Japan Study Colleges

Carleton College
Northfield, Minnesota
1,900 students
Number of Waseda Placements: 1
TOEFL Minimum: 600 paper / 100 IBT

Academic Calendar
Fall Term: mid September – late November (on campus)
Winter Term: early January – mid March (on campus)
Spring Term: late March – early June (on campus)

Orientation Programs
International Students: One week
New Students: 5days

Course Catalogue
http://webapps.acs.carleton.edu/catalog/
Note: Some of the courses listed in the catalog are offered each semester; others are offered less frequently.

Websites for International Students
General information: http://www.carleton.edu/intl/
International Student Voices: http://apps.carleton.edu/intl/looking/voices.html
International Student Contacts: http://apps.carleton.edu/intl/deciding/

Campus Highlights
Founded in 1866, Carleton College is an independent and highly selective liberal arts college with a diverse and exceptionally able student body, a talented faculty whose first priority is teaching, and a continued commitment to the liberal arts. Carleton is a national college enrolling approximately 1,900 students drawn from all 50 states and several other countries. A four-year college, Carleton offers the Bachelor of Arts degree. Its students can choose from 34 major fields of study, as well as numerous special programs, area studies or concentrations.

Waseda students interested in languages can apply to live in the Parish House. The Language Departments provide various programs and activities that allow the students to speak the language and to learn more about the culture of the country. The College employs Language Associates from the various countries to reside in the houses.

Community and Volunteer Opportunities
Student Organizations: http://www.carleton.edu/student/tostudent/orgs/
Service Learning: http://webapps.acs.carleton.edu/campus/act/

Study Opportunities
Waseda students participate in the one-week international student orientation. Waseda students may participate in three Cross-cultural Studies curriculum courses designed to bring together American and International students.

• Fall Term: “Growing Up Cross-Culturally (includes a writing component)
• Winter Term: “I'm a Stranger Here Myself”
• Spring Term: “Theory and Practice of Cross Cultural Study”

For more information about the program and the courses:
http://webapps.acs.carleton.edu/curricular/ccst/overview/

Work-study Options
Carleton’s winter break extends from November to January. During this time, Waseda students may stay on campus (for a small fee) and work in various campus offices.

Surrounding area
Carleton College occupies more than 900 scenic acres of campus, arboretum, and athletic fields. Located in Northfield, MN, roughly 40 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Carleton offers access to the cultural advantages of a major metropolitan area while preserving a collegial environment conducive to an intensive academic life.

Carleton Mission Statement
Carleton College has welcomed international students for well over a century. Carleton’s first international student, Tsune Watanabe from Kobe, Japan, entered the college in 1888. Carleton College strives to provide a liberal education of the highest quality. The goal of such an education is to liberate individuals from the constraints imposed by ignorance or complacency and prepare them broadly to lead rewarding, creative, and useful lives.

At its simplest, a liberal education teaches the basic skills upon which higher achievements rest: to read perceptively, to write and speak clearly, and to think analytically. Carleton draws upon these skills to foster a critical appreciation of our intellectual, aesthetic, and moral heritage and to encourage original thought. A Carleton student not only masters certain information and techniques, but also acquires a sense of curiosity and intellectual adventure, an awareness of method and purpose in a variety of fields, and an affinity for quality and integrity wherever they may be found. Nurtured by dedicated teachers in an environment that rewards growth and questioning, these values prepare students, as Carleton trustee Martin Trow has written, to "accomplish large and important things in the world, make important discoveries, lead great institutions, influence their nation's laws and government, and add substantially to knowledge." But above all, they prepare one to lead a fully realized life in a diverse and changing world.

To this end, Carleton's curriculum balances a traditional emphasis upon classic fields of study, or disciplines, with a complementary offering of distribution courses, electives, and interdisciplinary programs. The disciplines provide rigor and depth of training, an opportunity to test oneself against a body of knowledge and a repertory of skills that educated women and men have built, over time, into major structures of intellectual inquiry. Interdisciplinary programs not only encourage the application of these skills to questions too complex and subtle to be approached through any one discipline, but also reflect the open textured, dynamic character of the disciplines themselves.

In addition, the College requires that all students, to prepare themselves for lifelong growth and continuing education, must distribute their courses among four divisions of knowledge, take at least one course centrally concerned with another culture, and demonstrate proficiency in English composition and in a second language. For those seeking a still more varied experience, it offers a wide range of opportunities for off-campus study, many of these in foreign countries. Faculty and students alike participate actively in the creative and performing arts and athletics, both of which are integral parts of a Carleton education.

Education, although a profoundly individual experience, prepares one to live fruitfully in society and contribute to its work. The liberal arts at Carleton aim to liberate as fully as possible the whole potential of each student and open the way toward a generous and interesting life.

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