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 F2
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Mitsue Nagamine
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- SHS.D443
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The theme of this course is “Psychophysiological stress mechanism”. In particular, we will deepen our understanding of the stress response by reading literature on the polyvagal theory which has received much attention in recent years.
This course aims to cultivate the students’ abilities to: understand human-beings multilaterally, and select an appropriate physiological parameter to conduct stress research.
Course description and aims
(English) Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1) Explain the mechanism of psychophysiological response to stress;
2) Explain the polyvagal theory;
3) Explain the trauma informed approach.
Keywords
health, psychophysiology, stress, autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, polyvagal theory
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The students learn mechanisms of physiological stress response through group work and lectures.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | The definition of health and the forefront of Stress Research | State the definition of health and the forefront of stress research |
| Class 2 | Evaluation of stress: psychological aspect | Explain the mechanism of psychological stress response. |
| Class 3 | Evaluation of stress: physiological aspect | Categorize the evaluation methods for physiological aspect of health |
| Class 4 | What is "Polyvagal theory”？ | State the "Polyvagal theory". |
| Class 5 | Polyvagal theory and trauma | State the traumatic stress by polyvagal theory. |
| Class 6 | Psychological stress experiment: planning | Make a plan for psychological stress experiment |
| Class 7 | Students present their understanding and their plans for stress experiment. | Present a plan for psychological stress experiment. |
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)
Not required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Porges, S. W. (2017). The pocket guide to the polyvagal theory: The transformative power of feeling safe. W W Norton & Co.
Course materials are posted on T2SCHOLA.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students are encouraged to actively participate in discussion and group work during classes. For evaluation of several physiological stress responses, each student writes and submits a “short report” on what he/she learned through the lecture and original survey. Moreover, each student writes and submits a “final report” on experiment planning.
Assessment will be based on: “short report” (30% in total); final report (50%); and presentation (in total 20%).
Related courses
- SHS.D461 ： Graduate Methodologies in Education, Welfare and Health S1
- SHS.D441 ： Graduate Lecture in Education, Welfare and Health S1
- SHS.D442 ： Graduate Lecture in Education, Welfare and Health F1
Prerequisites
Students are expected to be familiar with searching for articles in an academic article database (EBSCOhost, Web of
Science Core Collection, PubMed, etc.), and be interested in understanding people from many perspectives.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Mitsue NAGAMINE, nagamine.mitsue[at]ila.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.
Other
This course consists of the content of science.