Environment and Infection
| Numbering Code | P-PUB01 8H152 LB90 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | Professional degree students | Target Student | ||
| Language | Japanese and English | Day/Period | Mon.3 | |
| Instructor name | YAMAZAKI WATARU (Center for Southeast Asian Studies Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of infectious diseases through lectures by teachers, presentations by students and group discussions. In particular, we will deepen our understanding of the interactions between the environment, humans and pathogens. Social transformation and historical impact of infectious diseases will also be studied from a socio-ecological perspective. | |||
| Course Goals | In order to understand infectious diseases comprehensively, students will acquire the ability to view various factors from a socio-ecological perspective, including the natural environment in which pathogens live, the anthropogenic environment created by humans, and the resistance of humans to infection. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
The first 10 sessions will be lectures, and the 11th-15th sessions will be presentation sessions and group discussions. 1. General introduction 2. Transmission of pathogens across animal species 3. Food hygiene 4. Water and health 5. Mosquito- and tick-borne infectious diseases 6. Prion diseases 7. Drug resistance 8. Animal Welfare 9. Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism and Pathogen Leak Accidents 10. Infodemics 11. Presentation session and group discussion I 12. Presentation session and group discussion II 13. Presentation session and group discussion III 14. Presentation session and group discussion IV (Self-study depending on the number of participants) 15. Presentation session and group discussion V (Self-study depending on the number of participants) |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
【Evaluation criteria】 Students must achieve a score of 60 or above out of 100 points (60 or above: pass, 59 or below: fail). 【Evaluation Method】 Grades will be based on attendance (30%), understanding, proactivity, insight, and ability to express oneself in group discussions (20%) based on the students' presentations (50%). Students who do not give a presentation will not be considered to have taken the examination and will receive no grade. |
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| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students are encouraged to perform preparatory studies and reviews using distributed documents, introduced academic papers, etc. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | The textbook will not be used. Lecture materials and relevant academic papers will be shared in PandA. | ||
| References, etc. | The reference book will not be used. Lecture materials and relevant academic papers will be shared in PandA. | |||
