Natural sciences are the product of experimental investigation and theoretical interpretation. In this course, students will learn to use various measurement instruments to perform experiments in topics including atomic, laser, particle, and low temperature physics.

Basic topics in experimental physics will be covered, enabling students to get a deeper understanding of the natural sciences. In addition, techniques for processing and analyzing experimental data will be mastered. Finally, students will learn how to write scientific reports and present their results orally.

- Learn physics by carrying out experiments and discussing in an open setting
- Learn basic skills for processing and analyzing experimental data.
- Learn how to keep a laboratory notebook, and write up experimental reports.
- Learn to give a scientific presentation explaining the results of an experiment.

Students will be evaluated on these skills on the basis of their experimental reports and contributions to in-class discussions.

The first week will be an introduction to the course and its experiments.
Thereafter, classes will be divided into Experimental and Discussion sessions.

Experiments will be performed during the Experimental sessions and group discussions of those results and related physics topics will be held in the subsequent Discussion session.

Experiments available in this course include:

1. Measurement of the magnetic field of a coil using a Hall element
2. Thermionic emission experiment
3. Experiments with lasers
4. Measuring the wavelength of light using diffraction gratings
5. Franck-Hertz experiment
6. Measurement of Planck's constant
7. Radiation in the Natural World
8. Measurements of Atomic Spectra
9. Coupled Oscillation Studies
10. Electrical Resistance Measurements

Students will perform six experiments from this list and give one oral presentation about one of them.

The class will meet 15 times, including the feedback session.

特になし

Evaluation will be based on in-lab experimentation, experimental reports (6), and one oral presentation. Details will be explained in class.

Students should read the textbook ahead of each experimental session.

Students are encouraged to ask questions during the experimental sessions, and are welcome to contact instructors by email outside of class hours.
Students should make sure to attend the first lecture to receive further information about the course and its textbook.
If you decide to take the course, you must have accident insurance such as “Personal Accident Insurance for Students Pursuing Ed. & Rsch.(学生教育研究災害傷害保険)”.

物質を実際に手に取り，その性質や反応を自分の目で観察することは，物質を扱う学問である化学を学習するうえで欠くことのできない作業である．目に見えない原子・分子の世界に対する洞察力を養うことが本実験の主要な目的である．また，化学実験についての器具操作法と実験手法を習得すると同時に，実験の安全と環境保全の基本を学ぶことをあわせて目的とする．

・実験の目的と各操作の関連について理解する．
・実験の進め方を理解し，実際の操作が正しくできるようにする．
・実験実習をこなし，レポートを作成するアカデミックスキルを養う．

下記のテーマについて実験を行う．

１．実験内容のガイダンス，実験ノートとレポートの書き方および試薬や器具の取り扱いなどの安全に関する講義 【全２回】

２．無機定性分析実験　【全４回】
　(1) Fe3+, Al3+の基本反応
　(2) Ag+, Pb2+の基本反応・Cu2+, Bi3+の基本反応
　(3) Ni2+, Co2+, Mn2+, Zn2+の基本反応
　(4) 未知試料の分析

３．容量分析実験　【全４回】
　(1) キレート滴定
　(2) ヨードメトリー
　(3) 酸化反応速度の測定
　(4) 活性炭によるシュウ酸の吸着

４．有機化学実験　【全４回】
　(1) 有機定性分析
　(2) 色素と蛍光
　(3) 4-メトキシアニリンのアセチル化
　(4) ニトロ化および加水分解

５．フィードバック【１回】　
　　フィードバックの方法は別途連絡します。

高等学校等において化学実験の経験がなくても履修可能である．

「出席と参加状況（配点の割合：約50％）」と「レポートと実験態度（配点の割合：約50％）」によって評価する．無機定性分析実験，容量分析実験，有機化学実験の３分野のうち，いずれか１つでも分野のレポート点の合計が0点の場合，不合格（0点）とする．

実習を行うに当たっては，事前に必ず教科書を読んで，予習しておくこと．実験ノートを用意し，実習の進め方をまとめておくとよい．実習後は結果をまとめて考察し，期限までにレポートを必ず提出すること．

本実験は理系学部の専門授業の基礎となる実験授業であり，化学関係の全学共通科目講義授業とあわせて履修することが望ましい．
【注意事項】
○履修申込およびガイダンスの案内は９月中旬にKULASISに掲示するので必ず確認すること．
○初回のガイダンスに必ず出席すること．履修にはKULASIS時間割への登録とガイダンス出席が必要である．
○履修希望者多数の場合は抽選を行う．
○履修登録確定後に，教科書および保護メガネを購入すること．また万一に備え，教育推進・学生支援部で取り扱っている「学生教育研究災害傷害保険」に加入しておくこと．

量子化学を中心とした物理化学の基礎を講義する。原子や分子の構造と性質を支配する法則を理解することを目的とする。

・量子力学の基礎を体系的に習得する。
・波動関数，シュレーディンガー方程式を理解し，説明できるようになる。
・原子や分子の構造と物性との相関について理解し，説明出来るようになる。

