Preparing IT-majored Students for Global Environment through Faculty-led Study Abroad Program (Survey the Impacts on Participants’ Academic and Basic Skills)

Abstract

Globalisation has led to an ever-growing demand for global human resource with comprehensive skills. Many universities offer faculty-lead short-term study abroad programs; however, not many researches were carried out to reveal how those programs affect participants’ academic skills and basic skills for working in a society were affected. The author examines how short-term study abroad programs affect students who belong to the information science and engineering fields. Questionnaire surveys were used to assess how participants’ skills were affected. The results show that short-term study programs provide positive effects on both skills.Keywords: Information Science and Engineering Students, Short-term study abroad programs, Global human resources, Academic skills, Basic skills for working in a society