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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2024
College University-wide Liberal Arts Courses (Comprehensive Courses)
Course Code FB534
Theme・Subtitle The Comparative Political Economy of Critical Minerals and Decarbonization
Class Format Online (all classes are online)
Class Format (Supplementary Items) Online schedule TBA
発話を伴う授業を学内で受講する場合は8201教室の利用可
Campus Lecture
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Spring Semester
DayPeriod・Room Tue.5
ログインして教室を表示する(Log in to view the classrooms.)
Credits 2
Course Number CMP2231
Language English
Class Registration Method Exceptional Lottery Registration
Assigned Year 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
Prerequisite Regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges
Course Cancellation 〇(履修中止可/ Eligible for cancellation)
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy 各授業科目は、学部・研究科の定める学位授与方針(DP)や教育課程編成の方針(CP)に基づき、カリキュラム上に配置されています。詳細はカリキュラム・マップで確認することができます。
Notes

【Course Objectives】

To compare Japan and other industrialized countries' policies concerning copper, lithium, rare earths and other critical minerals. The course will outline critical minerals' role in clean energy and decarbonization, and study the limits of ongoing policy measures.

【Course Contents】

This course compares Japan and other industrialized countries' policies concerning copper, lithium, rare earths and other critical minerals. These minerals are essential to clean energy and decarbonization, in addition to myriad other high-technology applications in aerospace, health care, national defence. The current and likely future demand for many of these materials exceeds supply capacities, necessitating costly and difficult countermeasures.

Japanese Items

【授業計画 / Course Schedule】

1 Defining political economy, industrial policy, decarbonization, and critical minerals
2 Examining critical minerals and 14 countries' critical mineral lists
3 Critical minerals in renewable energy, nuclear power, electric vehicles, smart cities, and other high-technology areas.
4 The mining and refining challenges: policy, capital, people, ESGs, and time
5 Copper: the essential enabler of electrification
6 Lithium: the big question in batteries
7 Rare earths: not rare, but plenty dirty
8 Japan's policies for critical minerals: can we mine the sea-bed?
9 America's policies for critical minerals: abundant resources but also ample opposition
10 Canada's policies for critical minerals: plenty of resources, but costly to develop
11 Collaboration via Earth MRI, Minerals Security Partnership, QUAD and other initiatives
12 How about recycling? Stock versus flow
13 Knowledge gaps in a critical area of political economy
14 Summary of where we are and where we appear to be going

【活用される授業方法 / Teaching Methods Used】

板書 /Writing on the Board
スライド(パワーポイント等)の使用 /Slides (PowerPoint, etc.)
上記以外の視聴覚教材の使用 /Audiovisual Materials Other than Those Listed Above
個人発表 /Individual Presentations
グループ発表 /Group Presentations
ディスカッション・ディベート /Discussion/Debate
実技・実習・実験 /Practicum/Experiments/Practical Training
学内の教室外施設の利用 /Use of On-Campus Facilities Outside the Classroom
校外実習・フィールドワーク /Field Work
上記いずれも用いない予定 /None of the above

【授業時間外(予習・復習等)の学修 / Study Required Outside of Class】

Brief readings will be assigned, and are mandatory

【成績評価方法・基準 / Evaluation】

種類 (Kind)割合 (%)基準 (Criteria)
平常点 (In-class Points)100 最終レポート(Final Report)(40%)
Quizzes(40%)
Participation(20%)
備考 (Notes)

【テキスト / Textbooks】

No著者名 (Author/Editor)書籍名 (Title)出版社 (Publisher)出版年 (Date)ISBN/ISSN
1 Vaclav Smil Grand Transitions How the Modern World Was Made Oxford University Press 2021 9780190060664
2 Mark Mills Mines, Minerals, and “Green” Energy: A Reality Check Manhattan Institute 2020
3 Vaclav Smil How the World Really Works Viking 2022 9780593297063

【参考文献 / Readings】

No著者名 (Author/Editor)書籍名 (Title)出版社 (Publisher)出版年 (Date)ISBN/ISSN
1 The National Bureau of Asian Research Critical Minerals: Global Supply Chains and Indo-Pacific Geopolitics The National Bureau of Asian Research 2022
2 Vaclav Smil Decarbonization is our costliest challenge IEEE Spectrum 2022
3 OECD Security of Supply for Critical Raw Materials Vulnerabilities and Areas for G7 Coordination OECD 2022

【履修にあたって求められる能力 / Abilities Required to Take the Course】

High-level English skills plus an interest in materials and global political economy

【学生が準備すべき機器等 / Equipment, etc., that Students Should Prepare】

【その他 / Others】

Critical Minerals Policy Tracker – Data Tools - IEA: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/critical-minerals-policy-tracker
Transition Minerals Tracker, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/transition-minerals-tracker/

【注意事項 / Notice】

・F科目中級(外国語による総合系科目)
・他に特別外国人学生が履修
・この授業は英語で実施する
・履修者はTOEIC®L&R 550点相当以上の英語力を有することが望ましい
・2016年度以降入学者:多彩な学び
・2015年度以前入学者:主題別A