Class Time-Table and Descriptions for Fall Semester, 2008
Class Time-Table
Class Time-Table for Fall Semester, 2008 (136KB)
Class Descriptions
| Lecture Code | 2008BJ01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Elementary Japanese I |
| Credit | 6 ([Contact Hour: 9.0h/w + Self-Study Hour: 3.0 h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class |
Tuesday #2, #3, #4 Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Section of Japanese Language and Japanese Culture |
| Extension | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. |
| Course Description |
| Lecture Code | 2008BJ02 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Elementary Japanese II |
| Credit | 6 ([Contact Hour: 9.0h/w + Self-Study Hour: 3.0 h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class |
Tuesday #2, #3, #4 Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Section of Japanese Language and Japanese Culture |
| Extension | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. |
| Course Description |
| Lecture Code | 2008BJ03 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Intermediate Japanese Language I |
| Credit | 6 ([Contact Hour: 9.0h/w + Self-Study Hour: 3.0 h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class |
Tuesday #2, #3, #4 Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Section of Japanese Language and Japanese Culture |
| Extension | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. |
| Course Description |
Elementary Japanese II is designed for students who completed Elementary Japanese I or who have equivalent standards with over 150 Kanji vocabulary. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BJ04 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Intermediate Japanese Language II |
| Credit | 6 ([Contact Hour: 9.0h/w + Self-Study Hour: 3.0 h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class |
Tuesday #2, #3, #4 Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Section of Japanese Language and Japanese Culture |
| Extension | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. |
| Course Description |
Intermediate Japanese Language I is designed for students who completed Elementary Japanese II or who have equivalent standards with over 300 Kanji vocabulary and reasonable communication skills. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BQ01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | UEC Academic Skills I B(Computer Literacy) |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 2.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Wednesday #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Masahisa SUZUKI |
| Extension |
5746 |
| suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
UEC Academic Class is designed to give you some grapes 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 advanced contents will be taught, but it is a core subject for all new JUSST Students. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BQ02 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | UEC Academic Skills II B(Cross-Cultural Communication) |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 2.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #6 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Masahisa SUZUKI |
| Extension | 5746 |
| suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
You will learn a presentation skill for oral / poster presentation. At the end of semester, all new/senior JUSST Students are 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 advanced contents will be taught, but it is a core subject for all new JUSST Students. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BQ03 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | UEC Academic Skills III B (Research & Presentation) |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 2.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Friday #3 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Masahisa SUZUKI |
| Extension | 5746 |
| suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
This Class is also a core subject for all JUSST Exchange Students in their SECOND semester. This class focuses attention on the exercise of strategic research project. Students are required to carry out a study/research project for more than a half of year with a specific topic. Then, they have to proceed their own project after they choose their own topic and make a monthly plan. At the end of semester, there will be an international mini-conference that has participants of all new and senior JUSST Exchange Students and other regular UEC Students. Students are required to give a presentation on their projects that they decide at the beginning of class. Postgraduate Students will be required to give an oral presentation for 20 minutes in the conference. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BQ04 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | UEC Academic Skills IV B(Comprehensive Reading & Summary Writing) |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 2.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #6 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Masahisa SUZUKI and Associates |
| Extension | 5746 |
| suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
In this class, you will learn comprehensive reading skills and summary skills for scientific and business purpose. Every week, you will do short or long article reading on scientific and business topics. We expect that you will increase your vocabulary and pick-up skills of keywords in a text. No advanced contents will be taught, but it is a core subject for all new JUSST Students. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BQ05 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | UEC Academic Skills V B(Maths & Scientific Writing) |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 2.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Wednesday #6 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Masahisa SUZUKI and Associates |
| Extension | 5746 |
| suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | High School Maths |
| Course Description |
In this class, you will develop your mathematical writing skills and scientific writing skills through many writing exercises. Teachers and tutors will correct your writing every week in/out of this class. High School Maths books will be used for the beginning of semester. You will probably be able to read out most university maths expressions by the end of this semester. IELTS base English writing exercise will also be carried out in this class. No advanced contents will be taught, but it is a core subject for all new JUSST Students. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BTLA02 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Parallel Computation |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #3 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Shigeyoshi WATANABE |
| Extension | 5243 |
| watanabe@ice.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | None |
| Pre-requirement | None |
| Course Description |
