2024 Exploration in Civil and Environmental Engineering A

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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/Period(Room No.)
Intensive ()  
Group
-
Course number
CVE.N233
Credits
1
Academic year
2024
Offered quarter
1-4Q
Syllabus updated
2024/3/14
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

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.

Student learning outcomes

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 that will be developed

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/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
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

Textbook(s)

None. Material will be distributed if necessary.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None. Material will be distributed if necessary.

Assessment criteria and methods

Evaluation will be based on the exploration activities, reports, and final presentation.

Related courses

  • CVE.N210 : Introduction to Infrastructure and Environment

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

None

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