Previous HSI Courses

Below you can find reports on several HSI courses that were offered in previous academic years. Take a look at them, as they provide a picture of what the classes were like that is clearer than what the course outlines provide.

2024

• International Course on Integrated Marine Biology and Ecology I
• Family Practices in Contemporary Japan
• National Heritage Tourism – The Case of Hokkaido

2023

• HU-Niseko SDGs Summer School
• Animal-Induced Iyashi and Wellbeing in Tourism, Recreation and Hospitality
• Special Workshop for Bio/Healthcare Business
• Social Change – Gender Studies

2022

• Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• SDGs Seminar — International Co-learning PBL for Problem Solving
• SDGs Field Study ー Energy Security in Cold Climate Region
• Representing and Witnessing Cultural Trauma and Memory in East Asia
• Advanced Seminar in Applied Veterinary Medicine: Wildlife Medicine I (Zoo Science)

2021

• Building Structures and Seismic Resistant Technologies
• Sociolinguistics – Language and Wellbeing
• Feline Tourism
• Climate and Disaster Challenges in the Era of COVID-19

2020

• Fundamentals of Marine Pathology
• Special Lecture on Antarctic Science II
• Agricultural Resource Economics

2019

• Exploring modern Arab history
• Space Policy of the World and Japan
• Wood construction in Hokkaido and Arctic regions

2018

• International Archaeological Field School in Rebun Island
• Working towards a sustainable campus and a sustainable future
• Expressing science through tea ceremony
• Integrated Marine Biology and Ecology I
• Multicultural coexistence in tourist destinations
• Dream and Fantasy in Japanese Literature and Film

2017

• Soft Matter_ From single molecules to materials
• Regional Development and Natural Resources in Cold Climate
• Learning cutting-edge bioimaging technology
• Contemporary Japan

2016

• Exploring the Arguments on Multi-culturalism and Coexistence