SWU
Summer International Program
2015
Program Information
Date: June 23(Tue)~July 13(Mon)
Why SSIP? The SSIP is a special 3 week program in English, designed for international students to learn about Japanese culture, and also collaborate with Japanese students. The SSIP allows you to feel completely integrated into a Japanese world through academic and sightseeing activities, short homestays with Japanese families and being in direct contact with your Japanese peers. You will experience the vibrant Tokyo lifestyle while exploring both contemporary and traditional Japan.
Voices from Previous Participants Being a part of SSIP was one of the most wonderful and life changing experiences of my life.I learned so much in just three weeks at Showa,not just from professors,but from new experiences and friendships made with girls from across the globe.
(Cynthia Nelson/Framingham State University,USA)
Becoming a global woman,tasting new lifestyle, learning local culture,exploring so many places, communicating with new people and feeling cheerful together! --These are all possible by joining SSIP! (Chanpisey Lim/Royal University of Phnom Penh,Cambodia)
Attending Showa Women's University was wonderful,I enjoyed learning with helpful teachers and kind students.The beautiful memories made during this trip will stay with me for the rest of my life. (Lillian Goldschmidt/Massachusetts College of Art and Design,USA)
I would like to say" Thanks" to SWU for giving me such a wonderful chance to better understand Japan!! It was my pleasure to be the first Taiwanese who participate this awesome program,and I started taking Japanese course this semester! (Pei Hsi Shih/Tunghai University,Taiwan)
Arrival: June 22 / Departure: July 14 Credits and Program Hours -Japan Studies 2 credit (Lecture: 17.25hrs, Activities & Field Trips: 27.75hrs) -Cross-cultural Workshop 2credits (Preparation and Presentation: 22.5hrs) *Certificate will be given upon successful completion of the program.
Participants Female undergraduate or graduate university students
Accommodation
*Subject to Change
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center
3-1. Yoyogi Kamizono-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0052 http://nyc.niye.go.jp/en/accommodation-facilities/
Fee Registration Fee
Program Fee
Accommodation Fee
US$300
US$1,700
US$700
Tuition, accommodation fee, domestic transportation and field trip fees
Travel expenses to/from Japan, transportation fee to/from the airport, food expenses (some meals are included in the program), travel and medical insurance, transportation fee outside the program, other personal expenses. e.g.)approx. food expense- 1,500yen /day approx. limousine bus fee to/from Narita International Airport- 3,100yen /way
Registration
Application Deadline:Monday,16 March Please contact us by e-mail,Center for International Exchange:[email protected]
Program Schedule (Sample) *This is the actual schedule for 2014. Some lectures and field trips are subject to change. The SSIP consists of Japan Studies and a Cross-Cultural Workshop. Japan Studies allows students to learn about Japan through various lectures, field trips and cultural activities. The Cross-Cultural Workshop enables students to engage in a group project throughout the program.
WK 1
Mon AM
Opening Ceremony Campus Tour
PM Shibuya/Harajuku City Tour Welcome Party
WK 2
All Free Time
Tue
Wed
AM
AM
Lecture: Japanese Calligraphy
PM
CCW
CCW
AM
AM
Lecture on Japanese Fashion
WK 3
All
Free Time
AM PM Bus Tour to Imperial Palace/Ginza Kabuki Performance
CCW
PM Lecture: Japanese Education
AM Ghibli Museum
PM CCW
AM
AM
All
CCW Homestay
PM Homestay
AM
All
All
One-day Trip Yokohama/Kamakura
PM
One-day Trip Hakone
CCW
“Tomei Gakurin” SWU’ s Off-Campus Training Facility
AM
AM
All
CCW
Setagaya Museum
PM Lecture: Japanese Business and Management
Sun
PM
AM Visit to Showa Elementary School
Sat
Asakusa Sight-seeing Food Sample Making
AM Lecture: Japanese Food Culture
PM Interviews with Japanese Women
Lecture:Japanese Art
Free Time
Lecture: History of Tokyo Lecture: Japanese Women
Fri Edo-Tokyo Museum
PM
PM
Lecture: Japanese Religion
PM
AM Free Time
Japanese Cloth-folding
Japanese Tea Ceremony
Lecture : Japanese Pop Culture Lecture: Japanese Art
Thu
PM
PM
Free Time
CCW Final Presentation Closing Ceremony & Farewell Party
Visit to Japanese Company
CCW
★CCW=Cross-Cultural Workshop
You can check out the program blog of 2014 at: http://content.swu.ac.jp/cie-blog/category/ssipswu-summer-international-program-2014/
What is the Cross-Cultural Workshop (CCW)? This Cross-Cultural Workshop will provide students an opportunity to work with Japanese students as well as other students from different countries with different backgrounds.Students will be introduced to basic information with lectures and exercises by a professional facilitator,followed by collaborative group work in several sections.Students will exchange ideas,engage in collaborative research and discussions,and present their findings to the class.
About SWU Showa Women’ s University in Tokyo,Japan was founded by the renowned poet and literary critic Enkichi Hitomi and his wife Midori in 1920, shortly after the First World War. Since the founding,its mission has been to educate women to become self-reliant and to take a significant role in society under the motto “Be a Light to the World.” Its campus is located in the center of Tokyo,5minutes from Shibuya,easily accessible to various tourist spots and other interesting sites.
Ikebukuro
JR Yamanote Line Ueno
Shinjuku
Harajuku
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line Mizonokuchi Futako-tamagawa To Chuorinkan
Sangenjaya Shibuya Nagatacho Kudanshita Otemachi Suitengumae
Sakura-shinmachi
Showa Women’s University
Contact Information Showa Women’s University Center for International Exchange (CIE)
Setagaya Line Carrot Tower Sangenjaya Station
1-7-57 Taishido Setagaya-ku,Tokyo 154-8533 Tel: +81(0)3 3411 5249 E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://cie.swu.ac.jp
Setagaya Dori
Mizuho Bank
Omotesando
Metro Hanzomon Line
Showa Joshi Dai Bus Stop Metropolitan Expressway
Route 246(Tamagawa Dori) Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line Sangenjaya station South Exit A
To Futako-tamagawa
To Kinshicho Oshiage (Sky Tree mae)
Tokyo
Ebisu
To Shibuya
Pedestrian bridge Showa Women’s University
This program is ONLY open to SWU partner institution Please contact your study-abroad advisor or office at your home university about the application procedures.