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TOKYO Phone: 765.983.1224 Office at Earlham College: Office at Waseda University in Japan. University Waseda E-mail: [email protected] Web: japanstudy.earlham.edu Web: The ACM is a partnership among It offers distinctive off-campus study colleges is available at ACM.edu/Japan. colleges is available 14 independent liberal arts colleges. 14 independent liberal arts colleges. Japan Study is a collaborative initiative in initiative collaborative Study is a Japan and internship/practicum experience. programs that provide opportunities for opportunities for that provide programs independent study, hands-on research, independent study, hands-on research, College linking the member institutions of the institutions the member linking College Monmouth College - Ripon College - St. Olaf College international by Earlham managed education For more informationFor more the Japan Study contact Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) with Colleges of the Midwest Associated Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) and the (GLCA) and Lakes Colleges Association Great Lawrence University - Luther College - Macalester College Lawrence InformationJapan Study for students at ACM about Begin your adventure at ACM.edu/programs. Begin your adventure Beloit College - Carleton College - Coe College - Colorado College Cornell College - Grinnell College - Knox College - Lake Forest CollegeCornell College - Grinnell College - Knox College - Lake Forest

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Learn more at ACM.edu/Japan. Learn more a pottery studio, or living in a Buddhist temple. a pottery studio, or living in a Buddhist such as assisting in a rural school, apprenticing atsuch as assisting in a rural school, apprenticing than a month through community engagement,than a month through experience life in another part of Japan for moreexperience life in another part of Japan Tokyo. On the program’s Cultural Internship, On the program’s you’ll Tokyo. recreational, and industrial sites in and aroundrecreational, co-learners. Field trips take you to cultural,

On Japan Study, you’ll join a community ofOn Japan Study, you’ll join a community student and foreign language clubs. student and foreign SOCIETY EXPERIENCE JAPANESE as rugby, martial arts, riding, koto, and internationalas rugby, martial arts, riding, koto, and through Waseda’s many clubs and activities, such many Waseda’s through You can also participate in and make friends can also participate You universities. Japanese language study is centraluniversities. Japanese language study also curriculum, and you’ll to the program’s among a wide arraychoose electives from of courses taught in English. Studies at Waseda University, one of Japan’s leading University, Studies at Waseda the world at the School of International Liberal Take classes with students from Japan and around classes with students from Take STUDY AT A PREMIER UNIVERSITY STUDY AT “ Become an international PROGRAM DETAILS DATES • Cultural Internship: Spend four to six weeks during citizen as you explore Full-year: Mid-September - late July winter break living with a host family and engaging Additional options: Fall semester & Cultural Internship, in cultural and volunteer experiences with local Japan in depth, build Fall semester, and Spring semester. institutions in a rural or urban location outside of Tokyo. HOST INSTITUTION HOUSING your language skills, and Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan Homestay with a Japanese family. experience daily life in COURSES/CREDITS LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT Credits vary, but students typically transfer equivalent One semester/term, or the equivalent, of Japanese the bustling, dynamic credit to their home institution. language study prior to departure. • Japanese Language APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 6, 2016 city of Tokyo. • Academic Electives: Choose from a wide array of for all 2016-17 programs. courses taught in English on topics in Japanese and Apply at japanstudy.earlham.edu. For more than 50 years, Japan Study Asian studies, as well as content courses across the curriculum. Students with Japanese fluency may enroll The application requires essays, letters of has offered students multiple ways to in courses taught in Japanese. recommendation, and coordination with learn about this complex society, which your study abroad office. has maintained both strong cultural JAPAN STUDY SCHEDULE traditions and its position as a global Japan Study FULL-YEAR PROGRAM offers four technology superpower. FALL SEMESTER + CULTURAL INTERNSHIP schedule FALL SEMESTER* SPRING SEMESTER* options MID-SEPTEMBER - EARLY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY - MARCH MID-MARCH - LATE JULY

JAPANESE LANGUAGE JAPANESE LANGUAGE CULTURAL INTERNSHIP ORIENTATION ELECTIVE COURSES Experiencing a ELECTIVE COURSES In Tokyo community outside of Tokyo LIVE WITH A HOST FAMILY IN TOKYO LIVE WITH A HOST FAMILY IN TOKYO

*These options do not include the Cultural Internship. The Spring semester option includes an orientation.