Studium Generale 2021 Spring

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.

Science communication and public relations

Date: April 30
Lecturer: Azusa Minamizaki
Handout: handout
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*Reposting from Studium Generale 2020 Spring

Challenges, Joys, Heartbreak of Presenting

Date: May 7
Lecturer: Mark Weeks
Handout: handout
Video:

Global Warming: Beyond the Hockey Stick Controversy

Date: May 14
Lecturer: Gabor Samjeské
Handout: handout
Video:

*Reposting from Studium Generale 2020 Spring

Migration and Development: People on the Move

Date: May 21
Lecturer: Francis Peddie
Handout: handout

*Reposting from Studium Generale 2020 Spring

Plants and insects help us understand human infertility

Date: May 28
Lecturer: Mariana Costa
Handout: handout
Video:

*Reposting from Studium Generale 2020 Spring

Corporate Law and Economic Inequality: A Beginner's Guide

Date: June 4
Lecturer: Sean McGinty
Handout: handout
Video:

*Reposting from Studium Generale 2020 Spring

Perceived Stress and Sleep Quality Among University Students

Date: June 25
Lecturer: Josh Brunotte
Handout: handout
Video:

*Reposting from Studium Generale 2018 Fall

Seeing the sky through funnels – the challenges of X-ray astronomers

Date: July 2
Lecturer: Hideyo Kunieda
Handout: handout
Video:

*Reposting from Studium Generale 2019 Spring

Breaking down barriers - Black women and their experiences in Japan

Date: July 16
Lecturer: Avril Haye-Matsui
Handout: handout
Video:

*Reposting from Studium Generale 2016 Fall

Syllabus

Date	Topic	Lecturer
4/17	course introduction
4/23	From university to Antarctica, a story about glaciers and life choices	Alexia Fabiani (School of Science/ University of California San Diego)
4/30	Science communication and public relations	Azusa Minamizaki (Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe)
5/7	Challenges, Joys, Heartbreak of Presenting	Mark Weeks (Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Academic Writing Education)
5/14	Global Warming: Beyond the Hockey Stick Controversy	Gabor Samjeské (Graduate School of Science/Department of Chemistry)
5/21	Migration and Development: People on the Move	Francis Peddie (Graduate School of International Development)
5/28	Plants and insects help us understand human infertility	Mariana Costa (School of Science, Division of Biology / University of Edinburgh)
6/4	Corporate Law and Economic Inequality: A Beginner's Guide	Sean McGinty (Graduate School of Law)
6/18	team project presentation session
6/25	Perceived Stress and Sleep Quality Among University Students	Josh Brunotte (Aichi Prefectural University)
7/2	Seeing the sky through funnels – the challenges of X-ray astronomers	Hideyo Kunieda (School of Science, Department of Physics)
7/7	Fictional Fallout: "Fukushima" in Japanese Literature	Kristina Iwata (Graduate School of Humanities)
7/16	Breaking down barriers - Black women and their experiences in Japan	Avril Haye-Matsui (Nagoya City University)
7/30	team project presentation session
8/6	team project presentation session

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

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