2021 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Breadth courses
Health Science B5
- Academic unit or major
- Breadth courses
- Instructor(s)
- Kunihiro Sakuma / Yasunori Kotani
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Thu (Ｗ641)
- Class
- B5
- Course Code
- LAW.W101
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course introduces on health-related theories, remarks and observations, in order to think and judge what is good for health and to understand underlying mechanisms.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Have an understanding of basic sciences related to health-related and biological sciences.
2) Design a preferable lifestyle based on scientific evidence.
3) Using health-related knowledge, tackle practical health issues by applying knowledge acquired through this course.
Keywords
health, exercise, sport psychology, brain, obese, metabolic syndrome, lifestyle
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Before coming to class, students should read the course schedule and check what topics will be covered and should have questions that need discussing.
Attendance is taken in every class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Obese and Diabetes | Understand negative effect of obese and diabetes |
| Class 2 | Exercise and wellness | Understand exercise for well-being in daily living |
| Class 3 | Age-related adaptation of total body and skeletal muscle | Understand the age-related physiological changes |
| Class 4 | supplement and the adequate procedure of diet | Understand the supplement and adequate diet manner |
| Class 5 | Strategy for being healthy | Depicting your health strategy anticipating future cultural and social changes |
| Class 6 | Brain and body revealed by fMRI and ERP | Review of relationships between brain and mind |
| Class 7 | Brain networks and body | Review of networks in the brain |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Distribute if necessary
Evaluation methods and criteria
Attendance and examination
Related courses
- LAW.W121 ： Wellness Exercise
- LAW.W220 ： Advanced Wellness Exercise
- LAW.W320 ： Total Wellness Exercise
Prerequisites
None
Other
If the number of registration is larger than the capacity of the classroom, some students might be assigned to other class on the same day.