Program
Dates
Summer May 27, 2010 Depart U.S. May 28, 2010 Arrive in Osaka May 29, 2010 Orientation begins May 31, 2010 Classes begin July 23, 2010 Classes finish July 24, 2010 Depart Osaka
Fall August 23, 2010 Depart U.S. August 24, 2010 Arrive in Osaka
August 25, 2010 Orientation begins
August 30, 2010 Classes begin December 21, 2010 Classes end
December 22, 2010 Depart Osaka
Spring January 5, 2011 Depart U.S.
January 6, 2011 Arrive in Osaka
January 7, 2011 Orientation begins
January 11, 2011 Classes begin March 7-11, 2011 Spring Break
May 20, 2011 Classes end
May 21, 2011 Depart Osaka
* Tuition and most fees. * Access to OGU facilities. * Transportation to/from campus. * Apartment lodging in Osaka with a Japanese roommate. * Study trips, excursions and activities. * Assistance and supervision provided by CET's on-site staff. * Texts and other required materials. * Medical insurance including medical evacuation insurance. (Vanderbilt University students are supplied with a separate plan through their school, and are not enrolled under CET's policy.) * Pre-departure mailings including travel guides. * Visa and processing fees.
What is Not Included
* Fees for flights. * Meals. * Items and services of a personal nature, such as laundry, telephone and fax charges. * Independent travel. * Passport fees and photos. * All medical expenses not covered by the insurance provided.
Tuition Price Breakdown and Spending Money For a breakdown of tuition fees, and estimates for the total amount of personal expenses you might expect while on a program, click here.
Air Travel CET is able to offer students round trip international tickets to Japan at competitive prices through our travel partner, Premiere Travel. Students who choose to purchase their air tickets through Premiere Travel can fly to Osaka on a flight that may also have other CET program students. Students who arrange their flight through Premiere Travel may be met at the airport by CET program representatives.
Students accepted to a CET program will receive an email from Premiere Travel with more information about flights and information about how to purchase tickets. In addition, students will receive, approximately two weeks prior to the program start date, information about transferring from the airport to the program site upon arrival.
Continuing Student Discount Past participants agree: the combination of two or more CET programs is greater than the sum of its parts! Spending a full academic year abroad puts students firmly on the path toward linguistic and cultural expertise. We encourage all students to consider this option and will provide a $500 discount for each additional semester you enroll with CET.
A Note About Costs CET reserves the right to increase quoted charges at any time without prior notification, based on increased instruction costs, exchange rate fluctuation or other cost increases beyond CET's control. This right includes but is not limited to surcharging students for additional costs incurred due to under-enrollment in any given course.
Insurance
Medical insurance is provided to CET
students by Cultural Insurance
Services International and is included in the price of the program. For
more information about specific coverage, download the CISI Flyer and
the CISI Coverage Brochure.
Passports and Visas
Visas are included in the program fees. Students must have a valid
passport in order to receive a visa. Students will receive complete instructions on visa procurement upon acceptance.
Credits and Transcripts
One of the questions we are most frequently asked is: "How many credits
will I receive for attending a CET program?"
The simple answer to this question is that CET does not award credit.
Instead, CET recommends an appropriate number of credits for each
course and it is up to the discretion of each student's home
institution to award credits according to its own credit system. The
vast majority of institutions whose students have attended CET's
programs have granted credit according to CET's recommendations.
In order to facilitate the process of credit awards, CET will provide
each student upon written request an official transcript jointly issued
by the overseas host institution and CET. The transcript will state the
names of all courses taken, the total number of course contact hours,
the total number of class hours attended by the student, all grades
earned and recommended credits for each course. Because CET requires
that all students take a full course load regardless of program, and
prohibits students from taking courses pass/fail, CET consistently
recommends that students receive a full semester's worth of credit for
each program (typically 15 to 18 total credits in the fall or spring,
and 7 to 9 total credits in the summer). Recommended credits for each
course are noted in each program's Academics section of this website.
CET will not issue a transcript for any student who has an outstanding
account balance.
For more information about transcripts and the system by which CET
recommends credits, click here.
Cancellations and
Refunds
CET reserves the right to cancel any program prior to departure, in
which case the entire payment, including processing fees, will be
refunded without further obligation on our part.
Students who choose to cancel prior to a program's start date are
eligible for a partial refund even if CET later decides to cancel the
program. If an enrolled student chooses to interrupt his/her
participation after a program's commencement, for any reason
whatsoever, or chooses not to attend certain parts of the program,
there is no refund for any unused portions of that program.
Please note that CET does not accept liability for any airline
cancellation penalty incurred by the purchase of a non-refundable
ticket.
Administration
CET's
Japan program is jointly administered by CET and Osaka Gakuin
University. Program academics are overseen by an Advisory Board of
faculty from US colleges and universities. CET maintains a full-time
Resident Director who is responsible for administering the academic
program and assisting students on a daily basis. CET is a division of
Academic Travel Abroad, which has been providing educational programs
to non-profit institutions for over 50 years.
Student
Selection
The admissions committee selects students based on their academic
performance, recommendations, seriousness of purpose and desire to
participate in the program. CET's minimum cumulative GPA for admissions
is 3.0; exceptions may be made under special circumstances.
