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- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Nagamine Mitsue
- Class Format
- Lecture
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- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Tue5-6(W9-202)
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- Course number
- SHS.D462
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2019
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2019/3/18
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- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
The main topic of this course is "health evaluation methods". In line with the WHO definition of health as "not just being free of sickness and fragility, but being in a state of total physical, mental, and social well-being", this course deals with methods for evaluating all sorts of aspects, and methods for evaluating physiological aspects. In particular, we will focus on the physiological aspect, going over indicators widely used in the psychophysiological field such as the autonomic nervous system and the endocrine system. Through lectures, group work, and experiments (measuring and doing data analysis of the autonomic nervous system's activity), students will hone the skills for analyzing mental and physical health with a multifaceted approach.
The purpose of this course is to hone the skills to understand humans from a multifaceted perspective, starting with "health", the skills to measure and analyze autonomic nervous system activity, and the skills to select an appropriate indicator for evaluating the physiological aspect, in line with research goals.
Student learning outcomes
Students will acquire the following knowledge and skills from taking this course.
1) Be able to define "health" from multiple perspectives.
2) Be able to explain the mechanisms of the psychophysiological response to stress.
3) Be able to measure and analyze autonomous nervous system activity.
4) Be able to explain suitable physiological indicators that should be measured in accordance with research objectives.
Keywords
health, psychophysiology, stress, autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, heart rate
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Two to three lessons are given from different viewpoints on health evaluation methods.
In the first class, students first examine in a group how to make the evaluation and the instructor later explains typical evaluation methods at the current time. In the second class, everyone brings the newest research articles of interest related to evaluation methods. Students classify those evaluation methods in a group and present them in class. In the final class on looking at health evaluation methods from different perspectives, students take what they have learned through lectures and group work to write and submit a "summary report".
After that we will continue as stated until class 10, "Evaluation of health: physiological aspect 2". Then, after finishing experiments, students will submit a "final report".
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Health：Definition | State the definition of health. |
| Class 2 | Overview of health science research | Explain the position of health science in sciences such as human and social sciences, natural science, and practical science. |
| Class 3 | Evaluation of health: psychological aspect 1 | Explain the evaluation methods for psychological aspect of health. |
| Class 4 | Evaluation of health: psychological aspect 2 | Categorize the evaluation methods for psychological aspect of health. |
| Class 5 | Evaluation of health: physical aspect 1 | Explain the evaluation methods for physical aspect of health. |
| Class 6 | Evaluation of health: physical aspect 2 | Explain the evaluation methods for social aspect of health. |
| Class 7 | Evaluation of health: social aspect 1 | Explain the evaluation methods for social aspect of health. |
| Class 8 | Evaluation of health: social aspect 2 | Categorize the evaluation methods for social aspect of health. |
| Class 9 | Evaluation of health : physiological aspect 1; stress response | Explain the mechanism of physiological stress response. |
| Class 10 | Evaluation of health : physiological aspect 2 | Explain the evaluation methods for physiological aspect of health. |
| Class 11 | Measuring method for autonomic nervous system activation: heart rate, skin conductance level etc. | Explain the measuring method for autonomic nervous system activation. |
| Class 12 | Psychological stress experiment 1: planning | Make a plan for psychological stress experiment. |
| Class 13 | Psychological stress experiment 2: conduct experiment | Explain the important points for conducting the experiment. |
| Class 14 | Analysis methods for autonomous nervous system activity | Explain the analysis method for autonomic nervous system activation. |
| Class 15 | Summarizing the course, and writing a report | Write a report in format according to the Japanese Psychological Association. |
Textbook(s)
Not required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Science and Health for Social Change, University of Tokyo Press, ISBN:978-413-063406-9
Assessment criteria and methods
Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions, group work, and experiments. Students will organize what they have investigated on their own about health evaluations from different perspectives as a short report, use it for group work, and create and submit a report on the analysis results and observations from group work. In addition, students will organize the experiment results into a report and submit it.
Students are evaluated based on the "summary reports" submitted each class (total of 40%), the final report (40%), and presentations (total of 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 (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
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.
