Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code AGA11001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name アクセシビリティ科学
Subject Name
(Katakana)
アクセシビリティカガク
Subject Name in
English
Accessibility Studies
Instructor YAMAMOTO MIKIO,SAKAMOTO AKIKO
Instructor
(Katakana)
ヤマモト ミキオ,サカモト アキコ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Thur5-8:IAS K205
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
 
Seminar, Student presentation,group work 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 21 : Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons
Course Area(Discipline) 04 : Accessibility
Eligible Students
Keywords Accessibility,Diversity,Information,Physics,Economics,Psychology,Society,Technology,Incentive 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
This lecture is a designated course for the "Accessibility Leader Program."
In this lecture, we aim to acquire a scientific perspective and skills that contribute to practical work as an Accessibility Leader 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Integrated Arts and Sciences
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・The knowledge and understanding  to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
(Abilities and Skills)
・The ability and skills to specify necessary theories and methods for consideration of issues.
(Comprehensive Abilities)
・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge,  understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
This course will discuss contemporary phenomena and issues related to accessibility, categorized by themes such as humanity, physics, information, psychology, economics, and society. The discussion will be based on an interdisciplinary and scientific approach using Accessibility Support Science. The goal of this course is to acquire interdisciplinary skills for scientific understanding of accessibility by attempting to apply scientific approaches to various topics from diverse fields related to accessibility. 
Class Schedule lesson1  Overview of accessibility science (Yamamoto) 【Teams】
lesson2 Human beings and accessibility I (Yamamoto) 【moodle】 
lesson3  Human beings and accessibility II (Yamamoto) 【Teams】
lesson4   Accessibility and information Ⅰ  (Sakamoto) 【moodle】
lesson5   Accessibility and information Ⅱ (Sakamoto) 【Teams】
lesson6  Accessibility and physics Ⅰ (Yamamoto) 【moodle】
lesson7  Accessibility and physics Ⅱ (Yamamoto) 【Teams】
lesson8 Accessibility and psychology Ⅰ (Sakamoto) 【moodle】
lesson9 Accessibility and psychology Ⅱ (Sakamoto) 【Teams】
lesson10 Accessibility and economics Ⅰ (Yamamoto) 【moodle】
lesson11 Accessibility and economics Ⅱ  (Yamamoto) 【Teams】
lesson12 Accessibility and society Ⅰ (Sakamoto) 【moodle】
lesson13 Accessibility and society Ⅱ (Sakamoto) 【Teams 】
lesson14 Accessibility and diversity Ⅰ(Sakamoto) 【Teams】
lesson15 Accessibility and diversity Ⅱ(Yamamoto) 【Teams】


No exam will be conducted / There will be a report assignment. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
ALP Online Accessibility Course 2024 - Basic Edition (Moodle) 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Lecture, DVD, Powerpoint,  
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Lessons 1-15: It is recommended to study in advance the "ALP Online Accessibility Course 2023 - Basic Edition (Moodle)" to prepare for the lecture. 
Requirements It is desirable to have obtained a first or second-class Accessibility Leader certification. 
Grading Method Term Paper (90%) and active participation in class (10%) 
Practical Experience Experienced  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it Faculty members of the Accessibility Center who have extensive practical experience in supporting students with disabilities will provide problem base Learning. 
Message  
Other https://www.achu.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/ 
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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