2024 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Breadth courses
Health Science A3
- Academic unit or major
- Breadth courses
- Instructor(s)
- Yoko Komada
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Fri
- Class
- A3
- Course Code
- LAW.W101
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 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, sleep, sleepiness, sleep debt, jetlag, reproductive health
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 | Sleep in modern society | Identify various aspects of sleep problems in modern society; sleep debt, social jetlag, sleepiness, reproductive health |
| Class 2 | Mechanisms of sleep | Identify measurements of sleep and understand physical and mental states during sleep |
| Class 3 | Biological rhythms | Identify mechanisms of biological clock and circadian rhythms |
| Class 4 | Roles of sleep | Identify effects of sleep debt on physical and mental health |
| Class 5 | Cultural and scientific findings on sleep | Identify cultural and scientific aspects about consciousness in the unconscious; dreams, kanashibari, nightmares, lucid dreams |
| Class 6 | Pathophysiology and treatment of sleep disorders | Identify pathophysiology and treatment of insomnia, hypersomnia, sleep apnea, parasomnia, circadian rhythms disorder |
| Class 7 | Strategies for good sleep | Identify and practice basic strategies for good sleep in daily life |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Distribute if necessary
Evaluation methods and criteria
Attendance, 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.