次の項目について講義する。

1.　量子論への導入（1）量子力学の起源
2.　量子論への導入（2）ミクロな系の力学
3.　量子論への導入（3）量子論の原理
4.　運動の量子論（1）並進
5.　運動の量子論（2）振動
6.　運動の量子論（3）回転運動
7.　原子の構造とスペクトル（1）水素型原子
8.　原子の構造とスペクトル（2）多電子原子
9.　原子の構造とスペクトル（3）原子スペクトル
10. 分子構造（1）原子価結合法
11. 分子構造（2）分子軌道法
12. 分子構造（3）二原子分子
13. 分子構造（4）多原子分子
14. 総論
15. 期末試験
16. フィードバック（内容は別途連絡します）

高校での物理，化学と理系数学を履修していることが望ましい。前期の基礎物理化学（熱力学）との連続した履修を推奨する。

平常点評価（クイズ，宿題など，20点)と定期試験の結果(80点)により評価する．

授業の前に教科書を一読すること。
授業の後に，例題，演習問題等を解き，理解につとめること。

The purpose of this laboratory class is to practice the basic identification and synthesis of chemical compounds as well as to learn the underlying principles involved.

Students will gain understanding in basic chemical concepts by actual hands-on work performing fundamental analysis and synthesis of chemical compounds.

Registration information: https://www.z.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/zenkyo/guidance

1. General Guidance [2 times]
The aims and contents of the experiments, how to make laboratory notes and reports, and how to use experimental instruments, labware and reagents safely.

2. Qualitative Inorganic Analysis Experiments [4 times]
(1) Basic Reactions of Fe3+ and Al3+ (3rd Analytical Group).
(2) Basic Reactions of Ag+, Pb+, Cu2+ and Bi3+ (1st and 2nd Analytical Groups).
(3) Basic Reactions of Ni2+, Co2+, Mn2+ and Zn2+ (4th Analytical Group).
(4) Analysis of an Unknown Sample Containing Some Cations.

3. Volumetric Analysis Experiments [4 times]
(1) Chelatometric Titration: Quantitative Determinations of Ca2+ and Mg2+ in tap water.
(2) Iodometry: Quantitative Determination of NaClO in Bleach.
(3) Oxidation Reaction Rate: Measurement of a Pseudo-first-order Reaction Rate Constant.
(4) Adsorption of Oxalic Acid by Activated Carbon.

4. Experiments in Organic Chemistry [4 times]
(1) Qualitative Analysis of Organic Compounds.
(2) Structure and Property of Organic Compounds: Azo Dyes and Fluorescent Dyes.
(3) Organic Synthesis I: Acetylation of 4-Methoxyaniline.
(4) Organic Synthesis II: Nitration and Hydrolysis.

5. Feedback [1 time]

特になし

Grades will be based on submitted reports and performance during of a total of 12 hands-on chemical experiments.

Preparation for each experiment should be done in advance. Understand the principles involved, and summarize these beforehand in the experimental notes regarding the reagents, equipment, and procedures and methods to be used.

・For the registration of the class, please see *1 below.
・Detailed information of the registration will be given at the homepage “KULASIS” in mid-September.
・Attend the first class, the course guidance will be given there.
・When you decide to take the class, you must have your own safety glasses as well as obtain the insurance for study and research “学生教育研究災害傷害保険”. (Safety glasses can be purchased at the COOP Shop “生協” and the insurance “学生教育研究災害傷害保険” is processed at the Education Promotion and Student Support Department Desk ”教育推進・学生支援部”. )

*1
Students must apply for the course before registration if they intend to register for experiment or exercise class of Natural Sciences Group. Please register for the class if you are permitted to participate.
・Application period:
Before the guidance of the first class
・Posted:
Details will be posted on “Notification” (Academic affairs information on liberal arts and sciences) in KULASIS in mid-September.
・Application method:
This will be explained in the “Notification” on KULASIS
・Selection method:
If the number of students who wish to take the class exceeds the course limit, a lottery will be held. The results will be announced after the guidance session.

・Notice: Unlike the other class designated courses, students can register the “Fundamental Chemical Experiments” course even if it is not the day/period of their class designated course. However, this shall not apply in the case when the class is oversubscribed.

生物の形態、分類、生態などの観察や調査、生体内の分子や細胞内小器官に関する実験を通して、様々な生命現象や自然環境についての視点を養うことを目的とする。微生物や菌類から被子植物や昆虫まで、幅広い分類群の生物を実際に手にとって扱う体験を得ることも重要な目的である。

生物学の研究において不可欠である基本的な実験操作のいくつか（形態の観察・スケッチ、手作業による組織解剖・細胞の取り扱い、顕微鏡の操作、形態標本の作製、DNAの取り扱いと分析など）を自在に駆使できるようになる。

各回、違ったテーマの実習を行い、それに対する討論、レポート作成を行う。様々な生物について生態学、形態学、分子細胞生物学などの手法で学び、総合的に生命現象を理解する。
初回は、レポートの書き方や実験についての留意事項を説明する。

