H1000004 Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2026Year School/Graduate School School of Science

Lecture Code H1000004 Subject Classification Liberal Arts Education (day)

Subject Name 教養ゼミ

Subject Name
（Katakana）キヨウヨウゼミ

Subject Name in
English Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students

Instructor TSUBOTA HIROMI,IGAWA TAKESHI,OGINO HAJIME,SAKAMOTO ATSUSHI,IMAMURA TAKUYA,SUZUKI MAKOTO,KUSABA MAKOTO,CHIHARA TAKAHIRO,TAKAHASHI HARUKO,SHIMADA HIROSHI,NOBUSAWA TAKASHI,OKAMOTO KAZUKO,KIKUCHI YUTAKA,MATSUI SAYAKA,OMORI YOSHIHIRO,HAYASHI TOSHINORI,TOYOKURA KOICHI,HOSOBA KOSUKE,HIRAKAWA YUKI,TAKAHASHI MISA,MORIGUCHI KAZUKI,TAZAWA ICHIRO,SUZUKI ATSUSHI,TOMIHARA SOMA,NAKAJIMA KEISUKE,SAKAMOTO NAOAKI,HAMAO KOZUE,SHIMAMURA MASAKI,UKITA YUMIKO,FUKAZAWA JUTAROU,HONDA MIZUKI

Instructor
(Katakana) ツボタ　ヒロミ,イガワ　タケシ,オギノ　ハジメ,サカモト　アツシ,イマムラ　タクヤ,スズキ　マコト,クサバ　マコト,チハラ　タカヒロ,タカハシ　ハルコ,シマダ　ヒロシ,ノブサワ　タカシ,オカモト　カズコ,キクチ　ユタカ,マツイ　サヤカ,オオモリ　ヨシヒロ,ハヤシ　トシノリ,トヨクラ　コウイチ,ホソバ　コウスケ,ヒラカワ　ユウキ,タカハシ　ミサ,モリグチ　カズキ,タザワ　イチロウ,スズキ　アツシ,トミハラ　ソウマ,ナカジマ　ケイスケ,サカモト　ナオアキ,ハマオ　コズエ,シマムラ　マサキ,ウキタ　ユミコ,フカザワ　ジュタロウ,ホンダ　ミズキ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  2Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Tues9-10,Thur9-10：SCI E209

Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)

Experiments, Presentation, Field observation

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory

Course Area（Area） 26 : Biological and Life Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 03 : Basic Biology

Eligible Students

Keywords

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education
Expected Outcome

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Animal and life science course:
Students are divided into the group of three or four people. Each group carries out various experiments in the animal and life science.  Students will perform a presentation on the last day.  Students will learn the various methods of documents investigation, the plan drafting, the enforcement of the study, the consideration of results, the discussion, and the presentation.
Plant science course:
Students join field observation in spring, intensive course in summer, and some classes in every two week.  Students will learn the basic for biological science and skills for presentation and how to make reports.  Implementing program-based learning through discussions and presentations.

Class Schedule Animal and life science course (Kikuchi, Takahashi-H, Chihara, Hamao, Ukita, Sakamoto-A, Shimada, Takahashi-M, Imamura, Honda, Ogino, Igawa, Suzuki-M, Hayashi, Okamoto, Sakamoto-N, Hosoba, Suzuki-A, Nakajima, Tazawa, Omori, Tomihara):
(1) Guidance
(2)~(14) Experiments
(15) Presentation

Plant science course (Tsubota, Shimamura, Fukazawa, Moriguchi, Toyokura, Nobusawa, Matsui, Kusaba, Hirakawa):
(1) Guidance
(2) Field observation in Miyajima, Hatsukaichi City
(3) Intensive course for plant biology
(4) Classes in main campus

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Animal and life science course:
Original papers and the reference materials are distributed appropriately.
Plant science course:
Literatures on biology, especially on photosynthesis.

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

(More Details) PC etc.

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Fieldwork / Survey, Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Animal and life science course: Read original papers and reference materials carefully.
Plant science course: Read the literatures on biology.

Requirements

Grading Method Animal and life science course: The evaluation is judged by a report, the attitude in the experiment, and the attitude in the presentation.
Plant science course: Reports and attitude.

Practical Experience Experienced

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it In Plant science course, methods of field surveys for environmental assessment will also be introduced.

