1. Guidance for Lectures &
Certificate Programs
at Center for Sustainability Science
HUIGS: Hokkaido University Inter-departmental Graduate Study
in
Sustainability
StraSS: Sustainability Leader and Meister Program
2013.4.4

2. Sustainability
"Sustainable development is development that meets the
needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs.”
Brundtland Report 1987
Three elements of these implications;
1)A common agenda that Sustainability refers to the Sustainable
Development of society,
2)To realize Sustainable Development while allocating finite resources
for human needs, we need to maintain the ecological services
provided by the earth as conditioned by the current state of
technological and social structures, and
3)Sustainable Development must ensure we meet present and future
needs.

3. Sustainability and Sustainability Science
• Sustainability Science as the Science of Sustainability
dependent on a notion of multiple disciplines addressing
a common theme, Sustainable Development .
National Research Council (1999)
• Sustainability Science is problem-driven, with the goal of
creating and applying a cluster of interdisciplinary
knowledge to support the decision-making for
Sustainability Development.

4. Your motivations to come to
CENSUS (Center for Sustainability Science)
1. You want to take lecture(s) just for credits (the common
graduate course: 大学院共通講義 );
1. You want to study Sustainability Science ;
1. You want to get a certificate(s);
1. HUIGS (Hokkaido University Inter-department Graduate
Study in Sustainability )
2. StraSS (Special coordinated training program for
Sustainability Leaders and Sustainability ‘Misters’ )
3. SSC (Sustainability Science Consortium)

5. Why should you take certificates
in Sustainability Science?
 Extend your interdisciplinary views
 Gain competences (ability to solve sustainability
issues with knowledge and skills)
 International experiences
 Improve your English communication skills
 Better opportunities in the Job markets

6. Hokkaido University Inter-departmental Graduate Study in Sustainability
(HUIGS)
Sustainability Leader-Meister (StraSS) Program
• Degree education (Master & PhD) at graduate schools
• Sustainability Certificate Programs at CENSUS
Sustainability Leader
Degree HUIGS
(Master Level)
program
Sustainability I and II
Sustainability I and II
1) Leadership
Master program Two elective classes 2) Culture, Language & …
from the HUIGS list 3) Field study (ECOSUS)
+ 4) Policy 5) Ethics
Sustainability “Meister”
Ph.D program ( Ph.D Level)
On-site problem solving training
Trainer training

7. Three types of certificates
(1) HUIGS (8 credits)
1. Compulsory lectures: Sustainability Science 1 and 2 (4 credits).
2. Elective lectures: two minor lectures (4 credits)
It is a little complicated to pick up elective lecture(s), because
elective lectures are different for each graduate school.
Please refer to page 8 of Hokkaido Univ. CENSUS Education
Program Course Guide.
3. Master Degree.
(2) StraSS (12 credits)
(3) SSC (Sustainability Science Consortium) (10 credits)
1. Sustainability Science V. (five-universities joint lectures)
2. Sus. I, II, and 2 elective lectures other than Sus. V.

8. Lectures provided by CENSUS(1)
Title Key words Semester
Sustainability Science I Interaction between human & the Earth system Monday
1
サステナビリティ学 俯瞰講義 I 地球システムと人間の関わりと持続性 2 credits
Wisdom for sustainability of human & social
Sustainability Science II systems
Thursday
1
サステナビリティ学 俯瞰講義 I 人間，社会システムの持続性と持続性を保つ英知
2 credits
(Only available in Japanese)
Sustainability Science III 8 月 2-6 日
地域の持続性、富良野、下川、フィールド学習 -
地域の持続的発展のための ガバナンス （集中）
エコツーリズム
Sustainability Science IV
Collect the newest sustainability information by
サスティナビリティ学最新情報収 yourself.
TBA 2
集
Sustainability Science V Joint class room efforts via the Polycom system
July 13-15 1
サステイナビリティ学最前線 with U of Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Ibaragi.
Sustainability Science VI TBA
ODA & sustainability in developing countries 2
ODA と開発途上国の持続可能性 Intensive
Sustainability Science VII
土地利用研究の最前線： Land Use, GIS TBA
2
国際土地共同プロジェクト http://www.glp.hokudai.ac.jp/ Intensive
GLP

