| Course title | |||||
| 環境資源科学特別講義Ⅲ [Special Lecture on Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources III] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 0.5 | ||
| Department | Year | 3～ | Semester | 4th | |
| Course type | 4th | Course code | 01en3058 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 櫻井 健郎, 高田 秀重 [TAKADA Hideshige] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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The instructor of this intensive lecture is Dr. Takeo SAKURAI in National Institute for Environmental Studies. The date of the lecture will be announced in this syllabus and Classroom until the end of September 2022. This course deals with the management of chemical substances in our society. It addresses the fundamental concepts of chemicals management and examples of its implementation by the governmental bodies. It also discusses practical problems in the management. Particular focus is on the aspects related to the health and ecotoxicological hazards of chemicals potentially emitted to the environment. |
| Expected Learning |
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Students who successfully complete this course will learn some of the fundamental concepts of chemicals management and its practical implementation in Japan and will be able to express their opinion on the issues in the management. |
| Course schedule |
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(1) Regulation of chemicals and their concentrations in the environment (2) Fundamental concepts of chemicals management (3) Monitoring of chemicals in the environment (4) Analysis of the results of environmental monitoring |
| Prerequisites |
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The contents lectured in the class of “Environmental Pollution Chemistry” will help your understanding of this lecture. In addition to 8 hours that students spend in the class, students are recommended to prepare for and revise the lectures, spending the standard amount of time as indicated in the student guidelines of TUAT and using the lecture handouts as well as the references specified below. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| No specific texts. Handouts will be distributed. |
| References |
| Nothing in particular |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Learning achievement is evaluated by combining results from report (50 %) and attendance in the class (50 %). Since this class is an intensive lecture by a part-time lecturer, the grade distribution of the previous year is not available. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| If you have any questions before registering for the course and/or before taking the course, please feel free to contact contact professor Hideshige Takada at shige@cc.tuat.ac.jp via email. |
| Course keywords |
| management of chemicals, toxicity, persistence, environmental monitoring |
| Office hours |
| If you have any questions, please ask via e-mail (shige@cc.tuat.ac.jp). |
| Remarks 1 |
| Please check the Classroom of this class about the changes in the syllabus which is associated with the spread of COVID-19 infection. |
| Remarks 2 |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 9/19/2022 4:01:19 PM |