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internationalization,and3）empoweringstudentswithconfidencetocontinueEnglishstudy.Inaddition,thePASEOprogramspecificallyfocusedonencouragingstudentstoapplyfortheOhioUniversityPingScholarshipatuitionscholarshipforgraduatestudyatOhioUniversity.Inthebeginning,PASEOclassescouldnotbetakenforcredit.Instead,studentscouldworktowardsanOPIE-PASEOCertificatebytakingasetnumberofPASEOcourseswhileatChubuUniversity.ThefirstmajorchangetocometothePASEOprogramwasinthefallsemesterof2000whenstudentscouldtakePASEOclassesforcreditforthefirsttime.ThissemesterwasalsothelastsemesterfortheOPIE-PASEOCertificate.AllowingstudentstotakePASEOforcrediteventuallyresultedinanincreaseinthetotalnumberofstudentsenrollinginPASEO,climbingfromathenrecordenrollmentof295studentsinfall2000to376studentsinfall2001.Studentenrollmentwouldnotdropbelow300studentsagainuntilthespringsemesterof2006,whenanewpolicyrestrictedfreshmenstudentsfromenrollinginPASEOduringthespringsemester.Thisbanwasliftedinthespringsemesterof2009afterarecordlowof160studentsregisteredforPASEOinspring2008.1.2PASEOCourseHistoryWiththeearlyfocusofPASEObeingonpreparationforstudyabroad,mostlyinAmerica,thecourseofferingsfocusedonAcademicListeningandSpeaking（5courses）,AcademicReadingandWriting（4courses）,ComparativeCultures（3coursesfocusingonAmericanculture）,andfinallyPublicSpeaking（2courses）.Astheyearspassed,morecontent-basedcoursesbegantobeaddedtoPASEO,thoughmanywerestillfocusedontheneedsforstudentspreparingtostudyabroad.Forexample,inthespringsemesterof2001,PASEObeganofferingcoursesdesignedtopreparestudentsfortheTOEFLtest.Thispatterncontinueduntil2004,whenthenatureofPASEOclassesbegantochangeintothecontent-basedfocusthatisinusetoday.1.3FromOUtoChubuPerhapsthelargestchangethathascometothePASEOprogramwastherenegotiationoftheOhioUniversity-ChubuUniversityagreementthatoversawtheOPELTprogram.Atitsinceptionin1990,theOPELTprogramwasrunbyOhioUniversity.Therefore,theOPELTinstructorswereemployeesofOhioUniversity.In2005,thenewagreementturnedovertheemploymentofOPELTmemberstoChubuUniversity.TheagreementalsosolidifiedtheadministrativeplacementofOPELTintheChubuLanguageCenter,nowtheCenterforLanguagesandCulture（CLC）.TheCLCprovidesassistancewithPASEOregistration,administra-tiveduties,andsupportwithuniversityproceduresandpolicies.AnaddedbenefitofbeingundertheCLCisthatitalsoallowsPASEOtobeequallyaccessibletoallChubuUniversitydepartments.1.4ModernChangesinPASEOThepast13yearsofPASEOhavebeenpunctuatedmostlybygrowthandadaptation.In2010and2014,theOPELTinstructorsupdatedthePASEOcurriculumtobettersuitChubuUniversitystudents'uniqueneedsinanEFLsetting.Thegoalofthecurriculumchangeswastomaketheteachingobjectivesforeachofthe5PASEOlevelsmoreclearandfocusedontheskillsmanyChubustudentsneedtodevelopasEnglishlanguagelearners.Thisincludesprovidingcontentthatisusefulforstudentsthatmayneverstudyabroad,butneedEnglishforwork,research,ortravel.Assuch,thenamePASEOnolongertrulyreflectswhattheprogramoffers.Sincetheprogram'sinceptionPASEOcontentcourseshavegrownandexpanded,bothinnumberandinavailability.Intermsofquantity,PASEOcurrentlyoffers15contentcourses.Theriseinquantityhasalsoleadtoanincreaseinavailability.Until2011,PASEOcontentcourseswereonlyofferedonWednesdays.ThismadeitimpossibleforsomestudentstotakePASEOcontentcoursesduetoalackoftimeintheirschedules.Assuch,PASEObeganofferingcontentclassesonThursdaysandFridaysaswell.In2014,Tuesdaynightsbecameanoptionforcontentcourses.Currently,PASEOofferscontentcourseseveryweekday,MondaythroughFriday.Moreover,efforthasbeenmadetoensurethateverytimeblockhasatleasttwoPASEOcoursesavailable,oneforlowerproficiency―34―JournalofChubuUniversityEducationNo.18（2018）