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	2026Year	School/Graduate School	School of Science
Lecture Code	H1000004	Subject Classification	Liberal Arts Education (day)
Subject Name	教養ゼミ
Subject Name （Katakana）	キヨウヨウゼミ
Subject Name in English	Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
Instructor	TSUBOTA HIROMI,IGAWA TAKESHI,OGINO HAJIME,SAKAMOTO ATSUSHI,IMAMURA TAKUYA,SUZUKI MAKOTO,KUSABA MAKOTO,CHIHARA TAKAHIRO,TAKAHASHI HARUKO,SHIMADA HIROSHI,NOBUSAWA TAKASHI,OKAMOTO KAZUKO,KIKUCHI YUTAKA,MATSUI SAYAKA,OMORI YOSHIHIRO,HAYASHI TOSHINORI,TOYOKURA KOICHI,HOSOBA KOSUKE,HIRAKAWA YUKI,TAKAHASHI MISA,MORIGUCHI KAZUKI,TAZAWA ICHIRO,SUZUKI ATSUSHI,TOMIHARA SOMA,NAKAJIMA KEISUKE,SAKAMOTO NAOAKI,HAMAO KOZUE,SHIMAMURA MASAKI,UKITA YUMIKO,FUKAZAWA JUTAROU,HONDA MIZUKI
Instructor (Katakana)	ツボタ　ヒロミ,イガワ　タケシ,オギノ　ハジメ,サカモト　アツシ,イマムラ　タクヤ,スズキ　マコト,クサバ　マコト,チハラ　タカヒロ,タカハシ　ハルコ,シマダ　ヒロシ,ノブサワ　タカシ,オカモト　カズコ,キクチ　ユタカ,マツイ　サヤカ,オオモリ　ヨシヒロ,ハヤシ　トシノリ,トヨクラ　コウイチ,ホソバ　コウスケ,ヒラカワ　ユウキ,タカハシ　ミサ,モリグチ　カズキ,タザワ　イチロウ,スズキ　アツシ,トミハラ　ソウマ,ナカジマ　ケイスケ,サカモト　ナオアキ,ハマオ　コズエ,シマムラ　マサキ,ウキタ　ユミコ,フカザワ　ジュタロウ,ホンダ　ミズキ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, 2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2T) Tues9-10,Thur9-10：SCI E209
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)
Experiments, Presentation, Field observation
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area（Area）	26 : Biological and Life Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	03 : Basic Biology
Eligible Students
Keywords
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Liberal Arts Education
Expected Outcome
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Animal and life science course: Students are divided into the group of three or four people. Each group carries out various experiments in the animal and life science. Students will perform a presentation on the last day. Students will learn the various methods of documents investigation, the plan drafting, the enforcement of the study, the consideration of results, the discussion, and the presentation. Plant science course: Students join field observation in spring, intensive course in summer, and some classes in every two week. Students will learn the basic for biological science and skills for presentation and how to make reports. Implementing program-based learning through discussions and presentations.
Class Schedule	Animal and life science course (Kikuchi, Takahashi-H, Chihara, Hamao, Ukita, Sakamoto-A, Shimada, Takahashi-M, Imamura, Honda, Ogino, Igawa, Suzuki-M, Hayashi, Okamoto, Sakamoto-N, Hosoba, Suzuki-A, Nakajima, Tazawa, Omori, Tomihara): (1) Guidance (2)~(14) Experiments (15) Presentation Plant science course (Tsubota, Shimamura, Fukazawa, Moriguchi, Toyokura, Nobusawa, Matsui, Kusaba, Hirakawa): (1) Guidance (2) Field observation in Miyajima, Hatsukaichi City (3) Intensive course for plant biology (4) Classes in main campus
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Animal and life science course: Original papers and the reference materials are distributed appropriately. Plant science course: Literatures on biology, especially on photosynthesis.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Microsoft Stream, Microsoft Forms, Other (see [More Details]), moodle
(More Details)	PC etc.
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Fieldwork / Survey, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Animal and life science course: Read original papers and reference materials carefully. Plant science course: Read the literatures on biology.
Requirements
Grading Method	Animal and life science course: The evaluation is judged by a report, the attitude in the experiment, and the attitude in the presentation. Plant science course: Reports and attitude.
Practical Experience	Experienced
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it	In Plant science course, methods of field surveys for environmental assessment will also be introduced.
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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