Students will explore and debate questions about human experience from multiple perspectives as they discover influential works from cultures around the world, both ancient and modern. Students will develop critical approaches and analytical skills as they exchange ideas with peers, ask questions, and respond to works in different genres through a variety of expressive modes. The course will focus on four fundamental themes: love, identity, death, and the meaning of life.

Students will explore and debate questions about human experience from multiple perspectives as they discover influential works from cultures around the world, both ancient and modern. Students will develop critical approaches and analytical skills as they exchange ideas with peers, ask questions, and respond to works in different genres through a variety of expressive modes. The course will focus on four fundamental themes: love, identity, death, and the meaning of life.

Class objectives and themes • Understand an overview of the research fields that the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology are working on. • Understand the research results of each laboratory and the latest trends in the research field. • Consider the role of agricultural and environmental biology in food production and environmental problems in the future. Outline of the class In this lecture, the basic knowledge and the latest results of the research conducted in the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology will be introduced. Through the understanding of the research and its achievement, we will consider the agricultural biological resources and production systems that will be required in the coming era.

何の変哲もない身近にあること・現象への気づき、さまざまな学問領域への自由な横断 ================================================================================= “考えるトレーニング”の場を サロン形式で提供 授業中の軽作業・日常生活を発端とする オブジェクト・ベース学習（Object-Based Learning: OBL）のアプローチ ▶︎ SalonQ（授業課題） ▶︎ クラス / グループ / 個人で着目した課題 ▶︎ ゲスト講師によるレクチャー ゆっくりと様々な視点・観点から考え・つなぐ ＊ホリスティックな知の再連結＊ 多元的な思考・共同作業・対話 良質な気晴らしの反復が 文理を超越したバランス感覚を養う ━━━━━━━━━━━ 自然科学サロンとは？ ┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄ この授業は、①知の再連結、②多元的な思考のトレーニング、③良質な気晴らしを目的としています。とてもリラックスしたクラス環境の中で、日常の疑問を出発点とし、個人の活動とグループでの議論の場が設けられるサロンです。私たちのサロンでは、参加者全員が取り組むワークの反復があります。これをSalonQと呼んでいます。SalonQでは、個人の科学的、批判的、創造的思考や生成AIとの対話レッスン、グループディスカッションなど、課題につながる様々な活動や体験が行われます。基本的な自然科学のコースを超え、講師を含めた参加者との共同作業と対話を奨励します。様々な分野を自由に探求する気風を尊重することで、駒場ならではのリベラルアーツ教育の精神体現を目指し、試験的に開講しています。 セメスター前半は、SalonQという課題とグループ作りを兼ねた交流が中心となります。セメスター中盤から後半にかけては、グループまたは個人で着目した課題に取り組み、最終回ではその調査・検討内容を発表します。また、SalonQに関連する研究・開発を行う研究者をゲスト講師として招聘する特別レクチャー（3回）も予定しています。 今シーズン2026Sも、2025年度に引き続きコーヒーを起点に主に生命科学と化学系の話を中心に自然科学サロンします。 ━━━━━━━━━━━ ゲスト講師による講義 ┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄ ＊公演日はガイダンスで周知する。 ＊順不同・敬称略 「コーヒーと水」 堀 まゆみ 特任助教、自然科学サロン *コアメンバー* 専門分野：環境分析化学 東京大学 教養学部 教養教育高度化機構 EX部門 https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/***** → 体験あり、実験・軽作業あり、授業内プチ研究開発プロジェクトあり ゲスト02 授業中に発表 ゲスト03 授業中に発表 ━━━━━━━━━━━ 目的 ┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄ ・知の再連結 ・多元的な思考のトレーニング ・良質な気晴らし ━━━━━━━━━━━ SalonQとは ┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄ SalonQは、日常生活に何気なくあること、ニュースなどでよく見聞きすることを発端とした疑問もしくは、授業時間内に行う軽作業/実験/観察に関して、まず、①個別/生成AIで考え回答、②グループでディスカッションして回答、③個別にグループワークを振り返り、④また①にもどりSalonQを継続する。リラックスしたクラス環境で、知の再連結を促進し、多元的な思考を刺激する反復ワークのこと。 ━━━━━━━━━━━ ガイダンス ┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄ 初回授業Zoomに実施 Zoomセッション情報はUTOLのオンライン授業情報欄で確認してください。 【教室】 本ページ下部の授業実施場所(教室棟以外)欄を参照。 【問い合わせ先】 本ページ下部のメールアドレス欄を参照。 ━━━━━━━━━━━ [EN] What is "SalonQ"? ┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄ At our salon, there's a task that everyone has to do. We call it SalonQ. SalonQ involves activities and experiences that lead to challenges, such as individual thinking, interaction with AI, and group discussions. Beyond a basic natural science course, it encourages collaborative work and dialogue with professors. This setup allows participants to explore different fields freely, embodying the spirit of holistic liberal arts education unique to Komaba. Why not join us and enjoy our time together in SalonQ? Isao Kashima

