| Academic Year |
2026Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
| Lecture Code |
ASS01001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
比較技術史 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
ヒカクギジュツシ |
Subject Name in
English |
Comparative History of Technology |
| Instructor |
NAKAZAWA SATOSHI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ナカザワ サトシ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, First Semester, 2Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2T) Thur5-8：IAS K209 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
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| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
1
:
Undergraduate Introductory
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
08
:
History of Science and Technology |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Navigation, Railway, Transportation Revolution |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences) Category：Anthropology / Geography / History |
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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.
・Knowledge and understanding of "Japanese and Japanese culture" and "foreign languages and foreign culture" which are prerequisite abilities for communication with peoples in different culture and areas.
・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This course deals with the history of transportation technology. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1: Introduction
lesson2: The Ancient Civilizations and Water Transportation
lesson3: Water Transportation and the Making of the European Civilization
lesson4: Water Transportation in the Premodern Japan
lesson5: The Industrial Revolution
lesson6: The Canal Age
lesson7: The Emergence of the Railway Transportation
lesson8: The Expansion of the Railways
lesson9: The Rhine Navigation in the Age of the Railways
lesson10: The River Navigation in the North America
lesson11: Japan's modernization
lesson12: The Development of Transportation and Communication Networks in the Japanese Islands
lesson13: Renaissance of the High-Speed Rail
lesson14: The Maglev: the Future of Railway or not?
lesson15: Summary |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
See the handouts. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Handouts, Visual Materials |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
This course is conducted in Japanese. Please see the Japanese syllabus for more detail. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Report |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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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. |