International Internship

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Civil Engineering

Instructor(s)

Nobuhiro Chijiwa

Class Format

Exercise

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Internship

Class

-

Course Code

CVE.P433

Number of credits

010

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 19, 2025

Language

English

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

From the end of August to the beginning of September, students will stay at National Central University (NCU) in Taiwan. Under the guidance of NCU faculty and faculty members from Science Tokyo, they will form small groups with NCU graduate students and conduct fieldwork on urban disaster prevention, focusing on earthquakes, fires, and other related topics, over the course of approximately one week.
Following the fieldwork, they will prepare a report on disaster prevention, give an oral presentation, and participate in discussions. The following week, they will attend a symposium on disaster prevention jointly organized by the Civil Engineering departments at NCU and Science Tokyo, where they will present their research findings. The content of their presentation will be submitted as a paper before departure. After the symposium, they will visit sites in Taiwan related to disaster prevention, earthquake damage, and infrastructure development.
This program will help develop the students' expertise, international communication skills, and ability to work collaboratively.
For the 2026 academic year, the departure is scheduled for August 24, with the program expected to last for about two weeks starting the following day.

Course description and aims

By this course, each student can enhance the followings:
(1) the knowledge on the earthquake and disaster prevention through the field work.
(2) the ability of international communication and cooperativeness through the collaboration with NCU students.
(3) the ability of international communication through the presentation and discussion in English.
(4) the practical expertise on the disaster prevention through the site visit on the earthquake disasters and the infrastructures development.

Keywords

Field work, Earthquake, Fire, Taiwan, Presentation, Site visit

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

The field work will be done by groups of several members including NCU and Science Tokyo students. In the first week, the group members are required to work together to complete the report and give the presentation. In the second week, each student from Science Tokyo is required to give the presentation on the research work in the joint symposium. After the symposium, each student is required to join the site visit in Taiwan to enhance his/her knowledge related to the disaster prevention and the infrastructures development.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None

Evaluation methods and criteria

The evaluation will be based on an overall assessment of performance in presentations, paper presentations, and Q&A sessions during the internship, as well as participation in site visits and the report submitted after returning to Japan.

Related courses

• CVE.P432 ： International Collaboration

Prerequisites

It is desirable for students to obtain the credits of International Collaboration in advance.

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

Nobuhiro CHIJIWA, chijiwa.n.2c82[at]m.isct.ac.jp, 03-5734-3767

Office hours

Questions are welcome at any time. Appointment in advance through e-mail is highly recommended.

Other

None