Japanese

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Science
Lecture Code	HK455036	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	卒業研究
Subject Name （Katakana）	ソツギョウケンキュウ
Subject Name in English	Special Study for Graduation
Instructor	SUZUKI MAKOTO
Instructor (Katakana)	スズキ　マコト
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	4th-Year,  Second Semester,  Second Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2nd) Inte
Lesson Style	Research	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)
			Discussion, student presentation, molecular biology experiments, developmental biology experiments, research report preparation
Credits	4.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	B : Japanese／English
Course Level	4 : Undergraduate Advanced
Course Area（Area）	26 : Biological and Life Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	04 : Life Sciences
Eligible Students	undergraduates
Keywords	Development, Birth defects, Evolution, Genomics, Genetics, Regeneration, Transgenesis, Genome Editing, Xenopus, Human Disease
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)	Biology （Comprehensive Abilities） ・To absorb cutting-edge knowledge, acquire high-level skills, learn how to conduct research, improve presentation ability through discussion, summarize research results as a graduation thesis, and deliver presentations.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Students are expected to acquire basic skills and knowledge of developmental biology and molecuclar biology by performing experiments and reading research reports in the lab.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Basics of phenotyping (1) lesson2 Basics of phenotyping (2) lesson3 Basics of phenotyping (3) lesson4 Basics of phenotyping (4) lesson5 Basics of phenotyping (5) lesson6 Basics of data analysis (1) lesson7 Basics of data analysis (2) lesson8 Basics of data analysis (3) lesson9 Basics of data analysis (4) lesson10 Basics of data analysis (5) lesson11 Research report preparation (1) lesson12 Research report preparation (2) lesson13 Research report preparation (3) lesson14 Research report preparation (4) lesson15 Research report preparation (5) Students are evaluated with respect to the abilities to propose a hypothesis, to examine it by experiments, and to prepare research reports, in place of regular exams.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Developmental Biology, Thirteenth Edition (ISBN: 9780197574591) Principles of Development, Sixth Edition (ISBN: 9780198800569) Ecological Developmental Biology, Second Edition (ISBN: 9781605353449) Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Fourth Edition (ISBN: 978-1-936113-42-2) Xenopus: A Laboratory Manual (ISBN: 978-1-621821-80-9)
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams
	(More Details)	Text, handout, voice tools, photos/pictures/movies (video/PC/others)
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Paired Reading, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Role Play, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Project Learning, Flip Teaching, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Please understand backgrounds and underlying principles of research and experimental protocols.
Requirements
Grading Method	Students are evaluated with respect to the abilities to propose a scientifically interesting hypothesis, to examine it appropriately by experiments, and to prepare research reports.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	This course mainly conducts research on the molecular mechanisms of organogenesis in vertebrates and birth defects. If you are interested, please feel free to come and talk to us.
Other
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