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- 工学院，物質理工学院，環境・社会理工学院共通科目
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- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Hayashi Naoyuki
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Mon5-6(W9-202)
- Group
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- Course number
- SHS.D441
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2017
- Offered quarter
- 1-2Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2017/3/17
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
This course covers the fundamental human physiology, including a part of physiological anthropology.
This course fascilitates students' understanding of responses in humans to various behaviors, helping develoments in new assessment by using physiological responses in humans.
Student learning outcomes
Students will be able to understand the concept of homeostasis, and based on the concept, explain various physiological responses in humans.
Keywords
homeostasis, measurements, physiology
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Students must familiarize themselves with topis described in the required learning section before coming to class.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Overview of homeostasis | Understand the definition of homeostasis |
| Class 2 | Transmission of information and basic of neuron | Understand the transmission of information inside of the body |
| Class 3 | Structure and functions in autonomic nervous and hormonal systems | Understand the major two systems transmitting infromation |
| Class 4 | Mechanisms of circulation control; understanding the circulatory indexes from the viewpoint of function | Understand the circulatory indexes from the viewpoint of function |
| Class 5 | Fundamentals of musclar system and neuro-muscular system. | Understand the skeletal muscles system. |
| Class 6 | Fundamentals of energy supply and metabolism | Understand the fundamentals of energy metabolism |
| Class 7 | Fundamentals of thermoregulation | Understand thermoregulation in the body and realize the relationships to circulatory system and energy metabolism. |
| Class 8 | Exercise problems to assess the students' level of understandng on what has been taught so far. | Review the course contents. |
Textbook(s)
Guyton and Hall, Handbook of medical physiology,
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials will be provided.
Assessment criteria and methods
Students' course scores are based on oral quiz during class (20pts) and final presentation (80pts).
Related courses
- LAW.W101 ： Health Science
- LAW.W111 ： Laboratory of Health Science
- SHS.D442 ： Graduate Lecture in Education, Welfare and Health F1
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
none
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).
naohayashi[at]ila.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment
Other
This course includes the content of science.