課題の内容は以下を予定している（数字は順番ではない）。2回目以降の日程については、初回のガイダンスで伝える。天候や生物の発生状況により、実習の内容が前後する可能性がある。野外の調査地が集合場所となる週については、事前に教員からの指示がある。

1．ガイダンス（実験実習における安全対策・実験器具の取扱・レポートの書き方・野外実習の心得など）
2．小動物の形態観察・標本作製・解剖・同定
3．昆虫の採集・標本作製と形態観察
4．植物の分類と形態
5．植物の葉の形態
6．河川環境調査の基礎技術（渓流の水生昆虫群集調査）
7．菌根・子実体による菌類同定法
8．タンパク質の電気泳動
9．緩衝液などの試薬の調製方法
10．DNAの抽出
11．遺伝子配列解析
12．微生物（細菌・藻類）の採集・分離と観察
13．微生物の培養（大腸菌の生育測定）
14．光合成色素の分離
15．フィードバック

スタート時点では高校で履修する生物の知識は必要ではないが、授業中必要になる知識については、自学自習を求める。
受講希望者は、初回授業の前に、履修登録とは別に、吉田南2号館2階もしくは3階の生物実習室前掲示板の指示に従い受講申込を行うこと。受講定員を超える申込があった場合は、事前に教職員が履修許可者の抽選を行う。
野外での実習活動を行うことを予め了承して頂く必要がある。野外での実習を行うことが多いので、野外活動に適した服装（長袖・長ズボン・歩きやすい靴など）と飲み水などを各自で準備して実習に臨むこと。

実習への参加状況、平常点評価（実習への取り組み方などに基づく）、レポートの成績の３点で評価する。詳細は初回授業で説明する。

授業外の時間を使ってのレポート作成は必要である。

学生教育研究災害傷害保険に加入していることが必要である。
何回かは、寒いなかで野外作業をすることがあるので、実習参加に向けて十分な体調・健康管理をおこなうことが求められる。
文系の学部に所属する学生にも学習しやすい内容であるので、積極的に履修して欲しい。
１〜３回は、最大で片道５００円程度の交通費を要する場所での実習を計画している。この場合の旅費は履修生個人で負担していただくことになる。

我々人間は、自分たちの住む地球のことをどこまで知っているだろうか？人間に比べて地球は空間スケールが桁違いに大きく、そこで起こっている現象の時間スケールも桁違いに長い。しかも、複雑でいろいろな側面を持っている。そんな地球を机の上の勉強だけで理解するのは不可能である。手足を動かし、実際の地球に触れて実感することが、地球を理解する第一歩である。本実験では、様々なテーマに関する実験を通じて、地球の実態や営みの様々な側面や、それらを探究する多様な手法・視点に触れることで、地球への興味・理解を深める。

地球で起こる諸現象や、地球科学の諸分野および様々な研究手法に触れることで、地球への興味と理解を深めることができる。
地球を理解するための多角的な視点を持つことができる。

数人ずつの班に分かれて、地球および太陽系に関する複数のテーマに関して、2週間ずつの実験を、初回ガイダンスとフィードバックを合わせて全15回（天候不順等に備えた予備回１回を含む）行う。
実験テーマは、太陽惑星系、大気圏、海洋圏、固体圏、テクトニクス、地質、古生物、表層環境などのカテゴリーから設定する。具体的には、地球磁場観測、重力測定、地震波観測、野外での地質・岩石の観察、化石の観察、同位体を用いた環境解析、などの実験を行う予定。本年度のテーマの詳細は、初回のガイダンス時に説明する。

初回に行うガイダンスに必ず出席すること。ガイダンスでは、本実験の概略と個々の実習テーマについて説明し、班分けのための登録を行う。ガイダンスに出席しない者の履修は認めない。
高校地学の履修は前提としない。

授業への参加を最も重要視し、実験内での課題への取組姿勢、課題などを総合的に評価する。詳細は初回授業で説明する。

ガイダンス及び各実験課題において指示する。
実験課題によっては、事前の準備が必要なものあるので、実験スケジュールは必ず事前に確認しておくこと。

「学生教育研究災害傷害保険」などの傷害保険への加入をしておくこと。
野外実習を伴う実験の場合、交通費等の経費の負担（個人負担）が生じる場合がある。詳しくは、初回のガイダンス時に説明する。

前期開講の「地球科学実験」とは同一科目です。

This course aims to provide students with practice using a variety of data analysis techniques, in a manner that emphasizes data analysis reporting. These data analysis techniques include: descriptive statistics, classical hypothesis testing and machine learning. We will focus on how to organize and present analysis results from relatively complex dataset. No prior knowledge of statistics or data science is required. Computer programming experience is useful but not required.

This course provides an understanding of data analysis methods and how to organize and report data analysis results. Students will learn the basics of data science, statistics and computer programming. Students will learn how to organize and report data analysis results in a concise, information-dense manner. Students will learn how to use the Python programming language (python.org), Jupyter Notebooks (jupyter.org) and Markdown (markdownguide.org) and GitHub (github.com). The semester-long goal of this course is to produce a Final Project, which involves (1) analysis of a real-world dataset using several analysis techniques, and (2) creation of a full report of your findings, in a user-friendly format, similar to real-world report that you might one day produce for a data analysis customer.

