American Studies Program 2012 CATALOG - Tokyo International ...

TIU’s QUALIFICATIONS FOR
ATTENDING AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
Guidelines to Attend ASP by School
Business & Commerce
1. As a basic rule, students should be freshmen or sophomores when they apply for ASP.
2. In the case of freshmen: students should already have more than ten (10) credits when
they apply for ASP; and at the end of freshmen year, they are expected to meet the
requirements to move up to sophomore status.
3. In the case of sophomores: students should already have more than thirty (30) credits
when they apply for ASP, and at the end of sophomore year, the students are expected
to meet the requirements to move up to junior status.
Economics
1. Students should have a clear purpose of study abroad at TIUA and be motivated.
School of Language Communication
1. As a basic rule, students should be freshmen or sophomores when they apply for ASP.
2. In the case of freshmen: the students should already have more than 15 credits when
they apply for ASP, and at the end of freshmen year, they are expected to earn a total of
more than 30 credits including 4 credits from “Seminar 1.”
3. In the case of sophomores: the students should already have more than 35 credits
when they apply for ASP, and at the end of sophomore year, they are expected to meet
the requirements to move up to junior status.
International Relations
1. Students should be freshmen or sophomores when they apply for ASP.
2. In the case of freshmen: by the end of freshman year, the students are expected to
earn a total of 30 credits including 4 credits from "Seminar I."
3. In the case of sophomores: the students should already have more than 30 credits
when they apply for ASP, and at the end of sophomore year, they are expected to earn a
total of 60 credits including 4 credits from "Seminar II."
4. Conditions to attend: In the case of sophomores, by the time of the departure, the students
should be assigned to an advising professor for their junior year. While they are
attending the ASP, they are required to submit a report that was assigned by their TIU
advising professor once in the first semester and once in the second semester.
*The students need to confirm about the subject, format, and due date of the report with
their advising professor by e-mail.
*When the students are advanced to the senior status after they return from ASP, they
will be assigned to the Seminar IV taught by the above TIU advising professor.
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