Eastern Hokkaido Identifying Opportunities in a Region of Declining Population
This course presents relatively familiar, intellectually stimulating content in English, and provides opportunities for students to exercise their English listening and self-expression skills through lectures, Q&A/discussion sessions, and preparation of a poster presentation for the end of the course. This course is given in English. A working knowledge of English at the intermediate level or higher is required.
| theme | contents | etc. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction & Level Test (D. Braat) | Information about the course, brief description of poster components, and Level Test | For students to start thinking about course content |
| 2 | Lecture 1 (D. Braat) | Portrait of Eastern Hokkaido | |
| 3 | Lecture 2 (D. Braat) | The Natural Step and portraits of ecomunicipalities in Sweden, etc. | |
| 4 | Lecture 3 (J. Nakagawa) | Bacterial remediation (Biomass utilization) in the cold land | |
| 5 | Lecture 4 (D. Braat) | Nature conservation organizations, national trusts and related activities in Holland, UK, and US | |
| 6 | Lecture 5 (H. Nomura) | Revitalizing the Abashiri region through tourism | |
| 7 | Lecture 6 (S. Chiba) | Sustainability of fisheries in the Sea of Okhotsk | |
| 8 | Lecture 7 (S. Shiraki) | Research on birds in Hokkaido and far eastern Russia | |
| 9 | Lecture 8 (D. Braat) | Growth of microbreweries in the US | |
| 10 | Lecture 9 (J. Nakagawa) | Bacterial utilization in characteristic vintage wine production in terms of flavor generation | |
| 11 | Lacture 10 (D. Braat) | Small-town industrial parks and their contribution to local economic and cultural activity, case of Byron Bay, Australia | |
| 12 | Poster Prep 1 (D. Braat) | Review of poster components and finalizing topics | |
| 13 | Poster Prep 2 (D. Braat) | Checking poster production progress | |
| 14 | Poster Prep 3 (D. Braat) | Making final revisions | |
| 15 | Poster Presentations (D. Braat) | Poster presentations by students for final evaluation |