Project Based Internships

In this course, students will choose their local fields, define local issues, and identify specific hosts (companies, municipalities, organizations, and local communities) indispensable for solving them and work on them regularly (internship).

Students will create an action plan based on the knowledge and experience they have gained and implement a PDCA cycle of executing, analyzing, reporting, and proposing points to be improved.

This course will be conducted with the support and assistance of (1) the faculty member in charge (who has entrepreneurial experience / corporate work experience) and (2) an external lecturer (practitioner).

Problem solving, regional creation, regional orientation, regional issues, regional revitalization, local innovation, university-wide special education program, fieldwork, internship, practice, work experience, COC+R (or Project for Universities as Drivers of Regional Revitalization through New Human Resources Education Programs), ENGINE program

This course is held from 4/1 to 10/31 with the following contents. (*ISP: Internship Program)
Step 1: Mindset formation: Pre-study and task setting
Mindset formation, task setting, and writing a proposal as a preliminary preparation for implementation
Class 1: Pre-study—Introduction
Class 2: Pre-study—Learning manners
Class 3: Pre-study—Procedures for the host company
Class 4: Individual interviews
Class 5: Task setting—Defining the implementation program
Submission of host report and implementation plan (schedule)

○ We conduct individual consultations regarding coordinating with hosts and about the program.
〇 It is mandatory to sign up for student education and research accident insurance and student education and research liability insurance.
〇 Owing to the need to explain the necessary procedures, attendance at the above pre-study (classes) is mandatory.
○ We will conduct procedures for activities outside the university.
○ The dates, times, contents, and order are subject to change depending on the progress of the class and the circumstances of the external instructor.
〇 After consulting with the host company, we will decide the contents of the implementation. Moreover, a mentor will provide support. Therefore, be sure to consult with them at regular time intervals.

Step 2: Field learning (August to September)
Doing an internship based on what you have planned
Class 6: Lecture and seminar
Class 7: Lecture and seminar
Class 8: Lecture and seminar
Class 9: Practice—Survey design and data collection preparation (preparation for questionnaires and hearings)
Class 10: Symposium
○ This class will be held in the field outside the university (companies, local governments, organizations, local communities).
○ Activities will generally comprise 5 days or more. However, these days are not necessarily continuous.

Step 3: Report and presentation
Summarize, record, and communicate the results of your actions
Class 11: Post-internship tasks (1)—Writing an internship report and innovation plan
Class 12: Post-internship tasks (2)—Writing an internship report and innovation plan
Class 13: Submission of post-internship tasks—Submission of internship report and innovation plan
Class 14: Achievement report—Presentations
Class 15: Achievement report—Presentations and course survey
〇 You will be asked to submit an internship report. The format will be predetermined.
〇 You will present at the Local Innovation Forum (February to March).
○ This course may be held as a training camp (with accommodation) in the field.
○ The dates, times, contents, and order are subject to change depending on the progress of the class and the circumstances of the external instructor.

Syllabus (Japanese site only)