Course title
生物生産学原論   [Basic seminar of biological production]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 4 
Department   Year 1  Semester YearLong 
Course type YearLong  Course code 01an1001
Instructor(s)
伊藤 克彦   [ITO Katsuhiko]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office 3-211  Email address

Course description
This course provides for students a systematic explanation of the basically biological production by each instructor. This course is included the contents biology, chemistry, physics also economics and business economics.
Expected Learning
To obtain the knowledge of the basic agricultural science.

Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy:
See the Curriculum maps.
(URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ )
Course schedule
1st semester

4/12(FRI)The beginning:Agricultural Science and Agriculture in association with current issues in the world (CHITOSE)

4/19(FRI)1. Evolution of crop plants and domestic animals(Takeshi YOKOYAMA)

4/26(FRI)2. Fundamental functions for agriculture in plants and animals
(1)Useful functions in plants(OOKAWA)

5/10(FRI)(2)Useful functions in animals(ABE)

5/17(FRI)(3)Agro-Environment that support the useful function of the organisms (TANAKA)

5/24(FRI)3. Advent and development of agriculture
(1)Domestication of plant, and characterization of crop (SUZUKI)

5/31(FRI) (2)Conversion of agriculture: from of subsistence to commercial one(Sachiho ARAI)

6/7(FRI) (3)Domestication of animals, Characteristics of domesticated animals (TAKEMURA)
                   
6/14(FRI)4. Essential feature of the sustainable agriculture 
(1)Relationship between agriculture and biodiversity(MOTOBAYASHI)

6/21(FRI) (2)Genetically-modified organisms and agriculture(Tetsuya YAMADA)

6/28(SAT) (3)Environmental problems caused by agriculture and their solution(OHTSU)

7/5(FRI) (4)Overview of sustainable agriculture(BAN)

7/12 (FRI)5. Agriculture and Agricultural Location of Japan and the World (Masaaki Yamada)

7/19(FRI)6. Science to support agriculture in the 21st century 
(1)Improvements of agricultural production methods (MOTOBAYASHI, BAN, SUGIMURA)

7/26(FRI) (2)Animal science -Production of animal foods- (SATOH, SHINMURA)

2nd semester

10/4 (FRI)(3)Soil Science -Soil quality- (SUGIHARA)

10/11(FRI)(4)Cultivation and breeding systems of horticulture crops using plant factory and plant tissue culture. (SUZUKI)

10/18(FRI)(5)Silkworm as an animal genetic resources (ITO)

10/25(FRI)(6)Crop production and plant sciences(KATSURA)

11/1(FRI) (7)Utilization of allelopathy for agricultural production(FUJII, OKAZAKI)

11/15(FRI)(8)Plant nutrition for sustainable food production and global environment conservation (OHTSU)

11/22(FRI)(9)Breeding science based on plant physiology(KANEKATSU)

11/29(FRY)(11)Genetic and cellular engineering and biological resources (UMEZAWA)

12/6(FRI) (12)Utilization of animal resource(Katsuhiko ARAI, TABUNOKI)

12/7(SAT)(13)Family farm management and enterprising farm management: Development of farm organization(KUSADOKORO)

12/13(FRI)(14)Living together with consumers: New movement of agricultura marketing(NOMIYAMA)

12/20(FRI)(15)Agricultural economics discussing radically the diet,
environment and agricultural policy and contributing to the community(YAMAZAKI)

1/10(FRI) (16)International Agricultural Trade and Development(CHITOSE)

1/24(FRY) Hearing of graduation thesis presentation

1/31(FRY) optional extra day

Prerequisites
The completion is required for the students in the Department of Biological Production.
In addition to 60 hours that students spend in the class, students submit papers 8 times troughout the course, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University.
Required Text(s) and Materials
You can obtain the text from Moodle.
References
Assessment/Grading
Ordinal (50%) and papers (8 times; 50%)
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Office hours
Please have a appointment with instructor in each class by e-mail.
Remarks 1
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/28/2019 6:07:11 PM