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- 工学院，物質理工学院，環境・社会理工学院共通科目
- Liberal arts and basic science courses
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- School of Science
- School of Engineering
- School of Materials and Chemical Technology
- School of Computing
- School of Life Science and Technology
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School of Environment and Society
- Department of Architecture and Building Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
- Department of Social and Human Sciences
- Department of Innovation Science
- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
- Common courses
- Liberal arts and basic science courses
- Academic unit or major
- School of Life Science and Technology
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Fri5-6(緑が丘3号館 5階及び4階実験室)
- Group
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- Course number
- XLS.B104
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2022/9/5
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
Students are divided into the small groups and select a topic they would like learn and discuss from corona virus related research or "The Breakthrough of the year" selected by the Journal "Science". Then, they
1. Understand the science behind the finding. (Learn new things)
2. Explain it in clear logic to the audience in plain English.
3. Build an idea to make it even more useful to the society, and explain it.
Every person has to give a presentation in English at least once. All the discussion and the presentation should be done in English in principle. However, they can do the discussion partly in Japanese.
Student learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. acquire wide technical knowledge about the bio-science and technology
2. apply deep originality and sharpen their spirit of inquiry
3. discuss in a small group
4. present orally in English
5. acquire strong leadership, sense of cooperation, flexibility, situation grasp ability, stress control ability to go to the global community
6. demonstrate their ability in an English environment undeterred by language challenges
Keywords
creativity, advanced biotechnology and bioscience, discussion, international cooperation, English communication
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
There is group discussion time and presentations opportunity. Each team select a topic and understand it and find the further progress of the topic.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | Selection of the interesting topics from corona virus related research or "The Breakthrough of the year" selected by the Journal "Science". |
| Class 2 | Group discussion, how to do presentation in English | Know the scientific content of the breakthrough. Know how to do effective presentation in English. |
| Class 3 | Midterm presentation | Midterm presentation |
| Class 4 | Practice for the final presentation | Practice for the final presentation |
| Class 5 | Final presentation on Jan 13, 2022, 13:00-17:00 (Suzukakedai campus) | Final presentation |
| Class 6 | Final presentation on Jan 13, 2022, 13:00-17:00 (Suzukakedai campus) | Final presentation |
| Class 7 | Evaluate the presentations | Discuss superior and week points of the presentations |
Out-of-Class Study Time (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.
none
Assessment criteria and methods
At each classes, activeness during the group discussion and cooperativity are evaluated.
The final presentation will be evaluated for scientific content, presentation ability, and creativity.
The English linguistic ability is not targeted for an evaluation.
Related courses
- Introduction to Bio-Frontier Research【School of Life Science and Technology】
- School of Life Science and Technology Literacy
- Advanced Bio-Creative Design
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
Knowledge of basic bioscience and biotchnology
