School of Environment and Society Academic Group Basic Science I

Academic unit or major

First-Year Courses

Instructor(s)

Yasunori Muromachi / Yuki Takayama / Toru Seo / Naoko Saio / Yasuhito Fujita / Takehiko Murayama / Shinya Hanaoka

Class Format

Lecture (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

5-6 Fri

Class

-

Course Code

XES.A102

Number of credits

100

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 14, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Topics of lectures and exercises in this course are related to "planning" in the departments of architecture and building engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and transdisciplinary science and engineering.

Course description and aims

Students can understand the research and activities of "planning" in the three departments of the School of Environment and Society (Architecture and Building Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering).

Keywords

Architectural planning, Architectural history and design, Urban planning, National development planning, Infrastructure planning and management, Transportation systems, Machizukuri, Community design, Consensus building, Project, Environmental Protection.

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Classes 1–3: Research and activities related with Planning of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Classes 4–5: Research and activities related with Planning of the Department of Architecture and Building Engineering
Classes 6–7: Research and activities related with Planning of the Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering

Course schedule/Objectives

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)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Books and references are introduced during classes.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Evaluate the submitted tasks of all the three fields: architecture and building engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and transdisciplinary science and engineering.

Related courses

• XES.A103 ： Academic Group Basic Science 2
• XES.A104 ： School of Environment and Society Academic Group Basic Science 3
• XES.A101 ： School of Environment and Society Academic Group Literacy

Prerequisites

None.