Faculty of Agriculture

Faculty of Faculty of Agriculture Diploma Policy

The purpose of this school is to foster talented individuals with outstanding abilities by imparting broad knowledge, teaching specialized academic subjects, and developing intellectual, moral, and applied abilities in order to contribute to solving problems in the fields of agriculture, life science, environmental science, and veterinary medicine and to realizing a sustainable society.
Based on this objective, Faculty of Agriculture will award a bachelor's degree to those who acquire the following abilities and achieve the targeted learning outcomes.

1. Possess a wide range of basic academic ability with a broad perspective and the ability to think flexibly and logically (academic ability, knowledge, and thinking).
2. Possess advanced specialized knowledge, as well as the ability to apply knowledge and insight backed up by logical thinking (understanding, expertise, development).
3. Have acquired scientific research methods (technical skills, analytical ability, and analytical ability).
4. Possess a sense of social ethics, communication skills to work both domestically and internationally, and the ability to adapt to diverse environments (interest, motivation, attitude, expression).

Curriculum Policy of Faculty of Agriculture

In order to develop talented individuals who have the advanced specialized knowledge, logical thinking skills, and scientific research methods to contribute to solving various problems, and who also have the ability to apply their knowledge in the wide range of agricultural science fields based on their own expertise, we provide a balanced arrangement of faculty-wide/cross-departmental subjects and department-specific subjects according to the academic characteristics of each department, and we effectively incorporate student-led teaching formats that emphasize experiments, practical training, and seminars, thereby implementing systematic and practical education and research.

1. In order to foster and acquire broad-based basic academic ability and flexible, logical thinking skills that will serve as the foundation for specialized study, basic science and mathematics subjects and basic laboratory subjects will be compulsory in the first and second years, and liberal arts subjects appropriate for a science and technology university will be offered in stages across faculties/departments in the first to third years in line with the progression of students through the academic year.
2. In order to acquire advanced specialized knowledge in a specialized field and to develop application skills and insight, students will be given a wide range of systematic specialized lectures and experiments, practical training, and seminars in their specialized field from their first to fourth years, and in their third or fourth years (fourth to sixth years in Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine), they will be given education and research that emphasizes laboratory activities.
3. In order to effectively acquire general and specialized scientific research methods suited to each student's specialty, we offer a series of basic and specialized experimental and practical courses, as well as an opportunity to acquire more specialized research methods through graduation thesis research.
4. In order to acquire social ethics in the field of science and technology, as well as communication and interpersonal skills, we will provide courses that continuously educate students on research ethics as they progress through the academic year, including courses that raise awareness of research ethics at the time of enrollment, and we will consistently provide seminars and workshop-style exercises in which students can proactively report and exchange opinions, from the first year through to graduation thesis research. Furthermore, in order to foster an internationally applicable ethics and communication and adaptability in a variety of environments, we will provide a wide range of liberal arts courses, including English language courses, and common courses for all faculties, and will provide a wide range of opportunities for overseas training.

Learning outcomes are evaluated as follows. In lecture courses, which aim primarily to acquire basic liberal arts skills, fundamental academic ability, the ability to utilize specialized knowledge, logical thinking skills, insight, and the ability to form a social and ethical outlook, as stipulated in the diploma policy, students will be assessed on the level of achievement through exams, reports, etc. In experiments, practical training, and seminar courses, which aim primarily to acquire the executive skills to advance research and development, the interpersonal skills to support collaboration with others, and the communication skills stipulated in the diploma policy, students will be assessed on the level of achievement through reports, oral presentations, etc. Grades for course exams are expressed in five levels: S, A, B, C, and D, with S, A, B, and C being passes, and D being a fail. Students who pass will be awarded the appropriate credits.

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