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Class Time-Table and Descriptions for Fall Semester, 2000

Class Time-table

Day
of
week		 Time
Zone		 Subject Department Lecturer Class
Room		 UEC
Regular
Students
MON

Class #1
 (9:00-10:30)

 Quantum Electronics E Prof. Kimio  UJIHARA W2-106  

Class #2
(10:40-12:10)

 Radio Wave Engineering #2 ISC Professor Noboru TOYAMA W6-205  

Class #3
(13:00-14:30)

 Theory of  Economic Systems T Associate Prof.  Masayuki  MATSUYAMA E6-201  
Applicable Mathematical Modelling #2 ISC Associate Prof.  Masahisa  SUZUKI W5-304  

Class #4
(14:40-16:10)

 Transmission System in Communications C Prof. Tetsuya MIKI IS-115  
ISC Computer Programming with C Language E Professor Naoto KOYAMA 2nd Floor Computer Room at W3 Building  

Class #5
(16:15-17:45)

 Speech and Image Processing E Prof.  Akira  KUREMATSU P-117  
TUE

Class #1
 (9:00-10:30)

          

Class #2
(10:40-12:10)

 Japanese Language ISC --- ISC  

Class #3
(13:00-14:30)

 Japanese Language ISC --- ISC X

Class #4
(14:40-16:10)

 Japanese Language ISC --- ISC X

Class #5
(16:15-17:45)

 Technical Writing #2 H Professor PARTON E4-315  
WED

Class #1
 (9:00-10:30)

 Industrial and Manufacturing Systems  T Professor Masayuki MATSUI 
Dr Kennji YURA		 F-401  

Class #2
(10:40-12:10)

 UEC Academic Skills I (Computer Literacy) ISC Dr Masahisa SUZUKI W5-304  

Class #3
(13:00-14:30)

 Japanese Language ISC --- ISC X

Class #4
(14:40-16:10)

 Japanese Language ISC --- ISC X

Class #5
(16:15-17:45)

          
THU

Class #1
 (9:00-10:30)

 Quality and Reliability Engineering; The Japanese Way T Professor Kazuyuki SUZUKI F-401  

Class #2
(10:40-12:10)

 Lifelong Learning in Sports N Professor Takudou MIZUTA
Dr Jun-Ichi NAGASAWA & Associates		 Follow the instructions at the first guidance  
Electronics Experimental Laboratory F Professor Takeo IRI
Professor Shigeo HAYASHI		 E6-2nd Floor Electronic Circuit Lab   

Class #3
(13:00-14:30)

 Lifelong Learning in Sports N Professor Takudou MIZUTA
Dr Jun-Ichi NAGASAWA & Associates		 Follow the instructions at the first guidance  
Electronics Experimental Laboratory F Professor Takeo IRI
Professor Shigeo HAYASHI		 E6-2nd Floor Electronic Circuit Lab   

Class #4
(14:40-16:10)

 Electronics Experimental Laboratory F Professor Takeo IRI
Professor Shigeo HAYASHI		 E6-2nd Floor Electronic Circuit Lab   
Parallel Computation C Professor Sigeyosi WATANABE W5-105   

Class #5
(16:15-17:45)

 Manufacturing Engineering and Technology M Professor Hideaki NEGISHI E4-317  
FRI

Class #1
 (9:00-10:30)

 Japanese Language ISC --- ISC X

Class #2
(10:40-12:10)

 Japanese Language ISC --- ISC X

Class #3
(13:00-14:30)

 UEC Academic Skills II (Presentation Skills) ISC Dr. M. SUZUKI W3-2nd Floor Computer Room,   

Class #4
(14:40-16:10)

 Japanese Human Relations H Professor Yoshimichi NAKAJIMA E1-806  
TV Broadcasting Engineering #2 ISC Professor Noboru TOYAMA W5-105  

Class #5
(16:15-17:45)

          

Class Descriptions

Lecture Code 2000BJ01A
Lecture Title Elementary Japanese IA
Credit 7 (10.5h/w)
Day of Class Tuesday #2, #3, #4
Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2
Lecturer Name Ms Yuko KASAHARA
and Associates
Extension 5739
E-mail kasahara@fedu.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. No native Japanese student is eligible to take these Classes.
Course Description Japanese Language Classes will be run with 2-3 groups.

