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27The Department of Life Sciences, launched in 2018 by inte-grating the former two departments relating to biology and life technology, has set a mission to foster human resources that are required for our creative society. Our new education and research programs aim to provide undergraduate students with fundamental knowledge in biology, ecology and life sciences, as well as skills applicable in the fields of drug design, food, medical and agricultural sciences. In the second year grade, the department will provide four courses to advance students’ knowledge and skills in more special-ized ways. “Cell Biology” and “Aquatic Biology and Biodiversity” courses offer biology and ecology-oriented curricula. Research areas are protozoan ecology and cell biology, symbiosis between protozoa and alga, plant physi-ology, biotechnology and molecular biology, systematic and evolutionary botany, behavioral and theoretical ecology, molecular physiology of sensory reception, developmental biology, evolutionary genetics, histology, hair biology and marine biology. “Biochemistry and Life Sciences” and “Food and Life Sciences” courses offer chemistry and biotechnolo-Our department consists of the following four courses. New students take introductory lectures, seminars, and practical training in all of the four courses from their second year. Through the classes on basic subjects, students are expected to learn fundamentals of the four courses and advance their specialized studies.Crop and Livestock Production CourseThis course focuses on developments in agricultural tech-nology to produce high quality crops and livestock products. The course offers three optional specializations in (1)field crop science, (2)soil science and plant nutrition and (3)animal production science.Horticulture and Plant Science CourseThis course provides students with horticultural sciences and which consists of olericulture, floriculture, pomology, viticulture as well as postharvest physiology and technology with plant breeding, biotechnology, and physiology through the combination of lectures, seminars and field practices.gy-oriented curricula. Research areas include organic synthesis, molecular structure, nuclear magnetic resonance, gene manipulation, genetic information, tissue culture, information, environmental molecular biology, cellular biochemistry, tech-nology, and food science and nutrition.https://www.life.shimane-u.ac.jp/gakubu_annai/gaka_annai_new/seimeikagaku.htmlAgricultural Economics CourseThis course offers a wide range of subjects such as farm management, marketing, and the development of rural communities. Students can also deal with practical solutions to address policy issues faced by rural communities and people.Forestry Course This course provides students with the integrated forest science, which consists of a variety of studies such as infor-matics, geoinformatics, law, engineering, silviculture, planning, management and ecolog-ical sciences. http://www.norin.shimane-u.ac.jp/informational molecules, microbial remote sensing, policy, Department of Life SciencesDepartment of Agricultural and Forest Sciences