Programs
Programs in Nagoya and Tokyo.
website: http://www.iesabroad.org/
Japan Center for Michigan Universities
Semester programs at JCMU on the shore of Lake Biwa in Hikone, ShigaPrefecture, apan. Students receive credits through Michigan StateUniversity.
Application deadline: October 1
JCMU
110 MSU International Center
E. Lansing, MI 48824-1035
(517) 355-4654; (517) 353-8727 (fax)
e-mail: jcmu@msu.edu
website: http://www.isp.msu.edu/JCMU
Akita International University
Year- and semester-long academic programs.
193-2 Okutsubakidai
Yuwa-Tsubakigawa, Akita-city, Akita 010-1211 Japan
(81) 18-886-5900; (81) 18-886-5910 (fax)
e-mail: info@aiu.ac.jp
website: http://www.aiu.ac.jp/en/
Niigata Sogo Gakuen (NSG)
2-year, 1.5-year, summer, winter, and any-time programs/courses in Japanese language and culture. The group consists of 28 colleges, one of which (the Airline International and Resort College) specializes in Japanese language instruction. Located in Niigata in northern Japan, a city that boasts relatively cheap living costs and lots to do year-round.
e-mail: nsgrecruit@yahoo.co.jp
website: http://www.jigyo.ac.jp/en/index.html
University of Kansas Summer Institute at Kanagawa University in Hiratsuka
Five-week program exploring contemporary Japanese society, culture,and language.
The University of Kansas
Bailey Hall Rm. 202
1440 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785)864-3849; (785) 864-5034 (fax)
e-mail: ceas@ku.edu
website: http://www.studyabroad.ku.edu/programs/shortterm/japan_hiratsuka.shtml
University of Kentucky Summer Field Seminar in Japan
The University of Kentucky Summer Field Seminar in Japan provides anintegrated program of language training, coordinated with field seminarson the environment, language, culture and literature, ecosystems, naturalhazards, cultural landscapes, land use and organization of space, hightechnology industries, urban development and regional restructuring. Six college credit hours can be earned at the University of Kentucky uponcompletion of the summer field seminar courses.
Professor P.P. Karan
Department of Geography
1439 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506
(859) 257-6953; (859) 323-1969 (fax)
e-mail: ppkaran@uky.edu
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