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 Overview Host Institution Programs of Study Summer Intensive Japanese Field Work and Research Presentation Field Trips and Demonstrations Housing Financial Aid Contact
In 2004, the Japanese Program at Bard College inaugurated its Summer Intensive course in Japanese language and culture in Kyoto. The program lasts five weeks - beginning in the end of May and continuing throughout June. This coincides roughly with the middle of the first semester of our host institution.
Our host institution is Kyoto Seika University, a small, innovative university with faculties in the Arts and Humanities offering courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. Kyoto Seika is located in the northern foothills of Kyoto, in an area of great natural beauty and historical significance.
Programs of study in the Faculty of Humanities at Kyoto Seika include
The Arts Faculty specializes in forms of art with distinctive Japanese traditions, including
Students receive intensive language instruction between 9:00 and 12:00 a.m. every week-day. Emphasis is placed on developing specialized vocabularies and skills in order to engage in an individualized field-work and research project.
Each language teacher will grade the students separately and the director of the program will come up with one grade based on the student's overall participation and general conduct throughout the entire program. Students must have completed Intensive Japanese (JAPN 106) at Bard or have an equivalent background to participate in the program. Text: Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese (Japan Times, 2000), Volumes I and II. Field Work and Research Presentation The Summer Intensive course will culminate in individual research presentations in Japanese by each student based on fieldwork in an area of interest (calligraphy, landscape gardens, manga, photography, print-making, Zen, etc.). Peer students at Kyoto Seika with similar interests will help the students conduct their field-work and research. Field Trips and Demonstrations In the afternoon, students will be able to participate in a variety of activities, including field trips introducing students to the historical landmarks and crafts of Japan's ancient cultural capital. Students will also engage in demonstrations and practice sessions hosted by student clubs at Kyoto Seika active in cultural practices such as the tea ceremony and kendo (Japanese fencing).
Students will be staying on the Kyoto Seika campus in the Kino-ryo dormitory. There are also opportunities to experience home-stays over the weekend.
Bard contributes financial aid to students in the summer program who are on scholarships at the college. Other opportunities for fellowships and study abroad can be found at the Bridging Project Study Abroad Japan website.
For questions about the Bard in Japan program, contact the Director, Gustav Heldt (heldt@bard.edu). For questions about further opportunities for study and research at Kyoto Seika, please contact their International Office.
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