2023 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Breadth courses
Laboratory of Health Science C1
- Academic unit or major
- Breadth courses
- Instructor(s)
- Kunihiro Sakuma
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Mon (体育館2階会議室・VTR2室)
- Class
- C1
- Course Code
- LAW.W111
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on measurements of health-related indexes by students themselves, and covers the fundamentals of health sciences.
Students will measure and observe physiological and psychological responses to physical exercise.
The approaches/methods are not only useful for health sciences, but applicable to study disciplines dealing with humans (e.g., mechanical engineering, life science) .
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) acquire the ability to assess health-related indexes in humans, by using physiology, biomechanics and psychology.
2) have an understanding of background mechanisms of health.
Keywords
physiology, biomechanics, psychology
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In most classes, students measure several indexes or practice, write short reports, and submit them immediately before the end of the class.
Attendance is taken in every class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Body fat mass | Measure student's own fat mass and understand the significances in fat mass and its measurement. |
| Class 2 | Circuit training and the examination of heart rate | Understand the exercise intensity and recovering potential by practicing circuit training and examining heat rate |
| Class 3 | Eenrgy balance (assessment of energy intake and consumption) | Assess energy intake by food intake and energy consumption by physical activity, and understand their meanings. |
| Class 4 | Assessment of maximal oxygen uptake (stamina) (Exercise) | Assess student's own maximal oxygen uptake by using cycle ergometer. |
| Class 5 | The practice of resistance training | Understand the manner of resistance training |
| Class 6 | Understanding of sarcopenia and group study | Understand descriptively the sarcopenia and talk with each other to prevent this |
| Class 7 | Prevention of sarcopenia by simple training with chair | Understand the sarcopenia and preventing approach by simple training with chair |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None required
Materials on each topic are distributed
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' course scores are based on short reports (80 pts total) and commitment (20pts).
Related courses
- LAW.W101 ： Health Science
- SHS.D461 ： Graduate Methodologies in Education, Welfare and Health S1
- LAH.T312 ： Special Lecture: Sports Science
- LAW.W221 ： Advanced Sports Exercise
- LAW.W121 ： Wellness Exercise
Prerequisites
None
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
sakuma[at]ila.titech.ac.jp
Other
I conduct the selection when the applicant's number are over 36. Students will be selected by lottery from those registered up to 3 days prior to the first class, and T2SCHOLA will announce those who have been approved to take the course.