Fall AY2019

Special Lecture (Studium Generale I)
Registration Code0065511

Credits

Course Category

InterD Liberal

Term (Semester) / Day / Period

G-I (1st year, Fall Semester) / Fri. / 5 (16:30～18:00）

Instructor

VASSILEVA Maria

Target Schools (Programs)

Hu(J)･La(S)･Ec(S)･Sc(P･C･B)･En(P･C･Au)･Ag(B)

2.0●Objectives of the course
Studium Generale is a unique course that focuses on “diversity”.
The course offers exposure to various topics presented in an accessible way. It provides an opportunity toexplore topics outside students’ majors or research fields, including topics related to career paths, performing
arts and business.
The name comes from a similar concept in old European universities, still prevalent in German universities.
Studium Generale is also unique in its audience diversity. The course is offered as (1) a credit-course toundergraduate students, AND as (2) an Open Course to all members of Nagoya University and Gifu University.
Students are given opportunity through discussion sessions to interact with people outside their major.
The goal of the course is to expose students to different ideas – from the different speakers and topics, and frominteraction with different participants during discussion sessions.
ヨーロッパで800年の伝統を持つ「開かれた大学」の理念に基づいた講義を体験することを狙う。使用言語は英語。学内留学の気分!
●Course Prerequisites
No prerequisites!
●Course Contents
The format of the course includes guided discussions among participants and talks by invited speakers.
A different invited speaker, from Nagoya University or elsewhere, gives each talk thus the content of eachsession is different. Topics are renewed every semester.
Detailed course information - time schedule and lectures information - available on the course website:
http://www.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp/G30StudiumGenerale/
Videos of some previous talks may be seen on Nagoya University OCW page:
http://ocw.nagoya-u.jp/index.php?lang=en&mode=c&id=624&page_type=index
Some lectures have been translated into Japanese and added to the NUAcL webpage:
http://nuact.ilas.nagoya-u.ac.jp/ocw/index.html●Evaluation methods
Participation (50%); written reports (50% of the grade).
Attendance is taken every class.
Short written reports are submitted at the end of EVERY CLASS by the attending students. Report forms will
be distributed during class. Each report should summarize the main idea of the talk and describe what thestudent liked most about/ learned from the talk. Reports grading is based on understanding of the lecture
content and logical organization of ideas.
●Notice for students
1. Reminder of basic manners: talking with friends and working on the computer during lectures is very
disruptive for the rest of the audience and especially for the speakers. Such behavior will not be tolerated.
2. Students who join but do not intent to complete the course need to submit a Course Withdrawal Form. Thiscan be done at any time during the course. Students who register but never come to class will receive an Absent
grade.この講義を最後まで履修しない場合には、履修取り下げ届を提出すること。この手続きは、授業期間中いつでも可能。
3. Please note that this course is also an Open Course! Audience who are not credit-seeking undergraduate
students register through the course website. ILAS students do not need to register there.
Participants registering for the open course (through the course website) follow separate requirements toreceive a Certificate of Completion. These requirements DO NOT apply to ILAS students.
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