The following weekly topics will be covered:

1) Jupyter I: Introduction
2) Python I: Basics
3) Python II: Visualizing Data
4) Jupyter II: GitHub Integration
5) Python III: Getting Data
6) Classical Stats I: Descriptive Statistics & Correlation
7) Jupyter III: Organizing Code
8) Classical Stats II: Hypothesis Testing
9) Classical Stats III: Meaning of Probabilities
10) Machine Learning I: Classification
11) Machine Learning II: Regression
12) Jupyter IV: Organizing Reports
13) Machine Learning III: Preprocessing & Dimensionality Reduction
14) Machine Learning IV: Clustering
15) Feedback

Total: 14 lectures + 1 feedback week

There are no specific requirements for this class. However, students must be willing to work with open-source software, which is relatively poorly documented compared to commercial software. The class instructor will help with problems, but students are also encouraged to find solutions to their problems through internet searches.

Additionally, skills in the following would be helpful:
- Computer programming: Python experience (or experience with any other language)
- HTML editing: Markdown (or any other high-level HTML-generation language)
- Statistics: basic hypothesis testing, basic machine learning, etc.

Students are expected to produce all in-class demonstrations independently, and to independently complete regular assignments.

Evaluation will be based on the following criteria:

- Assignments (80%) [10 @ 8% each]
- Final Project (20%)

TOTAL: 100%

Note that several of the assignments pertain directly to the Final Project. The Final Project will consist of a cumulation of work done throughout the semester.

This course has a variety of out-of-class assignments (including a Final Project) and no exam. Students who do not pay attention to the lecture content during class will likely have difficulties completing the assignments.

The lecture content will be made available prior to the lecture. It is recommended that students review this content prior to the lecture.

OFFICE HOURS:
Immediately before / after class or by appointment (pataky.todd.2m @ kyoto-u.ac.jp)

Organisms communicate. How? Why? So what? In this interdisciplinary course, we aim to understand how life communicates, explore the various reasons behind this phenomenon, and discuss its potential implications. We begin by considering non-verbal communication in nature, such as birdsong, dolphin song, bioluminescence, and pheromones, to understand how animals and other organisms send and sense signals. The course then expands its scope to explore inter-species relationships such as symbiosis, and human-animal interactions and their implications for welfare. Finally, we examine the implications of communication extending to interactions among humans, machines, and AI.

By bridging the humanities and the sciences, students will develop cross-disciplinary thinking and curiosity about life and communication in all (imaginable) forms.

This course is designed for anyone interested in communication, regardless of their major. Through lectures, discussions, and a final poster presentation, students will interpret and integrate diverse scientific and cultural forms of knowledge and communicate those understandings clearly and critically.

In addition to 14 lectures, four seminar courses are offered:
Weeks 1-7, students choose “Psychology of Communication” or “Honesty and Deceit in Biological Communication”
Weeks 8-14, students choose: “Human-Animal Interaction” or “Teaching a Robot to Communicate.”
Students are divided into two groups and will take two different seminars, one in each half of the course.

演習については、4つのセミナー（前半：Psychology of Communication，Honesty and Deceit in Biological Communication、後半：Human-Animal Interaction, Teaching a Robot to Communicate）が行われる。受講者は2グループに分かれ、前半７週と後半７週に異なるテーマで２つの演習を受講できる。

○ ISS Course Classification: [Science / Humanities]
This classification applies to ISS courses in which the primary theme places a strong emphasis on the natural sciences, while the secondary theme places a strong emphasis on the humanities.
〇統合型複合科目分類　【理・文】
主たる課題について理系分野の要素が強く、副たる課題については文系分野の要素が強いと考えられるもの

1. Exploring how organisms use chemical signals to communicate and shape ecological interactions.
2. Examining how communication drives symbiosis and cooperation, shaping ecosystems and applications.
3. Understanding the key concepts, history, and interdisciplinary scope of huma - animal interaction studies.
4. Identifying major contexts of human - animal interaction (such as companionship, research, and conservation), and their welfare implications.
5. Understanding the biological and psychological bases of human - animal communication, including signaling and interpretation.
6. Analyzing how enhanced communication fosters trust, cooperation, and welfare in human - animal - robot relationships.
7. Exploring the behaviors and brain processes that subtly shape conscious experience beneath awareness.
8. Exploring the interconnections among mind, meaning, and machine in the context of human communication.
9. Gaining insight into human psychology and interpersonal communication as foundations for understanding AI.
10. Reflecting on how AI - human communication may drive the evolution of a “Cultural Machine.”

