2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Exploration in Civil and Environmental Engineering A
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Teaching Staffs
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CVE.N233
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course will provide the opportunities to explore research topics of interest from an early stage after joining the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) department. As long as the selected topics are associated with the CEE, and students will be able to explore a wide range of topics and activities. The proposal of topics by students are welcome (e.g., group study, field trips, group discussion, participation in academic conferences, etc.). Also, through this course, undergraduate students will become familiar with CEE faculty members and their laboratories.
Course description and aims
Students will study the topic of interest with an exploratory attitude and submit a report and make an oral presentation.
Keywords
Exploration, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Initiative
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In this course, students are required to contact and meet with a faculty member in advance to decide the topics to be conducted. If there are many students who take the same topics (same faculty members), the selection will be subjected (e.g., via preliminary interview). The specific course procedures are as follows.
(i) Aims and implementation policy of the course will be provided by guidance
(ii) When students are interested in the course, following procedure will be conducted.
(iii) The student will contact to the faculty members (related to the topics).
(iv) The student and faculty member will decide the topics which will be carried out in this course.
(v) After the activities, students will submit a report and present the outcome by the oral presentation.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance | Guidance is conducted to understand the details of the course. |
| Class 2 | Selecting the topic of the exploration activity | Deciding the topic of the exploration activity |
| Class 3 | Implementation of exploration activity topics (1) | Implementing the exploration activity topics |
| Class 4 | Implementation of exploration activity topics (2) | Implementing the exploration activity topics |
| Class 5 | Implementation of exploration activity topics (3) | Implementing the exploration activity topics |
| Class 6 | Implementation of exploration activity topics (4) | Implementing the exploration activity topics |
| Class 7 | Oral presentation of outcome | Conducting the oral presentation of outcome |
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. Material will be distributed if necessary.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None. Material will be distributed if necessary.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluation will be based on the exploration activities, reports, and final presentation.
Related courses
- CVE.N210 ： Introduction to Infrastructure and Environment
Prerequisites
None