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専門英語（１４７）
歩く・観る・考えるー東京の環境課題
Walking, Seeing, and Thinking About Environmental Challenges in Tokyo
This course offers an interdisciplinary and field-based exploration of environmental challenges in metropolitan Tokyo. Moving beyond purely technical approaches to urban design, it examines how urban space is historically produced, socio-politically contested, and continuously reshaped. Through classroom discussions, critical readings, and site-based investigations, students analyze how urban form, infrastructure, governance, community, and everyday practices shape human–environment relations, sustainability, and disaster risk. Particular attention is given to the applicability and transferability of socio-environmental and sustainability concepts and theories across different historical and geographical contexts. Emphasizing experiential learning, students will walk, observe, and interpret selected sites in Tokyo; collect data through interviews and mapping; and collaboratively design and conduct a research project. The course provides a unique opportunity to connect theory with practice while strengthening skills in research design, academic writing, and oral presentation in English.
By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Explain and contextualize the diversity and complexity of the Tokyo metropolitan area in terms of its natural and built environments, human-environment relations, historically formed socio-economic and political structures, and cultural practices.
- Critically assess key concepts and theories of human-environment relations and sustainability, and evaluate their transferability across different historical and geographical contexts
- Systematically observe and interpret urban landscapes using appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Design and conduct an independent, manageable research project addressing a socio-environmental issue in Tokyo.
- Present their research findings clearly and persuasively in English, both orally and in writing
By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Explain and contextualize the diversity and complexity of the Tokyo metropolitan area in terms of its natural and built environments, human-environment relations, historically formed socio-economic and political structures, and cultural practices.
- Critically assess key concepts and theories of human-environment relations and sustainability, and evaluate their transferability across different historical and geographical contexts
- Systematically observe and interpret urban landscapes using appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Design and conduct an independent, manageable research project addressing a socio-environmental issue in Tokyo.
- Present their research findings clearly and persuasively in English, both orally and in writing
時間割／共通科目コード
コース名
教員
学期
時限
08B0147
FAS-BA4A01S2
専門英語（１４７）
山本 大策
木曜2限
マイリストに追加
マイリストから削除
講義使用言語
英語
単位
2
実務経験のある教員による授業科目
NO
他学部履修
可
開講所属
教養学部
授業計画
Week 1 Course Introduction
Week 2 Background Reading Discussion I
Week 3 Background Reading Discussion II
Week 4 Mini-Excursion
Week 5 Research Design, Data Collection, and Research Ethics
Week 6 Preliminary Research Presentations
Week 7 Fieldwork Preparation
Week 8 Individual fieldwork (outside of class hours)
Week 9 Individual fieldwork (outside of class hours)
Week 10 Data Analysis and Interpretation
Week 11 Contextualizing Findings
Week 12 Presentation Preparation
Week 13 Final Presentations
授業の方法
This course combines seminars, guided discussions, and field-based learning. Class sessions introduce key theoretical frameworks and debates through short lectures and discussion of assigned readings, with an emphasis on active student participation. Fieldwork is central to the course. Through guided urban exploration in the city, students learn to systematically observe, critically interpret, and analytically engage with urban environmental issues and challenges. Students work individually and in small groups to design and conduct a research project, receiving structured feedback on research design, analysis, and presentation. The course emphasizes experiential learning and the integration of theory with empirical investigation.
成績評価方法
Class participation 20%
Small assignments 30%
Final presentation 20%
Final report 30%
Students who are absent, or arrive more than 15 minutes late, for three or more class sessions will automatically receive a failing grade for the course.
履修上の注意
- The maximum number of students in the course is 18. Priority will be given to students who are formally enrolled in the GS/GSA programs.
- To enroll in the course, students must attend the first day of class on October 8.
- Students are expected to complete all assigned readings before class and come prepared to participate actively in discussions. Please bring a laptop PC to class sessions.
- For fieldwork, students should wear appropriate clothing and footwear for extended walking.
- Individual fieldwork (tentatively scheduled during weeks 8 and 9) needs to be conducted independently outside formal class hours (e.g., weekends). Students must cover their own travel expenses for fieldwork.
