Global Course Compass
Your guide to navigating education abroad course options to stay on track with your academic goals
Waseda Summer Japan Studies Program, Japan
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Waseda's Summer Japan Studies program offers a curated list of courses in Japanese culture, business, economy, politics, literature and arts. You can review course descriptions and syllabi from on the summer program courses page. Courses are subject to change each year.
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You can choose 2 or 3 courses (3 OSU quarter credits each) and should have back-ups selected in case you don't get into your first choice options.
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All courses are lower-division at OSU, and many can be applied to bacc core/core ed requirements as illustrated in the table below.
Summer 2026 Courses
| Waseda Summer Course | OSU Course | Core Ed | Bacc Core |
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| Business I: Business and Management in Japan | BA LDEA | Not Core Ed | Not Bacc Core |
| Business II: Case Studies in Japan Management | BA LDEA | Not Core Ed | Not Bacc Core |
| Business III: The Art of Japanese IP | BA LDEA | Not Core Ed | Not Bacc Core |
| Culture I: Japanese Urban Culture in Sight and Sound | WLC LDEA | Arts and Humanities: General | Cultural Diversity |
| Culture II: Movements and Margins in Japanese Culture and Society | WLC LDEA | Arts and Humanities: Global | Cultural Diversity |
| Culture III: Japanese Popular Culture: Globalization, Cultural Production/Consumption and Creative Ecology | WLC LDEA | Arts and Humanities: General | Cultural Diversity |
| Economics I: Japanese Economy | ECON LDEA | Social Science | Social Processes and Institutions |
| History I: The Contemporary History of Japan: An Area Studies Approach in Examining Historical Transitions from Postwar Showa to Reiwa Eras | HST LDEA | Arts and Humanities: General | Cultural Diversity |
| History II: Modern Japanese History | HST LDEA | Arts and Humanities: Global | Cultural Diversity |
| History III: Japan in the Age of Samurai (coming soon!) | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Interdisciplinary I: Japanese Spirituality, Comparative Analysis with Christianity and Islam, and Challenges for Harmonious Globe | LS LDEA | Arts and Humanities: Global | Cultural Diversity |
| Literature and Art I: The Postwar | WLC LDEA | Arts and Humanities: General | Literature and the Arts |
| Literature and Art II: Murakami Haruki, Miyazaki Hayao and the Politics of Culture in Japan from the Bubble to the Present | WLC LDEA | Arts and Humanities: General | Literature and the Arts |
| Politics I: Contemporary Japanese Politics; Japanese Political Leadership and Systems of Governance | PS LDEA | Social Science | Social Processes and Institutions |
| Politics II: Global Isssues and Politics Controversies in Japan and Asia | PS LDEA | Social Science | Social Processes and Institutions |
| Politics III: Migrants and Refugees in Japan | PS LDEA | Social Science | Social Processes and Institutions |
| Politics IV: Multiculturalism and Japan | LS LDEA | Arts and Humanities: Global | Cultural Diversity |
| Anthro/Sociology I: Disability and Japanese Society | PHL LDEA | Not Core Ed | Social Processes and Institutions |
OSU Conversions
| Overseas Semesters | OSU Terms |
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| Summer (mid-June - late July) | Summer |
| Overseas Credits | OSU Credits |
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| 1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 9 |
| Overseas Grade | OSU Grade |
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| Overseas Grade | OSU Grade |
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Remember courses abroad count as OSU credits and grades count towards your OSU GPA.
To explore if Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) grading could be an option for you, talk with your academic advisor. To request S/U grading for courses abroad, you'll need to secure approval from your academic advisor and submit the S/U request form in your OSU GO portal before 70% of the course is complete.
The Waseda Summer Japan Studies program does not offer Japanese language classes. To explore Japanese language offerings, check out the Waseda Summer Japanese Language program compass.
OSU Tools
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For official determinations on how education abroad courses will be transcribed at OSU, submit each course using the transfer articulation reevaluation form
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No need to wait! We recommend submitting courses as early as possible in your planning - even while exploring programs!
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Since course articulation can affect your degree progress and planning, it's important to work closely with your academic advisor to understand how your courses abroad will fit into your academic plan.
- Visit the OSU GO Education Abroad Course Articulation Database to view courses that previous OSU students have taken.
- The database is not a comprehensive list of all courses available and may list courses that are not offered during your program cycle. Check out the host institution tools below fo up to date course offerings.
- Previous articulations are a guide for how a course may appear on your OSU transcript. Given updates to course content, articulation standards, etc., how a course is articulated on your transcript may look different. If a course you plan to take abroad is essential for completion of degree requirements, submit the course information through the form above.
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Updated 4/9/2026
