Practice in Tropical Forest Environments2
| Numbering Code | G-AGR02 6BC23 EJ80 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Year-round | |
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| Number of Credits | 5 | Course Type | Experiment | |
| Target Year | Target Student | |||
| Language | Japanese and English | Day/Period | ||
| Instructor name |
KITAJIMA KAORU (Graduate School of Agriculture Professor) ONODA YUUSUKE (Graduate School of Agriculture Associate Professor) KANEKO TAKAYUKI (Graduate School of Agriculture Assistant Professor) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course | The participants will receive instructional guidance on the essential skills for conducting scientific research on tropical forest environments, such as methods for forest inventories, measurements of environmental factors, geographical and spatial analysis, physicochemical analysis of samples, statistical data analysis, and literature search. The goal is for the students to acquire fundamental skills in order to conduct research projects that address relationships among forests, forest organisms and environmental factors. | |||
| Course Goals | To be able to conduct scientific hypothesis testing through experiments and field research enough to complete a thesis. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
The number of class meetings below indicate the relative weight of each topic throughout the academic year. Literature search skills: Instruction on how to use internet to search academic literature, and to extract key information and organize them. (6 meetings) Forest field survey methods: skills necessary for field research in order to quantify the biological diversity and structure of forests. (6 meetings) Forest environmental survey methods: skills necessary to describe soil properties and forest light environment. ( 6 meetings) Physical and chemical analysis: how to analyze soil and plant samples for their physical and chemical characteristics. (5 meetings) Data analysis skills: various statistical methods, including multivariate methods, appropriate for the data type. (6 meetings) Feedback week will follow the last class meeting of each semester through individual meetings. |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Course grades will be based by integrative evaluation of the research planning, interim progress reports, and final result reported by oral presentations and a thesis manuscript. Refer to the current year’s ‘Guide to Degree Programs’ for attainment levels in grade evaluation. | |||
| Course Requirements | None in particular | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | It is highly recommended to consult the instructor to have a good semester-long plan for research planning and preparation of presentations in the class. It is highly recommended to consult the instructor to have a good semester-long plan for research planning and preparation of presentations in the class. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | indicated as needed during the class | ||
| References, etc. | indicated as needed during the class | |||
