Academic Year & Curriculum

One academic year is composed of two semesters (Fall and Spring) 
- Fall Semester: Oct 1st to March 31st
- Spring Semester: April 1st to September 30th

The Global 30 International Programs is a four-year degree program. In the first year, in addition to the Japanese language classes, students are required to take Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses. From the second year onwards, students take major courses and in the fourth year they work on their graduation research and thesis.

• If you would like to know more details, the syllabi of some courses are available at the links below.
  You may also find the English-taught course catalog.

The syllabi of specialized courses are available on each program’s page.

Japanese Language Education

Intensive Japanese classes are provided to improve students' Japanese proficiencies to business level. Based on an internal placement test, students take classes according to their proficiency level ranging from beginner to advanced level to academic Japanese. Students are also assigned a Japanese language partner to help them improve outside the classroom.  

Pre-College Mathematics (Class Materials)

This course is a companion course to Calculus I. It aims to help students with little or no precalculus knowledge to master the basic calculus material in preparation for the more advanced course of Calculus I. This is done by reviewing high school mathematics.

NU OCW Pre-College Mathematics