This Class is designed for students who are the beginners with Japanese Language but with Non-Kanji-Culture Background.
Lecture Code 2000BJ01B
Lecture Title Elementary Japanese IB
Credit 6 (9.0h/w)
Day of Class Tuesday #2, #3, #4
Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2
Lecturer Name Mr Mikio SHIGA
and Associates
Extension 5738
E-mail shiga@fedu.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. No native Japanese student is eligible to take these Classes.
Course Description Japanese Language Classes will be run with 2-3 groups.

This Class is designed for students who are the beginners with Japanese Language but with Kanji-Culture Background.
Lecture Code 2000BJ02
Lecture Title Elementary Japanese IIA or IIB
Credit 6 (10.5h/w)
Day of Class Tuesday #2, #3, #4
Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2
Lecturer Name Dr Mari TANAKA
and Associates
Extension 5736
E-mail mari@fedu.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. No native Japanese student is eligible to take these Classes.
Course Description Japanese Language Classes will be run in  2-3 groups. 

Elementary Japanese IIA is designed for students who completed Elementary Japanese IA or who have equivalent standards with over 150 Kanji vocabulary.

Elementary Japanese IIB is designed for students who completed Elementary Japanese IB or who have equivalent standards with over 150 Kanji vocabulary. 
Lecture Code 2000BJ03
Lecture Title Intermediate Japanese Language
Credit 6 (10.5h/w)
Day of Class Tuesday #2, #3, #4
Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2
Lecturer Name Dr Mari TANAKA
and Associates
Extension 5736
E-mail mari@fedu.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. No native Japanese student is eligible to take these Classes.
Course Description Japanese Language Classes will be run with 2-3 groups. 

Intermediate Japanese Language I is designed for students who completed Elementary Japanese IIA/IIB or who have equivalent standards with over 300 Kanji vocabulary and reasonable communication skills.
Lecture Code 2000BQ01
Lecture Title UEC Academic Skills #1 (Computer Literacy)
Credit 2 (3.0h/w)
Day of Class Wednesday #2, Friday #3
Lecturer Name Dr Masahisa SUZUKI
Extension 5745
E-mail suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement New JUSST Students have to take this class on Wednesday #2 and Friday #3. New JUSST Students are required to take this class from the beginning of this semester. Senior JUSST Students are required to take this class for last one month. 
Course Description UEC Academic Class is designed to give you the graps of all sorts of computer experience. It aims to give you an opportunity to get familiar with very basic computer skills for Academic Work and Study. You will learn introductory parts of UNIX Networking Computer, Fortran, C Language, TeX and HTML (Homepage Making). 

No advance contents will be taught, but it is a core subject for all new JUSST Students.
Lecture Code 2000BQ02
Lecture Title UEC Academic Skills #2 (Presentation Skills)
Credit 2 (3.0h/w)
Day of Class Wednesday #2, Friday #3
Lecturer Name Dr Masahisa SUZUKI
Extension 5745
E-mail suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp 
Textbook  
Pre-requirement New JUSST Students have to take this class on Wednesday #2 and Friday #3. New JUSST Students are required to take this class from the beginning of this semester. Senior JUSST Students are required to take this class for last one month. 
Course Description You will learn a presentation skill for oral / poster presentation. At the end of semester, all new/senior JUSST Students will be required to give a presentation on their major study and research. New JUSST Students will be required to give poster presentation with 1-2 panel space given. Senior JUSST Students of Postgraduate will be required to give an oral presentation for 20 minutes. 

