Mr. Taichi Komine, a third-year student (a second - third-year during the program) of the University of Aizu, has returned from U.S.A after finishing his 5-month credit transfer study at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Indiana. His study at RHIT was organized by CSIP of the University of Aizu and supported by a special scholarship awarded by JASSO foundation.
Here is the report from Mr. Kimine about his study at RHIT.
Report of study at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Taichi Komine, a third-year student of the University of Aizu
I studied abroad at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), which has credit transfer system with University of Aizu, using overseas study programs of JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization) for about five months between the end of February and the middle of July, 2010. Since I have been to RHIT on a short term overseas study program of CSIP and had some friends there, I was not nervous. But living abroad for a long-term period and taking classes for credit transfer made me nervous.
Class system at RHIT is different from other universities. They have their classes at the same time on each day, and they are invariably assigned homework. Also, since RHIT students live in dormitories, student life at RHIT is quite different from mine in Aizu where students live in apartments. My class started in the early morning and ended by the noon because all classes I took were taught between the morning and the noon. After that, I would have lunch, do my homework and research beforehand, audit a class sometimes and play with my friends at night.
When it was the beginning of the quarter, I was confused by exercise classes which I was not used to, and unable to understand course content well. However, I got used to those exercise classes in three weeks. I started to be able to understand course content within a class.
When there was something I could not understand well, professors and my friends would help me nicely. I could also ask a profes