Program Highlights

• An orientation session in Tokyo. During this time, students get to know each other and begin to familiarize themselves with the language, culture, and new environment.
  
• Classes at Waseda University, one of Japan’s premier universities. Classes in the School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University include intensive language instruction and content courses across the curriculum taught in English. Japan Study students take classes with students from Japan and around the world.



• Opportunities to join Waseda University student clubs. The rich extra-curricular life at Waseda University, which enrolls about 40,000 students, provides activities and lasting friendships through participation in clubs and activities such as rugby, martial arts, international student club, riding, koto, and foreign language.
  
• Weekend retreats and other opportunities to meet Waseda students who spend a year on GLCA/ACM campuses through Japan Study.
  
• A home stay with a Japanese family. Through this experience, students learn about Japanese society by immersion in the most basic social grouping in any culture, the family.
  
• A range of field trips. Japan Study and Waseda organize inexpensive trips to cultural, recreational, and industrial sites in and around Tokyo, as well as retreats with Waseda students.
  
• A one-month cultural practicum living with a second host family and engaging in internship-style experiences with local institutions in a rural or urban location outside of the Tokyo area.
  
• A community of about 30 co-learners chosen from liberal arts colleges across the Midwest and the nation.
  
• Access to a full-time Resident Director and a full-time Japanese Program Associate. These staff members ease the transition to living in Japan and help students explore their interests and meet their goals.