Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Dentistry Program of Dentistry
Lecture Code J1502040 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 生命科学
Subject Name
(Katakana)
セイメイカガク
Subject Name in
English
Life Science
Instructor FUJII MAKIKO,SHUKUNAMI CHISA,AGO YUKIO,TAKAHASHI ICHIRO,KATO KOICHI,SUGITA MAKOTO,KOMATSUZAWA HITOSHI,FUJIMOTO KATSUMI,TERAYAMA RYUJI
Instructor
(Katakana)
フジイ マキコ,シュクナミ チサ,アゴウ ユキオ,タカハシ イチロウ,カトウ コウイチ,スギタ マコト,コマツザワ ヒトシ,フジモト カツミ,テラヤマ リュウジ
Campus Kasumi Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Inte
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
 
Presentation 
Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction E : English
Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area(Area) 27 : Health Sciences
Course Area(Discipline) 02 : Dental Sciences
Eligible Students International Dental Course students
Keywords Life Science is the subject, which is designed to provide the basic knowledge about Life Science for new IDC students. Students will visit and learn 10 specific topics, which are listed in the following table, at basic science departments of School of Dentistry, Hiroshima University as the schedule of Overview of Dentistry. 
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)
 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Life Science is the subject, which is designed to provide the basic knowledge about Life Science for new IDC students. Students will visit and learn 10 specific topics, which are listed in the following table, at basic science departments of School of Dentistry, Hiroshima University as the schedule of Overview of Dentistry.
 
Class Schedule Lesson 1
Guidance of Overview of Dentistry
Transcription factors, mRNA, protein synthesis
Lesson 2
Evolution of eukaryote
Lesson 3
Signal Transduction via Receptors
(G protein-coupled receptors and ligand-gated ion channel receptors)
Lesson 4
Cell-to-cell communication
(Hormone and homeostasis)
Lesson 5
Stem cell Biology
Lesson 6
The sensory systems
Lesson 7
Basic oncology
(Mechanisms of oncogenesis, proliferation, invasion, and metastasis)
Lesson 8
Chemical elements and water
Lesson 9
Extracellular matrix proteins
Lesson 10
Overview of your amazing immune system: How it protects your body 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
None 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Notebooks and computers 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
None 
Requirements  
Grading Method A written test from participated departments. Average of the scores from all those departments will be used for evaluation. 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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