2017 Risk Communication I

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Nuclear Engineering
Instructor(s)
Saito Masaki  Nishizawa Mariko 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Undecided (North No.2 5F-523)  
Group
-
Course number
NCL.U605
Credits
1
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
1-2Q
Syllabus updated
2017/5/11
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
English
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Course description and aims

This is one of the society and risk communication courses for global nuclear safety and security agents.
For global leaders in the international community, it is important to understand the basic risk communication. In this course, students discuss with lecturers for better understanding of the basic risk communication.

Student learning outcomes

Students will be able to understand and discuss on the basic risk communication.

Keywords

risk, communication

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

After a lecture, students discuss about the topic with lecturers for better understanding of the basic risk communication.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 What is risk communication Instruction in the lecture
Class 2 Risk perception, risk policy Instruction in the lecture
Class 3 Media bias Instruction in the lecture
Class 4 Risk literacy, media literacy, visual literacy Instruction in the lecture
Class 5 Risk communication in science Instruction in the lecture
Class 6 Risk communication in companies Instruction in the lecture
Class 7 How to conduct effective risk communication Instruction in the lecture
Class 8 Summary

Textbook(s)

Lecture Materials

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Lecture Materials

Assessment criteria and methods

Level of the understanding of the lecture (70%), Discussion (30%)

Related courses

  • NCL.U606 : Risk Communication II

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

saito.masaki[at]nr.titech.ac.jp

Office hours

E-mail in advance

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