Course title
21世紀農学特論   [Special lecture for 21st century's agriculture science]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 1  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 05cf0014
Instructor(s)
加藤 亮, 千葉 一裕, 木村 郁夫, 新村 毅, 小池 伸介, 松田 和秀, 山﨑 亮一, 斎藤 広隆   [KATO Tasuku, CHIBA Kazuhiro, KIMURA Ikuo, SHIMMURA Tsuyoshi, KOIKE Shinsuke, MATSUDA Kazuhide, YAMAZAKI Ryoichi, SAITO Hirotaka]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture Office BuildNo.6 Room309  Email address

Course description
Agriculture and its related fields have an important role in the stable supply of food, land conservation, and local economy. But there are common problems to be solved in the world, such as decrease and aging of people involved in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, difficulty in the maintenance of ecosystem management and the agricultural infrastructure under a variable environment. On the other hand, the change of lifestyle, the expansion of the world food market, and the change in the agricultural field are opportunities to realize new agricultural innovations. In this lecture, while specializing in agriculture and related fields, we introduce the latest research cases that have evolved from the horizontal development of these researches.
Expected Learning
The standard of this lecture is to understand studies in several specialized field of agriculture and their relationships.
Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy:
See the Curriculum maps. (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/)
Course schedule
The current schedule is below:
1. June.3, Guidance (Kato)/ Lecture from the Dean “Your future image spreading from agricultural sciences” (Prof. Funada) / “How to write good report”(Gomi)
2. Jun.10, KATO, Water resources management in 21st century
3. Jun.17, Kimura, Food and nutritional signaling
4. Jun.24, Shimmura,Sustainable animal production using advanced technologies
5. Jul.1, Koike, Bears: their biology and conservation status in the world
6. Jul.8, Matsuda, Atmospheric deposition of air pollutants
7. *Jul.15, Yamazaki, Sustainable development and agriculture
8. Jul.22, Saito, Visualization of subsurface hydrological processes

*Jul .15th could be open in 3rd class (12:00-14:30), later we will discuss the schedule.
Prerequisites
This course is required for all of students in Department of Agriculture.
Required Text(s) and Materials
None
References
None, but references may be introduced in lectures by professors.
Assessment/Grading
Submitted Report is evaluated by each lecture. This year Google Classroom will be applied, and students are required to submit through Google Classroom.
Message from instructor(s)
I would like students to develop wide knowledge in agricultural field to be able to understand relationships with your own studies.
Course keywords
agriculture, cross-type research
Office hours
Please contact professors in each lecture by email.
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Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
10/1/2020 9:54:23 AM