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Department of Health and Sports
Objectives
Our department aims at nurturing practicing professionals who have high level knowledge and skills to promote Quality of Life (QOL) through sports and exercises.
- It bears significance that all people, not only the young and athletes but also children and the elderly, enjoy sports and exercises. Sports and exercises play an important role in enhancing physical fitness and healthy lives and in developing friendship. Sports and exercises are indispensable for people to live rich and vibrant lives.
- QOL supporters play an important role in helping people enjoy exercises and sports in their daily lives. In our department, students not only explore their potential in competitive sport fields, but also improve their expertise as QOL supporters. We aim to promote the talents that contribute to the improvement of QOL.
Characteristics of the curriculum
Sports medicine and sciences
The purpose of this course is to investigative sport and exercise from the viewpoints of physiology, psychology, biomechanics and medicine. Students can learn the basics of the knowledge and skills for providing instruction in sport and exercise.
Sports management
The purpose of this course is to conduct research on sport from the viewpoints of sports management, industry, and culture so that we can nurture professionals of sports management in the next generation.
Teaching methodology
The purpose of this course is to learn pedagogy of adapted sport so that students can obtain license of physical education teachers. We nurture instructors or teachers who have both pedagogical expertise and skills in sports.
Qualifications we aim for and careers of the alumni
Qualifications we aim for are:
- License of Teacher of Physical Education, Class I
- Athletic Trainer authorized by the Japan Sports Association (JASA)
- Health Fitness Programmer and Instructor authorized by the Japan Health Promotion and Fitness Foundation
- JFA C-license authorized by the Japan Football Association (JFA)
Upon successful completion of our program, students will obtain licenses of physical education teachers and be eligible for various licensure examinations, such as athletic trainers authorized by the JASA, health fitness programmers and instructors authorized by the Japan Health Promotion and Fitness Foundation, JFA C-license authorized by JFA, etc.
Our graduates have started their careers in various companies, schools, sports and health industries, manufactures, service business, and governmental offices. However, as the number of elderly people is increasing in Japan, experts for health and exercise are required in much wider areas, including private and public health service facilities.
Facilities
Training room
This room is equipped with various training machines, such as treadmills controlled by computer, bicycle ergometers and strength-training machines.
Heated indoor pool (25m x 6 lane)
This pool is authorized by the Japan Swimming Federation. We have introduced water clarification and a sterile filtration system by electrolysis. This pool is equipped with two underwater windows so that we can observe underwater movements.
Field and track (100m x 4 lane, 2 lane go-around, runaway)
This is equipped with a pavement track suitable for even bad weather and night lighting so that we can practice various track and field events. Additionally, this field can be used for football and baseball.
Exercise physiology and biomechanics lab
Motor functions: The purpose of this lab is to evaluate a wide range of functions that enable humans to move. This lab is equipped with electromyography, transcranial magnetic stimulation devices and eye scoping devices so that students can examine the relationship between movements and the brain.
Metabolic and cardiopulmonary measurements: This lab is used to measure the aerobic metabolism as maximal oxygen uptake and anaerobic threshold, the anaerobic metabolism as blood lactate and anaerobic power by treadmill and bicycle ergometer. It is equipped with auto respiratory and metabolic analysis, electrocardiogram, heart rate monitor devices so that students can examine the relationships between exercise intensity, oxygen uptake, and heart rate.
Motion analyses: This lab is used to evaluate human motions and skills for sports and analyze movements during games by mainly kinematics. It is equipped with a three-dimension analysis device, motionanalysis treatment software, and a high speed camera, so that students can examine the analysis method of human efficiency of motion during various games.
International activities
Besides the faculty's attendance to various international conferences, we held a sports exchange program (swimming) with China in 2009. In this program, students practiced and competed against Chinese swimmers so that they could view athletes from much wider perspectives.