2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Basic science and technology courses

Environment and Safety A

Academic unit or major: Basic science and technology courses
Instructor(s): Kosuke Ono / Takashi Sasabe / Keita Yamada / Shunichiro Ogura / Takashi Hirasawa / Akira Kato / Naoki Kagi / Toru Obara
Class Format: Lecture (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses: -
Day of week/Period (Classrooms): 3-4 Mon
Class: A
Course Code: LAS.E101
Number of credits: 100
Course offered: 2025
Offered quarter: 2Q
Syllabus updated: Mar 31, 2025
Language: Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

The course teaches global environmental issues, safety science, risk assessment for chemical hazards, environmental policy, environmental economics, environmental assessment, resources and waste, recycling-oriented society, energy problems, and sustainable society.

This will allow students understand safety and environmental issues in the world.

*Students (Science and Engineering) can only attend face-to-face in their assigned class and will not be allowed to participate online.
*Students (Medicine and Dentistry) can take only 1QB class and will be allowed to participate live online.
*Printed lecture materials will not be distributed. Students are required to download the lecture materials uploaded on the LMS to their own PC or tablet in advance and bring them with them.

Course description and aims

By the end of this course, students will:
1) Understand current global environmental issues
2) Explain notion of safety and risk
3) Understand potential risk of chemicals
4) Explain how to perform environmental assessment
5) Explain notion of recycling-oriented society and sustainable society
6) Know current topics on science and technology considering environmental safety

Keywords

global environmental issues, safety science, risk assessment for chemical hazards, environmental policy, environmental economics, environmental assessment, resources and waste, recycling-oriented society, energy problems, sustainable society

Competencies

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

Class flow

At the each class, a topic in course schedule is introduced by a lecturer. During the class, students are given exercise problems related to the lecture given that day. Attendance is taken in every class.

Course schedule/Objectives

	Course schedule	Objectives
Class 1	Resources and waste	Review the course contents.
Class 2	Energy and environment	Review the course contents.
Class 3	Material science and engineering to overcome environmental issues	Review the course contents.
Class 4	Environmental risks of chemical substances and biotechnology	Review the course contents.
Class 5	Global environmental issues: room environment	Review the course contents.
Class 6	Nuclear power and environmental safety	Review the course contents.
Class 7	Final exam/Summary	Review the course contents.

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 other course material.

Textbook(s)

Course materials are provided through LMS.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Annual reports made by Japanese Ministry of the Environment, etc.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Exercise problems in each class (30%) and a final exam (70%).
The final exam will be held at a classroom on campus, but the method may change depending on the situation.