Environmental　Ecology

Course Information

College	Akashi College	Year	2023
Course Title	Environmental　Ecology
Course Code	5331	Course Category	Specialized / Compulsory
Class Format	Lecture	Credits	Academic Credit: 2
Department	Civil Engineering	Student Grade	3rd
Term	First Semester	Classes per Week	2
Textbook and/or Teaching Materials
Instructor	WATANABE Moriyoshi

Course Objectives

(1) Can explain the global environmental issues and the connection between human health and environment.
(2) Can explain the structure and functions of ecosystems, the relationship between material circulation and microorganisms, and the characteristics of various ecosystems and their conservation methods.
(3) Can explain the current state of biodiversity and the crisis it is facing.
(4) Can explain measures to protect the natural ecosystem.

Rubric

	Ideal Level	Standard Level	Unacceptable Level
Achievement 1	Can explain the global environmental issues and the connection between human health and environment using examples of pollution cases that occurred in the past.	Can explain the global environmental issues and the connection between human health and environment.	Cannot explain the global environmental issues and the connection between human health and environment.
Achievement 2	Can explain the structure and functions of ecosystems, the relationship between material circulation and microorganisms, the characteristics of various ecosystems and their conservation methods, and can solve exercise problems.	Can explain the structure and function of ecosystems, the relationship between material circulation and microorganisms, and the characteristics of various ecosystems and their conservation methods.	Cannot explain the structure and function of ecosystems, the relationship between material circulation and microorganisms, and the characteristics of various ecosystems and their conservation methods.
Achievement 3	Can explain the current state of biodiversity and the crisis it is facing, and can solve exercise problems.	Can explain the current state of biodiversity and the crisis it is facing.	Cannot explain the current state of biodiversity and the crisis it is facing.
	Can explain measures to protect the natural ecosystem with examples.	Can explain measures to protect the natural ecosystem.	Cannot explain measures to protect the natural ecosystem.

Teaching Method

Outline:

In this course, students will learn about ecology, and the connection between living creatures and the environment. They will gain basic knowledge that can be applied to town-building where creatures live together, and to the planning, designing, and building of social infrastructures, etc.

Style:

Classes are taught in a lecture-style format. Prepare calculators for calculation problems. Prepare folders for handouts.

Notice:

This course's content will amount to 90 hours of study in total. These hours include the learning time guaranteed in classes and the standard self-study time required for pre-study / review, and exercise problems.
Students who miss 1/3 or more of classes will not be eligible for evaluation.

Course Plan

			Theme	Goals
1st Semester
	1st Quarter
		1st	Guidance, pollution and human health	Can explain the connection between human health and environment, history and details of pollution cases that occurred in the past.
		2nd	Historiy of Earth environment and Global environmental issues	Can explain environmental formation process and global environmental issues.
		3rd	Global environmental issues	Can explain global environmental issues.
		4th	The basics of environmental ecology (1)	Can explain the concepts, types and distributions, and functions of ecosystems.
		5th	The basics of environmental ecology (2)	Can explain individual organism and population, and the growth of population ecology.
		6th	The basics of environmental ecology (3)	Can explain the structure and energy of the ecosystem.
		7th	Material circulation in the ecosystem	Can explain material circulation in the ecosystem.
		8th	Biodiversity and its crisis	Can explain the current state of biodiversity and the crisis it is facing. Can calculate diversity index of species.
	2nd Quarter
		9th	Biotope and conservation methods of ecosystem	Can explain the role and definition of biotope, and conservation methods of ecosystem.
		10th	The functions and role of forest ecosystems	Can explain the current state, conservation methods, functions and roles of forest ecosystems.
		11th	Agricultural ecosystems and urban ecosystems	Can explain the current state, conservation methods, functions and roles of agricultural ecosystems and urban ecosystems.
		12th	Aquatic ecosystems and water environment (1)	Can explain the current state, conservation methods, functions and roles of aquatic ecosystems (lake and reservoir).
		13th	Aquatic ecosystems and water environment (2)	Can explain the current state, conservation methods, functions and roles of aquatic ecosystems (waterway).
		14th	Legal system for protecting ecosystems	Can explain the legal system and measures to protect ecosystems.
		15th	Review and Exam prepareation	Review of class content and prepare for exam.
		16th	Priodic Exam

Evaluation Method and Weight (%)

	Exercise	Quiz	Priodic Exam	Total
Subtotal	50	10	40	100
Basic Proficiency	0	0	0	0
Specialized Proficiency	50	10	40	100
Cross-Disciplinary Proficiency	0	0	0	0