Course title
地域生態システム学特別演習Ⅲ   [Special Seminar on Ecoregion Science Ⅲ]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 1  Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 01SG1003
Instructor(s)
石原 加奈子, 藤川 浩   [ISHIHARA Kanako, FUJIKAWA Hiroshi]
Facility affiliation Organization for the Advancement of Education and Global Learning Office   Email address

Course description
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
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
The course proceeds with the following schedule:

1) Guidance, Background of current food issues (Atsushi Chitose)
2) Environmental plastic pollution (Hideshige Takada)
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 safety and pollution: Lessons from Japanese rapid growth period (Hiroshi Yoshida)
7) Sustainable Agriculture in Japan: Issues and Perspectives (Sachiho Arai)
8) Current situation of biomass conversion technology (Makoto Yoshida)
9) Atmospheric Environmental problem (Kazuhide Matsuda)
10) Plants and Environmental Problems (Takeshi Izuta)
11) Forestry environmental issue (Hiroto Toda)
12) Wildlife and Environment (Yayoi Kaneko)
13) Fisheries resources and environmental issues related to the hydrosphere (Yu Umezawa)
14) Recent trend in environmental pollution issues (Izumi Watanabe)
15) Food and Environment in Anthropocene (Shigeru Okura)
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
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
1/30/2023 3:07:01 PM