To learn survival skills as the basis for future fieldwork through wildlife observation and mountaineering

Students experience direct observation of wild monkeys on Koshima Island, the birthplace of Japanese primatology. Students are required to plan the research topic based on their own interest. They collect and analyze data and make a presentation.

Students will tackle new research themes and challenge exploratory research in Yakushima Island or the other research site of PWS. Participants gain experience in actual field surveys.

In recent field studies, various techniques and equipment are used, such as molecular biology, unmanned aerial vehicles, etc. Students experience modern techniques than can apply to field research.

To learn the basis of comparative cognitive science. Understand the procedures in cognitive experimentation and behavioral observation. Work with chimpanzees and horses.

Students learn about animal welfare in captive animals. They will engage in activities for environmental enrichment, feeding enrichment, and cognitive enrichment. They will also learn basics of behavioral observation and comparative cognitive science which are needed in practicing and evaluating those enrichment activities.

To get practical experience in environmental education in the field of primatology/wildlife science as well as to learn to work as a curator, one of the three exit points of the PWS program. This course provides lectures by zoo technicians and practical training as zookeepers.

- Irregularly scheduled international seminars
- Lectures from researchers, government officials from the United Kingdom, Congo, Brazil, Butan, etc.
- Official language: English

- Toward the “Harmonious Coexistence with Human and Ecological Community on This Planet” (Kyoto University’s Mission Statement)
- Lectures from WWF officers, ambassadors, governors, etc.
- Official language: not specified