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 ASF09001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 日本環境地誌
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ニホンカンキョウチシ
Subject Name in
English
Ecological Geography of Japan
Instructor ASANO TOSHIHISA
Instructor
(Katakana)
アサノ トシヒサ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Thur1-4:IAS K210
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Lecture-oriented class. Many handouts.
Language to be used in the lecture is only Japanese. 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 12 : Geography
Eligible Students
Keywords Regional geography, Japan, Relationship between man and nature
CN: SDGs 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
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 collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
(Comprehensive Abilities)
・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge,  understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.

Geography, Archaeology, and Cultural Heritage
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・Basic knowledge of Geography, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
The purpose of this class is to explain the Japanese geography  from the view of the relationship between people and nature. 
Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction: What is regional geography
lesson2 Japan as an archipelago
lesson3 Mountains (1/4) :volcano
lesson4 Mountains (2/4) :volcano and human life: benefits
lesson5 Mountains (3/4) :volcano and human life: disaster
lesson6 Mountains(4/4) :other mountains
lesson7 Forest (1/4): forest and culture
lesson8 Forest (2/4): forest and culture
lesson9 Forest (3/4): forest use and modernization
lesson10 Forest (4/4): change of value of forest
lesson11 Plains as a stage of life (1/3)
lesson12 Plains as a stage of life (2/3)
lesson13 Plains as a stage of life (3/3)
lesson14 Regional development and nature conservation of wetland : Lakes, tideland, shallow sea
lesson15 Conclusion

Final report 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
I tell at any time. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Handout and projector 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Check your notes. Read some books introduced in this class.
See the Japanese Syllabus. 
Requirements  
Grading Method Final report and post-class reports at every lesson. 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other Language to be used in the lecture is only Japanese. 
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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