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科目名 Topic Studies 1  The Environment: Issues for Today and in the Future
担当教員 三崎　敦子
授業の目的、または到達目標 Can understand and discuss the causes and effects of major environmental issues.
Can understand and discuss ideas and solutions for building a sustainable future.
授業の概要 This course will consider topics related to the environment such as global warming, sustainability, and green economics, among others, and consider how these topics relate to us individually. Some of the questions the course will address include: What environmental issues face us today? What is being done about them? What would it be like to live in a sustainable society? Readings from a number of genres will provide a framework for the exploration of these topics.
科目群/ベンチマーク Adv
授業の形態 Short lectures with visual aides, discussions, quizzes, presentations
時間割   概要 宿題(予習・復習等)
1
  • Introduction to the course and course requirements & APA guidelines
  • Brief overview of climate change
  • Detailed syllabus to be handed out on the first day of class.
  • Reading assignment
2
  • The basics about climate change (1)
  • Reading & writing assignment
3
  • The basics about climate change (2)
  • Quiz (Vocabulary and Comprehension)
  • Reading & writing assignment
4
  • The basics about climate change (3)
  • Reading & writing assignment
5
  • Impacts of climate change (1)
  • Quiz
  • Reading & writing assignment
6
  • Impacts of climate change (2)
  • Reading assignment
  • Reflection paper (1) due
7
  • Impacts of climate change (3)
  • Reading & writing assignment
8
  • Solutions to climate change (1)
  • Quiz
  • Reading & writing assignment
9
  • Solutions to climate change (2)
  • Reading & writing assignment
10
  • Solutions to climate change (3)
  • Reading assignment
  • Reflection paper (2) due
11
  • Be part of the solution! (1)
  • Quiz
  • Reading and writing assignment
12
  • Be part of the solution! (2)
  • Reading & writing assignment
13
  • Group research presentation
  • Reading & writing assignment
14
  • Group research presentation
  • Reading & writing assignment
15
  • Review of essential points covered in the course
  • Summary of research presentation and references due
準備学習 Students are required to read assigned texts every week before each class and prepare for discussions and presentations in class. Quizzes on reading assignments will be given regularly. Writing assignments include two 'reflection' papers as well as one 'summary of her own group research presentation' with a reference page. If these are not turned in by the end of make-up exam period, the student cannot pass the course. For those who are repeating the Fall course, a research paper is required.
教科書 Stapleton, Paul. (2008). Climate Change―The Coming Crisis (2nd ed.). Tokyo: Cengage Learning K.K.
Additional reading materials to be provided by the instructor
Perrin, R. (2004). Pocket Guide to APA Style. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin.
参考文献 McCutcheon, Chuck. (2010). What are global warming and climate change? Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press.
Lindop, Christine. (2010). Green Planet. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
成績評価方法・基準 Class work (attendance, class participation, quizzes, assignments): 40%
Group research presentation:20%
Summary of research presentation and references: 10%
Reflection papers: 30%
関連リンク http://www.epa.gov/students/index.html
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
http://www.env.go.jp/en/

時間割

担当教員 開講学期 開講曜日 開講時限 履修クラス 単位数
三崎　敦子 春学期 火曜日 ３時限 A3 2