| Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
| Lecture Code |
AQN00201 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
Environment and Ecology （環境とエコロジー） |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
カンキョウトエコロジー |
Subject Name in
English |
Environment and Ecology |
| Instructor |
NAKATSUBO TAKAYUKI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ナカツボ タカユキ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(3T) Weds5-6：IAS K204 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
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| All lectures will be provided in face-to-face classes. Details on how to take the course and the course materials will be posted in moodle, so please access moodle to check before the first class. |
| Credits |
1.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
E
:
English |
| Course Level |
2
:
Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
25
:
Science and Technology |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
03
:
Natural Environment |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Environmental issues, Ecosystem, Waste, Climate change, Energy, Biodiversity, SDGs |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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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.
・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
Integrated Global Studies
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines.
・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the
mutual relations and their importance among individual
academic disciplines. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This class aims to provide basic knowledge concerning the causes and present status of environmental issues and their countermeasures. |
| Class Schedule |
Lesson 1: Introduction: History of environmental issues in Japan
Lesson 2: Water pollution
Lesson 3: Waste management 1
Lesson 4: Waste management 2
Lesson 5: Climate change
Lesson 6: Energy supply and consumption
Lesson 7: Biodiversity 1
Lesson 8: Biodiversity 2 |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Important slides (figures and tables) in each lesson will be provided as a PDF file in advance. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
|
| (More Details) |
PowerPoint presentations |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
|
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
I recommend that participants understand the following key points in each lesson.
Lesson 1: History and causes of environmental issues in Japan
Lesson 2: Causes, present status, and regulations of water pollution
Lessons 3, 4: Present status and political measures of waste management
Lesson 5: The mechanism, present status, future projections of climate change and measures against it
Lesson 6: Present status of energy supply and consumption
Lessons 7, 8: Causes of biodiversity loss and measures to protect biodiversity |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Term paper 90%, participation 10% |
| 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. |