HL800000 Shimanami Kaido Marine Biology Course

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Science

Lecture Code HL800000 Subject Classification Courses from Other Faculty/Grad. School

Subject Name しまなみ海道域海洋生物学実習

Subject Name
（Katakana）シマナミカイドウイキカイヨウセイブツガクジッシュウ

Subject Name in
English Shimanami Kaido Marine Biology Course

Instructor TAGAWA KUNIFUMI,ARIMOTO ASUKA,UEKI TATSUYA

Instructor
(Katakana) タガワ　クニフミ,アリモト　アスカ,ウエキ　タツヤ

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

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1st) Inte

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

Practical, fieldwork

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

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 26 : Biological and Life Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 03 : Basic Biology

Eligible Students second-year and over students

Keywords marine animals, collecting marine animals, classification and comparison of animals, biodiversity

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)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline We expect the students to have a chance to contact creature directly in nature to understand biodiversity and to create an opportunity to be able to see biology from many sides.

Class Schedule The following content will be held in an intensive format for 3 days and 2 nights.
1. Lecture on animal classification and ecology
2. Collection of organisms in the intertidal zone
3. Plankton collection using plankton net
4. Collection of microorganisms in marine soil
5. Collection of a luminescent animal, sea firefly
6. Classification according to higher taxonomic groups of collected organisms
7. Identification and sketching of individual organisms
8. Summary and general discussion

report

It is possible that the schedule will be changed depending on weather and tide.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. The course text will be distributed by the instructor prior to the class.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc.

(More Details) PowerPoint and the like.

Learning techniques to be incorporated

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review All students are expected to read general books on animal diversity and illustrated books on marine animals prior to the practice.

Requirements Course code HL800000 and HL800001 can be credited for only one subject.

The total number of participants is 20 including those from other universities.

Participants are responsible for their own transportation costs to the marine biological laboratory in Mukaishima-cho, Onomichi City, where the face-to-face training will be held, as well as food expenses during their stay at the laboratory.

If you have any allergies other than food or drink to food or specific organisms, or any other peculiarities, please contact us in advance. Please note that due to the circumstances of the place where the meal is ordered, it is not possible to specify or change the ingredients.

The data, assignments, and all that collected, created, and submitted by the students in relation to the class may be used and published as teaching materials for the Hiroshima University in the future. Please note that when you submit your request to take this class, we will treat it as your agreement to the above.

Grading Method A grading will be given by evaluating practical attitude and report, comprehensively.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message The course will be held at the marine biological laboratory located at Mukaishima-cho, Onomichi city for three-day two-night study camp.

Other The web site for the marine laboratory is <https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/rinkai>.

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 Science
Lecture Code	HL800000	Subject Classification	Courses from Other Faculty/Grad. School
Subject Name	しまなみ海道域海洋生物学実習
Subject Name （Katakana）	シマナミカイドウイキカイヨウセイブツガクジッシュウ
Subject Name in English	Shimanami Kaido Marine Biology Course
Instructor	TAGAWA KUNIFUMI,ARIMOTO ASUKA,UEKI TATSUYA
Instructor (Katakana)	タガワ　クニフミ,アリモト　アスカ,ウエキ　タツヤ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1st) Inte
Lesson Style	Practical	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
Practical, fieldwork
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	26 : Biological and Life Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	03 : Basic Biology
Eligible Students	second-year and over students
Keywords	marine animals, collecting marine animals, classification and comparison of animals, biodiversity
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)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	We expect the students to have a chance to contact creature directly in nature to understand biodiversity and to create an opportunity to be able to see biology from many sides.
Class Schedule	The following content will be held in an intensive format for 3 days and 2 nights. 1. Lecture on animal classification and ecology 2. Collection of organisms in the intertidal zone 3. Plankton collection using plankton net 4. Collection of microorganisms in marine soil 5. Collection of a luminescent animal, sea firefly 6. Classification according to higher taxonomic groups of collected organisms 7. Identification and sketching of individual organisms 8. Summary and general discussion report It is possible that the schedule will be changed depending on weather and tide.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	The course text will be distributed by the instructor prior to the class.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	PowerPoint and the like.
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	All students are expected to read general books on animal diversity and illustrated books on marine animals prior to the practice.
Requirements	Course code HL800000 and HL800001 can be credited for only one subject. The total number of participants is 20 including those from other universities. Participants are responsible for their own transportation costs to the marine biological laboratory in Mukaishima-cho, Onomichi City, where the face-to-face training will be held, as well as food expenses during their stay at the laboratory. If you have any allergies other than food or drink to food or specific organisms, or any other peculiarities, please contact us in advance. Please note that due to the circumstances of the place where the meal is ordered, it is not possible to specify or change the ingredients. The data, assignments, and all that collected, created, and submitted by the students in relation to the class may be used and published as teaching materials for the Hiroshima University in the future. Please note that when you submit your request to take this class, we will treat it as your agreement to the above.
Grading Method	A grading will be given by evaluating practical attitude and report, comprehensively.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	The course will be held at the marine biological laboratory located at Mukaishima-cho, Onomichi city for three-day two-night study camp.
Other	The web site for the marine laboratory is <https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/rinkai>.
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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