Basic Seminar of Agricultural Science

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～	Semester	1st
Course type	1st	Course code	01fy100241
Instructor(s)
渡辺元 [WATANABE Gen]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office	Veterinary Physiology	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 Fundamental Studies. Students will experience different styles of lectures and classes depending on the contents. It consists of two parts.

Part I : Common Introductory 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 encouraging students to engage in university study and to understanding the importance of designing their individual university life.

Part II : Faculty-Specific Program

Expected Learning

1) To understand the autonomous learning in the University, and be able to design individual's academic life at University from broad perspectives.
2) To have the opportunity to think again about cells and life, and to develop presentation skill using presentation tool such as Powerpoint.

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 Introductory Program
1. About the University (I)
　　Brief 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
　 (lecture 1) Identity development and academic life: Challenges experienced in adolescence.
　 (lecture 2) Differences between studying at high school and studying at university. Designing your academic life at the University from broad perspectives, with a systematic approach in mind in taking lectures and studying abroad.
4. Our Initiative for Society
　 (lecture 1) Global warming and emission of greenhouse gas. Our effort in reducing CO2 emission.
　 (lecture 2) TUAT Plastic 5R Campus-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renewable, Research. Our teaching and research activities in finding the solutions and educating future generations.
　 (lecture 3) Novel Coronavirus Infection: A challenge from 未来疫学(R) (Mirai Ekigaku, literally Future Pathology).
5. Research ethics
Code of conduct for research integrity, and scientific misconducts. Falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism are discussed.

Part II : Faculty-Specific Program
Animal-assisted education
In many elementary schools, rabbits, chickens, hamsters, etc. are bred for the purpose of using them for emotional education and science education. However, there are cases where the understanding of animals is insufficient, they are not always kept in proper condition, and animal species that are inappropriate as teaching materials are bred. In this seminar, 1) you present about animals how they were raised at school when you were in elementary school. 2) Based on your own experiences, we discuss what points we should be aware of when raising animals in elementary school, and set survey items. 3) Visit a nearby elementary school to investigate the actual situation of animal breeding. 4) Analyze the survey results to clarify the problems and think about how to improve them. 5) Through discussions with elementary school children and teachers, I would like to implement improvement measures.

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 : same as " part I"

Required Text(s) and Materials

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 : Instructor will provide information during the class

References

Assessment/Grading

Part I (25%)： Marks are given based on worksheets collected at the end of each class.
Part II (75%)： Marks are given based on preparation of presentation as well as discussion on presentation.

Message from instructor(s)

Be prepared!

Course keywords

Part I : 　Questioning mind, Autonomous learning. Part II :animal-assisted education, animal-assisted activities, animal-assisted therapy

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

2/17/2021 4:38:42 PM