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 01fy100207
Instructor(s)
中嶋 紀覚   [NAKAJIMA Noriaki]
Facility affiliation Field Science Center Office FS-206  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
Beef cattle have various properties and abilities that are different from humans, and understanding these functions will help to adapt their properties and abilities into feeding management. Here, students will learn the properties and abilities related to beef cattle feeding management from various angles and explore the essence of what "beef cattle" is.
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 understand the properties and abilities of beef cattle.

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)
  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 from broad perspectives, with a systematic approach and a questioning mind in taking lectures and studying abroad.
4. Our Initiative for Society
  (lecture 1) Our endeavors toward achieving a sustainable society.
  (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 challene 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
After #6:
Students can learn about beef cattle production from various angles such as the animal aspects, the rearing environment aspects (confinement/grazing), and the feeding aspects. Students will also understand beef cattle production as a whole by visiting barns and grasslands and sharing their thoughts on livestock. In addition, students will learn about recent trends in beef cattle production, and discuss the future of beef cattle production.
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.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Part I: 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

Assessment/Grading
Part I (25%): Marks are given based on worksheets collected at the end of each class. The key point in evaluation is how one's own thoughts and perspectives are described in own words.
Part II (75%): Attitude 50%, presentation and discussion 50%.
Message from instructor(s)
In this lecture, you can learn various aspects of beef cattle production. You might change your perspective and thinking by understanding various aspects of beef cattle production. I hope it will be an opportunity to reconsider the entire livestock industry.
Course keywords
Part I : Questioning mind, Autonomous learning, Research integrity Part II : Grassland science, animal physiology, livestock management   
Office hours
Part I : It will be announced during the class.
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
1/27/2022 4:05:10 PM