2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Special Lecture on Urban and Community Design II
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Junko Sanada
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.D411
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This lecture will deal with general community development, including rural areas. However, there will be no one-way commentary by the lecturer. Each student will do research and write an essay of about 1500 words. In the process, students will acquire information gathering, logical thinking and presentation skills.
The aim of the course is to enable students to think about the essential meaning of community development through researching case studies.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Can think logically about community development.
Keywords
Rural development, depopulation, agriculture, tourism, environment
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The course consists of decoding an essay on community development, drawing up a blueprint for the essay, research and writing.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | decoding an essay on community development |
| Class 2 | decoding an essay on community development | decoding an essay on community development |
| Class 3 | Research and directional decisions | Research and directional decisions |
| Class 4 | Write a blueprint for your essay | Write a blueprint for your essay |
| Class 5 | Essay writing | Peer review and discussion |
| Class 6 | Essay writing | Peer review and discussion |
| Class 7 | Peer review | Peer review |
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 riquested.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
none riquested.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Report 30%, discussion 70%
Related courses
- UDE.D407 ： Special Lecture on Urban and Community Design Ⅰ
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge on rural development