| Course title | |||||
| 森林・林業論 [Forest and Forestry] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 3～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 01en3053 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 白木 克繁, 松本 武, 戸田 浩人 [SHIRAKI Katsushige, MATSUMOTO Takeshi, TODA Hiroto] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address | |
| Course description |
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Aim: The aim of this course is to understand outlines of forest sciences. Summary: The course provides outlines of: 1) Silviculture, 2) Forest Engineering, 3) Forest Protection, 4) Erosion Control, 5) Forest Management and Policy. |
| Expected Learning |
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You will obtain basic information and understanding of wide range of forest science fields and can make an "Index" in your mind to understand further fields of Forest Science. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy: See the curriculum maps. https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ |
| Course schedule |
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Class 1: Silviculture: Forest soil Class 2: Silviculture: Tree breeding Class 3: Silviculture: planting Class 4: Forest Engineering: Timber production system Class 5: Forest Engineering: Forest road Class 6: Forest Engineering: Forest machinery Class 7: Forest Protection: Pest control Class 8: Forest Protection: Wildlife management Class 9: Erosion Control: Hydrology Class 10: Erosion Control: Disaster prevention in mountains Class 11: Erosion Control: Erosion control Class 12: Forest Management and Policy: Comparison of forest policy in developed countries Class 13: Forest Management and Policy: Recent trend of forest policy in Japan Class 14: Forest Management and Policy: Forest mensuration, forest evaluation and forest planning Class 15: Sum-up discussion and final test |
| Prerequisites |
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None Students need to preview and review for an amount of time as indicated in the student guidelines of TUAT, in addition to the attendance of lecture (30 hours). |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
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"Forest and Forestry Handbook", Sakura Shoten Publishers The course handouts will be delivered in class. |
| References |
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Related books and materials will be introduced in class. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| 20%: Responses (questions and comments) for each class, 80%: Final report |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Course keywords |
| Forest, Forestry, Forest Science, Silviculture, Forest Engineering, Forest Protection, Erosion Control, Forest Management and Policy. |
| Office hours |
| Please make an appointment by e-mail. |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 2/3/2021 1:43:00 PM |