Studies in the Campus Asia Program
Curriculum

The Three Courses Offered in the New Campus Asia Program

  • CA
    Course

    Campus Asia Course

    This course allows student to study in China and South Korea for a total of one year each over the course of two years.

  • AG
    Course

    Asia Global Course

    This course combines study abroad in China and South Korea (three semesters over two years) with one semester of English based study at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.
    *Selected from Campus Asia Course students.

  • IA
    Course

    Intensive Asia Course

    This course allows APU students to study abroad in China and South Korea for one semester each over the course of a year.
    *Ritsumeikan University students are not eligible for this course.

Learning Model of the Campus Asia Program

Ritsumeikan University College of Letters’ Campus Asia Program is an international education program spanning the four years of college life. The program is jointly operated by Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Dongseo University in Busan, Republic of Korea and Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Japan and is an unprecedented higher education program that allows students from the three countries to study together as equals. Specifically, in their second and third years, students move from their home university to an overseas university campus or “Joint Campus”, and while helping each other, take classes of each university in the local language. Furthermore, from the 2022 academic year, the program has been renewed into a three-course program, with a new course that allows students to acquire practical English skills in addition to the original three language East Asian studies.

Joint Campus Classes

In the case of person A

While Studying Aboard in South Korea
Example of classes at Dongseo University
  • 【Foreign language subjects】
  • ・Intermediate Korean Conversation
  • ・Intermediate Korean Reading
  • ・Intermediate Korean Writing
  • ・Advanced Korean Reading - Korean Communication Seminar
  • ・Korean Written Expression Seminar
  • 【General education subjects】
  • ・Understanding Korean History
  • ・Understanding Korean Culture
  • 【Specialized subjects】
  • ・Korean Societal Studies
  • ・Understanding South Korean Literature
  • ・East Asia Regional Seminar

In the case of person B

While Studying Aboard in China
Example of classes at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
  • 【Foreign language subjects】
  • ・Intermediate Chinese Reading
  • ・Intermediate Chinese Conversation
  • ・Advanced Chinese Reading
  • ・Advanced Chinese Conversation
  • 【General education subjects】
  • ・Overview of Chinese Society
  • ・Chinese Cultural Experience
  • ・Chinese and Foreign Cultural Exchange
  • 【Specialized subjects】
  • ・Overview of East Asian Society
  • ・Study of Selected Chinese Literature
  • ・East Asian Studies
The culmination of four years study -Graduation Thesis-

In their fourth year after completing the Joint Campus, students write their graduation thesis, which is the culmination of four years of study, utilizing the knowledge and experience gained through the Campus Asia Program. In addition, students will also write a summary of their graduation thesis in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean to show what they have learnt in the Campus Asia Program.

Examples of Graduation Thesis Topics
Attitudes Towards Adjustment Behavior in Multilingual Study Abroad Communities―
Focusing on Language Levels and Country Perceptions of Campus Asia Program Participating Students
Foreign Worker Policies in Japan and South Korea: Focusing on South Korea's Employment Permit System and Japan's Specified Skills System
Korean’s Pronunciation of the Japanese character 'tsu’ - Usefulness and Potential of Phonetic Articulation Instruction
Images of Women in the Media: A Contrastive Study of China, Japan and South Korea
Expansion of the Korean Webtoon Industry into Japan
The Possibility of a Chinese Pop Culture Boom in Japan - An Analysis of the "First wave" Korean Boom
Teaching Methods of Chinese Grammar 'huì' and 'nénɡ'
The Current State of Japanese Language Education for Children in Japanese-Korean Intermarriage Families
Utilization of Chinese Language Video Works as a Material Resource in Second Language Education and its Challenges
Origins of the Monkey King's Costume, Makeup, and Props - Considering the similarities and differences between Japan and China.
New Tourism of Japan for Chinese Tourists Based On Fair Tourism
The Presence of "Red" in China
Studies in the Campus Asia Program