Semester I, full year
Campus Program Adviser: Rika Ito (Tomson Hall 349)
The Hokusei Gakuin program offers students in Asian and Japan Studies Concentration the opportunity to study abroad in Japan at a university in Sapporo, the capital of the most northern island of Japan, Hokkaido. The Hokusei program offers vigorous, intensive Japanese language courses and various content courses on Japan taught in English, such as culture, history, sociology, economics, business, management, and journalism/mass media. The characteristics of the university are very similar to St. Olaf’s mission; Christian faith is the basis of the institution.
Students may go either for the fall semester or a whole year. Students will stay in a homestay or live in a dorm on campus.