The Department of Human Environmental Studies
Fostering People who can Contribute to Creating a Sustainable Society
Field of Study
During the twentieth century, while we human beings have benefited from the development of science and technology, we have exhausted so many natural resources through mass-production, mass consumption and mass-waste that the survival of the earth is now threatened. The courses cover multi-disciplinary fields such as society, culture, economics, politics, nature and law in order to re-examine this society of mass-consumption and propose a new model of society for the twenty-first century. In order to build a new relationship between humans and the environment, such an ethical system is vital.
Policy
The Department of Human Environmental Studies expects students to acquire the ability to think not only about small matters in their daily lives but also big global issues. Students learn how to analyze problems carefully from many different perspectives and propose practical solutions. The course is useful for students who want to work in an environment-related department in industry or in government, or to teach or write about the environment, or to work in an NPO or NGO.
Models of Degree Programs
Program which Emphasizes Social Environment
The course focuses on various kinds of environmental problems in our daily life and students learn about environmental education planning, environmental communication, and the relationship between the environment and style. The course is useful for students who want to work in our lifestyles education, the massmedia or an NPO or NGO.
Program which Emphasizes Environmental Policy and Management
The course focuses on environment policy and management for the twenty first century and students learn about strategic environmental management, economic evaluation of environment and international and regional environmental policies. The course is useful for students who want to work in an environment-related department in local government or in industry.
Curriculum
Subjects Concerning Mental Development
- Introduction to Human and Environmental Studies
- Introduction to Environmental Problems
- Environmental Ethics
- Ethics for Science and Technology
- Philosophy of Human Beings and Nature
- Contemporary Enviromental Thought
- Introduction to Environmental Case Studies
- Environment and Development
- Special Lecture for Mental Development
(Science of the Heart)
- Special Lecture for Mental Development
(Mental Health)
- Special Lecture for Mental Development
(Nature Watching Methodology)
- Special Practice for Mental Development
(Agricultural Practice a)
- Special Practice for Mental Development
(Agricultural Practice b)
- Special Practice for Mental Development
(Nature Watching Practice)
Subjects Concerning Literacy Development
- Introduction to Conservation Biology
- Environmental Problems in the Chugoku District
- Essentials of Biology
- Sensory Information Processing and Environment
- Study of Life and Nature a
- Study of Life and Nature b
- Physical Fitness
- Introduction to Statistics
- Cross-cultural Understanding
- Grammar and Usage of Japanese
- Basis of Resources and Energy Problems
- Special Lecture for Literacy Development
(The Basics of Environmental Measurement)
- Special Lecture for Literacy Development
(Fundamentals of Environmental Science)
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- Special Lecture for Literacy Development
(Water Environments and Daily Life Chemistry)
Foundational Subjects
- Introduction to Environmental Law
- Introduction to Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Resource Economics
- Introduction to Business Administration
- Introduction to Environmental Management
- Introduction to Accounting
- Politics and Administration for Environment
- Introduction to Environmental Communication
- Environmental Civil Engineering and Architecture
- Environmental Geography
- Environmental History
- Special Foundational Lecture
(Corporate Social Responsibility)
- Special Foundational Lecture
(Human Environment and Stress)
- Special Foundational Lecture
(Studies on Human Relations)
- Special Foundational Lecture
(Environmental Sociology)
Main Subjects I
- Environmental Law
- International Environmental Law
- Global Environmental Policies
- Polices for a Sound Recycling-oriented Society
- Environmental Industries
- Environmental Auditing
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Environmental Management System
- Social Research for the Environmental Issue
- Introduction to Environmental Education
- Environmental NGOs
- Material Cycles and Waste Management
- Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries in Relation to the Environment
- Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
- Special Lecture in Core Courses I
Main Subjects II
- International and Regional Environmental Policies
- Resource and Energy Policies
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- Strategic Environmental Management
- Environmental Accounting
- Economic Evaluation of Environment
- Special Lecture in Core Courses II a
- Relation between Environment and Life Style
- Environmental Education Planning
- Environmental Communication
- Studies in Urban and Regional Design
- Food and Environmental System
- Special Lecture in Core Courses II b
Subjects Concerning Career Development
- Japanese Language Skill a
- Japanese Language Skill b
- Practical Technique for Public Speaking
- Logical Thinking
- Environmental Activity and Career Development a
- Environmental Activity and Career Development b
- Internship
- Information Processing and Computer
- Special Lecture for Career Development
(Volunteerism in Japan)
Seminars
- Environmental Project a - b
- Seminar for Mind and Literacy Development a-b
- Environmental Research Program a - b
- Directed Research
Related Subjects
- Introduction to Transportation
- International NGO
- Lifelong Learning I - II
- Microeconomics I - II
- Macroeconomics I - II
- Business Administration I - II
- International Law
- International Politics I - II
- Constitutional Law I - II
- Discussion in English I - IV
- Current English I - IV
- Business English I - IV
- Cross-cultural English Studies I - III
- Cross-cultural Communication I - III
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