2024 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Strategy for Mental and Physical Health
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Masaki Takahashi / Mitsue Nagamine
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.A521
- 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 1. summary of stress and mental health including the present status, 2. lifestyle tips for better physical and mental health, and 3. basic knowledge of stress management theory.
Many diseases are originated from daily physical and mental stresses, while these stresses are necessary for better phsical and metally active states. This course introduces basic concept of stress, what kind of lifestyles are good and bad for physical and mental states, and some effective methods for stress management.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, in order to tough phsical and mental states, students will be able to:
1) explain basic concept of physical and mental stress,
2) acquire the ability tof stress management, and
3) propose a better practical lifestyle for stress management for yourself and others.
Keywords
physical and mental states, toughness, stress management
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The classees are consisted mainly of lectures, and includes some exercises for stress management methods.
Attendance is taken in every class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Overview of physical and mental stress | Understand the concept of stress. |
| Class 2 | Theory of stress (1) | Understand the non-cognitive theory of stress. |
| Class 3 | Theory of stress (2) | Understand the cognitive appraisal theory of stress. |
| Class 4 | Overview of coping. | Understand the coping. Midterm paper. |
| Class 5 | Physiological and psychological responses during stress | Understand the physiological and psychological responses during stress. |
| Class 6 | Exercise/Stress and circadian rhythms | Understand the relationship between exercise/stress and circadian rhythms for health management. |
| Class 7 | Nutrition and stress management | Understand the importance of nutrition for stress management. |
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 required
Reference books, course materials, etc.
R.S. Lazarus & S. Folkman, Stress, Appraisal, and Coping, New York: Springer, ISBN-13 978-0826141910 (English)
D.Meichenbaum, Coping with stress, Century publishing, ISBN-13 978-0712602426 (English)
C. van Nieuwerburgh & P. Wiliams (2022) From Surviving to Thriving: A student’s guide to feeling and doing well at university, SAGE Publications, ISBN-13 978-1529741131(English)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' course scores are based on midterm and final papers (80%) and exercise acquiremets (20%).
The instructor may fail a student if s/he repeatedly is absent and comes to class late too often.
Related courses
- LAW.W101 ： Health Science
- LAW.W111 ： Laboratory of Health Science
- LAH.T312 ： Special Lecture: Sports Science
Prerequisites
None
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
nagamine.mitsue[at]ila.titech.ac.jp (four lectures)
takahashi.m.bp[at]m.titech.ac.jp (three lectures)
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance to make an appointment.
Other
This course is 500-level course.
Tokyo Tech’s “wedge-shaped style education” enables students to pursue liberal arts education in a phased manner throughout undergraduate and graduate programs.
Students are encouraged to take 100-level to 600-level courses in order. As such, master’s students must begin Humanities and Social Science courses at the 400 level (in 1Q/2Q of the first year for those entering in April, and 3Q/4Q for those entering in September), then proceed to 500-level courses (in 3Q/4Q or later for those entering in April, and 1Q/2Q of the following year or later for those entering in September).