| Course title | |||||
| 食料・環境問題 [Food and Environmental Problems] | |||||
| Course category | general education courses | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 1～ | Semester | Spring | |
| Course type | Spring | Course code | 01SD0105 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 吉田 央 [YOSHIDA Hiroshi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| This course discusses the broad spectrum of food and environmental issues that the world is currently faced with. The course is composed of two sections (15 weeks in total). The first section provides the current situations and challenges of food issues, while the second section explores those of environmental issues. |
| Expected Learning |
| The goal of this course is to deepen knowledge of various food and environments issues in the world. Students are expected to get motivated to learn their own fields and further carry out their own research, based on experiences through taking this course with which to expose themselves to various problems related to food and environments in modern society. |
| Course schedule |
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The course proceeds with the following schedule: 1) April 14 (Fri.) Guidance, Background of current food issues (Atsushi Chitose) 2) April 21 (Fri.) Philosophy of food education and experience of the activities (Keiich Sato) 3) April 28 (Fri.): Current situation and issues of crop production (Taiichiro Ookawa) 4) May 12 (Fri.) Current situation and issues of livestock production (Kan Sato) 5) May 19 (Fri.) The present condition and the issue of an agricultural market of Japan (Toshio Nomiyama) 6) May 26 (Fri.) Food security, lessons from Japanese experience (Hiroshi Yoshida) 7) June 2 (Fri.) Sustainable Agriculture in Japan: Issues and Perspectives (Sachito Arai) 8) June 9 (Fri.) Global environment issues (Muneoki Yoh) 9) June 16 (Fri.) Environmental problems in the atmosphere (Kazuhide Maeda) 10) June 23 (Fri.) Environmental plastic pollution (Hideshige Takada) 11) June 30 (Fri.) Forestry environmental issue (Hiroto Toda) 12) July 7 (Fri.) Wildlife and Environment (Koichi Kaji) 13) July 14 (Fri) Plants and Environmental Problems (Takeshi Izuta) 14) July 21 (Fri.) Microorganisms and environmental issues (Yoko Katayama) 15) July 22 (Sat.) Establishing a sustainable society (Ryoichi Yamazaki) |
| Prerequisites |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| No specific textbook is used. Materials will be distributed in class or be provided in moodle. |
| References |
| Some references will be announced in class. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| In principle, grades will be given relying on the performance of two assigned papers. The topic of each assignment will be provided in class. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Course keywords |
| Food, natural environment, policy, present status and challenges |
| Office hours |
| In principle, right after each class |
| Remarks 1 |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 3/20/2017 11:40:57 PM |