Department of Human and Animal-Plant Relationships

Atsugi Campus

Analyzing healing power of animals and plants and pursuing harmonious relationships with them.

This department aims at interdisciplinary studies of coexistence and harmonious partnership with animals and plants. Education, researches and activities extend to wide ranges from natural environments, daily life and animal/plant assisted therapies based on human-to-human relations. Healing power of animals and plants to mental and physical health of human is pursued in those three fields. The department develops experts who can contribute for achievement of comfortable living environments and improving quality of life (QOL) by using potential power of animals and plants.

Curriculum

Laboratories

Laboratory of Plant Conservation

MIYAMOTO Futoshi, Professor
MIKAGE Masayuki, Professor
MITSUI Yuki, Associate Professor

Laboratory of People-Plant Relationships

KOIKE Yasuhiko, Professor
MATSUSHIMA Kenichi, Associate Professor
MITARAI Yozo, Assistant Professor

Laboratory of Wild Animals

OGAWA Hiroshi, Professor
SASAKI Takeshi, Professor
MATSUBAYASHI Hisashi, Professor
WAKU Daisuke, Assistant Professor

Laboratory of Companion Animals

TSUCHIDA Asami, Professor
MASUDA Koji, Professor
MORIMOTO Mari, Assistant Professor

Laboratory of Plant Assisted Therapy

TSUCHIHASHI Yutaka, Professor
ASANO Fusayo, Professor
FUJIOKA Mami, Associate Professor

Laboratory of Animal Facilitated Therapy

OHTA Mitsuaki, Professor
YANAGISAKO Yasuo, Professor
KAWASHIMA Schu, Associate Professor
UCHIYAMA Hidehiko, Associate Professor

Course Navigator

Undergraduate

Faculty of Agriculture

Department of Agriculture / Department of Animal Science / Department of Bioresource Development / Department of Agricultural Innovation for Sustainability

Faculty of Agriculture

Department of Agriculture

Department of Animal Science

Department of Bioresource Development

Department of Agricultural Innovation for Sustainability

Faculty of Applied Biosciences

Department of Agricultural Chemistry / Department of Fermentation Science / Department of Nutritional Science and Food Safety / Department of Nutritional Science

Faculty of Applied Biosciences

Department of Agricultural Chemistry

Department of Fermentation Science

Department of Nutritional Science and Food Safety

Department of Nutritional Science

Faculty of Life Sciences

Department of Bioscience / Department of Chemistry for Life Sciences and Agriculture / Department of Molecular Microbiology

Faculty of Life Sciences

Department of Bioscience

Department of Chemistry for Life Sciences and Agriculture

Department of Molecular Microbiology

Faculty of Regional Environment Science

Department of Forest Science / Department of Bioproduction and Environment Engineering / Department of Landscape Architecture Science / Department of Regional Regeneration Science

Faculty of Regional Environment Science

Department of Forest Science

Department of Bioproduction and Environment Engineering

Department of Landscape Architecture Science

Department of Regional Regeneration Science

Faculty of International Agriculture and Food Studies

Department of International Agricultural Development / Department of Food Environment Economics / Department of Agribusiness Management / Department of International Food and Agricultural Science

Faculty of International Agriculture and Food Studies

Department of International Agricultural Development

Department of Food Environment Economics

Department of Agribusiness Management

Department of International Food and Agricultural Science

Faculty of Bioindustry

Department of Northern Biosphere Agriculture / Department of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences / Department of Food, Aroma and Cosmetic Chemistry / Department of Business, Natural Resource and Economic Development

Faculty of Bioindustry

Department of Northern Biosphere Agriculture

Department of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences

Department of Food, Aroma and Cosmetic Chemistry

Department of Business, Natural Resource and Economic Development

Teacher-training Course

This is a course for obtaining a regular teaching certificate for junior high schools and high schools based on Japan’s Education Personnel Certification Act.

Teacher-training Course

Students who take this course are awarded a teaching certificate at the time of graduation by earning specified credits while taking specialized education in their department. This course creates a heavier workload compared to other students, as it entails taking more classes, with many lectures in the evening and many practice sessions off campus, but this could lead to a student life that much richer.

Many students who have completed this course are playing active roles as teachers in junior high schools and high schools as well as other educational institutions around the country. In the academic year 2016, 130 people obtained 291 teaching certificates (including specialized certificates for those who completed a graduate program). While passing the teacher employment examination is a difficult hurdle, every year about 150 NODAI alumnae (including former graduates) become teachers.

Scientific Information Course

The objective of this course is to train natural sciences librarians and curators by having students learn the foundation of being a technical expert

Scientific Information Course

The objective of this course is to train natural sciences librarians and curators by having students learn the foundation of being a technical expert (including information usage education using computers), which includes surveying, accumulating, organizing, storing, searching, and providing (including displaying) information related to science and technology in public institutions such as museums, science museums, children’s facilities, and public libraries, as well as corporate information departments and R&D departments.