| Course title | |||||
| 工学基礎実験 [Basic Experiments for Scientific Studies] | |||||
| Course category | Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 1～4 | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 020009 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 兼橋 真二, 岡本 昭子 [KANEHASHI Shinji, OKAMOTO Akiko] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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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. 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 Courses in high schools are designed to make science lectures separately; physics, chemistry, biology, and archeology. In Universities, interdisciplinary studies of those fields are necessary to learn science. This course is designed for you to experience topics of science by conducting experiments, which cover diverse fields including physics, chemistry, biology, informatics, security, and environments. You learn how to develop your specialties with broad views through performing the experiments by own thoughts. |
| Expected Learning |
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We expect you all to learn to (1) To understand the autonomous learning in the University, and be able to design individual's academic life at University from broad perspectives. (2) Understand principles of the experiments. (3) Appropriately conduct the experiments from comprehension of purposes and methods of the experiments. (4) Analyze experimental data and make reasonable conclusions. (5) Lead scientific discussion from the experimental results. (6) Write your reports of the above items. Competency Development： Initiative and Autonomy, Leadership and Facilitation, Knowledge Creation, Presentation Skills, Mission-Oriented Research and Problem Solving, Academic Ethics Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy: See the Curriculum maps. |
| Course schedule |
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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. Our Initiative for Society (First half) Global warming and emission of green house gas. Our effort in reducing CO2 emission. (Second half) TUAT Plastic 5R Campus-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renewable, Research. Our teaching and research activities in finding the solutions and educating future generations. 3. Studying at the University (First half) 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. (Second half) Identity development and academic life: Challenges experienced in adolescence. 4. Research ethics Code of conduct for research integrity, and scientific misconducts. Falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism are discussed. 5. Campus tour to visit the University's facilities Students visit the Nature and Science Museum of the University and other facilities. Part II : Faculty-Specific Program #6- Experiments Nucleophilic substitution reaction for Alkyl halides Environmental analysis ~Inorganic qualitative analysis~ Fabrication of plastic cell Thin-layer chromatography DNA analysis and Electrophoresis Scientific criminal investigation ~Synthesis of fluorophore and observation of luminescence behavior~ Oxidation-reduction titration of vitamin C Synthesis of acetanilide Research workshop Some experimental themes have been integrated and/or deleted to conduct online experimental class only for this year. |
| Prerequisites |
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Students are required to prepare for each experiment in order to take reasonable care for your safety and for all other students. You should read the textbook thoroughly to understand the contents of the experiments (5 h). After each experiment, the students have to write an experiment report and submit it within the due date (15 h). In addition to 25 hours that students spend in the class, students are recommended to perform the above task using the textbook and the references specified below. In completing this course, students will spend the standard amount of time as specified by the University. All students are required to join the Disaster and Accident Insurance for Students (GAKKENSAI). Students may not work in the lab without complete compliance with the safety policy, which will be announced at the course guidance (1st day) in detail. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
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The original textbook ed. by our department for lab courses. |
| References |
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Reference books are useful for understanding the experiments scheduled in this course and analyzing the data.These can be available in our University Library. Jikkenn wo anzen ni okonautameni and Zoku Jikkenn wo anzen ni okonautameni (the manuals for Safe Experiments in English), ed. Kagaku Dojin (written in Japanese) |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Standard study time set by our university is required to get the grade. The rate of evaluation is as follows. Normal score (every time), 50%: efforts / participation in experiments, attitudes to learn, completeness of preparations for experiments, proficiency in experimental techniques will be evaluated. Reports (containing problems related to the experiments, assignment tests), 50%: the status of submission and the completeness of reports (that is correct understanding of experimental contents, accurate reports of experimental results, and appropriate discussion about the results) will be evaluated. Grade will be given according to the following criteria: S: ≧90 points, A: 90> and ≧80 points, B: 80> and ≧70 points, C: 70> and ≧60 points. If you have unexcused absences, arriving in class late, and late and/or missing reports, you may not receive a passing grade. Past grade distribution 2020 S: 1%; A: 77%; B: 19%; C: 1%; D: 2% |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Experiment course is integrated course of science. The registered students should understand backgrounds and theories of each experiment by reading the textbook and other supplementary materials beforehand, participate in the experiments, and submit reports of the corresponding experiments. Please do not attend the classes aimlessly. Your active participation is expected. |
| Course keywords |
| Basic Experiments; Chemistry Chemistry |
| Office hours |
| Contact information will be shown in the handout distributed at the course guidance |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
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| Last update |
| 3/1/2022 3:42:01 PM |