Students reside in homestays in Hikone or at the JCMU center. The program is ideal for first-semester seniors who have a keen interest in Japan and at least a year of college Japanese language training. A GPA of at least 2.5 is required. The program incorporates numerous excursions. Courses focus on Taiwan s modern realities, balanced by an understanding of its history.
Students live with Chinese roommates.
Meals are taken in the dormitory dining hall or in local restaurants. Students must generally have a minimum of one year of college-level Mandarin Chinese or the equivalent and one Chinese area studies course, and an overall minimum GPA of 2.75. Students participate in a full-credit internship placement and integrative seminar, and elect an additional course and independent study. Participants must be rising juniors or seniors with a declared major or minor related to their internship, or, for education internships, be admitted to the Colleges teacher certification program. A fourth course credit will be arranged.