About the BCL Program

The BCL (Japanese Business, Culture & History and Japanese Language) Program has been specifically designed for students from Senshu’s partner universities and offers them a general understanding of not only the Japanese language, but also Japanese business practices, cultural paradigms, and a chance to experience daily life in Japan. The program starts in the middle of September and ends in the middle of December (12 weeks in total). It consists of three courses:

• Survey of Japanese Business*
• Survey of Japanese Culture & History*
• Japanese Language

*Taught in English.
The “Japanese Language” course is offered to all international students, including individual participants, who wish to learn the language intensively. It features class levels ranging from beginner to advanced.

This course will be conducted similarly to last year but with various improvements (including new lectures and company visits). Previous year' total class hours were at 60 hours, which includes lectures, company visits, and a research project. Throughout this course, students gain invaluable insight into the business concepts and management philosophies that made Japan one of the world’s largest economies. The first objective of this course is to provide students with a theoretical framework of Japanese-style business practices through informative lectures. The second is to give students a firsthand look into the inner workings of Japanese corporations through company visits. The third is to improve students’ analytical skills by having them conduct research and present their findings. Accordingly, the three core course components have been divided into the following: