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• An independent, non-profit, public-benefit co-educational institution of higher education
• Graduate School opened in 1994
• Liberal Arts college opened in 2001
• Open to top students of every nationality and belief
• Outstanding faculty
• 9 to 1 student/faculty ratio
• Small seminar classes (average class size 13 for undergraduate program, 8 for graduate program)
• About half of SUA students have come from the US and half have come from over 40 other countries.
• Library with 225,000-volume capacity, reading rooms and rare books facility. We currently offer: Print Books: 80,850 volumes; Electronic Books: 47,700 titles;Print Periodicals: 300 titles;Electronic Periodicals:18,500 full-text titles;Databases: 70 (Most of them with full-text access);VHS/DVDs: 1,700 titles;Audio CDs: 430 titles
• Computer access in classrooms, library, residence halls and central outside gathering areas.
• Beautiful 103-acre campus in South Orange County, California is one mile from the Pacific Ocean and Laguna Beach's main beach (if you're a bird.) It's about 7 miles to drive to the beach.
• SUA is located in the city of Aliso Viejo and is 400 ft. above sea level.
• Campus surrounded by a 4000-acre wilderness park on 85% of its border.
• Laptop computer for each entering undergraduate student included in tuition.
• Semester of study abroad for undergraduates in the junior year included in tuition.
• Generous financial aid available.  Net-Price Calculator

BA in Liberal Arts

• Concentrations in Environmental Studies, Humanities, International Studies and Social and Behavior Sciences
• Comparative study of Eastern and Western perspectives across the liberal arts curriculum
• Unique Core Curriculum focusing on major issues of self, society and environment
• Learning Clusters researching community and world issues and exploring solutions
• Emphasis on non-native language and culture (Chinese, English, Frency, Japanese and Spanish offered currently)
• See undergraduate catalog for a list of current classes

MA Program in Second and Foreign Language Education (TESOL)

• Sound theoretical foundation
• Practical tools to teach a foreign language
• Small class sizes and rigourous academic discipline
• Practicum teaching in ESL classes on campus
• Alumni in more than 20 countries teaching English and Japanese

Certificate Program in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language

• Sound theoretical foundation
• Practical tools necessary to teach foreign language
• Weekend classes, 1 course per semester

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Soka University of America     
1 University Drive
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
949 480 4000
Fax: 949 480 4001
admission@soka.edu for BA Program
grad_admissions@soka.edu for MA Program
info@soka.edu for general information