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Faculty of Health and Sports


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Sports are essential for people to keep or improve their health so that they can live active lives. So we are in need the competent leaders relating physical activities and sports in many opportunity such as in the community, school (kindergarten, elementary school, middle and high school), workplace and home.
The educational experience in the Faculty of Health and Sports will develop human resources contributing to maintain and promote the health level of all age hierarchy in national.
This faculty have two departments. One is the Department of Health and Sports and another is the Department of Education and Sports for Children.

Department of Health & Sports

In this department, students learn about the influence of sports on health, the effects of training, how to analyze movement, how to be an effective sports trainer, the relation between sports and lifestyle diseases, preventive medicine, and many other aspects relating to the health sciences and sport sciences.
The aim of the curriculum in this department is to develop human resources to actively contribute to the maintenance and promotion of health or health behavior acquisition by physical activities. So graduates can work as health and physical education teacher in the junior high school and high school, or as the leaders such as sports clubs and other occupational or regional stage.
In this department, by learning a wide range of knowledge about the health sciences and sport sciences and deepen their understanding about the physical exercise and sports for the construction of a healthy life, students can get the health and physical education license of junior high and high schools . Also they can take the exam for some of qualifications and the acquisition can be acquired relating health and sports.
Fundamental subjects are the "Faculty Common subjects" and the "Department basic subjects" .And there are four pillars of the specialized subjects. That is "Sports science subjects", "Health science subjects”, "Sports practical subjects", and "Seminar subjects".
Main subjects are as follows.

Faculty Common subjects

Health Sciences Introduction, Sport Sciences Introduction, Sport sociology, Sports psychology, Sports physiology, Nutrition Introduction, Medicine Introduction, Nursing Introduction, Sports practical.

Department basic subjects

Physiology and anatomy, Biomechanics, Growth and Development and Sports, Lifelong sport theory, Community Sports Theory, Physical Education and Sport management theory, School health, Sports practical(Soccer, Basketball) .

Sports science subjects

Sports Training Theory, Sports conditioning, Sports strategy tactics information theory, Coaching Science, Physical fitness training theory, Sport history, Sports Nutrition, Physical Education and Sport policy theory, Measurement evaluation and so on.

Health science subjects

Health movement Education, Preventive medicine, Medical Specifics, Health management theory, Theory and practice of first aid, Sports pharmacology, Lifelong developmental psychology, Health field work.

Sports practical subjects

Body exercise, Handball, Tennis, Rugby, Adapted Sports, Recreation and New Sports.

Seminar subjects:

Specialized seminar, Graduation work.

Students can get the qualification and license, or obtain the examination qualifications.
  • Junior high school and high school teachers license (Health and Physical Education)
  • Junior Sports instructor ,Sports programmer ,Assistant Manager ,Recreation instructor
  • Health exercise practice leader, Health exercise instructor, Health management general instructor.

Department of Education and Sport for Children

The purpose of education in this department is to train the teacher of the elementary school and kindergarten by learning the knowledge relating children, health, and sport.
The aim of curriculum in this department, through the master of required training of elementary and kindergarten teachers, is to contribute to realize the healthy growth of children both physically and mentally.
Many programs strongly interest in the training of the elementary school and kindergarten teachers to contribute the acquisition of health behavior and understanding about exercise and sports for the improvement of the life style.
The curriculum is constructed from the fundamental subjects to the specialized subjects systematically. Fundamental subjects are the "Faculty Common subjects" and the "Department basic subjects" .And there are four pillars of the specialized subjects. That is "Sports/health for children subjects", "Elementary school education subjects”, "Kindergarten education subjects", and "Seminar subjects".
Main Faculty Common subjects are same as that of Department of Health and Sports.

Main Department basic subjects

Kids Sports Education, Exercise teaching methods I(Gymnastics, Ball exercise),Exercise teaching methods II(Land movement, Swimming)

Main subjects of the elementary school teacher course

Teaching Method (Physical Education, Japanese, Arithmetic, Science, Social studies, Music, Arts and crafts), Significance and organization of the curriculum, Career guidance and Student Guidance Theory, Way of teacher, Educational psychology, Teaching methods and technology theory, Basis of educational counseling, Teaching practice.

Main subjects of the kindergarten teacher course

Childcare contents general, Childcare course theory, Childcare content teaching methods (Words, Environment, Health, Human relations, Representation and music, Representation and modeling), Teaching practice.

Health science subjects

Health movement Education, Preventive medicine, Medical Specifics, Health management theory, Theory and practice of first aid, Sports pharmacology, Lifelong developmental psychology, Health field work.

Seminar subjects

Specialized seminar, Graduation work.

Students can get the qualification and license, or obtain the examination qualifications.
  • Elementary school teacher license, Kindergarten teacher license.
  • Junior Sports instructor, Recreation instructor.

Socila Program

  • Nagoya Health College
  • Health Program in Seto Campus
  • Health Promotion for Young Children (Seto City and Tajimi City)