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NEW (2016-01-28)Ajou's students can design their own curricula under the Creative Activity Semester program

  • 2016-02-04
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Ajou's students can design their own curricula under the Creative Activity Semester program
 
2016-01-28
 
 
The Creative Activity Semester, in which Ajou University students can design and carry out challenging tasks on their own and obtain regular credits, will kick off this spring semester.
 
 
On January 28th, the Creative Activity Semester Operational Committee announced the review results of applications and executive plans for the Creative Activity Semester, approving the tasks submitted by a total of 39 teams consisting of 118 students. The University received the applications and plans from December 10th to January 17th and provided advice and consulting to help students design their programs.
 
 
Participants in the Creative Activity Semester will carry out the tasks they designed and receive 3-18 regular credits if the tasks are successfully completed. While students should design programs on their own to apply for the Creative Activity Semester, it is also possible to choose or revise programs from among those suggested by the University or professors.
 
 
There is no limitation of the areas in which students may design their tasks, i.e., the humanities, culture and arts, community services, globalization, and industry-academia cooperation. The minimum number of credits for application is three, and the 'Creative Activity Semester' is acknowledged for students who obtain nine or more credits during the semester. In addition, the University will endorse the 'Creative Activity Track' for students who receive 12 or more credits over multiple semesters and describe the detailed activities in their transcripts.
 
 
Some of the tasks included in the Creative Activity Semester include: Designing and building cars to participate in domestic and overseas Formula racing for students; language and cultural exchanges with Chinese students through working as Korean language teachers; designing and building drones; providing services related to sign language and helping the deaf learn the language; making and submitting short films to international film festivals; and building financial prediction programs by using data-mining skills.
 
 
Participants should submit interim and final reports, and guiding professors or experts from outside the University will serve as advisors to the students. In addition, up to 300,000 won in scholarships will be provided per three credits based on the expenses students requested in their applications.
 
 
President Dong Yeon Kim said, "The Creative Activity Semester was introduced to encourage students to find and accomplish what they really want to do," adding, "I ask that students 'live lives for themselves, rather than having them designed by others' by taking on various challenges in different fields."
 
 
Click here to see the list of the Creative Activity Semester participants for the 2016 spring semester.