Course title
農学基礎ゼミ   [Basic Seminar of Agricultural Science]
Course category	Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies	Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	1～1	Semester	1st
Course type	1st	Course code	01fy1002b
Instructor(s)
観山 恵理子, 野見山 敏雄   [MIYAMA Eriko, NOMIYAMA Toshio]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office	3-211	Email address

Course description

This course aims to develop minds for knowledge creation and autonomous learning, and is designed as an introductory course for the Liberal Arts and Foundamental Studies. Students will experience different styles of lectures and classes depending on the contents. It consists of two parts. Part I : Common Intoroductory Program In this program that is common to all first-year students, students will learn about our university and think how they would pursue their academic life here. The university history and TUAT principals are described as well as our research activities, with the aim of encouraing students to engage in university study and to understanding the importance of desigining their individual univeristy life. Part II : Faculty-Specific Program Students will learn how to collect, analize and interpret socio-economic statistics. They also learn presentation skills.

Expected Learning

1) To Understand the aunomous learning in the Univesrsity, and be able to design individual's academic life at Univesity from broad prospectives. 2) To learn how to collect, analize and interpret socio-economic statistics. Competency Development： Initiative and Autonomy, Leadership and Facilitation, Knowledge Creation, Presentation Skills, Mission-Oriented Research and Problem Solving, Academic Ethics

Course schedule

Part I : Common Intoroductory Program 1. About the University (I) 　　Brife history of the University. Talks from the President, the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, and the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. 2. About the University (II) 　　Talks from the Heads of the Departments. 3. Studying at the University 　　Differences between studying at high school and studying at univesity. Desigining your academic life at the University from broad prospectives. Questioning minds that lead you to the depth of academic study and research 4. Energy-saving and Safety in university life Global warming and emission of green house gas. Our effort in reducing CO2 emission. Risk management in laboratories. You action to ensure own and others' safety. Risks of harmful chemicals and proper ways of thier disposal. 5. Research ethics Code of conduct for research integrity, and scientific misconducts. Falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism are discussed. Part II : Faculty-Specific Program 6.　Basics of information collection 7. Statistical AnalysisI 8. Statistical AnalysisII 9. Research question 10. Critical reading 11. Writing 12. Student presentationI 13. Student presentationII 14. Student presentationIII 15. Student presentationIV

Prerequisites

Part I : In addition to 10 hours you spend in the class, you are recommended to review the classes spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University for each class, to plan out the courses to take and design how you would pursue your academic activities ahead. Part II : None

Required Text(s) and Materials

Part I : 　Handouts and exercise materials are provided during the class Part II : Handouts and exercise materials are provided during the class

References

Part I : ・アカデミック・スキルズ　大学生のための知的技法入門　（慶應義塾大学出版会）　佐藤望(編著)、湯川武、横山千晶、近藤明彦 ・思考を鍛える大学の学び入門ー論理的な考え方・書き方からキャリアデザインまで（慶應義塾大学出版会）井下千以子 Part II :『情報生産者になる』（ちくま新書）上野千鶴子　2018年

Assessment/Grading

Part I (25%)：　Marks are given based on worksheets collected at the end of each class. Part II (75%)： Participation 20%, Presentation 20%, Paper 60%

Message from instructor(s)

Course keywords

Part I : 　Questioning mind, Autonomous learning Part II : Statistical analysis

Office hours

Part I : 　It will be announced during the class. Part II :It will be announced during the class.

Remarks 1

Remarks 2

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

2/27/2019 4:29:32 PM