2024 Faculty Courses School of Science Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Graduate major in Earth-Life Science
Research Development Project for Earth-Life Science M
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Earth-Life Science
- Instructor(s)
- Yasuhito Sekine / Kosuke Fujishima / Ryuhei Nakamura / Tomoaki Matsuura / Shigeru Ida / Hidenori Genda
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ELS.C431
- Number of credits
- 020
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Through group exercises with industries in the fields of space science and life science etc, students learn how to set and solve social problems. In addition to acquiring the basic knowledge necessary for group discussions, students will acquire the skills necessary to implement basic science in society.
Course description and aims
The objectives of this class are to acquire the following abilities through student-industry collaboration:
1) Understand Earth-Life as systems and extract the problems inherent in the systems.
2) Understand the systems' bottlenecks and discuss and propose methodologies to improve them based on interdisciplinary discussion.
3) Acquire experimental and theoretical knowledge on Earth and planetary science, material chemistry, and life science.
4) Summarize the results and make presentations that different disciplines and backgrounds can be understood.
Keywords
Earth system, life system, space industries, biotechnology, applied chemistry
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In the class, students conduct group works and take the initiative in tackling the projects. Within the group, students perform project exercises through experiments and calculations based on the guidance of the lecturers. In addition to discussion inside and outside the group, the results of research are presented for industries and organizations. In presentation, students are trained by the lecturers.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | Grouping and discussion |
| Class 2 | Investigation of previous work | Reviewing related previous work and extracting problems |
| Class 3 | Basic lecture | Acquirement of basic knowledge and discussion |
| Class 4 | Planning of projects | Setting short- and medium-term goals for planning in discussion |
| Class 5 | Project research I | Performing the set research theme |
| Class 6 | Project research II | Performing the set research theme |
| Class 7 | Project research III | Performing the set research theme |
| Class 8 | Mid-term presentation & feebback | Presentation of the results and get feedback from industries and faculty |
| Class 9 | Review | Get feedback and scrutinize issues |
| Class 10 | Project research IV | Performing the set research theme |
| Class 11 | Project research V | Performing the set research theme |
| Class 12 | Project research VI | Performing the set research theme |
| Class 13 | Final presentation & feedback | Presentation of the results and get feedback from industries and faculty |
| Class 14 | Progress report writing | Summarize the results of the research and development carried out as progress reports |
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)
n/a
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Handouts
Evaluation methods and criteria
Attendence & attitude (50%), presentation & report (50%)
Related courses
- ELS.C432 ： Communicating Earth-Life Science to theWorld M
- ELS.C401 ： Earth-Life Science A
- ELS.C402 ： Earth-Life Science B
- ELS.C403 ： Earth-Life Science C
Prerequisites
No required conditions
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Yasuhito Sekine (sekine[at]elsi.jp, 3289)