This course covers the fundamental subjects of parallel computer architectures and parallel algorithms. In the lecture several topics of parallel computation were introduced and typical problems were given to students. The topics includes the simulation of artificial life and multi agent systems which demonstrate the interaction between animals in a field or an artificial stock market and which are originated by the lecturer. (Assessment Policy) Three assignments as homework were given to all students and the results were assessed. The grade was determined by the assessment and the attendance record. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BTLC03 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | VLSI Devices and Technology |
| Credit | 3 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #5 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Shinji NOZAKI |
| Extension | 5279 |
| nozaki@ee.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | The handouts will be given in the class. |
| Pre-requirement | semiconductor physics or equivalent courses |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) This course consists of series of lectures and labs covering device physics of silicon bipolar transistors and MOSFET's and VLSI process technology and exposes you to state-of-the-art semiconductor process equipment in the clean room. (Outline of Class and Contents) This will include the following topics: (a) Bipolar transistors, (b) MOS capacitors, (c) MOSFET's, (d) CCD's, MOS memories (DRAM, SRAM, EPROM, Flash), and (e) VLSI process technology (Assessment Policy) Assessment of the student performance in the class will be made based on grades on the lab report (20 %), mid-term take-home exam (40 %) and final exam (40 %). |
| Lecture Code | 2008BTLC04 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Modern Optics and Photonics |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Tuesday #5 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Yasuo TOMITA |
| Extension | 5164 |
| ytomita@ee.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook |
Instructor's notes will be provided. Material will also be taken from the following optional textbooks: 1) A.Yariv, Optical Electronics in Modern Communications, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 1997. 2) S.G. Lipson et al., Optical Physics, 3rd ed., Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1995. 3) B.E.A. Saleh and M.C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, Wiley, New York, 1991. |
| Pre-requirement | A good understanding of introductory electromagnetics and linear systems theory may be helpful. |
| Course Description |
(Objectives） This is an introductory-level course in the ever-increasing field of modern optics. It includes ray- and wave-descriptions of light propagation and image formation with coherent light. An introduction to holography and optical information processing is also given as an example of parallel and multi-dimensional data handling capabilities of light. Furthermore, it contains discussions of photonic devices (such as lasers, amplifiers, light modulators and detectors) and fiber-optic communications systems. (Outline of Class and Contents) Topics in 90-minute lectures will include: 1. Geometrical (ray) optics 2. Wave optics 3. Fourier optics 4. Electromagnetic and crystal optics 5. Guided-wave and fiber optics 6. Introduction to fiber-optic communications (Assessment Policy) The grades will be based 20% on the homework, 30% on the mid-term exam and 50% on the final exam. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BTLD01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Experimental Electronics Laboratory |
| Credit | 3 ([Contact Hour: 4.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 1.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #2, #3 & #4 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Shigeo HAYASHI |
| Extension | 5496 |
| hays@pc.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | Laboratory Manual (free) |
| Pre-requirement | None |
| Course Description |
（Objectives） This course aims for providing the students, who may have no practical knowledge of electrical circuits, with the basics of electronics. （Outline of Class and Contents） The student builds every other week the following six electrical circuits on the solderless breadboard and measure and analyze various properties: 1) Transformer-coupled circuits involving C or L 2) Transformer-coupled resonant circuits involving L and C 3) Op-amp based circuits with application to analog filter 4) DC abd AC characteristics of transistor 5) Single-stage transistor amplifier 6) Logic gates featuring RS-flip flop and full adder Prelab lectures are given in the no-experiment week after the reports on the preceding subject have been assessed. An optional project, Z80-based single-board computer and machine-language programming, is also available. （Assessment Policy） It is mandatory to finish all the projects listed above. Each project will not be considered to be completed until the student submits a report on the project, which is subject to quick, oral interrogation. The report will be assessed. |
| Lecture Code | 200BTLF01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Quality and Reliability Engineering; The Japanese Way |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #4 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Kazuyuki SUZUKI |
| Extension | 5265 |
| suzuki@se.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| 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 | 2008BTLG01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Japanese Human Relations |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #5 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Yoshimichi NAKAJIMA |
| Extension | 5534 |
| nakajima@hc.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | Various materials concerning the lecture are prepared in the class. |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) This lecture aims at learning the typical Japanese Human Relations which are for the most of foreign students not easy to understand and sometimes embarrassing. (Outline of Class and Contents) This lecture deals with following subjects. 1)Atomsphere(or climate) of Japanese society 2)Some basic concepts of Japanese Human Relations,-- "Seken","Honne and Tatemae","Giri and Ninjyo", "On", "Nemawashi"etc. 3)Brief history of Japan 4)Costums and Habits of Japanese soceity 5)The way of thinking of young Japanese men and women. (Assessment Policy) Following conditions are demanded for getting the unit. 1)Attending the class 2)Positive attitude in the class 3)An Oral and a written report 4)Attending excursion to the Center of Tokyo If a student satisfies 1),2),3) and 4) is very good, the grade is A(orAA). If a student doesn't satisfy 2 of these conditions, no unit is given. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BTLR01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Introduction to Digital Signal Processing |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Wednesday #5 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Nobuo HAMANO |
| Extension | 5813 |
| n-hamano@office.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | Discrete-Time Signal Processing, 2nd edition A.V. Oppenheim et al., Prentice-Hall |
