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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Liberal Arts Education Program
Lecture Code 63831001 Subject Classification Area Courses
Subject Name 化学と人間
Subject Name
(Katakana)
カガクトニンゲン
Subject Name in
English
Chemistry and human being
Instructor ISHIHARA YASUHIRO,WATANABE CHIHO,IWAMOTO YOKO,ISHIDA ATSUHIKO,NEHIRA TATSUO,VILLENEUVE MASUMI
Instructor
(Katakana)
イシハラ ヤスヒロ,ワタナベ チホ,イワモト ヨウコ,イシダ アツヒコ,ネヒラ タツオ,ヴィレヌーヴ マスミ
Campus Higashi-Senda Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  Second Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2nd) Weds11-12:Higashi-Senda Lecture Rm M301
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive), Online (on-demand)
We use Power Point for the class.
 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 2 Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 07 : Chemistry
Eligible Students Faculty of Law and Economics
Keywords basic chemistry, recent topics
 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education
Area Courses(Courses in Natural Sciences) Category:Chemistry 
Expected Outcome 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Our body consists of many chemical molecules. Furthermore, our usual life utilizes many chemicals including food, cosmetics, medicines and others. In this lecture, we will introduce the basics of chemistry as well as chemistry integrated into human life as recent topics. 
Class Schedule lesson1
Guidance, ROS and oxidative stress (Ishihara)
lesson2
Flying microplastics (Ishihara)
lesson3
Enzyme chemistry (Ishida)
lesson4
Brain and Enzymes (Ishida)
lesson5
Thermodynamics in living 1: What is temperature? How is heat transferred? (Villeneuve)
lesson6
Thermodynamics in living 2: energy transformation; tips for energy saving (Villeneuve)
lesson7
Disorders and Enzymes (Ishida)
lesson8
Vitamins and Enzymes (Ishida)
lesson9
Polymers in our life I (Watanabe)
lesson10
Polymers in our life II (Watanabe)
lesson11
Understanding global warming and its countermeasures through chemistry I (Iwamoto)
lesson12
Understanding global warming and its countermeasures through chemistry II (Iwamoto)
lesson13
We are made of chemistry! (Nehira)
lesson14
Chemicals:friend or foe? (Nehira)
lesson15
Summary

The order of lectures may be subject to change. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
PPT will be distributed in lectures. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Handouts, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams, moodle
(More Details) Power Point 
Learning techniques to be incorporated Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
please more investigate what you are interested in. 
Requirements It is recommended that you have knowledge on basic high school chemistry prior to the lecture. If you have any questions, please ask the teacher at the end of the lecture. 
Grading Method Attitude of class participation and reports on lectures.
 
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Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
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