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Seminars at Department of Geography in 2006

1st year　Approaches to Research in Geography

　The objective of this seminar is that first-year students who are beginners of Geography and hope to study professionally get preriminary knowledge concerning "what kind of science Geography is" thorough many sorts of experience by themselves.

　It is crucial to distinguish between Geography to study in the University and geography taught in elementary and secondary education. As a result, first-year students can stablish the solid foundations for professional learning and researches after second year.

Class A YOSHIKOSHI, Akihisa
Class B TAKAHASHI, Manabu
Class C KATAHIRA, Hirofumi
Class D KOGA, Shinji

2nd year Basic Readings in Geography

　This class aims to make second year students to get a research project on their own through reviewing previous works concerning some fields of Geography after seising preriminary knowledge about Geography in the first year.

　In the first semestar, second year students read systematic and basic treatises and make presentations on the results. In the last half year, they read several articles and put them together in order to find out about the development of researches. Finally, the achievements of this class are presented.

Class A IKUTA, Masato and EGUCHI, Nobukiyo
Class B MURANAKA, Akio and KOGA, Shinji
Class C EGUCHI, Nobukiyo and MURANAKA, Akio
Class D MURANAKA, Akio and KOGA, Shinji

3rd year　Seminar 1　/　4th year　Seminar 2

　These classes focus on to master basic requirements towards writing their senior thesis. Students learn about how to read, methods for investigation, presenting techniques and writing skills.
　The target of these classes are that students get able to be proactive in setting a subject on their researches, finishing investigations and making a presentation on the results.

　Seminar 1 and Seminar 2 have got to be held jointly since 2006. Third year students can get chance to learn from ther seniors concerning researches or student's life such as job search because of classes combining third year students and fourth year students.

4th year　Seminar 2　Thesis

　"Covering sticker of thesis" necessary when you apply thesis and its discripition are downloadable.

　・"Covering sticker of thesis"(68.3KB)

　・"Discripition of covering sticker of thesis"(60.6KB)