No advance contents will be taught, but it is a core subject for all new JUSST Students.
Lecture Code 2000BTLA3
Lecture Title Transmission System in Communications
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Monday #4
Lecturer Name Professor Tetsuya MIKI
Extension 5195
E-mail miki@ee.uec.ac.jp
Textbook John B. Anderson: "Digital Transmission engineering", IEEE Series on Mobile and Digital Communication, Prentice Hall
Pre-requirement Knowledges on Probability and Fourier Transform.
Course Description This course will cover the fundamental principles of Digital Transmission Systems. Subjects to be covered will include;
1. Baseband Pulse Transmission,
2. Carrier Transmission,
3. Synchronization,
4. Source Coding and Line Coding,
5. Optical Transmission Systems,
6. Synchronous Digital Hierachy(SDH) and Aynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM)
Lecture Code 2000BTLA4
Lecture Title Parallel Computation
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Thursday #4
Lecturer Name Professor Sigeyosi WATANABE
Extension 5243
E-mail watanabe@cas.uec.ac.jp
Textbook (Preliminary reading) Parallel Programming edited by Susann Ragsdale
(Supplement) Designing Efficient Algorithms for Parallel Computers written by Michael J. Quinn
Pre-requirement UNIX Literacy, C Programming Language
Course Description Parallel Computer architecture and parallel processing are included. Well-known parallel algorithms are introduced and several programs to investigate important parallel techniques will be implemented using MIMD computer systems. The practice in parallel programming is prepared. The course includes two hours of lectures and three hours of homework per week. It will focus on the following topics:
1. The Parallel Systems: Divide and Conquer
2. A programming Model for the Loosely ? Coupled Parallel System
3. Working Smartly, Not Hard: Parallel Software Engineering Principles
4. Decomposition Strategies
5. Domain Decomposition: Examples and Techniques
6. Control Decomposition: Examples and Techniques
7. Object ?Oriented Techniques for Distributed-Memory Systems but the topics will vary in accordance with the students' majoring.
Lecture Code 2000BTLC2
Lecture Title Speech and Image Processing
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Monday #5
Lecturer Name Professor Akira KUREMATSU
Extension 5215
E-mail kure@ee.uec.ac.jp
Textbook None
Pre-requirement Introductory Digital Circuit, Elementary Discrete Mathematics
Course Description This course covers the fundamentals of digital signal processing applying speech, audio and image processing. The lecture will include the following items;
1. The development of Digital Signal Processing
2. Converting Analog to Digital
3. Filtering
4. Transforming Signals into the Frequency Domain
5. Encoding of Waveforms
6. Basic Speech Analysis and Synthesis
7. Basic Image Processing

References:
1. C. Marven and G. Ewers: "A Simple Approach to Digital Signal Processing", John Wiley &Sons, (1996). 
2. J. Deller, J. Proakis and J. Hansen: "Discrete-Time Processing 
of Speech Signals", Macmillan Publishing (1993). 
3. B. Jahne: "Digital Image Processing", Springer-Verlag, (1995)
Lecture Code 2000BTLC3
Lecture Title Computer Programming with C Language I
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Monday #4
Lecturer Name Dr Masayuki KUWADA
Dr Yoshiko OKADA-SHUDO
Extension 5180 / 5167
E-mail kuwada@ee.uec.ac.jp / okada@ee.uec.ac.jp
Textbook Introductory softoware (written in Japanese)
Pre-requirement UEC Academic Skill(TSQ01)
Course Description Computers are often said to be a mere 
heavy box. After successful finishing this course students can 
change it to an intelligent machine by putting into it the 
software he learned. Subjects include,

1. Skill of programming
2. Algorithm
3. Data structure
4. Input output description
Lecture Code 2000BTLC4
Lecture Title Quantum Electronics
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Monday #1
Lecturer Name Professor Kikuo UJIHARA
Extension 5157
E-mail ujihara@ee.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement Electro-magnetic waves, Elementary wave Optics, Elementary atomic physics
Course Description What is a laser? (2 class hours, approximately)
Coherence of optical waves (1)
Electro-magnetic waves (1)
Optical Cavities (Resonators) (1)
Emission and absorption of light (1)
Principles of the laser (2)
Characteristics of lasers (2)

The course aims at gaining understanding of the physical principles of laser operation without using ( but borrowing the results of) quantum mechanics.

The book, K. shimoda, "Introduction to Laser Physics," Springer-Verlag (1984), or its copy will be provided as a textbook.

