Studium Generale 2020 Spring

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LecturerVASSILEVA Maria Niko, Associate Professor
DepartmentInstitute of Liberal Arts & Sciences, 2020 Spring
Recommended for:All Nagoya University Students, faculty members and staff (21.5 hours / session, One session / week, 15 weeks / semester)

Course Overview

Studium Generale is a series of introductory level lectures in English by Nagoya University faculty members and external speakers. Topics cover any research field, arts, and business. The main purpose of Studium Generale is to expose students to topics (both academic and non-academic) that are outside of their major of study in an accessible way, as well as to offer practice in listening to lectures in English.

Videos

Plants and insects help us understand human infertility

Date: May 1
Lecturer: Mariana Costa
Handout: Handout

Geographical information around us

Date: May 8
Lecturer: Koichiro Nagamine

Migration and Development: People on the Move

Date: May 15
Lecturer: Francis Peddie
Handout: Handout

Science communication and public relations

Date: May 22
Lecturer: Azusa Minamizaki
Handout: Handout

Happiness in philosophy, ethics and religion

Date: June 5
Lecturer: Jakub Rajcani
Handout: Handout

See elegance in a worm brain

Date: June 19
Lecturer: Kentaro Noma
Handout: Handout

*Reposting from Studium Generale 2018 Spring

Date: June 26
Lecturer: Giorgio Fabio Colombo
Handout: Handout

What's Going on in Elementary School English Classes?

Date: July 3
Lecturer: Toru Tatsumi
Handout: Handout

*Reposting from Studium Generale 2019 Fall

Corporate Law and Economic Inequality: A Beginner's Guide

Date: July 10
Lecturer: Sean McGinty
Handout Handout

Global Warming: Beyond the Hockey Stick Controversy

Date: July 31
Lecturer: Gabor Samjeské
Handout: Handout

Syllabus

Date Topic Lecturer
4/10 COURSE INTRODUCTION
4/17 Discussion Session
4/24 From university to Antarctica, a story about glaciers and life choices Alexia fabiani (School of Science)
5/1 Plants and insects help us understand human infertility Mariana Costa (School of Science)
5/8 Geographical information around us Koichiro Nagamine (Graduate School of Informatics)
5/15 Migration and Development: People on the Move Francis Peddie (GSID)
5/22 Science communication and public relations Azusa Minamizaki (Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe)
6/5 Happiness in philosophy, ethics and religion Jakub Rajcani (Nanzan University)
6/19 See elegance in a worm brain Kentaro Noma (School of Science)
6/26 Law and Literature: the Japanese legal system as seen through literary sources Giorgio Fabio Colombo (Graduate School of Law)
7/3 What's Going on in Elementary School English Classes? Toru Tatsumi (Gifu University, Department of Education)
7/10 Corporate Law and Economic Inequality: A Beginner's Guide Sean McGinty (Graduate School of Law)
7/17 The Ins and Outs of Multi-Country, Long-Distance, Self-Powered Travel Richard Gregg (Gifu University)
7/31 Global Warming: Beyond the Hockey Stick Controversy Gabor Samjeské (Graduate School of Science)
8/7 Wrap up session

*Some lectures used past materials due to the coronavirus countermeasures.


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Last updated

February 17, 2021