Characteristics of Field Environment Science

　

　The land and sea area surrounding the Nansei Islands and southern Kyushu is vulnerable to sub-tropicalisation resulting from climate change because it is located in the southernmost region of Japan. Under the circumstances, it is important to conserve sustainable production environments and make them highly resistant to natural disasters and train local communities in disaster reduction techniques. To that end, it is necessary to provide education and research opportunities to impart knowledge in the science and technology necessary to deal with climate/meteorological changes; changes in the land and sea environment taking place in the area; and the changes in bioresources resulting from these changes. 　Aquatic Biological Science and Environmental System Science are two Courses newly added for the purpose of providing students opportunities to experience practical education and research in the land and sea fields, acquire advanced knowledge and master technical theories. The two Courses take advantage of the network with entities outside the School such as the Kagoshima University Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University Research and Education Center for Natural Hazards and Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands,　[Aquatic Biological Science ]　[Environmental System Science]

Our Image of Human Resources

　The Department provides the advanced scientific knowledge necessary to understand the climate, environment, types of disasters, biological resources unique to the land and sea area surrounding the Nansei Islands and southern Kyushu and the relationships among them in addition to gaining practical knowledge and sophisticated techniques on environmental conservation and agricultural production environment/infrastructure of such localities. The goal is to nurture students into human resources who identify and recommend solutions to the problems regarding these and to contribute to the development of local agriculture while playing a central role in local communities. To develop these human resources, the following two Courses are offered:

Aquatic Biological Science

• 　　The Course provides scientific knowledge and sophisticated survey techniques for determining the environmental characteristics of the area around the Nansei Islands and southern Kyushu that are greatly affected by the Kuroshio Current. In addition, the course investigates the effect that this current has on life, and enables students to work practically on monitoring the local environment, the utilization of biological resources and the conservation of local flora and fauna.

Environmental System Science

• The Course provides scientific knowledge about the climate, environment and disasters unique to the land and sea areas of the Nansei Islands and around southern Kyushu to enable students to use such knowledge and obtain advanced field data in sensing and robot technologies, etc. and to work out practical solutions for the conservation of the local environment, utilization of locally available resources, improvement of agricultural production infrastructure and risk assessment, and mitigation of agricultural meteorological disasters.

Diploma Policies

　The Master’s degree (Agronomy) or Master’s degree (Fisheries Science) shall be awarded to students who have been awarded the credit points required for graduation, passed the examination on their master’s thesis or screening of their research outcome on a specific theme and acquired the following credentials/capabilities.

• Master’s degree (Agronomy)
  ・ A broad knowledge and advanced and practical skills on the climate change taking place on land and the local environment, conservation and disaster reduction, and conservation of the local biological environment. ・ The capability to play a central role in the local communities in the conservation of the local environment, and in the identification and provision of solutions to problems relating to disaster reduction/mitigation.
• Master’s degree (Fisheries Science)
  　・ A broad knowledge and advanced as well as practical skills in dealing with the climate change taking place in the waters in the local environment, conservation and disaster reduction, and conservation of the local biological environment. ・ The capability to play a central role in local communities in the conservation of the local environment, and in the identification and provision of solutions to problems relating to disaster reduction/mitigation.

Each course of this department shall award the following degree. The type of degree awarded shall be decided depending on the research field and the subjects that the student has completed.

・Aquatic Biological Science: Master’s degree (Agronomy) or Master’s degree (Fisheries Science)
・Environmental System Science: Master’s degree (Agronomy) or Master’s degree (Fisheries Science)

環境フィールド科学専攻のカリキュラムポリシー

　生物資源と生産環境・基盤に関する幅広い科学的知識・技術を修得させるとともに，練習船や現地圃場を活用したフィールドにおける実践的な実習によって問題解決に向けて自ら企画・立案できる能力を養成するための教育を行う。

環境フィールド科学専攻のアドミッションポリシー

　　陸域・海域の環境と生物、両者の関わりを科学的に理解することに関心があり、その知識を基に、日本有数の食料生産基地である環黒潮圏の農業・水産業、環境保全及び防災・減災に関する問題解決に臨む意欲がある人。