BH212101 Special Lecture on Geography A

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Letters

Lecture Code BH212101 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 地理学特論A

Subject Name
（Katakana）チリガクトクロンA

Subject Name in
English Special Lecture on Geography A

Instructor ORO KOHEI

Instructor
(Katakana) オオロ　コウヘイ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  OutOfTerm(1st)

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (O1) Inte：See the bulletin board for detail.

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

This class is lecture-based. Students will be asked to submit summaries and opinions after each class, and may be required to do some short assignments related to the class.

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

Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 12 : Geography

Eligible Students 2nd year students

Keywords Geography of food and agriculture, Socio-economic geography, Agriculture in the World and Japan, Food culture, Food consumption, Agricultural trade

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) Geography, Archaeology, and Cultural Heritage
（Abilities and Skills）
・Acquisition of the research methods of Geography, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Agri-food issues are excellent subjects for economic geographers. This is because agriculture is formed in extremely diverse ways, reflecting the ecological and social environment of each area, and is changing related to the world food trade and politics.  This course aims to deepen students' understanding of the dynamics of agriculture, food, and trade from various perspectives, and to study the economic geographical approach to understand those dynamics.

Class Schedule lesson1: Introduction: What is Economic Geography?
lesson2: Agriculture, Food, and Food Culture
lesson3: Who separated agriculture, food, and food culture from the localities?
lesson4: Economic growth and changing food consumption
lesson5: Formation of agricultural regional structure
lesson6: What defines the competitiveness of agriculture?
lesson7: Free trade and agricultural protection
lesson8: Technological change in agriculture in developing countries
lesson9: Global value chain and competition between chains
lesson10: Eating for consuming information
lesson11: Players in agriculture and trade: New Continent and Europe
lesson12: Players in agriculture and trade: East Asia and the poorest countries
lesson13: Practice: Growth of the beef cattle breeding in Japan’s periphery (1)
lesson14: Practice: Growth of the beef cattle breeding in Japan’s periphery (2)
lesson15: Summary of the lecture

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Relevant materials will be introduced in the class.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts, Other (see [More Details])

(More Details) Besides handouts, PowerPoint will be used in the class.

Learning techniques to be incorporated Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Follow the instructions in class.

Requirements N/A

Grading Method Daily assignment 40%, Final report 60%

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 Letters
Lecture Code	BH212101	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	地理学特論A
Subject Name （Katakana）	チリガクトクロンA
Subject Name in English	Special Lecture on Geography A
Instructor	ORO KOHEI
Instructor (Katakana)	オオロ　コウヘイ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, OutOfTerm(1st)
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(O1) Inte：See the bulletin board for detail.
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
This class is lecture-based. Students will be asked to submit summaries and opinions after each class, and may be required to do some short assignments related to the class.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	12 : Geography
Eligible Students	2nd year students
Keywords	Geography of food and agriculture, Socio-economic geography, Agriculture in the World and Japan, Food culture, Food consumption, Agricultural trade
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)	Geography, Archaeology, and Cultural Heritage （Abilities and Skills）・Acquisition of the research methods of Geography, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Agri-food issues are excellent subjects for economic geographers. This is because agriculture is formed in extremely diverse ways, reflecting the ecological and social environment of each area, and is changing related to the world food trade and politics. This course aims to deepen students' understanding of the dynamics of agriculture, food, and trade from various perspectives, and to study the economic geographical approach to understand those dynamics.
Class Schedule	lesson1: Introduction: What is Economic Geography? lesson2: Agriculture, Food, and Food Culture lesson3: Who separated agriculture, food, and food culture from the localities? lesson4: Economic growth and changing food consumption lesson5: Formation of agricultural regional structure lesson6: What defines the competitiveness of agriculture? lesson7: Free trade and agricultural protection lesson8: Technological change in agriculture in developing countries lesson9: Global value chain and competition between chains lesson10: Eating for consuming information lesson11: Players in agriculture and trade: New Continent and Europe lesson12: Players in agriculture and trade: East Asia and the poorest countries lesson13: Practice: Growth of the beef cattle breeding in Japan’s periphery (1) lesson14: Practice: Growth of the beef cattle breeding in Japan’s periphery (2) lesson15: Summary of the lecture
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Relevant materials will be introduced in the class.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Other (see [More Details])
(More Details)	Besides handouts, PowerPoint will be used in the class.
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Follow the instructions in class.
Requirements	N/A
Grading Method	Daily assignment 40%, Final report 60%
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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