55008001 Mass cycle and global environment

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Liberal Arts Education Program

Lecture Code 55008001 Subject Classification Area Courses

Subject Name 物質循環と地球環境［旧パッケージ］

Subject Name
（Katakana）ブッシツジュンカントチキュウカンキョウ

Subject Name in
English Mass cycle and global environment

Instructor ONODERA SHINICHI

Instructor
(Katakana) オノデラ　シンイチ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Mon5-8：IAS K204

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

lecture, using PPTs, DVDs, and handouts including data, maps, figures, and tables

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 25 : Science and Technology

Course Area（Discipline） 03 : Natural Environment

Eligible Students

Keywords SDG_6, SDG_13, SDG_15, global, environment, cycle

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education Area Courses（Courses in Natural Sciences)　Category：Natural Environment / Civil Infrastructure
*Students who got admitted in 2018 or after can take this course as an “Area Course”. For this group of students, credits from this course will be regarded as credits from an “Area Course”.
If students who got admitted in 2017 or before take this course, it is regarded as a “Package-Based Subject”. The latter group of students cannot take this course as an “Area Course”.
Expected Outcome 1. To be able to explain the formation and development processes and contemporary issues of each academic discipline.
2. To be able to explain historical and contemporary issues that span multiple academic disciplines from multifaceted perspectives.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline I will lecture the relationship between mass cycle and global environment, considering human impacts on those in various scale, for example soil-plant, slope, catchment, land and earth scale. Finally, could you examine the best relationship between human and nature?

Class Schedule lesson1: Introduction; current affairs of environmental issues, motivation, plan and method of this class
lesson2: Example of human impacts; population increase, food production, water consumption
lesson3: Various control factors of global environment; temperature in various scales, from soil to planet
lesson4: Complexity; global palaeo-environmental change, ecosystem
lesson5: Water and thermal cycle
lesson6: Ocean circulation
lesson7: Atmospheric circulation; Latitudinal circulation
lesson8: Atmospheric circulation; Longitudinal circulation
lesson9: Terrestrial water cycle and water resources
lesson10: Nitrogen cycle
lesson11: Carbon cycle
lesson12: Heavy consumption and waste issue with
lesson13: Pollution of radioactive materials; "hot spot issue"
lesson14: Global warming and its impacts
lesson15: What is the best relationship between human and nature?

semester final exam and reporting assingment

Text/Reference
Books,etc. "Science-Technology and Environment ", Baifu-kan, 1998

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) PPT and DVD

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Please review the every lesson, and read associated books..

Requirements

Grading Method summary paper at every lesson; 45%, final exam; 40%, reporting assignment; 15%

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

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.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Liberal Arts Education Program
Lecture Code	55008001	Subject Classification	Area Courses
Subject Name	物質循環と地球環境［旧パッケージ］
Subject Name （Katakana）	ブッシツジュンカントチキュウカンキョウ
Subject Name in English	Mass cycle and global environment
Instructor	ONODERA SHINICHI
Instructor (Katakana)	オノデラ　シンイチ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, Second Semester, 3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(3T) Mon5-8：IAS K204
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
lecture, using PPTs, DVDs, and handouts including data, maps, figures, and tables
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	25 : Science and Technology
Course Area（Discipline）	03 : Natural Environment
Eligible Students
Keywords	SDG_6, SDG_13, SDG_15, global, environment, cycle
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Liberal Arts Education	Area Courses（Courses in Natural Sciences)　Category：Natural Environment / Civil Infrastructure *Students who got admitted in 2018 or after can take this course as an “Area Course”. For this group of students, credits from this course will be regarded as credits from an “Area Course”. If students who got admitted in 2017 or before take this course, it is regarded as a “Package-Based Subject”. The latter group of students cannot take this course as an “Area Course”.
Expected Outcome	1. To be able to explain the formation and development processes and contemporary issues of each academic discipline. 2. To be able to explain historical and contemporary issues that span multiple academic disciplines from multifaceted perspectives.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	I will lecture the relationship between mass cycle and global environment, considering human impacts on those in various scale, for example soil-plant, slope, catchment, land and earth scale. Finally, could you examine the best relationship between human and nature?
Class Schedule	lesson1: Introduction; current affairs of environmental issues, motivation, plan and method of this class lesson2: Example of human impacts; population increase, food production, water consumption lesson3: Various control factors of global environment; temperature in various scales, from soil to planet lesson4: Complexity; global palaeo-environmental change, ecosystem lesson5: Water and thermal cycle lesson6: Ocean circulation lesson7: Atmospheric circulation; Latitudinal circulation lesson8: Atmospheric circulation; Longitudinal circulation lesson9: Terrestrial water cycle and water resources lesson10: Nitrogen cycle lesson11: Carbon cycle lesson12: Heavy consumption and waste issue with lesson13: Pollution of radioactive materials; "hot spot issue" lesson14: Global warming and its impacts lesson15: What is the best relationship between human and nature? semester final exam and reporting assingment
Text/Reference Books,etc.	"Science-Technology and Environment ", Baifu-kan, 1998
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	PPT and DVD
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Please review the every lesson, and read associated books..
Requirements
Grading Method	summary paper at every lesson; 45%, final exam; 40%, reporting assignment; 15%
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
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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