| Course title | |||||
| 食料・環境問題 [Food and Environmental Problems] | |||||
| Course category | Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 1～ | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 01sg1003 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 吉田 央 [YOSHIDA Hiroshi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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This course discusses the broad spectrum of food and environmental issues that the world is currently faced with. The course is composed of two sections (15 weeks in total). The first section provides the current situations and challenges of food issues, while the second section explores those of environmental issues. This course is offered as one of the Humanities and Social Sciences courses of the Global Liberal Arts Studies. |
| Expected Learning |
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The goal of this course is to understand contemporary situation of food and environmental problem and to be able to explain its concept with appropriate examples. Competency Development: Global Awareness, Knowledge on Science and Technology |
| Course schedule |
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The course proceeds with the following schedule: 1) Guidance, Background of current food issues (Atsushi Chitose) 2) Philosophy of food education and experience of the activities (Keiich Sato) 3) Current situation and issues of crop production (Taiichiro Ookawa) 4) Current situation and issues of livestock production (Satoshi Sugimura) 5) Recent trend of food consumption and household (Motoi Kusadokoro) 6) Food security, lessons from Japanese experience (Hiroshi Yoshida) 7) Sustainable Agriculture in Japan: Issues and Perspectives (Sachito Arai) 8) Current situation of biomass conversion technology (Makoto Yoshida) 9) Atmospheric Environmental problem (Kazuhide Matsuda) 10) Environmental plastic pollution (Hideshige Takada) 11) Forestry environmental issue (Hiroto Toda) 12) Wildlife and Environment (Yayoi Kaneko) 13) Plants and Environmental Problems (Takeshi Izuta) 14) Recent trend in environmental pollution issues (Izumi Watanabe) 15) Establishing a sustainable society (Ryoichi Yamazaki) |
| Prerequisites |
| In addition to 30 hours in the classes and 60 hours required for preparation of a course work, students are recommended to prepare for and review the classes, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| No specific textbook is used. Materials will be distributed in class or be provided in moodle. |
| References |
| Some references will be announced in class. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| In principle, grades will be given relying on the performance of two assigned papers.(100%) The topic of each assignment will be provided in class. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Course keywords |
| Food, natural environment, policy, present status and challenges |
| Office hours |
| In principle, right after each class |
| Remarks 1 |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 9/6/2022 7:00:06 PM |