Master degree

MASTER COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Register 18 credits from the Fundamental Subjects (compulsory subjects) and complete at least 20 credits including Internship Study in Environmental Studies I-II (2 credits);

Complete at least 10 credits from the Specialized Subjects. The following subjects must be included in your selection: Introduction to Waste Management (2 credits), Solid Waste Management Systems Planning (2 credits), Electrical and Electric Waste Management (1 credit) and Environmental Risk (2 credits);

Those registering in this program must complete at least 30 credits in English subjects;

Credits taken from other Master programs can substitute the Specialized Subjects of this program (up to 10 credits). However in this case the student must prove the importance of those subjects for his/her Master Thesis preparation.

Those who want to follow this path must apply and obtain the approval in advance from the Chairperson of the Master Program (designated schedule). The following subjects are not considered Specialized Subjects of the program: Seminar, Special Research, Investigation (method), Experiment (method) and Practice.

To obtain the Master Degree, in addition to completing at least 30 credits, the student must also pass his/her thesis defense and final examination.

MAIN SUBJECTS

Introduction to Waste Management

One of the greatest challenges modern societies face is finding ways to increase economic growth while minimizing resource consumption and environmental degradation. The highly inefficient use of natural resources, from their extraction to final disposal, is already damaging the planet because most of the extracted resources end up as waste. This class will introduce the main aspects concerning integrated waste management including current waste treatment technologies, strategies, policies and modeling of waste management systems.
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Solid Waste Management Systems Planning

In addition to health and safety concerns, the Planning of waste management systems must also be sustainable i.e. environmentally sound, socially acceptable and economically viable. This class introduces the tools necessary to design integral solid waste management systems. The class provides specific modeling based on life-cycle thinking towards planning of waste management systems through scenario design.
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Environmental Risk

Environmental Risk Assessment is a process of collecting, organizing, and analyzing environmental data for determining the risks of contamination to ecosystems. This class will outline the approaches used to identify, measure, and manage ecological risk. The class will focus on the effects of the release of chemical pollutants on the environment and the main mitigation options to prevent and/or minimize those effects.

Electrical and Electric Waste Management

Home appliances are widely used industrial products and indispensable for modern lives. Therefore, whether the managements of WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) are appropriate will affect the social sustainability. In this class, several lecturers explain Japanese legislations for WEEE, comparison with situation in other countries, and environmental issues caused by inadequate management. In the later part, methods of design for recyclability, design examples, and newly proposed design evaluation method to suggest 3R(reduce/reuse/recycle) strategies, are explained.

CURRICULUM 2011