About the Program

Click here for the Program Brochure

This program is hosted by Bunkyo Gakuin University, a collaborative partner of CSB/SJU for fifteen years.  Located in central Tokyo with a new subway station at its front entrance, Bunkyo Gakuin University is ideally situated for a study abroad program.  All courses are taught in English and include studies in Japanese language (no prior competence required), culture, history, arts, politics and economics.  The faculty consists of the CSB/SJU program director, who accompanies the group and professors from Bunkyo Gakuin University.  The program includes an orientation to Tokyo and an intensive “survival Japanese” course prior to the beginning of classes.  Extensive excursions enhance the students’ learning experience including trips to Kyoto, Hiroshima, Karuizawa and Nagano, as well as visits to important sites in the vicinity of Tokyo.

The approximate program dates for Japan are late August to mid-December.

If you have questions about the Japan program, you may contact the following people:

2009-2010 Program Director:

• Fall 2009: Jim Poff, Biology

2010-2011 Program Director:

• Fall 2010:  Bill Lamberts, Biology