Studium Generale 2020 Fall
| Lecturer | Multiple Instructors |
|---|---|
| Department | G30, 2020 Fall |
| Recommended for: | All Nagoya University Students, faculty members and staff |
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.
Fossil reefs and sea-level change: diving into the past to predict the future
Date: October 9
Lecturer: Marc Humblet
Handout: handout
Video:
Online Courses: Learning and Artifical Intelligence
Date: October 23
Lecturer: Jeffrey Cross
Handout: handout
Video:
The science of shampoo
Date: October 30
Lecturer: Nicola Skoulding
Handout: handout
Video:
*Reposting from Studium Generale 2016 Fall
Contemporary Diets: Between Sustainability & Wastefulness
Date: November 6
Lecturer: Christina Wenzl
Handout: handout
From Playstation to Hospitals: Hidden mathematics in our daily life
Date: November 27
Lecturer: Henrik Bachmann
Handout: handout
Video:
*Reposting from Studium Generale 2019 Fall
Five things to consider when talking to people from other countries
Date: December 11
Lecturer: David Barker
Handout: handout
Video:
How does bacteria swim?
Date: December 18
Lecturer: Seiji Kojima
Handout: handout
Introduction to the world of scientific publishing
Date: January 8
Lecturer: Florence O. Ene
Handout: handout
Video:
Some basic biology to help us understand the COVID
Date: January 22
Lecturer: Maria Vassileva
Handout: handout
Video:
Syllabus
| Date | Topic | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|
| 10/2 | COURSE INTRODUCTION | |
| 10/9 | Fossil reefs and sea-level change: diving into the past to predict the future | Marc Humblet (Graduate School of Environmental Sciences) |
| 10/16 | The Invisible Rainbow: Being LGBTQIA+ in Japan | Yoshi Joanna Grote (Kyoto Sangyo University) |
| 10/23 | Online Courses: Learning and Artifical Intelligence | Jeffrey Cross (Tokyo Institute of Technology) |
| 10/30 | The science of shampoo | Nicola Skoulding (Graduate School of Science, Department of Chemistry) |
| 11/6 | Contemporary Diets: Between Sustainability & Wastefulness | Christina Wenzl (Graduate School of Humanities) |
| 11/13 | Understanding the wealth and development of nations | Carlos Mendez (Graduate School of International Development) |
| 11/20 | Discussion Session | |
| 11/27 | From Playstation to Hospitals: Hidden mathematics in our daily life | Henrik Bachmann (Graduate School of Mathematics) |
| 12/4 | Meiji Restoration - From a Country of Samurai to a Country of High Technology | Yukio Ishida (Nagoya University emeritus professor, School of Engineering) |
| 12/11 | Five things to consider when talking to people from other countries | David Barker (Gifu University) |
| 12/18 | How does bacteria swim? | Seiji Kojima (Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University) |
| 12/25 | Being Good at Money | Ben Shearon (Tohoku University) |
| 1/8 | Introduction to the world of scientific publishing | Florence O. Ene (The University of Tokyo) |
| 1/15 | Discussion Session | |
| 1/22 | Some basic biology to help us understand the COVID | Maria Vassileva (Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University) |
*Some lectures used past materials due to the coronavirus countermeasures.
Last updated
December 18, 2021