2023 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Introduction to Infrastructure and Environment
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Toru Seo / Manabu Fujii / Yasunori Muromachi / Jiro Takemura / Shinjiro Kanae / Hitoshi Morikawa / Chihiro Yoshimura / Nobuhiro Chijiwa / Mitsuyasu Iwanami / Akihiro Takahashi / Junko Sanada / Eiichi Sasaki / Nobuyuki Utsumi / Taizo Maruyama / Yuki Takayama
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue (W9-324(W933)) / 7-8 Fri (W9-324(W933))
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CVE.N210
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course comprehensively presents various issues which have been charged to civil and environmental engineering to solve, for example, global environmental problems as well as local community planning problem. It also includes lectures on the latest initiatives in technology, policy, and planning theory.
Students will understand that civil and environmental engineering is an academic system concerned with the methodology of technologies and policies for constructing a secure, safe, and sustainable human society and the philosophy of planning.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- View all the aspects included in civil and environmental engineering as one whole.
- Explain the basic technical, policy, and planning theories of civil and environmental engineering.
Keywords
Civil and environmental engineering, Sustainability, Secure and safety, Planning theory
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course will be held in omnibus format and led by various instructors specializing in civil, urban, and environmental fields.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering |
- To understand: 1. Current situation of globe; 2. Sustainable development; 3. Characteristics of infrastructure development; 4. Decisive factors of sustainable civil engineering; 5. Structural design considering environmental loads; and 6. Environment and coexistence |
| Class 2 | Water Conservation and Sustainability |
To understand Water Conservation and Sustainability |
| Class 3 | Advanced technology and challenges in water supply system |
To understand Advanced technology and challenges in water supply system |
| Class 4 | Global Warming and Water and Weather Extremes |
To understand Global Warming and Water and Weather Extremes |
| Class 5 | Solid waste and ground contamination and environment |
To understand Solid waste and ground contamination and environment |
| Class 6 | Sustainable chiikizukuri and landscape |
To understand Sustainable chiikizukuri and landscape |
| Class 7 | Long-term changes in economic activity and population distribution |
To understand Long-term changes in economic activity and population distribution |
| Class 8 | Next-gen transportation systems |
To understand Next-gen transportation systems |
| Class 9 | Urban Energy Consumption and Sustainability |
To understand Urban Energy Consumption and Sustainability |
| Class 10 | Frontiers of Structural Monitoring Technology |
To understand Frontiers of Structural Monitoring Technology |
| Class 11 | Elucidating Ground Hazards: From Soil Water Dynamics |
To understand Elucidating Ground Hazards From Soil Water Dynamics |
| Class 12 | Problems and countermeasures from the perspective of aging urban infrastructure |
To understand Problems and countermeasures from the perspective of aging urban infrastructure |
| Class 13 | Threat of Urban Earthquakes and Disaster Prevention Education |
To understand Threat of Urban Earthquakes and Disaster Prevention Education |
| Class 14 | Maintenance and Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation of Structures |
To understand Maintenance and Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation of Structures |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Lecture materials will be provided at T2SCHOLA.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Particularly not
Evaluation methods and criteria
- Small quiz during the class (5%*14=70%)
- Three assignments (10%*3=30%)
Assignment categories are: Water and soil environment, Landscape and planning, Secure and safety
Related courses
- CVE.N310 ： Special Lectures on Infrastructure and Environment
- CVE.N301 ： History of Civil Engineering and Engineering Ethics
Prerequisites
None in particular.
Office hours
Not fixed office hours. Therefore, please contact the organizer or each lecturer in advance by email for the appointment.