Curriculum
Overview
Intended to transcend the usual boundaries of academics, our inter-disciplinary program offers a wide diversity of in-depth courses from the natural sciences to the humanities. Students can choose courses suited to their interests, backgrounds and future career aspirations and create their own curriculum chart and timetable.
Curriculum Chart
The curriculum comprises of compulsory and elective courses. In addition to lecture-based courses, students must enroll in research seminar and thesis seminars for credit where they will receive personal research supervision for their thesis from an academic supervisor of their choosing. Please be aware that due to faulty on sabbatical leave and other circumstances, some subjects may not always be available.
Compulsory Elective Courses
- Seminar A, B, C and D
Lecture Subjects
- BUSINESS STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY
- ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
- INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING
- INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
- ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE OF HUMAN HEALTH
- MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
- FOREST AND HUMAN INTERACTIONS
- ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
- STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
- ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES
- ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF POLLUTANTS
- ECONOMIC VALUATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
- URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
- JAPANESE EXPERIENCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
- ENGINEERING OF RECYCLING
- WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ASIA
- GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK
- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
- PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: ANALYSIS AND PRACTICE
- BASIC OCEANOGRAPHY AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
- ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
- DIVERSITY AND DISASTER RISK GOVERNANCE
- ENVIRONMENTAL REMOTE SENSING
- *May differ depending on the year.
Note about Courses
(1) Students enrolled in the English GENV program are allowed to take lectures and seminars for credit in both English and Japanese. Although credits may be accumulated in either language, the Master's thesis for thesis track graduate students and research report for credit-track graduate students must be written in English.