2024 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Frontiers of Environmental Chemistry I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Keita Yamada / Sakae Toyoda / Chisato Yoshikawa
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CAP.I681
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1-2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
[Summary of the course] This course explains how the marine environment can be understood using biogeochemical methods. Examples of recent research on estimating not only the present but also the past environment, and on predicting future environments such as global warming and ocean acidification will also be presented.
[Aim of the course] The main objectives of this course are to deepen understanding of the marine environment and reaffirm the role of science in contributing to environmental action. It is important for students of applied chemistry to understand how global warming and ocean acidification, which have received much attention from society, affect the marine environment through biogeochemical cycles.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will have following knowledge and capabilities.
1) Be able to describe the marine environment in terms of biogeochemistry
2) Understand how to understand the marine environment
3) Acquire up-to-date knowledge of climate change
4) Be able to explain the relevance of one's own research in the doctoral program to environmental chemistry.
Keywords
stable isotopes, ecosystem model, material cycle, ocean acidification
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lectures will be conducted using power point slides or blackboards.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 1) Chemistry of marine environment 2) How to know the marine environment: Stable isotope ratios 3) How to know the marine environment: Marine ecosystem model 4) Stable isotopes in marine biogeochemical cycles 5) Stable isotopes in paleoceanography 6) Stable isotopes in marine ecosystems 7) Global warming and ocean acidification | a) Explain the marine environment from the viewpoint of biogeochemical b) Understand the methods to evaluate the marine environment c) Acquire the knowledge of recent trends in climate change migration |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None required.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Attendance is taken in every class. Full attendance is compulsory. Report on the relation between their own doctoral research projects and environmental problems/analytical techniques is assessed.
Related courses
- CAP.I481 ： Introduction to the Frontiers of Environmental Chemistry I
Prerequisites
No prerequisites