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ユニークなダートマスの大学暦
アメリカの大学のほとんどは2学期制を採っていますが、ダートマス大学は、秋、冬、春、夏の4学期制です。だから、本来なら長期の休みになるはずの夏にも、授業があります。4学期制の最大の利点はその柔軟性。春学期をフランスで過ごし、先日アメリカに戻った久保さんも、夏学期に向けて準備をしています。
Dartmouth D-Plan
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夏学期にキャンパス内にいる学生の大部分は2年生。そのため、普段の学期より静かになる
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About a week ago, I flew from France to the United States after having spent 10 weeks studying in Paris. As I write this, I'm in Dartmouth for the interim period waiting for summer term to start. Yes, summer term, not summer school. Due to Dartmouth's unique academic calendar system, known as the D-Plan, I am going to be spending my summer taking classes on campus like any other normal term instead of vacationing like most college students.
While the academic year in most American universities is divided into two semesters, the Dartmouth calendar is year-round and consists of four 10-week terms: fall, winter, summer and spring. Students usually need 12 terms to graduate, and typically take three courses per term.
The main advantage of the D-Plan is its flexibility. Students are allowed to construct their own plan, normally at the end of their first year, and decide what terms to take off, when to go study abroad, when to do internships, and so on. A form is filled out and filed at the office of the registrar that records the student's intended plan.
Another benefit is the freedom in choosing classes, since new course selections can be made several times a year instead of just twice a year, as in the semester system. This allows students to take a number of classes from a variety of departments, and gives them the opportunity to dabble in areas that are not in their main field of study.
The only requirement of the D-Plan is that students be in residence for the fall, winter, and spring terms for their freshman and senior years, as well as for the summer of their sophomore year. This upcoming term is therefore the summer where I am required to be on campus.
I personally think that the D-Plan is great. For instance, through the D-Plan students can take a leave term in the winter to schedule in an internship or a research program, or choose to go study in a foreign country, whereas in another college you can only pursue such activities during the vacations. My D-Plan included a term to France for this past spring, and I am "on" for three terms in Dartmouth before I take two consecutive "off" terms next spring and summer, hopefully to pursue some sort of long-term internship or study program.
Inevitably, there are a few drawbacks. For one, the D-Plan can cause havoc with your social life, with adverse effects on friendships and relationships. A schedule conflict with a friend may mean that you may not see each other for a long period of time. When I returned from Paris this summer, I hadn't seen one of my friends for over a year.
Another large but relatively inconspicuous problem is the immense amount of moving that all the schedule changes call for, as another student occupies your old room while you are off campus. If you don't think out your D-Plan well, you may end up having to move from one place to another every term, which is very inconvenient and expensive.
I am looking forward to sophomore summer, a term that's said to be fun and relaxing as the weather is nice (no snow!) and the fact that most students are away means that we get the entire campus to ourselves. Being back on a nearly deserted campus is a huge change from the busy city life in Paris that I've become accustomed to. It's definitely a relief not to have to carry a dictionary around everywhere I go anymore, to be able to expect huge American-sized portions in restaurants, and to take a nap on the lawn without the fear of being mugged. However, I know that, as I get back into the old Dartmouth routine, I will start to yearn for the Parisian lifestyle once again!
Shukan ST: July 18, 2003
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- Dartmouth D-Plan
- ダートマス大学の大学暦(D-Planは大学暦の通称)
- interim period
- 学期と学期の間
- term
- 学期
- Due to 〜
- 〜のため
- academic calendar system
- 大学暦
- academic year
- 学年度
- is divided into 〜
- 〜に分かれている
- two semesters
- 2学期
- year-round
- 通年の
- consists of 〜
- 〜から成る
- graduate
- 卒業する
- typically
- 通常
- per 〜
- 〜につき
- flexibility
- 柔軟性
- are allowed to〜
- 〜できる
- construct 〜
- 〜を組み立てる
- take off
- 休暇を取る
- form is filled out
- 登録書に記入する
- (is)filed at 〜
- 〜に提出される
- office of the registrar
- 教務課
- intended plan
- 履修計画
- benefit
- 利点
- course selections can be made
- 履修科目の選択ができる
- a number of 〜
- たくさんの〜
- a variety of departments
- さまざまな学部
- dabble in 〜
- 〜をかじる
- requirement
- 条件
- be in residence
- 大学内にいる
- freshman and senior years
- 1年生と4年生の年
- sophomore
- 2年生
- upcoming 〜
- 次の〜
- take a leave term
- 1学期休む
- schedule in 〜
- 〜を予定する
- whereas 〜
- 〜だが
- pursue 〜
- 〜を実施する
- am "on"
- 大学にいる
- consecutive
- 連続の
- "off" 〜
- 休暇の〜
- Inevitably
- 必然的に
- drawbacks
- 難点
- cause havoc with 〜
- 〜に支障をきたす
- adverse effects on 〜
- 〜に不都合な影響
- conflict
- 不一致
- inconspicuous
- 目立たない
- immense amount of moving
- 度重なる引っ越し
- 〜 call for
- 〜のために必要となる
- occupies 〜
- 〜に居住する
- think out 〜 well
- 〜をうまく工夫する
- end up 〜
- 〜する羽目になる
- inconvenient
- 厄介な
- 〜 are away
- 〜がいない
- deserted
- 人けのない
- (have)become accusomed to
- 慣れた
- definitely
- 間違いなく
- portions
- 量
- take a nap
- うたた寝する
- lawn
- 芝生
- without the fear of being mugged
- 引ったくりに遭う心配もなく
- routine
- 日課
- yearn for 〜
- 〜をあこがれる
- Parisian
- パリっ子の