Overview & Curriculum

Overview of the Courses

The degree in Bioresource and Bioenvironment provides an education targeted at the acquisition of extensive knowledge related to bio-production, bio-functions and bio-environmental sciences. Students also acquire expertise and skills that can be applied internationally, and will graduate as professionals with a widely balanced approach to creating solutions. The agricultural research and education field includes a wide range of basic and applied sciences, covering both the natural and social sciences.

Curriculum

Four year undergraduate curriculum

IUP courses begin in October. Each academic year has an autumn and a spring semester, which ends in August. All students study required subjects and then select from elective courses to build the course credits required for graduation.

Year1
general education
Kikan education

Initially all students study a common liberal arts course with introductions to topics in both the social and natural sciences. Most of the classes are taken in the Faculty of arts and science. Kikan education is a feature of Japanese Universities and ensures that all students receive a broad based general education before starting their more specialised studies.

Details
required
  • Japanese Culture and Society
  • Liberal Arts and Science
  • Social Practice
  • Language and Culture
  • Health and Sports Science
  • Fundamental Subjects for Natural Science
  • Introduction to Bioresource and Bioenvironmental sciences 1
Year2
specialised education

A mix of required and elective classes that students select depending on their own interests

required
  • Fieldwork on Bioresource and Bioenvironment 1
  • Fieldwork on Bioresource and Bioenvironment 2
  • Introduction to Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences 2
  • Special Lecture on Advanced Topics of Agriculture 2
  • Technical communication 1
  • Bioresource and Bioenvironment Experiments and Practice 3
elective (common)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Business Japanese A
  • Business Japanese B
  • Basic Ecology
  • Elementary Economics
  • Introductory Biochemistry
  • Population Biology and Ecology
Year3
specialised education
required
  • Bioresource and Bioenvironment Experiments and Practice 4
  • Bioresource and Bioenvironment Experiments and Practice 1
  • Bioresource and Bioenvironment Experiments and Practice 2
  • Laboratory Rotation 1
  • Laboratory Rotation 2
  • Special Lecture on Advanced Topics of Agriculture 2
  • Technical Communication 2
  • Technical Communication 3
elective
common
  • Agricultural Field Visit 1
  • Applied Cell Biology
  • Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Business Japanese C
  • Current Global Agricultural Issues
  • Elementary Statistics
  • Information Processing and Practices
  • Physical Mathematics and Practices
  • Special Lecture on Advanced Topics of Agriculture 3
  • Systematics,Diversity and Evolution
specialised
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agri-Food Production
  • Agro-production
  • Animal and Marine Life Science
  • System Engineering
  • Bio-Engineering
  • Biomaterial Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Forest Management
  • Forest Products Science
  • Food Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Production and Physiology
  • Plant Protection and Pest Management
  • Utilization of Animal and Marine Resource
Year4
research project
Thesis

A research project is undertaken based in one of the many specialised research laboratories. The results are written up as a thesis and presented to the staff and students. A wide variety of research topics are available to choose from.

elective (common)
Autumn
  • Agricultural Field Visit 2
  • Special Lecture on Advanced Topics of Agriculture 4
Spring
  • Special Lecture on Advanced Topics of Agriculture 5