Tohoku University

This course teaches Japanese using honorific words, or keigo, used in everyday life and at work. Students practice and acquire contextual skills in conversation and listening.
 

Eligibility: A2.1 level in the CEFR/JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education (N3 in the JLPT).
 

This course studies the fundamentals and recent progress in molecular biology, cell biology, and physiology with plants, animals, and microbes, as well as chemistry of biologically active natural products.  The class features weekly lectures from professors and associate professors, providing an introduction to their specific research fields. The course aims to provide the background knowledge in the life sciences for agricultural and industrial applications, as well as the basic principles of biochemistry and biotechnology.

This six-week summer course provides individual research training through the experience of belonging to a specific laboratory at Tohoku University. Students are assigned to a laboratory research group with Japanese and international students under the supervision of Tohoku University faculty. They participate in various group activities, including seminars, for the purpose of training in research methods and developing teamwork skills. The specific topic studied depends on the instructor in charge of the laboratory to which each student is assigned. The methods of assessment vary with the student's project and laboratory instructor. Students submit an abstract concerning the results of their individual research each semester and present the results near the end of this program.

This course is designed for international students who have passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N2 level. It focuses on developing the Japanese language skills necessary for university life through a variety of practice activities, such as speeches, presentations, discussions, and role-playing.

Eligibility: B1 level in the CEFR/JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education (N2 in the JLPT). Ability to read about 750 basic kanji is recommended (equivalent to having completed K300).

By the end of this course, students are expected to:
・Have gained guidance for living a meaningful study abroad life by discussing career development.
・Have improved their Japanese expression skills and build interpersonal relationships.
・Have developed problem-solving skills.

This course is for Upper-intermediate Japanese students to obtain fundamental Japanese listening skills needed for attending university classes and daily life. 

Eligibility: B1 level in the CEFR/JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education (N2 in the JLPT).
By the end of the course, students are expected to:
- understand lectures and conversations that are complex in terms of both content and language.
- take more effective notes.
- summarize the heard information and discuss the topics with classmates.

This course is intended for beginning students to acquire daily survival level of Japanese comprehension and speaking skills. The course does not cover hiragana or katakana. 

Eligibility: Students who have studied no Japanese. 

The objectives of this course are as follows: A1 level in the CEFR/JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education.

• Understand and correctly use basic greetings and set phrases.
• Speak about things around oneself and interact with others using combinations of simple phrases. 
• Understand simple informative texts and brief passages about familiar topics.

The science of particle physics is to understand our world by studying particles that constitute the universe and their interactions. This course explains the basic concept of the particle physics as well as the Standard model and its related important experiments and results.

The course covers the following topics: 

• Elementary particles and their types and characteristics of interactions
• Properties of nuclei
• Elementary particle detectors and accelerators
• Collider experiments and nuclear structure
• Quark and strong interaction 
• Weak interaction and symmetry breaking
• Standard model and verifications
• Neutrino oscillations