（この授業では、講義と少人数演習を併せて学びます。講義のみ、少人数演習のみの出席では授業の到達目標に達しません。なお、講義の初回授業において少人数演習のグループ分けを行いますので、必ず出席してください/In this course, students will learn through a combination of lectures and small-group seminars. Attending only the lectures or only the seminars will not be sufficient to achieve the learning objectives. Please be sure to attend the first class, as students will be divided into seminar groups at that time.）

[Lecture］Fri 3rd (Classroom : 共北11）
Class 1: How Life Communicates: Networks in Harmony (Course Introduction):
The coordinator and all lecturers introduce themselves and their contributions to the course. The purpose of the course, learning objectives, and evaluation will be explained. The summary of the content covered by each instructor will be introduced. Students will be divided into four small-group seminars through a selection process primarily based on students’ preferences.

Lecture Section 1: Understanding Diverse Communication Methods in Organisms (Lecturers: Craig Barnett and Tzu-Fan Hsiang)

(Overview)
This section explores how organisms transmit and interpret information to survive and interact with their environments. It examines the physical, behavioral, and chemical mechanisms that underpin communication across species. Special attention is given to chemical signaling, such as volatiles, phytohormones, and metabolites that mediate interactions among plants, microbes, insects, and other organisms.


(Schedule and Contents)
Class 2: Signal transmission methods (Craig Barnett)
Class 3: Chemical communication (Pheromones for bugs, Quorum sensing for bacteria, plant hormones, flowering regulation, bioluminescence) (Tzu-Fan Hsiang)

Lecture Section 2: Understanding Symbiosis and Cooperative Relationships (Lecturers: Tzu-Fan Hsiang and Minsoo Kim)

(Overview)
This section examines how communication shapes cooperation, competition, and adaptation across biological systems, from plants to humans. It highlights molecular signaling in symbiosis, showing how organisms form mutualistic or parasitic relationships that influence evolution and health. Applications such as microbiota research, probiotics, and bioinspired agriculture demonstrate how understanding these networks can drive innovation in medicine, ecology, and sustainability.

(Schedule and Contents)
Class 4: Mutualism, commensalism, parasitism (Tzu-Fan Hsiang)
Class 5: Plant-host, Insect-host interaction (Tzu-Fan Hsiang)
Class 6: Microbiota-human host interactions (Minsoo Kim)
Class 7: Emerging technology inspired by biological communication (Tzu-Fan Hsiang)

Midterm evaluation: Biological communication in daily life

Lecture Section 3: Communication in Humans, Animals, and Robots (Lecturers: Duncan Wilson and Richard Veale)

(Overview)
These lectures explore how humans perceive, communicate with, and understand other beings— both biological and artificial. Students examine how communication shapes relationships, welfare, and awareness across species and systems. The sessions encourage interdisciplinary reflection on how conscious and unconscious processes influence interaction, empathy, and connection in both living and artificial worlds.

(Schedule and Contents)
Class 8: Introduction to Human-Animal Interaction (Duncan Wilson)
Class 9: Human-Animal Communication (Duncan Wilson)
Class 10: Mechanisms of Human Communication - Natural Language Processing (Richard Veale)
Class 11: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (Richard Veale)

Lecture Section 4: Mind, Meaning, and Machine (Lecturers: Ethan Sahker and David Dalsky)
(Overview)
These lectures focus on the roles of mind and behavior (psychology) in interpersonal communication and how AI-human interactions negotiate meaning.
(Schedule and Contents)
Class 12: Human Psychology and Communication (Ethan Sahker)
Class 13: AI-Human Communication (David Dalsky)

Class 14: Student poster presentation and discussion
Students will give poster presentations and engage in discussions based on the assignments from previous lectures.
Class 15: Feedback

[Seminars］
Students choose one seminar from the first half of the course and one from the second half.

Students choose:
Weeks 1-7: “Psychology of Communication” or “Honesty and Deceit in Biological Communication”

Seminar A: Friday 5th（Classroom: 国際高等教育院棟2F 演習室23）
Title: Psychology of Communication
By Ethan Sahker

(Overview and purpose of the course)
This class focuses on the cognitive and behavioral components of human communication, both internal thought processing (intrapersonal), and external applications (interpersonal). Students will gain an understanding of the factors that shape modern communication, the scientific applications of communication, and how this communication relates to health and well-being.

(Course schedule and contents)
Class 1: Cognitive and Behavioral Communication
Class 2: Psychodynamics: Inter- and Intrapersonal Communication
Class 3: Non-Verbal Communication
Class 4: Culture & Group Dynamics
Class 5: Internet Communication & Disinhibition
Class 6: Clinical Communication
Class 7: Health and Communication
Exercises: Thought Records, Personal Patterns, Cultural Non-Verbal Show & Tell, Stereotypes & Expectations, Roleplaying, Basic Counseling Skills
Details on feedback will be announced separately during class.

Seminar B: Friday 5th（Classroom: 国際高等教育院棟2F 演習室24）
Title: Honesty and Deceit in Biological Communication
By Craig Barnett

(Overview and purpose of the course)
Organisms have evolved many ways to transmit information to others. We will examine the evolution of communication signals, signal honesty, and how signals can be used to deceive others.

