Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code AHS14001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 身体運動制御学
Subject Name
(Katakana)
シンタイウンドウセイギョガク
Subject Name in
English
Human Motor Control
Instructor KATO TAKASHI
Instructor
(Katakana)
カトウ タカシ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Fri5-8:IAS K112
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 27 : Health Sciences
Course Area(Discipline) 05 : Sports Science
Eligible Students As a general rule, 3rd year students recommended; however, 2nd-year students allow to attend.
Keywords motor control; sensory-motor system; nervous system; environment
 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Integrated Arts and Sciences
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
・The knowledge and understanding  to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
(Abilities and Skills)
・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
# possible to explain behavioural aspects of human movements
# possible to explain the outline how the nervous system controls human movements
# possible to explain that our movements are affected by our environments
 
Class Schedule These topics will be lectured as the following order. Schedule and topics may, however, be altered by students' background and depth of comprehensions.

Guidance
Structure and classification of human movements
Accuracy and errors of movements, Variability of movements
Nervous system underlying human movements
Reflex actions and its functional roles of motor control
Degree of freedom and redundancy for human movements: How and which do we choice from many selections?
Voluntary movements: Where does exist the origin for our movements?
Environment and movements: How does affect environment to our movements?
Conclusion
Final examination 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Texts are not assigned, as this class is conducted with handouts.
References (book, URL, etc.) will be included in the handouts.
 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
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Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Each topic seems to be isolated the others, however, these topics have interactions among them.
After completing each week, self-review should be done on this day, as you are possible.
As you have uncleared and/or interesting topics, let's ask and discuss me and your friends, not only checked by yourself.
 
Requirements  
Grading Method Participation to class (NOT attendance to the class!): approximately 50%
Writing examination: approximately 50%
Details will be explained on the guidance.
 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message Motor control is an academic discipline fused experiments and theories. Various specialists have developed and extended this area, so this area includes many exciting and interesting topics.
 
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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