Sebastian (a lady) Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 The Reischauer Scholars Program is an online course open to high schoolers interested in learning about Japan and Japan-American relations. DS took the course last year and really enjoyed it. http://spice.fsi.stanford.edu/fellowships/reischauer_scholars_program 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanM Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 This looks great! They say 3 to 6 hours per week. Does that sound like what your son did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 This looks great! They say 3 to 6 hours per week. Does that sound like what your son did? I would say that 3-6 hours covered the time for readings, written responses, forum posts and the video chats. I would count the research and writing time for the final paper as beyond the 3-6 hours. The paper was in the 10-12 page range. There were deadlines through the final portion of the course for a thesis, then rough draft, then peer reviews on other people's drafts, then the final paper. The final paper was due a few weeks after the end of the regular class assignments, so there was time programmed in to finish writing. Asia topics are commonly occurring dinner conversation at our house, so it's hard to parse exactly what was for class and what was just normal discussion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanM Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I would say that 3-6 hours covered the time for readings, written responses, forum posts and the video chats. I would count the research and writing time for the final paper as beyond the 3-6 hours. The paper was in the 10-12 page range. There were deadlines through the final portion of the course for a thesis, then rough draft, then peer reviews on other people's drafts, then the final paper. The final paper was due a few weeks after the end of the regular class assignments, so there was time programmed in to finish writing. Asia topics are commonly occurring dinner conversation at our house, so it's hard to parse exactly what was for class and what was just normal discussion. Thanks, this sounds great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 Thanks, this sounds great! I should add that ds was not accepted the first time he applied. He did the Sejong Korean Scholars Program, which is newer and may have fewer applicants. He then reapplied to Reischauer and was accepted. http://spice.fsi.stanford.edu/fellowships/sejong_korean_scholars_program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Applications to the program are being accepted for Feb-June 2017 session. Deadline for applications is Oct 14 (and it requires a recommendation letter). http://spice.fsi.stanford.edu/fellowships/reischauer_scholars_program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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