(Course schedule and contents)
Class 1: An introduction to communication: a biologist’s perspective
Class 2: Truth in advertising: the evolution of signal honesty
Class 3: Nature abhors a vacuum: the evolution of deception
Class 4: Case study 1: It’s not over until the fat bird sings: bird song as an honest communication system
Class 5: Case study 2: The evolution of crypsis, aposematism, and mimicry
Class 6: Case Study 3: Bolas spiders and other forms of biological deception
Class 7: Presentations, recap, conclusions, and discussion
Exercises: Group discussions, Short group presentation on an example of biological communication, Excursion to Mt. Yoshida
Details on feedback will be announced separately during class.
Students choose:
Weeks 8-14: “Human-Animal Interaction” or “Teaching a Robot to Communicate”

Seminar C: Friday 5th（Classroom: 国際高等教育院棟2F 演習室23）
Title: Human-Animal Interaction
By Duncan Wilson

(Overview and purpose of the course)
This course examines the dynamic interactions between humans and animals, focusing on how communication influences human-animal relationships and welfare. Students explore biological, psychological, and social aspects of human-animal communication and how understanding signals, empathy, and behaviour can improve well-being in contexts such as companionship, research and conservation. The course encourages critical reflection on how effective, compassionate communication benefits both humans and animals.

(Course schedule and contents)
Class 1: Human-Animal Welfare
Class 2: Cross-cultural Variation in Human-Animal Interaction
Class 3: Human-Pet Interaction and Animal Assisted Interventions
Class 4: Human-Farm Animal Interaction
Class 5: Human-Laboratory Animal Interaction
Class 6: Human-Zoo Animal Interaction
Class 7: Human-Wildlife Interaction

Exercises: Group discussion, video analysis, quizzes, debate, role play
Details on feedback will be announced separately during class.

Seminar D: Friday 5th（Classroom: 国際高等教育院棟2F 演習室24）
Title: Teaching a Robot to Communicate
By Richard Veale

(Overview and purpose of the course)
Understanding behaviors and neural mechanisms that unconsciously influence our conscious experience.

(Course schedule and contents)
Understanding behaviors and neural mechanisms that unconsciously influence our conscious experience.
Class 1: Computer vision: basic concepts (filtering/convolution)
Class 2: Modeling early human visual system
Class 3: Gaze/Eye Tracking
Class 4: Models of gaze control
Class 5: Head-tracking (memory?)
Class 6: Adding sound? Basic Auditory Processing
Class 7: Learning simple words— association of sound/sight

Exercises: Wearable/static eye-tracking, Building models, Basic robot "Primal" communication via vision/audition/vibration (synchronization)
Details on feedback will be announced separately during class.

特になし

Lecture(50% of final grade): Evaluation will be based on class attendance and participation (40%), final poster presentation (40%), and homework (20%).

Seminar(50% of final grade):Students take two seminars. Evaluation criteria may vary slightly by group and will be explained by each seminar instructor during the first class.
・Seminar A (Psychology of Communication): Reflection Paper (50%),quizzes (30%), participation (20%)
・Seminar B (Honesty and Deceit in Biological Communication); Papers (50%), final presentation (50%)
・Seminar C (Human-Animal Interaction): Class attendance and participation (40%), final report (40%),homework (20%)
・Seminar D (Teaching a Robot to Communicate): In-class practical labs/homeworks (40%),final project (40%), final presentation (10%),theory quizzes (10%)

Final Grade = Lecture (50%) + Average of Two Seminars (50%)

Students should read the recommended lecture materials before class and review the course handouts.

Instructors are available by appointment to meet with students. We expect active class participation in this class.
Note: the lecture/seminar contents and order of lectures/seminars are subject to change.

Due to character limits on official documents such as transcripts, the English course title "Integrated Liberal Arts and Science with Small Group Seminars" is abbreviated as "ISS."
Please note that the same restriction applies to E2 course titles on KULASIS, where the title is also abbreviated as "ISS."
成績証明書等では、表示文字数の制約上、英文科目名「Integrated Liberal Arts and Science with Small Group Seminars」が「ISS」と略記されます。
なお、E2科目名についてはKULASIS上も同様の制約がかかり、科目名が「ISS」と略記されていますので、ご注意ください。

Academic writing & listening

For the continued development of students' skills in English for General Academic Purposes (EGAP), English Writing-Listening B (EWLB) consists of three components: writing, listening, and vocabulary. EWLB aims to advance the skills in EGAP that students learned in EWLA.

For practice with writing, students analyze and evaluate basic elements of academic writing they learned in EWLA; they further identify, recognize, or understand more advanced elements; finally, they recall and apply all acquired knowledge in the process of producing an academic report of at least 1,000 words. By writing substantial academic reports more autonomously, students will acquire advanced academic writing skills as stated in the Course Goal section below.

For practice with listening, students take the online course known as GORILLA (Global Online Resources for International Language Learning Assistance) outside class. They are assessed on their listening proficiency through weekly online assignments, as well as the four tests that the instructor administers in class.

For vocabulary learning, students use the standard reference book titled “Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110.” Like the listening component, students independently study words from the general academic list that the instructor assigns (usually 50 words a week) and are tested on a number of these words weekly.

