2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Social and Human Sciences Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
Graduate Lecture in Education, Welfare and Health S1
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Masaki Takahashi / Yoko Komada
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Mon
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- SHS.D441
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course covers various factors of health promotion.
The goal of this course is to facilitate students' understanding of health sciences in humans, and to think the daily health promotion.
Course description and aims
Students will be able to understand several factors of health promotion, and based on the concept, explain various health problems and importance of health promotion in modern society.
Keywords
exercise, nutrition, sleep, biological rhythms
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students have to familiarize themselves with topis described in the required learning section before coming to class.
Class is held at 2nd Q.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Mechanisms of sleep | Identify measurements of sleep and understand physical and mental states during sleep |
| Class 2 | Biological rhythms | Identify mechanisms of biological clock and circadian rhythms |
| Class 3 | Lifestyle-related diseases | Identify various problems of lifestyle-related diseases in modern society |
| Class 4 | Sleep and health | Identify various aspects of sleep problems in modern society; sleep debt, social jetlag, sleepiness, reproductive health |
| Class 5 | Exercise/physical activity and health | Identify the relationship between exercise/physical activity and health in modern society |
| Class 6 | Nutrition/diets and health | Identify the relationship between nutrition/diets and health in modern society |
| Class 7 | Summary | Review and discuss health problem in modern society |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials will be provided.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' course scores are based on Q&A during class (20pts) and final presentation (80pts).
*Students have to attend more than 5 times to evaluate this course.
Related courses
- LAW.W101 ： Health Science
- LAW.W111 ： Laboratory of Health Science
- SHS.D442 ： Graduate Lecture in Education, Welfare and Health F1
Prerequisites
none
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
komada.yoko[at]ila.titech.ac.jp
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takahashi.m.bp[at]m.titech.ac.jp
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Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance
Other
None