Students will learn to understand the structure, function, and changes in forest ecosystems, which will enable them to understand the maintenance mechanisms in these ecosystems. The ecological properties of natural forests, secondary forests, artificial forests, and plant communities in semi-arid zones are analyzed, followed by a discussion of their conservation regimes.

Environmental Soil Science

The purpose of this course is to understand the nutrient dynamics in forest and woodland ecosystems as well as changes that occur after disturbances such as wildfires or clear-cutting.

Soil and Water Science for Paddy Field Management

This course provides Japanese methodology of water management and improvement for paddy fields. Basic knowledge of soil permeability control and soil loss prevention is discussed from a scientific viewpoint. Water quality and functions of paddy fields to regional environments are also presented.

Environmental Irrigation System

Optimal irrigation and drainage is required to create an ideal water environment for the growth of plants and crops. Topics covered in this course will be the theory of soil water movement in the field, such as rainfall and irrigation, evapotranspiration, and drainage. Furthermore, the numerical methods for the equation of soil water movement and its applications to irrigation and drainage planning will be explained.

Statistics for Agricultural Environment

This course will cover statistical analysis and interpretation of data using numerical and graphical summaries in agricultural environmental sciences.
It will provide statistical skills to interpret the meanings for experimental design, regression analysis and time series analysis using statistical language R.

This course provides the basic knowledge of hydrological processes. Analysis of hydrologic data, including frequency analysis and the use of stochastic models for describing hydrologic processes, will be covered.

Environmental Hydraulics

This course will focus on applied hydraulics for open channel flows, overland flood flows as well as geophysical currents in lakes, stratified flows in reservoirs and tidal/density currents in estuarine/coastal areas. Nutrients, contaminants and sediment transports due to convection and diffusion are combined with hydrological fluxes toward the modeling for basic ecosystem and synoptic watershed dynamics.

Sustainability of Energy and Resources

The objective of this course is to familiarize the student with the fundamentals of material and natural resource cycles for the construction of a sustainable society. A structured approach is used to introduce concepts such as sustainability of resources, minimization and reuse of waste, energy conversion processes with minimal environmental impact and technologies for the use of biomass as an energy source through the natural circulation of carbon dioxide.

Regional Planning and Resource Management

This course deals with the fundamental dimensions of regional development planning in developing countries based on the experiences, both good and bad, of international agencies such as the United Nations. Some strategies for regional development will also be introduced, while the main agenda will be on how to empower the local people for sustainable rural development.

Aquacultural Ecology

This course will provide the basis knowledge of ecological principles and functions that operate within an ecosystem, the interaction between environmental components, between aquatic organisms as well as between environments factors and aquatic organisms. Further, it can be improve the utilization of natural resource in sustainable way.

This course outlines the current practice of feeding and raising food-producing animals in Japan and other developed countries. Emphasis will be placed on nutritional regulation of growth and health, including comparative physiology and biochemistry, and microbiology associated with food, feed and gut. The goal of this class is to study ways to improve the management of livestock production based on a sound understanding of the relationship between animals, feed resources and the environment.

Animal Reproduction

This course will provide a basic understanding of the mechanisms controlling the reproductive functions of mammals. The application of techniques for efficient reproduction of domestic animals will be explored.

Crop Production

This course will introduce the cultivation methods for high-quality and high-yielding crops, which have been developed through numerous experiments and hands-on experiences of farmers over a long period of time. Using the rice plant as a model, the relationship between cultivation methods and crop characteristics such as physiology, morphology and productivity will be explained.

Integrated Pest Management

This course deals with the fundamentals of plant protection, phytopathology, entomology and weed science. Integrated pest management (IPM), which involves the reduction of synthetic pesticides, will not succeed if either basic biological knowledge or a variety of technologies is deficient. Therefore, a basic knowledge of ecology, physiology and biochemistry of agricultural and forestry pests will be introduced in this course.

Integrated Farming Systems

This course provides students with an understanding of the main integrated farming systems in the world and Vietnam and its development trends. Through real cases studies and exercises, the students will also be trained holistic, systemic and dynamic approaches in carrying out research and development works, in the fields of rural development and Integrated Natural Resources Management (INRM) at the farm level, and with the participation of the local stakeholders.

Livestock Production

This subject provides students a comprehensive knowledge of livestock production. It is designed to be appropriate for students with little or no previous experience with livestock as well as for student who have had some experience with livestock. It looks at animal production systems in relation to the environment. During this process, there is attention to the influence of animal production on, among other things, nature and the environment, the health and welfare of people and animals and, of course, the economy. The content is based on the most up-to-date information available and is applicable to all areas of Vietnam.