To students enrolled in or before 2023

Notice: Changes in PEAK Academic Handbook
Appendix 6: Integrated Course Outlines (for April-entry Students)
The following changes are set in place in AY 2024 and apply to students enrolled in and before AY2023.
Type
Change

Newly
OfferedChangeChangeChangeGroup Maincourse Courses
category
B

CC

E

E

ClassicalStudies

WesternClassics

Studies inContemporary
Societies

SexualPolitics II

Educational
Sciences

Introduction
to Higher
Education

Life Science

ModernBiological
Sciences II(For HSstudents andNSI students)

Earth Science Earth andand Astronomy PlanetaryScience(Practical)

Course contentSemester/Term

Credits

In these courses the students will
study the history, thought andliterature of the Greco-Roman andBiblical worlds through lecturesand reading of texts.
【From AY2025, offered in S/A】

S

2

【D&I Courses】This course
examines the politics concerning
gender and sexuality incontemporary society throughtheory and case studies.
【Newly offered from AY2024】A

2This course will equip students
with fundamental ideas related tothe university, an institution mostfamiliar to them. Deepening theirunderstanding of the university will
provide students withopportunities to consider thenature of universities and what thestudents learn during their
university life.
【Not offered from AY 2025】

A1

1

S1/S2/A1/A2

1S

2Lectures are given on the living
phenomena around us focusing
mainly on plant science aspects.
Scientific ways of thinking arestudied.
An outline and practicalsessions covering the basic
methods for analyzing rocks,
strata and fossils.
Requisite knowledge: science
prior to entering the University.
Attending Earth and Planetary
Science lectures is not aprerequisite.
(Two consecutive class periods
per week for two credits. )(From AY2025, offered in S/A)

1

Type
ChangeChangeChangeGroupEEE

Main course
categoryCourses

Earth Science Spaceand Astronomy Science I(Practical)

Earth Science Spaceand Astronomy Science II(Practical)

AgriculturalBiosciences

NaturalProduct
Sciences

Course content
Through numerical practiceusing observational data an
understanding of the fundamental
shape of the universe is imparted.
Requisite knowledge: science,
mathematics and theoreticalthinking abilities prior to entering
the University. Attending Space
Science lectures is not aprerequisite.
(Two consecutive class periods
per week for two credits.)(From AY2025, offered in S/A)An understanding of the basic
shape of astral bodies isdeveloped using information andimage processing based on
astronomical databases. Requisiteknowledge: science, mathematics
and theoretical thinking abilities
prior to entering the University.
Attending Space Science lectures
is not a prerequisite.
(Two consecutive class periods
per week for two credits. )(From AY2025, offered in S/A)
Natural products refer tochemical compounds which arefound in various living organisms
and distributed by species. Its
physiology widely affects diverse
regions from those that function
within an individual to those thatact across species. Naturalproducts that have been used as adrug are too numerous to mention.
There are also a number ofnatural products that arepoisonous and affect our humanlives. Prof. Ohmura was awarded
the 2015 Nobel Prize inPhysiology or Medicine as a resultof research on natural products.
Through this course, the role ofnatural products in nature, and thenatural products as drugs andpoisons are studied. It is desirable
for students registering for thiscourse to have a basic knowledgeof chemistry.
(Not offered from AY2025)
2Semester/TermCredits

S2S

2

S11

Type
NewlyOfferedGroup

Main course
categoryCourses

Course contentE

Agricultural
Biosciences

Bioactive
Compounds
ControllingLife

Natural products refer tochemical compounds which arefound in various living organisms
and distributed by species. Its
physiology widely affects diverse
regions from those that function
within an individual to those thatact across species. Natural
products that have been used as adrug are too numerous to mention.
There are also a number ofnatural products that arepoisonous and affect our human
lives. Prof. Ohmura was awardedthe 2015 Nobel Prize inPhysiology or Medicine as a resultof research on natural products.
Through this course, the role ofnatural products in nature, and thenatural products as drugs andpoisons are studied. It is desirable
for students registering for thiscourse to have a basic knowledgeof chemistry.
(Newly offered from AY2025)

Semester/TermCredits

S1

1

Those who have earned credits for “Natural Product Sciences” in or before AY 2024 will
not be allowed to register for “Bioactive Compounds Controlling Life“.
April 2024
PEAK/GPEAK Section

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