| Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
| Lecture Code |
ASS01001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
比較技術史 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
ヒカクギジュツシ |
Subject Name in
English |
Comparative History of Technology |
| Instructor |
NAKAZAWA SATOSHI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ナカザワ サトシ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, First Semester, 2Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2T) Thur5-8：IAS K314 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
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| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
J
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Japanese |
| Course Level |
3
:
Undergraduate High-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
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Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
08
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History of Science and Technology |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
water management, flood control, river improvement, dam, inland navigation |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
・Knowledge and understanding of "Japanese and Japanese culture" and "foreign languages and foreign culture" which are prerequisite abilities for communication with peoples in different culture and areas.
・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This course presents a comparative history of flood control around the world.
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| Class Schedule |
lesson1: Introduction: World water problems and flood damage
lesson2: What is water management?
lesson3: Flood control in Japan until the early modern period
lesson4: Flood control in the Netherlands until the early modern period
lesson5: Beginning of modern river improvement project
lesson6: Flood Control in Modern Japan and the Dutch engineers
lesson7: Intermission: Management of the Tone River
lesson8: Intermission: Waterworks in Edo and Waterworks in Tokyo
lesson9: The closure of the Zuiderzee in the Netherlands
lesson10: The era of large scale dams
lesson11: Emergence of statistical thinking 1: Europe and America
lesson12: Emergence of statistical thinking 2: Japan
lesson13: Rethinking modern flood control 1: Europe and America
lesson14: Rethinking modern flood control 2: Japan
lesson15: Water management now and in the future |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
See the Japanese syllabus. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
This course is conducted in Japanese. Please see the Japanese syllabus for more detail. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Report. |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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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. |