Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code AQS00401 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name Regional Geography of the Seto Inland Sea (瀬戸内の地域地理学)
Subject Name
(Katakana)
セトウチノチイキチリガク
Subject Name in
English
Regional Geography of the Seto Inland Sea
Instructor FUNCK CAROLIN ELISABETH HANNA
Instructor
(Katakana)
フンク カロリン エリーザベト ハンナ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Thur1-2:IAS K204
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
 
Lecture, discussion, group work.
The class will be conducted face-to-face.
 
Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction E : English
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 12 : Geography
Eligible Students
Keywords Seto Inland Sea  Geography 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)
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
(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 general ability to discover issues based on the ethics in research and subjective intellectual interests, and make planning to solve them.

Integrated Global Studies
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines.
(Abilities and Skills)
・The ability to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information in individual academic disciplines.
(Comprehensive Abilities)
・The ability to think in an interdisciplinary way to discover issues based on ethical research practices and subjective intellectual interests, and propose a plan to solve them. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
In this class, students will learn to analyze regional patterns and structures through the example of the Seto Inland Sea. This is a highly complex and diverse region and has the advantage that students can verify their knowledge by visiting the area directly.  
Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction: read the Seto Inland Sea from maps
lesson2 A cultural transit road: history
lesson3 A region of environmental destruction and recovery
lesson4 A region of environmental destruction and recovery; A region of contrasts: Islands and urban areas
lesson5 A region of contrasts: Islands and urban areas
lesson6 A productive region: industry
lesson7 An attractive region: tourism
lesson8 Conclusions

There will be a presentation and final report. Students will research about industries in the Seto Inland Sea area in a group and present the results in class. Results will also be summarized in a report. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Recommended Reading: Funck. C./ Cooper, M. (2013): Japanese Tourism
Nishimoto et.al. (ed.) (2007) 瀬戸内海事典Setonaikai Encyclopedia (For those who read Japanese) 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) DVD, PPT, student's PC, maps 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
For each class, re-read the material from the previous class.
Tasks will be assigned in each class. 
Requirements  
Grading Method Tasks in class, homework 80 points
Report and presentation 20 points 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message Bring a laptop to class 
Other   
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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