Advanced Course on Global Food Security University of Tsukuba

Course Overview
This course focus on Food security researches among the topics of Food and Health. Food security research has to be accelerated against global food crisis, which is going to be serious issue in near future. We provide advanced research topics and cutting-edge techniques for global food security research. Supervisor of each student will provide advanced research topics of specific research field related to the global food security. Students will be evaluated by report and review.
Learning Achievement
Week 1: Topics Choice
Week 2- 10: Lectures and discussions on the advanced research topics of specific research field related to the global food security.
The following is the examples of topics we focus on in this course. - Plant molecular breeding
- Molecular genetics and breeding
- Plant physiology
- Plant parasitic mycology - Mycorrhizal fungi
Competence
Students will learn advanced research topics and cutting-edge techniques for global food security.
Course prerequisites
Grading Philosophy
Report (60%) and review (40%). Grading Criteria is A+ (Superior), A (Excellent), B (Good), C (Average) and D (Failure).
Course schedule
Course type
Lectures
Online Course Requirement
Instructor
Yamaoka Yuichi,Matsukura Chiaki,Abe Junichi P.,LOMBARDO Fabien Claude Renaud,Ishii Atsushi
Other information
Contact the instructor to obtain permission before taking the course. Identical to 0AVC202.
Lecture is conducted in English.
Online(Asynchronous)
Registration is only open for students of International Joint Degree Master's Program in Agro-Biomedical Science in Food and Health
Site for Inquiry
Link to the syllabus provided by the university