The instructor will introduce various phenomena related to the body and physical activities, explaining the underlying physiological, engineering, psychological mechanisms, medicine and backgrounds.
Students will gain an understanding of the various underlying mechanisms of physical phenomena, and be able to observe body movements from a scientific perspective.
physical activity, sports, physiology, psychology, engineering, medicine
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Attendance is taken every class.
Take note that the instructor changes based on the day of the week.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Introduction, metabolic syndrome. (on Monday) | Understand metabolic syndrome (on Monday) |
Class 2 | Introduction on classes on Friday | Understand basic concepts of this course. |
Class 3 | health checkup. (on Monday) | Understand about health checkup. (on Monday) |
Class 4 | Central nervous system for Human Motion | Understand roles of brain and spinal cord on voluntary human motion. |
Class 5 | smoking and drinking. (on Monday) | Understand the influence of smoking and drinking for your body.(on Monday) |
Class 6 | Structure and function of skeletal muscles Structure and functions of skeletal muscles. | Understand the structure and functions of skeletal muscles. |
Class 7 | Environment of laboratory. Infectious disease. (on Monday) | Understand the environment of laboratory and infectious disease.(on Monday) |
Class 8 | Hypertrophy and atrophy of skeletal muscles | Understand mechanisms of hypertrophy and atrophy in skeletal muscles. |
Class 9 | Mechanism of vision. | Understand basics of vision. |
Class 10 | Psychological pressure and performance | Understanding of psychological stress and performance reduction |
Class 11 | Physical exercise under extreme circumstances. | Understand characteristics and difficulties of physical activity under extreme circumstances. |
Class 12 | stress and performance | Understanding of mental training program |
Class 13 | Human being in space. | Understand physiological responses and adaptations to the outer space. |
Class 14 | Peak perfomance training | Understanding peak performance training skills |
Class 15 | Discussion on the whole theme is scheduled. | Discuss various phenomena related to the body and physical activities, based on info. collected by students. |
None required.
None required in English textbook.
The four instructors assess quiz and/or short reports.
None