Studium Generale 2018 Spring

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LecturerVASSILEVA Maria Niko, Associate Professor
DepartmentInstitute of Liberal Arts & Sciences, 2018 Spring 1
Recommended for:All Nagoya University students, faculty menbers and staff are welcomed to atend! (21 hour / session, Two session / week, 14 lectures / semester)

Course Overview

Studium Generale is a unique immersion program into an English-based lecture environment. The course offers exposure to various academic topics presented in an accessible way, and in English.

Videos

A reflection on the name of "Bratislava"

Date: May 8
Lecturer: Susumu Nagayo(Waseda University)
Handout: Handout
Video:

Geographical information around us

Date: May 10
Lecturer: Koichiro Nagamine (Graduate School of Informatics)

Is pessimism actually shortening your life? Genetics perspective

Date: May 15
Lecturer: Maria Vassileva (Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science)
Handout: Handout

Towards autonomous social driving for personal mobility vehicles

Date: May 17
Lecturer: Morales Luis Yoichi (Institute for Innovation for Future Society)

Photography

Date: May 22
Lecturer: Naoyuki Ogino (Artist, Stanford lecturer,Kyoto)
Handout:

Introduction to game theory

Date: May 31
Lecturer: Maria Martin Rodriguez (Graduate School of Economics)
Handout: Handout

Symmetry and singularity

Date: June 5
Lecturer: Yukari Ito (Graduate School of Mathematics)
Handout: Handout

Critical thinking as collective enquiry

Date: June 12
Lecturer: Masashi Kasaki (Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Handout: Handout

I have a dream...that all students shall learn how to study much harder

Date: June 14
Lecturer: Kosuke Shobatake (Professor Emeritus)
Handout: Handout

See elegance in a worm brain

Date: June 19
Lecturer: Kentaro Noma (Graduate School of Science)
Handout: Handout

The Checksum: a trick to memorizing Japanese kanji?...

Date: June 21
Lecturer: Markus Rude (Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Handout: Handout

Plasma

Date: June 26
Lecturer: Nagahiro Saito (Graduate School of Engineering)

Syllabus

Date Topic Lecturer
5/08 A reflecion on the name of "Bratislava" Susumu Nagayo (Waseda University)
5/10 Geographical information around us Koichiro Nagamine (Graduate School of Informatics)
5/15 Lawyer, author, diplomat, board game designer: life lessons learned... Chenier LaSalle (Embassy of Canada)
5/17 Towards autonomous sosial driving for personal mobility vehicles Morales Luis Yoichi (Institute for Innovation for Future Society)
5/22 Photography Naoyuki Ogino (Artist, Stanford lecture, Kyoto)
5/24 The sience of shampoo Nicola Skoulding (Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences)
5/29 Plato's wax tablet Yahei Kanayama (Graduate School of Letters)
5/31 Introduction to game theory Maria Martin Rodriguez (Graduate School of Economics)
6/05 Symmetry and singularity Yukari Ito (Graduate School of Mathematics)
6/12 Critical thinking as collective inquiry Masashi Kasaki (Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
6/14 I have a dream...that all students shall learn how to study much harder Kosuke Shobatake (Professor Emeritus)
6/19 See elegance in a worm brain Kentaro Noma (Graduate School of Science)
6/21 The Checksum: a trick to memorizing Japanese kanji?... Markus Rude (Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
6/26 Plasma Nagahiro Saito (Graduate School of Engineering)

Last updated

February 18, 2022