| Pre-requirement | Fundamental knowledge of AC circuits and linear systems is helpful. |
| Course Description |
（Objectives） An increasing number of electronic systems today, to name a few: television, audio and wireless communication systems, rely heavily on digital signal processing technologies for achieving their superb performance and sophisticated functionalities. Aim of this course is to introduce the basic concepts and techniques underlying the digital signal processing along with a few examples of practical applications. （Outline of Class and Contents） The course will focus on fundamental concepts of discrete-time signals and systems including the following subjects: (1) Discrete-time representation of signals (2) Z-transform and discrete- time system analysis (3) Sampling and aliasing (4) Transform analysis of linear time-invariant systems (5) Design of IIR and FIR filters (6) Discrete Fourier Transform and Discrete Cosine Transform (7) Topical subjects
（Assessment Policy） |
| Lecture Code | 2008BTLR05 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | TV Broadcasting Engineering |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Friday #4 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Noboru TOYAMA |
| Extension | 5744 |
| toyama@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | Printed materials will be given. |
| Pre-requirement |
None. All the students who are interested in broadcasting are well come. |
| Course Description |
This course will cover the fundamental principles of Broadcasting Systems. Subjects to be covered will include;
igital satellite broadcasting system,
(Assessment Policy) |
| Lecture Code | 2008BTLR06 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Radio Wave Engineering |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Professor Noboru TOYAMA |
| Extension | 5744 |
| toyama@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
This course will cover basic ideas of radio waves, radio propagation and antennas. The subject will include the following: 6.Some experiments on the selected items from the above will also be given. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BTLR07 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Communication Systems |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #1 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Noboru TOYAMA |
| Extension | 5744 |
| toyama@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, Third Edition, by B.P. Lathi (Oxford University Press, 1998) |
| Pre-requirement | Trigonometric identities, Integrals, Fourier series, and some othert basic knowledge of mathematics, and LCR circuits. |
| Course Description | This course must be taken concurrently with the course "Communication Systems Laboratory." First two classes will be review sessions that concentrate efforts on familiarizing tudents with the basic mathematical knowledge including the subjects listed in the prerequisites. Students who do not have confidence in those items are requested to make extra efforts to catch up with other students during the first two classes. This course together with Communication System Laboratory.“ discusses in depth how digital and analog communication systems work. The basic tools used here are waveform analyses. Topics covered in this course are, signal analysis, the Fourier spectrum, the autocorrelation function, power spectrum, line coding, intersymbol interference, roll-off filters, the discrete Fourier transform, the Hilbert transform, and various types of modulation. Some experiments in threshold effects in the presence of noise are included. From the first chapter up to chapter 7 of the textbook will be covered during the course hours. The remaining chapters will be covered in the course given in the spring semester. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BTLR08 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Communication Systems Laboratory |
| Credit | 1 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Friday #5 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Noboru TOYAMA |
| Extension | 5744 |
| toyama@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, Third Edition, by B.P. Lathi (Oxford University Press, 1988) |
| Pre-requirement | Trigonometric identities, Integrals, Fourier series, and some other basic knowledge of mathematics, and LCR circuits. |
| Course Description | This course is an excersize session for the lecture given in "Communication Systems." Therefore, it must be taken concurrently with the course " Communication Systems." This course concentrates efforts on solving problems directly related to the lecture given in the above course. For detailed explanations see the course description for "Communication Systems."Some experiments related to the lectures will also be given. |
| Lecture Code | 2008BTLZ04-1 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Lifelong Learning in Sports (Tennis) |
| Credit | 1 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Jun OGA |
| Extension | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) Sport is a vital part of human culture affecting both our physical and mental lives. Participation in sport fulfills a basic need to exercise, provides psychological satisfaction and contributes to overall health and fitness. In addition, as sport is played with common rule around the world, it helps to overcome language barriers, promotes international understanding and increases world friendship and good will as a common global culture. The objectives of the course are to acquire skills and knowledge for enjoying sport throughout lifelong and develop health and fitness. (Outline of class and contents) Introduction of Lessons Accuracy Dodgebee Disc Golf Guts Ultimate Creation of New Games (The assessment policy) Attendance of Lessons: 60% Achievement of Skill: 20% Reports: 10% Positive Collaboration Attitude: 10% |
| Lecture Code | 2008BTLZ06-1 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Lifelong Learning in Sports (Basketball) |
| Credit | 1 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #2,#3 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Kazutoshi KIKKAWA |
| Extension | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) Sport is a vital part of human culture affecting both our physical and mental lives. Participation in sport fulfills a basic need to exercise, provides psychological satisfaction and contributes to overall health and fitness. In addition, as sport is played with common rule around the world, it helps to overcome language barriers, promotes international understanding and increases world friendship and good will as a common global culture. The objectives of the course are to acquire skills and knowledge for enjoying sport throughout lifelong and develop health and fitness. (Outline of class and contents) Introduction of Lessons Offensive & Defensive Battle Employing Sword and Knife Exercise in Battle with Bare Hand Escrima (employing stick) Resuscitation Techniques Creation of New Arts and Practice (The assessment policy) Attendance of Lessons: 60% Achievement of Skill: 20% Reports: 10% Positive Collaboration Attitude: 10% |
Created: September 12, 2008 / Last modified: May 16, 2011
