Numbering Code	U-AGR03 3C151 SE83	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	3rd year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Mon.2
Instructor name	KIYAMA SHIYOUICHI (Graduate School of Agriculture Assistant Professor) MIYASAKA JURO (Graduate School of Agriculture Assistant Professor) Not fixed (Kyoto University) KOCH, Michael Conrad (Graduate School of Agriculture Program-Specific Assistant Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	Students will develop abilities to understand the English content of specialized fields through reading and listening. They will also develop their communication abilities to organize their opinions on the content obtained and convey them in English through presentations and Q&A sessions. Through these tasks, students will acquire basic knowledge for the English-based remote lecture Introduction to Foreign Literature on Bio-Systems Engineering to be held in the second semester with the National Taiwan University.
Course Goals	* Learn how to structure and express texts and presentations in English through listening and reading in relevant specialized areas. * Be able to summarize the content and convey it in English, and develop basic abilities to have simple discussions in English.
Schedule and Contents	Lecture 1: Guidance (Kiyama, Miyasaka, Kimura, Koch) Basic structure of scientific papers and presentations (Kiyama) Lecture 2: Expressions in English presentations and Q&A sessions (Kiyama) Lecture 3: Example of an English presentation (1) (Miyasaka) Lecture 4: Example of an English presentation (2) (Miyasaka) Lecture 5: Presentation on river basin management (Kimura, Kiyama) Lecture 6: Presentation on energy and sustainable agriculture (Kimura) Lecture 7: Presentation on food security in Climate Change (Kimura) Lecture 8: Presentation on ecosystem services and agriculture (Kimura) Lecture 9: Presentation on ecosystem services and disaster risk management (Kimura) Lecture 10: Presentation on biological control for crop protection (Koch, Miyasaka) Lecture 11: Presentation on carbon sequestration (Koch) Lecture 12: Presentation on irrigation technology for sustainable crop production (Koch) Lecture 13: Presentation on post-harvest technologies (Koch) Lecture 14: Presentation on robots in agriculture practice (Koch) Lecture 15: Feedback (Kiyama, Miyasaka, Kimura, Koch)
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Grading method: Usual performance scores (40%), presentations (30%), and questions about presentations (30%). Usual performance scores will be evaluated mainly based on active participation to questions, comments, and discussion time after presentations given in the lecture. Presentations and questions about presentations will be evaluated based on the understanding of the content and whether the communication is occurring in English. Each item above also includes grading in group work. Grading criteria: Grading criteria and policies are based on the grading criteria and policies described in the Handbook of the Faculty of Agriculture for the applicable year.
Course Requirements	None in particular
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Preview: Read the lecture materials and presentation materials distributed in advance. The presenter should prepare the presentation materials and rehearse before presenting. Questionnaires should be prepared based on presentation materials. These previews should be thoroughly conducted individually and in groups. Review: Review thoroughly and use it for the next lecture or in Introduction to Foreign Literature on Bio-Systems Engineering, offered in the second semester. Also, actively find opportunities to make use of the content learned.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	English scientific journals, etc., will be used for texts that will be specified during the lectures.
References, etc.	None in particular.