2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Introduction to Infrastructure and Environment
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Mai Sawada / Mitsuyasu Iwanami / Shinjiro Kanae / Eiichi Sasaki / Akihiro Takahashi / Yuki Takayama / Nobuhiro Chijiwa / Chihiro Yoshimura / Chiaki Oguchi / Junko Sanada / Yasunori Muromachi / Hitoshi Morikawa / Nobuyuki Utsumi / Toru Seo / Manabu Fujii / Hiroshi Matsuzaki / Taizo Maruyama / Hitomu Kotani / Takashi Miyamoto
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue (W5-106) / 7-8 Fri (W5-106)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CVE.N210
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2026
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jun 10, 2026
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course covers broad topics related to civil and environmental engineering, including global environmental problems and local community planning, and introduces state-of-the-art techniques, policies and planning theories.
This course demonstrates that civil and environmental engineering develops techniques, public policies and planning theories for a sustainable, safe society.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Get an overview of problems in civil and environmental engineering.
- Explain the basic techniques, public policies and planning theories in civil and environmental engineering.
Keywords
Civil and environmental engineering, Sustainability, Security and safety, Planning
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The lectures will be delivered by 14 instructors in civil, urban, and environmental engineering.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Water environment and sustainability |
|
| Class 2 | Introduction |
|
| Class 3 | Water environment management and ecosystem services |
|
| Class 4 | Global water crisis and flooding in Japan |
|
| Class 5 | Global warming and hydro-climate extreme phenomena |
|
| Class 6 | Geoenvironmental history and natural disasters |
|
| Class 7 | Disaster prevention using AI and data science |
|
| Class 8 | Infrastructure management |
|
| Class 9 | Natural disaster damage to bridges and problems |
|
| Class 10 | Structure monitoring and modelling |
|
| Class 11 | Looking into soils from an engineering perspective |
|
| Class 12 | Disaster social science |
|
| Class 13 | Economic analysis in urban and rural areas |
|
| Class 14 | Future urban transport |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Read the lecture materials in advance. Summarise the lectures and work on the quizzes and assignments.
Textbook(s)
Lecture materials will be provided via LMS.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None
Evaluation methods and criteria
- A quiz at each module (5%*14=70%)
- Three assignments (10%*3=30%) related to 1. water and soil environment, 2. security and safety, and 3. landscape and planning
Related courses
- CVE.N310 ： Special Lectures on Infrastructure and Environment
- CVE.N301 ： History of Civil Engineering and Engineering Ethics
Prerequisites
None
Office hours
Contact the organiser or lecturers by email