AFLSP@KU Enrichment Program
AFLSP@KU Committee
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Nov. 2019 updated

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BXAI Summer Program

Month

6

Annual Meeting

12

Annual Meeting18

24Monthly Seminars (8x2h=16h)

Selected Seminars (6h)Selected Seminars (6h)Lecture(s) on East Asia or International Relationship (2 credits)

Social gathering (Orientation, Casual, etc)

Activities with Japanese: Annual Meeting and Lecture
Activities with Alumni: Social gathering
Japanese language (optional but strongly recommended)

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BXAI Summer Program (2w)

Month

6Leadership Assessment & Coaching (0.5d)

12Pre-QE

18

Certificate

24

QE

Monthly Seminars (8x2h=16h)

Service Learning (a 3-days trip in Japan)

Special Lecture A (6h)Special Lecutre B (6h)Lecture(s) on East Asia or International Relationship (2 credits)

Experience-based Learning (optional, self-propose), Gathering (Orientation, Casual, etc)

Activities with Japanese: Pre-QE/QE, Lectures, Learning and Gatherings
Activities with Alumni: Pre-QE/QE, Service Learning, Lectures, Gatherings
Japanese language is optional but strongly recommended.
Note: Summer Program provided by BXAI is included for completeness.

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Certificate of completion
Proof of the completion of the high-quality AFLSP@KU
Issued for who complete/passed the following programs:
123456789Orientation in the same year of the enrollment
Monthly Seminars (16h or more. 1st year)
BXAI Summer Program (provided by BXAI)Special Lectures and Selected Seminars (6h/y × 2y)
2-credits Lecture on intl. relations (Asia-focused) orcomparative studies of cross-cultural issues in CJKService Learning (2nd year)
Leadership Assessment & Coaching (2nd year)
Pre-QE & QE (end of each year)(Optional but strongly recommended) Experience-based
Learning, casual gathering, Japanese language, etc

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1. Orientation
About BXAI
https://www.bxai.org/who-we-are/about-us/about-bxai/

About Kyoto University
https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/profile/ideals/Program introduction
Meet with committee members and alumni

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Purpose: Help understand the diversity, identify issues,
communicate with others and execute
Eight times × 2h = 16h (Usually 10am-12am, Sat)
Duty to scholars in the 1st year
Recommended to scholars in the 2nd year
Each time two or three presentations
Each presentation consists of report for research (at least
half time), culture/social activities and thinking on issues
in East Asia or intl. relations.
Others shall think together with the speaker and discuss
after the presentation.

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3. BXAI Summer Program (provided by BXAI)
See BXAI’s website (mainly for 1st year scholars).

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4. Special Lectures and Selected Seminars
Purpose: Help understand the diversity and consider
issues relevant to East Asia.
6h/year × 2 years
Special Lectures are lectures and seminars speciallydesigned for scholars.
Who missed a Special Lecture (with a strong reason) can
propose an alternative Selected Seminar (requires theapproval by the committee).

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5. 2-credits Lecture
2-credits Lecture(s) provided by Kyoto University
On intl. relations (Asia-focused) or comparative studiesof cross-cultural issues in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea)
Should select one from the list provided by AFLSP@KU,
or propose one and get the approval by the committee
before the lecture registration.

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6. Service Learning (SL)
Purpose: Discover culture diversity, communicate withothers, identify issues and propose appropriate solutions.
Content: A 3-days study trip in Japan
Mainly for 2nd year scholars
Submit an individual research paper on East Asia or intl.
relations after the trip.
Who missed it (with a strong reason) can propose anExperience-Based Learning as alternative (requires theapproval by the committee).

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7. Leadership Assessment & Coaching
Purpose: Help discover and develop oneself
A half day eventMainly for 2nd year scholars

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8. Pre-QE & QE (Qualification Examination)
Pre-QE for the 1st year, QE for the 2nd year
Winter for who enrolled in April and Summer for whoenrolled in October
All scholars are required to join the final presentation
Evaluation by annual activities with the following criteria
Quality of research (evaluated by supervisor)
Research review (evaluated by QE board members)
Bird’s view on issues in the world (Asia preferred)
Sociality (culture, intl. relation, communication etc)
Leadership (self-leadership, group leadership, etc)

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9. Experience-Based Learning (EBL)
Optional.
Purpose: same as SL, thus can be an alternative of SL
Maximum funding: 50,000 Yen × 10 scholars a year
(tentative, depending on the budget and #proposals)
Submit your proposal at least one month before departure
Can be combined with a business trip or national/oversea
internship
Submit an individual research paper on East Asia or intl.
relations after the trip.

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AFLSP@KU Online Support
Emaila

AFLSP@mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

WWWb

www.aflsp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Wikic

www.aflsp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/wiki/Portfoliod

www.aflsp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/portfolio/aOffice, Coordinator
Official sitec
Semi-official site for information exchanging
dPortfolios for learning recordsb

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AFLSP@KU Management and Offline Support
Led by an Executive Vice-President of Kyoto University.
Committee consists of 10 members from different
graduate schools including 5 core members.
Office/Coordinator: Intl. Education and Student Mobility
Division, TEL: +81-(0)75-753-5408, FAX: 075-753-5680

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Acknowledgement
Sincere appreciation to BXAI for supporting this scholarship.
Special thanks to Prof. Uchida (BXAI) and Prof. Kawazoe forleadership and support.
Great thanks to all AFLSP@KU committee and office members forsupport and hard work.
Many thanks to alumni, scholars, GSAIS (aka Shishu-Kan) of KU
and others for help, advice, feedback and other contributions.
Program and Website were designed by Liang Zhao (Shishu-Kan,core member since 2016)
Competence was designed by Mariko Adachi (ISO, KU), Hiroaki
Takashima (JICA & Shishu-Kan) and Liang Zhao (Shishu-Kan).
Leadeship coaching was designed by Cong Xu (Shishu-Kan).

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