This is the official page for AUAP students, staff, and friends at WWU. The WWU-AUAP is an English language and cultural orientation program which has been integrated into the regular curriculum of the four faculties (Business Administration, Economics, International Relations, and Law) of Asia University. During their study abroad program, Asia University students earn credit from Asia University
and are not enrolled as regular Western students. The AUAP curriculum emphasizes communicative, interactive, functional, English-through-content instruction. The curriculum includes courses in three main areas: content courses, issue- and theme-based courses, and functional courses. Asia University students are offered twenty hours of instruction per week. The specific courses offered include: Integrated English Skills, Functions of English, American Studies, International Communications/Global Issues, and Sports and Recreation. A unique component of the AUAP is the International Peer Advisor Program. In this program, Western students are recruited, hired, and trained to live and work with AUAP students in the residence halls. Peer Advisors, who are given special intercultural training, facilitate AUAP student orientation, plan activities, advise students about personal problems, assist with medical emergencies, help students understand and adjust to American culture, and facilitate student involvement in campus and community activities. Enrollment in the WWU-AUAP is from 25-95 per group with one group on campus from late September to mid-February, and the other from late February through late July.
