Crossover Advanced Programs (CAP) refer to the undergraduate educational programs offered by each institute. These are interdisciplinary programs, incorporating core elements from both the College of Asia Pacific Studies and the College of Asia Pacific Management. APU has established 5 programs in the following fields: Tourism & Hospitality; Health, Environment and Life Sciences; International Strategic Studies; Information and Communications Technology; Language and Culture Studies. In the CAPs, students will study the major fields from both colleges in addition to the specialized themes of each CAP, providing them with a meaningful education that transcends the scope of a standard undergraduate education.

Drawing from tourism studies in APS, this program will promote research of the tourism industry as well as cultural and environmental heritage preservation in the Asia Pacific. This will be integrated with management studies from APM to provide strategic and policy-oriented education aimed at producing excellent human resources for the sector.

This institute aims to produce human resources who can work on preserving natural ecosystems and maintaining safe and healthy human habitats. By making use of industry networks, these talented individual shall participate in new business ventures that will reinvent the field of environmental studies.

With its political and cultural diversity, the Asia Pacific region has some tough diplomatic tasks to handle. This institute will develop leaders that can accurately identify the core issues concerning ethnicity, religion, resources and energy and that can work on solving problems effectively.

With a core knowledge of social sciences, information sciences and engineering, this program will develop human resources who possess the skills to create information systems for the promotion of sustainable development in the "Information Society of the 21st Century."

With a foundation of sociology and management, this program aims to develop human resources with the ability to understand different cultures and societies. Individuals will be able to adapt to the cultures they have learned and recognize their own identity in that culture. They will also gain the problem-solving skills necessary to analyze and research regions from linguistic and cultural angles.