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Academic Regulations
REQUIREMENT:
Four courses, including Spoken Japanese, are the minimum required semester load (14 semester credits) for recognition as a full-time student. A student may register for a maximum of five courses (17 semester credits). All students must register for Spoken Japanese.
COURSES:
The required Spoken Japanese language classes consist of five 50-minute periods each week, supplemented by laboratory and homework assignments. Japanese Reading and Writing classes meet three times each week, 50-minute per session. All other courses (with the exception of the Studio Art courses) are conducted in two 80-minute per week, supplemented by extra contact hours in the form of field trips, research assignments, etc.
No student is permitted to take the Ceramics and Sumie courses at the same time, nor register for an increased load of either one.
REGISTRATION:
Students must register for courses by the end of the orientation period at the beginning of each semester, upon completing the necessary payments to Kansai Gaidai. Please carefully note that our program does not accept any preregistration. Students may add and drop originally registered courses, without academic penalty, within the following periods:
- ADDING:
- During the first two weeks of the semester.
- DROPPING:
- During the first three weeks of the semester.
AUDIT:
Students may audit a course by obtaining permission from the instructor of the course and from the Center for International Education. Auditing will not lead to any academic credit, nor will it appear on the student's transcript. Students are not allowed to audit Japanese language courses as well as Studio Art courses.
INDEPENDENT STUDY:
An independent study may be arranged for a student in his/her second semester if the student's educational objectives cannot be achieved through our regular course offerings, or if the student wishes to pursue more in-depth studies in a given area.
To apply for an independent study, a student must complete the first semester of residence at Kansai Gaidai satisfactorily, and an application including the objective and outline of proposed study must be submitted to and approved by the faculty members and the Dean of the Center for International Education.
GRADING SYSTEM:
The Asian Studies Program uses a 4.0 scale as its grading system, and academic results are indicated by the letter grades as follows:
| A: | Highest Level of Attainment |
|---|---|
| B: | High Level of Attainment |
| C: | Adequate Level of Attainment |
| D: | Minimal Passing Level |
| F: | Failed; Unacceptable Performance |
| I*: | Incomplete |
| W: | Withdrawal |
*An Incomplete grade will be assigned only when illness or other extenuating reason beyond the control of the student.
W (Withdrawal) may be granted only when a student must withdraw from a course because of extenuating circumstances. This must be approved by the Dean of the Center for International Education.
| A+ | (4.0) | B+ | (3.3) | C+ | (2.3) | D+ | (1.3) | F | (0.0) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | (4.0) | B | (3.0) | C | (2.0) | D | (1.0) | I | (0.0) |
| A- | (3.7) | B- | (2.7) | C- | (1.7) | D- | (0.7) |
The "pass/fail," or "credit/non-credit," "withdraw/passing" are not used at Kansai Gaidai as a grading scale.
TRANSCRIPT:
A transcript of academic performance will automatically be sent to each participant's home institution within a month after the completion of a given semester. At the student's request, additional copies will be sent to institutions requested for a minimal fee.
Those who participated in the Asian Studies Program and wish to receive copies of transcript, click here.
PERFORMANCE REVIEW:
Students whose work in courses is not up to standards will receive an "Academic Warning" one week after the mid-term examination. An Academic Warning means that the student will be receiving a grade lower than "C" unless significant improvement is shown before the end of the term.
DURATION OF STAY:
Regardless of the intended period of stay at Kansai Gaidai, all participants in our Asian Studies Program are initially admitted for one semester only. During the first semester of residence, each student who wishes to continue his/her studies into the second semester must apply for extension of stay. Said students must be in good academic standing at the completion of their first semester of residence. A 2.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale with no failing grade is the minimum requirement for extension of stay into the second semester.