Courses

Science Communication in English

Objectives

Students develop/improves their verbal and non-verbal communication capability with basic English skills that scientists need to acquire (writing papers, giving presentations, making posters, discussing in English etc.) through lectures and interactive discussion with me and practical exercises by students in a friendly atmosphere.

Lecture Outline

I visit each of the four constituent universities (Iwate University, Hirosaki University, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Yamagata University) and provides the intensive lectures for 3 days in total. Some lectures and exercises are provided to students in all universities by the satellite lecture system. The intensive course contains active learning style (bi-directional lectures). Details of the classes will be announced to students by the UGAS Website when the details are determined.

Grading

Evaluation will be based on written assignments, presentations and participation in class.

Special Instructions

Students should meet the following conditions to obtain the credit:

• More than 1 time presentation must be given.
• Students must attend all of the intensive lectures held at a constituent university.
• Students will be expected to provide comments on oral and poster presentations of other students. This will contribute toward grade evaluation and the comments will be given to the author of the work as feedback. Note: Science Communication in English is provided at each semester (i.e., twice a year). Students can take one credit when they complete this class and only one credit must be included in the degree requirements (with the consent of the instructor, student may take this class as many times as possible but no additional credits are given even if students take this class over two times while they enroll at UGAS).

August 2015