By the end of this course, students will acquire the following skills at varying levels. Students should be able to:
- Recognize and use basic academic words in English
- Process more advanced academic discourse presented aurally
- Analyze topics and develop suitable controlling ideas, thesis statements, and outlines for academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard paragraph-level elements of an academic report (i.e., introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard sentence-level elements (e.g., thesis statement, topic sentences, support sentences) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Recognize more advanced methods of maintaining the unity (e.g., repetition of key points) and coherence (e.g., quality of language) of ideas in academic reports, evaluate the unity and coherence of their writing, and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing.
- Utilize, with sufficient accuracy, a broad range of citation conventions when formatting academic reports
- Understand more advanced paraphrasing techniques to integrate information from external sources (e.g., summarizing, quoting), recognize and use more detailed citation conventions, and utilize this knowledge to avoid plagiarism
- Evaluate and integrate supporting evidence and sources to produce an academic report.
- Recognize the formatting conventions of an appropriate reference list and apply this knowledge to generate one for an academic report.
- Recognize particular styles and conventions within academic writing and adopt them appropriately
- Acquire a deeper understanding of the writing process in the production of academic reports after revising drafts with feedback
- Combine knowledge of (i) the structure of an academic report, with allowances made for rhetorical style such as argumentation and cause-effect, (ii) the writing process, and (iii) the evaluation and integration of supporting evidence and sources, and apply this knowledge to produce an academic report of at least 1,000 words

In-class activities are related to the contents of the textbook. Though there may be some adjustments in certain cases, the schedule of this course is as follows:

Chapter 1 Paragraph Structure Review
Chapter 2 Academic Essay Structure & Topic Selection
Chapter 3 Thesis Statement & Essay Outline
Chapter 4 Body Paragraphs & Transitional Words
Chapter 5 Paraphrase, Quotation, Summary, & Citation
Chapter 6 Introduction & Conclusion Paragraphs
Chapter 7 Proofreading & Revision
Chapter 8 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Topics
Chapter 9 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Thesis Support
Chapter 10 Quality of Content: Evaluating Evidence
Chapter 11 Quality of Language: Integrating Evidence
Chapter 12 Quality of Language: Academic Style
Chapter 13 Quality of Feedback & Revision
Chapter 14 Overall Quality
Feedback

Important: Some instructors may cover more than one chapter in one week for better learning outcomes in the whole semester. Each instructor decides whether or not the class conducts the final examination in the test week. Students should confirm the class policy from their instructors.

「全学共通科目履修の手引き」を参照してください。

1. Vocabulary assessments 10%

2. Listening assessments 20%
*Students must pass at least eight out of 13 learning units (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit) of the online materials in order to receive credit for this course.
*The score for the listening assessments is determined by performance on four in-class assessments and the study record of the online materials (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit).

3. Writing assignments 50%
*Scores for writing assignments may include in-class writing tasks and participation in class activities as well as a term paper.
*Students must complete various writing assignments, including an academic report of at least 1,000 words in order to receive credit for this course. Note that plagiarism must be avoided.

4. TOEFL ITP score 20 %
*Students must take the TOEFL ITP on the date that ILAS designates.

Students are required to study academic vocabulary from the designated part (EGAP vocabulary) of the "Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110" outside of class, and regularly take vocabulary assessments in class.

Students are also required to study the online listening materials outside of class through the GORILLA system. The materials for this course are as follows:

・KU Academic Listening (B) Units 1-12 (required)
・TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit (required)
・KU Can-Do Self-Assessment (optional)
・Extra practice for further study (optional)

Students must complete each unit by the assigned deadline. If students miss the deadline for a certain unit, the unit will not be evaluated as a passed unit.
Students must also take four in-class assessments based on the KU Academic Listening (B) units.

For details such as the deadlines and the in-class assessment schedule, please see the handout distributed in class and the information posted on the GORILLA system.

Students are advised to save the textbook PDF file in their digital devices.
If they want a printed version, they can print the file on a printer at home or a nearby shop, purchase a book-binder (less than 200 yen) at the Univ. Co-op shop in the Yoshida-minami Campus or the Clock-tower, and use a binding-machine there for no extra charge.

Kyoto University students have access to free instructional videos on English listening skills. These videos help English learners by explaining how pronunciation changes in actual speech, covering features such as assimilation, reduction, and linking.
https://kubar.rd.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/elme/　

Students may benefit from accessing the website offered by the Division of English Language Education (DELE), i-ARRC, Kyoto University. The website provides useful information to support students in learning and using English autonomously.
JP:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english_jp
EN:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english

Academic writing & listening

For the continued development of students' skills in English for General Academic Purposes (EGAP), English Writing-Listening B (EWLB) consists of three components: writing, listening, and vocabulary. EWLB aims to advance the skills in EGAP that students learned in EWLA.

For practice with writing, students analyze and evaluate basic elements of academic writing they learned in EWLA; they further identify, recognize, or understand more advanced elements; finally, they recall and apply all acquired knowledge in the process of producing an academic report of at least 1,000 words. By writing substantial academic reports more autonomously, students will acquire advanced academic writing skills as stated in the Course Goal section below.

