AQS50702 Rural Society, Culture and Natural Resource Management

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code AQS50702 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 農村の社会・文化・自然

Subject Name
（Katakana）ノウソンノシャカイ・ブンカ・シゼン

Subject Name in
English Rural Society, Culture and Natural Resource Management

Instructor FUKUDA SATOSHI

Instructor
(Katakana) フクダ　サトシ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  2Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Mon7-8：IAS K303

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face, Online (on-demand)

Lecture

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 2 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 05 : Sociology

Eligible Students

Keywords Natural resources, Hunting, Forest resources, Modernization, Symbiosis

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.
・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.

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.
（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 conduct research proactively by combining knowledge,  understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline This course introduces the relationship between humans and nature in Japan from sociological points of view.
The goals of this course are to
(1) Be able to understand the wild animals damage and changes in wild boar hunting in Japan.
(2) Be able to understand lumber culture and the history of forest resources.
(3) Obtain basic knowledge about Japan’s natural resources through a comparison with Southeast Asia.
(4) Develop the ability of think about symbiosis between man and nature.

Class Schedule lesson1 Man and Natural Resources
lesson2 Man and Animal (1): Agricultural Damage by Wild Animals in Japan
lesson3 Man and Animal (2): Changes in Wild boar Hunting and Japanese Society
lesson4 Man and Forest (1): Lumber and Japanese Society
lesson5 Man and Forest (2): Modernization and Securing of Forest Resources
lesson6 Comparison: Natural Resource Use in Laos
lesson7 Analysis: Symbiosis between Man and Nature
lesson8 Conclusion

Text/Reference
Books,etc. No textbook

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts, Microsoft Teams, moodle

(More Details) DVD, Pictures

Learning techniques to be incorporated Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Examine the unknown terms and interesting themes by dictionary, references and technical thesis.

Requirements

Grading Method Short reports（50％）, Final report（50％）

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	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	AQS50702	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	農村の社会・文化・自然
Subject Name （Katakana）	ノウソンノシャカイ・ブンカ・シゼン
Subject Name in English	Rural Society, Culture and Natural Resource Management
Instructor	FUKUDA SATOSHI
Instructor (Katakana)	フクダ　サトシ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, 2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2T) Mon7-8：IAS K303
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (on-demand)
Lecture
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week	2	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	05 : Sociology
Eligible Students
Keywords	Natural resources, Hunting, Forest resources, Modernization, Symbiosis
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. ・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. 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. （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 conduct research proactively by combining knowledge, understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	This course introduces the relationship between humans and nature in Japan from sociological points of view. The goals of this course are to (1) Be able to understand the wild animals damage and changes in wild boar hunting in Japan. (2) Be able to understand lumber culture and the history of forest resources. (3) Obtain basic knowledge about Japan’s natural resources through a comparison with Southeast Asia. (4) Develop the ability of think about symbiosis between man and nature.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Man and Natural Resources lesson2 Man and Animal (1): Agricultural Damage by Wild Animals in Japan lesson3 Man and Animal (2): Changes in Wild boar Hunting and Japanese Society lesson4 Man and Forest (1): Lumber and Japanese Society lesson5 Man and Forest (2): Modernization and Securing of Forest Resources lesson6 Comparison: Natural Resource Use in Laos lesson7 Analysis: Symbiosis between Man and Nature lesson8 Conclusion
Text/Reference Books,etc.	No textbook
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Microsoft Teams, moodle
(More Details)	DVD, Pictures
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Examine the unknown terms and interesting themes by dictionary, references and technical thesis.
Requirements
Grading Method	Short reports（50％）, Final report（50％）
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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