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- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Takahashi Masaki Nagamine Mitsue
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Wed1-2(W933)
- Group
- -
- Course number
- LAH.A521
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2022/4/20
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
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.
Student learning outcomes
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 that will be developed
| 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/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Overview of physical and mental stress | Understand the concept of stress. |
| Class 2 | Theory of stress. | Understand the cognitive appraisal theory of stress. |
| Class 3 | Overview of coping. | Understand the coping. |
| Class 4 | Stress management methodology | Acquire effective stress managements. Midterm paper. |
| Class 5 | Physiological and psychological responses during stress | Understand the physiological and psychological responses during stress. |
| Class 6 | Stress and circadian rhythms | Understand the relationship between stress and circadian rhythms. |
| Class 7 | Stress management and nutrition/exercise | Understand the importance of nutrition and exercise for stress management. |
Out-of-Class Study Time (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)
Assessment criteria and methods
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 (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
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 courses in the sequence of 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 levels. As such, master's students must begin from 400-level Humanities and Social Science courses in 1Q and 2Q of the first year, then proceed to 500-level courses. And master's students entering in September must begin from 400-level Humanities and Social Science courses in 3Q and 4Q of the first year, then proceed to 500-level courses. Students can register for 500-level Humanities and Social Science courses six months after their entrance (i.e. students admitted in April can register in 3Q and 4Q, and those admitted in September can register in 1Q and 2Q).
