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.
Students will study the topic of interest with an exploratory attitude and submit a report and make an oral presentation.
Exploration, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Initiative
✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
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 | |
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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 |
None. Material will be distributed if necessary.
None. Material will be distributed if necessary.
Evaluation will be based on the exploration activities, reports, and final presentation.
None