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 F1
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Kunihiro Sakuma
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Mon
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- SHS.D442
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on responses and its mechanisms in skeletal muscle after various stimulations (exercise, aging).
Course description and aims
Students will be able to explain the significance of the adaptation of skeletal muscle and this age-related changes (sarcopenia)
Keywords
skeletal muscle, physiology, biochemistry, aging
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The class is mainly lecture, while students measure their own circulation in non-invasive manner and analyze the data in some classes.
Attendance is taken in every class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Basic structure of the cell | Explain the strucutures of the skeletal muscle |
| Class 2 | Basic structures of the skeletal muscle | Explain the basic strucutures of the skeletal muscle |
| Class 3 | Diabetes and Obesity | Explain the mechanism of diabetes and obesity. |
| Class 4 | The effect of endurance training for human body | Explain the effect of endurance training for human body |
| Class 5 | The effect of resistance training for human body | Explain the effect of resistance training for human body |
| Class 6 | Sarcopenia and its attenuating approaches | Explain the molecular mechanism and the atenuating approaches of sarcopenia |
| Class 7 | Discussion on the report and summay | Have presentation on own report and discuss. |
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.
Some books are recommended during class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' course scores are based on quiz (30%), report (40%) and commitment to discussion (30)
Related courses
- SHS.D441 ： Graduate Lecture in Education, Welfare and Health S1
- LAH.A521 ： Strategy for Mental and Physical Health
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the Graduate Lecture in Education, Welfare and Health S1 is desirable.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
sakuma[at]ila.titech.ac.jp
Other
This course includes the content of science.