9. Lectures provided by CENSUS(2)
Title Key words Semester
ECOSUS Field trip, group work, training vessel, Intensive
地域持続モデル構築フィールド研修 planning for local sustainability 2 credits
Asian/African Culture, Language & Understand of cultural differences,
Local Regionalism (CLR) ability to explain own cultural 1 credits 2
アジア・アフリカ地域知・文化・言
background
語論
Practical Environmental. Leadership
Transformational leadership, vision Thursday
Theory 2
formulation 1 credits
実践環境リーダーシップ論
Environmental Policy Tuesday
Policy process, formulation, evaluation 2
環境政策 2 credits
Environmental justice, Human rights, Friday
Environmental Ethics
Democracy, Env. values 2 credits 2
環境倫理

10. Corresponding table
Title HUSTEP
(Hokkaido Univ. Short Term Exchange Program)
Sustainability Science I Interaction between Humans and the Earth
Sustainability Science II Knowledge for Sustainability of Human & Social Systems
Sustainability Science IV Latest Information on Sustainability
Sustainability Science V Frontiers of Sustainability Science
Sustainability Science VI ODA & Sustainability of Developing Countries
Sustainability Science VII At the Cutting Edge of Land Use Research

11. Nori Tanaka
Sustainability
Geochemistry
Nobuyuki Tsuji
Science
Mathematical Biology, Sustainable Energy
Tony Chittenden
Ecology, Sustainable Energy, Food Issues
Midori Yajima
Agricultural Education
Gaku Ishimura
Natural Resource Economics and Policy

12. Sustainability Science I and II
Introduction class for Sustainability Science
Instructors: Tanaka, Tsuji, Chittenden, Yajima, Ishimura
Birds-eye view lectures on Sustainability Science
Sustainability Science 1: with a focus on natural science
Sustainability Science 2: with a focus on humanity and social
sciences.
Global classroom with six universities;
Hokkaido Univ. (Sapporo, Hakodate)
Univ. of Palangka Raya, University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
2iE (Burkina Faso)
Nat. Cheng Kung Univ. (Taiwan) Start April 8
Zhejiang Univ. (China) Monday 18:30
Date: Monday & Thursday 18:30-20:00
Venue: CENSUS lecture room (Sapporo) Lecture room 8
(Hakodate)

13. Sustainability Science III
Instructor: Tsuji
8 月 2 日から 6 日まで日本語でのフィールド実習
上富良野、下川を回り、エコツーリズム，森林が主題。
興味のある方はこのオリエンテーション後、説明をおこ
ないますので残ってください。

14. Sustainability Science V
organized jointly by 5 Japanese universities
Instructors: Chittenden, Yajima, Ishimura
Hokkaido University is a member of Sustainability Science
Consortium (SSC) consisting of 5 universities; Hokudai,
Tokyo univ., Ibaraki univ., Kyoto univ., and Osaka univ.
Each university provides two lectures on Sustainability Science
to the other universities through the internet video
conference system (Polycom).
Intensive course: July 13-15 9:00- 18:00
Venue: CENSUS lecture room (Sapporo)
Lecture room 8 (Hakodate)

15. ECOSUS: Field Training for Making a Sustainable
Region
10-day field study looking at creating a sustainable
society
Instructors: Tanaka, Tsuji, Chittenden, Yajima, Ishimura
Four options!
ECOSUS Hokkaido Summer: focus on agriculture and energy
August 17-27
ECOSUS China in September
ECOSUS Taiwan in September
ECOSUS Aqua (Hokkaido) November
If you register for StraSS, the costs will be covered.
We will update information soon including
the deadline for an application.

16. Registration StraSS and HUIGS
(1) Lecture registration at your faculty （履修届け、 risyu-
todoke).
You should register your lectures with your Academic Affairs
Section ( 教務係、 kyomu-kakari).
(2) Program (HUIGS, StraSS) registration to the center.
Submit the application sheet to huigs@census.hokudai.ac.jp,
strass@census.hokudai.ac.jp, respectively.
Deadline: April 19th (Friday) (rigid adherence)
the application sheet
p.23 of Course Guide book or download from
http://www.census.hokudai.ac.jp/forstudent.html

17. More information
The top page.
http://www.census.hokudai.ac.jp
For HUIGS
http://www.census.hokudai.ac.jp/forstudent.html
For StraSS
http://www.census.hokudai.ac.jp/strass
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