Department of Ecoregion Science

Department of Ecoregion Science Diploma Policy

Department of Ecoregion Science regards forests, rural areas, and cities as a continuous "region," and aims to develop knowledge of regional analysis, management, and planning in the "region" through collaboration between natural sciences and humanities and social sciences, and to foster competent problem-solving talent. Based on this goal, students who have acquired the following abilities and achieved the targeted learning outcomes will be deemed to be eligible for a bachelor's degree.

1. Students will have acquired broad basic academic skills that will enable them to understand issues related to the environment, food production, and society from multiple perspectives, as well as the ability to think flexibly and logically.
2. Have specialized knowledge of regional analysis, management, and planning in collaboration with natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences, and have acquired the ability to solve regional issues backed by that knowledge.
3. Students have acquired the ability to scientifically resolve various issues related to the environment, food production, and society facing the region.
4. They must have the ability to communicate smoothly with people from different cultures, understand the significance and importance of the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries industries and related industries, and possess high ethical standards.

Curriculum Policy of Department of Ecoregion Science

Department of Ecoregion Science regards forests, rural areas, and cities as continuous "regions," and in order to effectively teach knowledge about regional analysis, management, and planning in these "regions" through collaboration between natural sciences and the humanities and social sciences, the department has introduced its own "package program system" and has adopted many student-led classes that emphasize experiments, practical training, and seminars.

1. In order to equip students with a wide range of basic academic skills that will enable them to understand issues related to the environment, food production, and society from multiple perspectives, as well as to develop flexible and logical thinking skills, basic science and mathematics subjects and basic laboratory subjects established by the faculty will be made compulsory in the first and second years, and liberal arts subjects appropriate for a science and technology university will be offered in stages in the first, second, and third years across faculties/departments in line with the progression of students through the academic year.
2. In order to acquire specialized knowledge on regional management and planning in collaboration between natural sciences and humanities and social sciences, and to acquire the ability to analyze and solve regional issues based on that knowledge, students will receive basic specialized education mainly in departmental common subjects until the first semester of their second year, and from the second semester of their second year, they will select specialized subjects in accordance with the department's unique package program system to deepen their specialized learning. The package program system is a system that combines closely related lecture subjects and experiments, practical training, and seminar subjects into about 30 packages, and then combines even more closely related packages to set up seven study programs. By using this system, students can study systematically in line with the keywords of our department, such as ecosystem conservation, forest science, agricultural environmental engineering, and symbiotic sustainable society, rather than selecting subjects randomly.
3. In order to acquire the ability to scientifically solve the various environmental, food production, and social issues facing the region, students choose an educational and research field that interests them from their third year, conduct graduation research under the guidance of Faculty Member in the form of exercises, experiments, and practical training, and present the results of their work in their fourth year.
4. To equip students with the ability to communicate smoothly with people of different cultures, understand the significance and importance of the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries industries and related industries, and foster high ethical standards, we offer a wide range of liberal arts subjects, including English language subjects, and common subjects for all undergraduate levels, and also provide a wide range of opportunities for overseas training at the undergraduate level.

Learning outcomes are evaluated as follows. In lecture courses, which aim primarily to acquire basic liberal arts skills, fundamental academic ability, the ability to utilize specialized knowledge, logical thinking skills, insight, and the ability to form a social and ethical outlook, as stipulated in the diploma policy, students will be assessed on the level of achievement through exams, reports, etc. In experiments, practical training, and seminar courses, which aim primarily to acquire the executive skills to advance research and development, the interpersonal skills to support collaboration with others, and the communication skills stipulated in the diploma policy, students will be assessed on the level of achievement through reports, oral presentations, etc. Grades for course exams are expressed in five levels: S, A, B, C, and D, with S, A, B, and C being passes, and D being a fail. Students who pass will be awarded the appropriate credits.