This course covers the theory and practice of intelligence. ‘Intelligence’ in this course is ‘a mechanism by which knowledge on critical national security issues is collected and analysed on request, and provided to policy makers’, and its primary function is to support policy making on national security. The main topics include (1) role of intelligence in policy making, (2) process by which intelligence functions, (3) intelligence organizations, and (4) recent trends in intelligence. The course will provide an overview of academic theories on each topic, while referring to actual examples. Theories and example cases are mainly from the US and Japan. The goal of the course is to enhance insight and literacy regarding intelligence by examining the above topics. The course is intended for future intelligence professionals, policy makers in the security field, and those who are interested in international affairs and decision-making mechanisms based on intelligence.

This course provides an introduction to the political economy of regime change. The course explores theories of regime change, and some of the questions we will investigate in the class include: Do concessions help the regime’s survival?; Which is better for the regime’s survival, concession or repression?; How does the technology affect regime’s survival? This class will help you develop an understanding of the answers to these questions.

This course provides an introduction to the political economy of regime change. The course explores theories of regime change, and some of the questions we will investigate in the class include: Do concessions help the regime’s survival?; Which is better for the regime’s survival, concession or repression?; How does the technology affect regime’s survival? This class will help you develop an understanding of the answers to these questions.

This course provides an introduction to the political economy of regime change. The course explores theories of regime change, and some of the questions we will investigate in the class include: Do concessions help the regime’s survival?; Which is better for the regime’s survival, concession or repression?; How does the technology affect regime’s survival? This class will help you develop an understanding of the answers to these questions.

This graduate class is designed to introduce basic concepts and various approaches to the study of public administration and management. Through the study of basic concepts in public administration, management, and policy, and by understanding various aspects of actual public management practices, students are expected to acquire an analytical framework for public administration cases and their theoretical implications. The work of government and its performance are an integral part of our daily lives. Public safety, health and wellness, a vital economy, education, and other public values are ensured by the activities of government and its policies. Our contemporary life is largely shaped by these activities. The study of public administration and management is concerned with what governments do, why they do it, and what difference it makes. Using standard textbooks and relevant articles, students will first learn general theories and analytical frameworks of government activities, such as bureaucracy, public management, intergovernmental relations, personnel management, and others. The class will then cover topics including the strategic management, public sector marketing, local government, public trust, and public sector reforms. Additionally, students will learn about the development and characteristics of Japanese public administration and policy as a reference point for comparative study. By combining theoretical knowledge with the Japanese context, students are expected to identify both the unique and common characteristics of government in their home countries and develop analytical solutions for improving government performance.

In this course, we will explore topics including Western scholarly approaches to gender, economic history, use of primary historical sources, and periodization. Goals include (1) developing the ability to think critically about the ways that historians make assumptions and build arguments, (2) understanding how Western scholars have approached women’s and gender history, and (3) looking comparatively at Japan’s economic institutions in the medieval and early modern eras. ※ミシガン大学のEthan Segal先生をお招きし、欧米における日本中世・近世史研究についてご自身の研究を中心にご紹介いただき、上記の(1)から(3)を学ぶ。