Completion Requirements

The University of Tsukuba Subject List (draft)

Subject Category Domain Course Subject Name Duration Credits Course Format
Required Elective Free Lecture Seminar Lab/
Fieldwork
Specialized Core Subjects Introduction Introduction to Mountain Science A 1 or 2 Spring 1 　 　 ○ 　 　
Introduction to Mountain Science B 1 or 2 Autumn 1 　 　 ○ 　 　
Fieldwork Mountain Science Filed Course A 1 or 2 Spring 1 　 　 　 　 ○
Mountain Science Filed Course B 1 or 2 Yearlong 1 　 　 　 　 ○
Practical Skills Field Safety Management Science 1 Spring 1 　 ○ 　 ○
Mountain Environment Internship I 1 or 2 Yearlong 　 1 　 　 　 ○
Mountain Environment Internship II 1 or 2 Yearlong 　 1 　 　 　 ○
Advanced Research Experience (Study Tour) 1 or 2 Autumn 　 1 　 　 　 ○
Advanced Lecture in Mountain Studies 1 or 2 Autumn 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Specialized Applied Subjects All Domains Mountain Studies Seminar IA 1 Spring 2 　 　 　 ○ 　
Mountain Studies Seminar IB 1 Autumn 2 　 　 　 ○ 　
Mountain Studies Seminar IIA 2 Spring 2 　 　 　 ○ 　
Mountain Studies Seminar IIB 2 Autumn 2 　 　 　 ○ 　
Research in Mountain Science I 1 Yearlong 1 　 　 　 ○ 　
Research in Mountain Science II 2 Yearlong 1 　 　 　 ○ 　
Introduction to Culture and Science of Mountains 1 or 2 Autumn 2 　 　 　 ○ 　
Biological Domain Vegetation Geography(Japanese) 1 or 2 Yearlong 　 2 　 ○ 　 　
Vegetation Science (Japanese) 1 or 2 Autumn 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Vegetation Science 1 or 2 Autumn 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Soil Genesis and Classification 1 or 2 Yearlong 　 2 　 ○ 　 　
Ecosystem Ecology (Japanese) 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Advanced Field Cource in Fungal Biodiversity (Japanese) 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 　 　 ○
Laboratory and Field Studies in Arthropod Biology (Japanese) 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 　 　 ○
Environmental Field Work 1 or 2 Yearlong 　 1 　 　 　 ○
Advanced Field Course in Mountain Forest Ecology 1 or 2 Summer 　 1 　 　 　 ○
Advanced Field Course in Mountain Grassland Ecology 1 or 2 Summer 　 1 　 　 　 ○
Mountain Microbiology 1 or 2 Summer 　 1 　 ○ 　
Mountain Soil Survery Fieldwork 1 or 2 Summer 　 1 　 　 　 ○
Laboratory and Field Studies in Morecular Ecology 1 or 2 Summer 　 1 　 　 　 ○
Geological Domain Mountain Meteorology (Japanese) 1 or 2 Autumn 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Lecture on Mountain Geomorphology (Japanese) 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Lecture on Erosional Landforms (Japanese) 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Lecture on Polar Geomorphology (Japanese) 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Hillslope Geomorphology and Hazards 1 or 2 Yearlong 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Overseas Fiekdwork in Alpine Geomorphology 1 or 2 Spring 　 2 　 　 　 ○
Basin Area Hydrology (Japanese) 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Environmental Hydrology (Japanese) 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Introduction to Water Environment 1 or 2 Spring 　 2 　 ○ 　 　
Mountain Geology (Japanese) 1 or 2 Autumn 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Anthropological Domain Bioresource Management (Japanese) 1 or 2 Autumn 　 2 　 ○ 　 　
SATOYAMA Management Fieldwork (Japanese) 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 　 ○
Remote Sensing 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Advanced Coservation of Regional Resources 1 or 2 Yearlong 　 2 　 ○ 　 　
Applied Environmental Ethics
(Introduction to English Presentation and Debate )		 1 or 2 Spring 　 2 　 ○ 　 　
Mountain Tourism (Japanese) 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Environmental Disaster and Protection Planning (Japanese) 1 or 2 Autumn 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Nature Conservation Study 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Natural Heritage Studies 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
Nature Conservation Administration 1 or 2 Autumn 　 1 　 ○ 　 　
International Conventions for Heritage Conservation 1 or 2 Spring 　 1 　 ○ ○ 　
Subtotal (35 subjects) － 　 　 　 －
Academic Year/Course Term and Length
Number of academic terms per year Two terms
Duration of course for one term 15 weeks
Length of course for one period 75 minutes