Deadline Is Near for Soka Admission
The deadline to apply to the new Soka University of America campus opening in Aliso Viejo is Jan. 15.
The private, four-year liberal arts college will open to its first 100 freshmen in August. Soka University will offer a bachelor of arts degree in liberal arts, with concentrations in humanities, international studies and social and behavioral sciences. Students will also have to take two years of foreign language and a half-year internship overseas.
The campus will open in the fall with a 5-to-1 student-faculty ratio and will increase to 9-to-1 as the campus grows, university officials said.
Costs for the 2001-2002 academic year will be $16,500 for tuition, $7,500 for room and board, and about $700 for books and fees. On-campus housing is required and financial assistance is available.
Soka University of America, which also has a campus in Calabasas, was founded on the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights and the sanctity of life. The faculty offers a nonsectarian curriculum and the university is open to students of all nationalities and beliefs.
The campus will be dedicated May 3.
Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, is located off Wood Canyon Drive at 1 University Drive. Information: (888) 600-SOKA or (949) 389-9500.
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