The evaluation will be made by the results of small tests at the ends of hours and the term-end examination. 
Lecture Code 2000BTLD2
Lecture Title Electronics Experimental Laboratory
Credit 3 (6.75h/w)
Day of Class Thursday #2, #3 & #4
Lecturer Name Professor Takeo IRI
Professor Sigeo HAYASHI
Extension 5460 / 5496
E-mail iri@pc.uec.ac.jp / hays@pc.uec.ac.jp
Textbook You will be supplied with an original textbook written in English.
Pre-requirement Elementary electronics
Course Description This course enables you to have a hands-on experience of introductory electronics. You build various circuits on the breadboard and meaure the characteristics. As a matter of fact, you join the Japanese students taking the same course. The topics are:
1) Analog circuit A: properties of passive elements
2) Analog circuit B: applications of the operational amplifier
3) Transistors: their properties and applications
4) Digital circuit A: logic gates and simple arithmetic
5) Digital circuit B: clocked logic and its applications
Lecture Code 2000BTLE2
Lecture Title Manufacturing Engineering and Technology
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Thursday #5
Lecturer Name Professor Hideaki NEGISHI
Extension 5403
E-mail negishi@mce.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement  
Course Description (a) Introduction
(b) Manufacturing processes and products
(c) Machinability of engineering materials
(d) production of tubing and sheet metal
(e) Forming and shaping processes
(f) Metal cutting operations and machines
(g) Mechanics of cutting
(h) Nontraditional machining processes
Lecture Code 2000BTLF2
Lecture Title Theory of Economic Systems
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Monday #3
Lecturer Name Professor Keisuke MATSUYAMA
Extension 5262
E-mail kmatsu@cas.uec.ac.jp
Textbook None
Pre-requirement Mathematical Statistics, Linear Algebra
Course Description In this course the following topics will be disussed;
1. Economic Systems as Feedback Systems
2. Economic Policy as Built-in-Stabilizer
3. Economic Systems and Econometric Methods
4. Building Economic(or Econometric)Models
5. Endogeneous Variables and Exogeneous Variables
6. Estimating Parameters of Econometric Models
7. Forecast through Introducing Econometric Models
Lecture Code 2000BTLF3
Lecture Title Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Wednesday #1
Lecturer Name Professor Masayuki MATSUI 
Dr Kennji YURA
Extension 5261 / 5266
E-mail matsui@cas.uec.ac.jp / yura@cas.uec.ac.jp
Textbook None
Pre-requirement None
Course Description This course will cover the fundamental principles of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. Subjects to be covered will include;
1. Manufacturing Systems Engineering
1.1 Fundamental Principles
1.2 Production Planning and Scheduling 
1.3 New trends
2. Japanese Management for Manufacturing
2.1 Toyota System
2.2 Push/Pull System
2.3 New Trends

(7)References: 
K. Hitomi, Manufacturing Systems Engineering (2nd Edition), Taylor
& Francis (1996)
Y. Monden, Toyota Production System (3rd Edition), Engineering & 
Management Press (1988)
Lecture Code 2000BTLF4
Lecture Title Quality and Reliability Engineering; The Japanese Way
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Thursday #1
Lecturer Name Professor Kazuyuki SUZUKI
Extension 5265
E-mail suzuki@cas.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement Calculus
Course Description A lot of Japanese products have been spreading out all over the world. One of these reasons is high quality and reliability of Japanese products. Quality control(QC) in Japan has developed after World War 2, and now the Japanese way of QC is adopted in USA, Europe and Asia. In USA, reliability and quality are categorized in different fields but in Japan they are considered to be closely related each other. This lecture course focuses on the philosophy, ideas and scientific method used to build quality and reliability into products and systems. Also, recent development of information technology has been changing the way of QC and Reliability Engineering. This new aspects is also dealt with.
1. World Wide Quality Revolution
History of Quality and Quality Control, Origin of "Made in Germany", Japanese TQC and its Spread to the World, Rally of USA.
2. Quality Assurance(QA) and Total Quality Management
Meaning of Quality, What is QA? New Product Development and QA, Quality Functional Development, Four leading principles of Japanese TQC.
3. Statistical Quality Control
QC seven tools, New QC seven tools, Statistical Process Control, Design of Experiments
4. Reliability Engineering
Structure of Reliability, QA steps and Reliability Methods, Systems Reliability, Failure Analysis and Design Review, Statistical Reliability Methods, FMEA and FTA, Information Technology and RE.
Lecture Code 2000BTLG11
Lecture Title Japanese Human Relations
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Friday #4
Lecturer Name Professor Yoshimichi NAKAJIMA
Extension 5534
E-mail nakajima@e-one.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement  
Course Description (Objectives)
I wil give some profitable basic information on what avarage Japanese peaple are thinking and feeling ,which the attendants will make use of in thier daily life in Japan. 

(Outline of Class and Contents)
I will pick up and explain some basic Japanese words ,which show vividly specific characters of Japanese society and Japanese people:" UCHI and SOTO""TATEMAE and HONNE""NEMAWASHI", etc.