For practice with listening, students take the online course known as GORILLA (Global Online Resources for International Language Learning Assistance) outside class. They are assessed on their listening proficiency through weekly online assignments, as well as the four tests that the instructor administers in class.

For vocabulary learning, students use the standard reference book titled “Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110.” Like the listening component, students independently study words from the general academic list that the instructor assigns (usually 50 words a week) and are tested on a number of these words weekly.

By the end of this course, students will acquire the following skills at varying levels. Students should be able to:
- Recognize and use basic academic words in English
- Process more advanced academic discourse presented aurally
- Analyze topics and develop suitable controlling ideas, thesis statements, and outlines for academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard paragraph-level elements of an academic report (i.e., introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard sentence-level elements (e.g., thesis statement, topic sentences, support sentences) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Recognize more advanced methods of maintaining the unity (e.g., repetition of key points) and coherence (e.g., quality of language) of ideas in academic reports, evaluate the unity and coherence of their writing, and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing.
- Utilize, with sufficient accuracy, a broad range of citation conventions when formatting academic reports
- Understand more advanced paraphrasing techniques to integrate information from external sources (e.g., summarizing, quoting), recognize and use more detailed citation conventions, and utilize this knowledge to avoid plagiarism
- Evaluate and integrate supporting evidence and sources to produce an academic report.
- Recognize the formatting conventions of an appropriate reference list and apply this knowledge to generate one for an academic report.
- Recognize particular styles and conventions within academic writing and adopt them appropriately
- Acquire a deeper understanding of the writing process in the production of academic reports after revising drafts with feedback
- Combine knowledge of (i) the structure of an academic report, with allowances made for rhetorical style such as argumentation and cause-effect, (ii) the writing process, and (iii) the evaluation and integration of supporting evidence and sources, and apply this knowledge to produce an academic report of at least 1,000 words

In-class activities are related to the contents of the textbook. Though there may be some adjustments in certain cases, the schedule of this course is as follows:

Chapter 1 Paragraph Structure Review
Chapter 2 Academic Essay Structure & Topic Selection
Chapter 3 Thesis Statement & Essay Outline
Chapter 4 Body Paragraphs & Transitional Words
Chapter 5 Paraphrase, Quotation, Summary, & Citation
Chapter 6 Introduction & Conclusion Paragraphs
Chapter 7 Proofreading & Revision
Chapter 8 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Topics
Chapter 9 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Thesis Support
Chapter 10 Quality of Content: Evaluating Evidence
Chapter 11 Quality of Language: Integrating Evidence
Chapter 12 Quality of Language: Academic Style
Chapter 13 Quality of Feedback & Revision
Chapter 14 Overall Quality
Feedback

Important: Some instructors may cover more than one chapter in one week for better learning outcomes in the whole semester. Each instructor decides whether or not the class conducts the final examination in the test week. Students should confirm the class policy from their instructors.

「全学共通科目履修の手引き」を参照してください。

1. Vocabulary assessments 10%

2. Listening assessments 20%
*Students must pass at least eight out of 13 learning units (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit) of the online materials in order to receive credit for this course.
*The score for the listening assessments is determined by performance on four in-class assessments and the study record of the online materials (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit).

3. Writing assignments 50%
*Scores for writing assignments may include in-class writing tasks and participation in class activities as well as a term paper.
*Students must complete various writing assignments, including an academic report of at least 1,000 words in order to receive credit for this course. Note that plagiarism must be avoided.

4. TOEFL ITP score 20 %
*Students must take the TOEFL ITP on the date that ILAS designates.

Students are required to study academic vocabulary from the designated part (EGAP vocabulary) of the "Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110" outside of class, and regularly take vocabulary assessments in class.

Students are also required to study the online listening materials outside of class through the GORILLA system. The materials for this course are as follows:

・KU Academic Listening (B) Units 1-12 (required)
・TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit (required)
・KU Can-Do Self-Assessment (optional)
・Extra practice for further study (optional)

Students must complete each unit by the assigned deadline. If students miss the deadline for a certain unit, the unit will not be evaluated as a passed unit.
Students must also take four in-class assessments based on the KU Academic Listening (B) units.

For details such as the deadlines and the in-class assessment schedule, please see the handout distributed in class and the information posted on the GORILLA system.

Students are advised to save the textbook PDF file in their digital devices.
If they want a printed version, they can print the file on a printer at home or a nearby shop, purchase a book-binder (less than 200 yen) at the Univ. Co-op shop in the Yoshida-minami Campus or the Clock-tower, and use a binding-machine there for no extra charge.

Kyoto University students have access to free instructional videos on English listening skills. These videos help English learners by explaining how pronunciation changes in actual speech, covering features such as assimilation, reduction, and linking.
https://kubar.rd.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/elme/　

Students may benefit from accessing the website offered by the Division of English Language Education (DELE), i-ARRC, Kyoto University. The website provides useful information to support students in learning and using English autonomously.
JP:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english_jp
EN:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english