Academic Differences

There are several academic differences between Japan and United States. First off, the atmosphere in the classroom is different from the laid back atmosphere (sweats and a shirt) found in the States. Contrasting this, Japanese universities want students coming in for a cleaner look (i.e. shirt and jeans). 

Accessing the info for the classes are similar to the BlackBoard but however from my research it'll show only the teacher and course description. Since we have 192 contact hours (6 credits for the class) for a total of 8 weeks. Grading system is as follows 

Anything higher: A+

80-89% - A

70-79% - B

60-69% - C

One last thing to mention is because of the ranking system, we are expected to be very polite to our teachers, hence, they are our superiors. Full time status is normally considered to be 6 credit hours (reason being is that because its a summer program there is going to be less) however there is a 2 additional credit for a "fun" class that you can partake in which also corresponds to the 6 hour language credit. In other words, the language credit and full time status are the same.