(Assessment Policy)
Positive attendancy is the most important point.
Lecture Code 2000BTLR11
Lecture Title Radio Wave Engineering #2
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Monday #2
Lecturer Name Professor Noboru TOYAMA
Extension 5744
E-mail toyama@fedu.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement Electromagnetic Theory
Course Description This course will cover basic ideas of radio waves, radio 
propagation and antennas. The subject will include the following: 
1. Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Theory 2. Characteristics of 
Electromagnetic Waves 3. Wave Propagation 4. Antennas 5. Recent 
Topics of Radio Waves and Antennas
Lecture Code 2000BTLR21
Lecture Title TV Broadcasting Engineering #2
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Friday #4
Lecturer Name Professor Noboru TOYAMA
Extension 5744
E-mail toyama@fedu.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement Introductory circuit theory and Elementary communication engineering
Course Description This course will cover the fundamental 
principles of Broadcasting Systems. Subjects to be covered will 
include;
1. Basic terrestrial broadcasting system ,
2. Basic satellite broadcasting system, 
3. Basic MUSE HDTV system ,
4. Basic Digital satellite broadcasting system, 
5. Basic terrestrial digital broadcsting system,
6. Introduction to the state-of-the-art reception technologies 
such as Large-Screen Plasma Display, Mobile receiver , SNG, etc.
Lecture Code 2000BTLR31
Lecture Title Applicable Mathematical Modelling #2
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Monday #3
Lecturer Name Dr Masahisa SUZUKI
Extension 5745
E-mail suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp
Textbook NIL
Pre-requirement Students are require to be confident with O.D.E. P.D.E. 
Course Description Computer Simulation has become common to proceed in many areas of sciences and engineering. This class aims to do brain storming with several key topics of dynamics. From this excercise, we focus attention on how to establish mathematical modeling for your needs.
Lecture Code 2000BTLR4
Lecture Title ISC Computer Programming with C Language
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Monday #4
Lecturer Name Professor Naoto KOYAMA
Extension 5735
E-mail koyama@fedu.uec.ac.jp
Textbook O'Relley's C Computer Programming
Pre-requirement UEC Academic Skill(TSQ01)
Course Description Computers are often said to be a mere 
heavy box. After successful finishing this course students can 
change it to an intelligent machine by putting into it the 
software he learned. Subjects include,

1. Skill of programming
2. Algorithm
3. Data structure
4. Input output description
5. Others
Lecture Code 2000BTLZ11
Lecture Title Lifelong Learning in Sports
Credit 1 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Wednesday #2, Thursday #2, #3
Lecturer Name Professor Takudou MIZUTA
Dr Jun-Ichi NAGASAWA & Associates
Extension 5581
E-mail mizuta@e-one.uec.ac.jp / nagasawa@e-one.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement Sportswear and Sports shoes
Course Description Aim of the program: The aim of the program is to acquire skills and knowledge for enjoying sports throughout lifelong. In addition, it includes development of health and physical fitness by practicing physical activities. The course is devided into 4 programs;
1. Lifelong Learning in Sports-Ⅰ(ordinary program)
The program is opened at the first semester in each year. It has several courses of sports lesson such as badminton, table tennis, judo, tennis, swimming, etc. The practice of the program is one lesson every week.
2. Lifelong Learning in Sports-Ⅱ ( advanced program) 
The program is opened at the second semester in each year. It has several courses of sports lesson such as badminton, table tennis, judo, tennis, etc. The practice of the program is one lesson every week..
3. Lifelong Learning in Sports-Ⅲ ( intensive program)
The program is opened in summer vacation. It has a tennis course and a golf course. The practice of the program is all day lessons during four or five days with staying at a sports club’s lodge. The lodging charges are needed.
4. Lifelong Learning in Sports-Ⅳ ( intensive program)
The program is opened in winter or spring vacation. It has a winter outdoor camp course and a skiing course. The practice of the program is all day lessons during four or five days with staying at a mountain camp site or a ski lodge. The lodging charges are needed.
Lecture Code 2000BTLZ2
Lecture Title メディアリテラシー A (Media Literacy A)
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class  
Lecturer Name Professor Masakatsu KANEKO
Extension 5536
E-mail kaneko@hs.uec.ac.jp
Textbook  
Pre-requirement  
Course Description  
Lecture Code 2000BTLZG22
Lecture Title Technical Writing #2
Credit 2 (1.5h/w)
Day of Class Technical Writing #2
Lecturer Name  
Extension  
E-mail  
Textbook  
Pre-requirement  
Course Description  

Created: September 1, 2000 / Last modified: November 19, 2012