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2019　Special Lecture: Physical Activity

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Academic unit or major
Humanities and social science courses
Instructor(s)
Hayashi Naoyuki  Fukuoka Toshihiko  Sakuma Kunihiro  Kotani Yasunori  Tanaka Hideto 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon1-2(W242)  Thr1-2(W242)  
Group
-
Course number
LAH.T211
Credits
2
Academic year
2019
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2019/3/22
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

The instructor will introduce various phenomena related to the body and physical activities, explaining the underlying physiological, engineering, psychological mechanisms, medicine and backgrounds.

Student learning outcomes

Students will gain an understanding of the various underlying mechanisms of physical phenomena, and be able to observe body movements from a scientific perspective.

Keywords

physical activity, sports, physiology, psychology, engineering, medicine

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Attendance is taken every class.
Take note that the instructor changes based on the day of the week.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Introduction on classes on Thursday. Understand basic concepts of this course on Thursday.
Class 2 Introduction on classes on Monday. Study about metabolic syndrome. Understand basic concepts of this course on Monday. Understand about metabolic syndrome.
Class 3 Muscular activity and health Understand roles of muscular activity on health.
Class 4 health checkup. (on Monday) Understand about health checkup. (on Monday)
Class 5 Endurance exercise and health Understand roles of endurance exercise on health.
Class 6 smoking and drinking. (on Monday) Understand the influence of smoking and drinking for your body.(on Monday)
Class 7 Modern society (globalization) and infectious diseases Understand the characteristics of infections caused by globalization.
Class 8 Infectious disease. (on Monday) Understand infectious disease.(on Monday)
Class 9 Exercise performance under high and low temperature environment. Understand basics of thermoregulation.
Class 10 Mechanism of vision. Understand basics of visionary mechanism.
Class 11 Exercise performance under high and low temperature environment. Consideration of the competition time at the Olympic games. Understand thermoregulation during exercise.
Class 12 Physical exercise under extreme circumstances. Understand characteristics and difficulties of physical activity under extreme circumstances.
Class 13 Effects and risks to the body of various sports events, Lifelong sport that fits you Understand the effective application of sports activities.
Class 14 Human being in space. Understand physiological responses and adaptations to the outer space.
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.

Textbook(s)

None required.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None required in English textbook.

Assessment criteria and methods

The four instructors assess quiz and/or short reports.

Related courses

  • LAW.W101 ： Health Science
  • LAW.W111 ： Laboratory of Health Science
  • LAH.T312 ： Special Lecture: Sports Science
  • LAW.W221 ： Advanced Sports Exercise

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None

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