Department of Sport and Medical Science Top Athlete Course
As a player or leader Develop human resources who can play an active role in the future
The Top Athlete Course in the Department of Sport and Medical Science at the Faculty of Medical Technology is exclusively for sports recommenders.
This course is exclusively for sports recommenders and is for those who want to learn more about the competitions they have been engaged on and to improve their skills. After enrollment, students will focus on the sports they compete in, while balancing lectures and practical training.
About Top Athlete Course
This course develops human resources who can make accurate judgments and respond as athletes of all sports and their instructors. There are many parts in common with the Sports Health Course, and along with this course, we aim to acquire qualifications such as health and physical education teachers, athletic trainers, and health exercise instructors, and develops human resources who can contribute to society. Furthermore, this course focuses on training athletes, and is characterized by learning not only techniques and teaching methods but also attitudes as athletes, objectively grasping sports, and thinking about future issues.
athlete exercises Our active coaches, themselves coaches, will teach you the necessary mindset and mentality for athletes, as well as how to run, coach, and manage a team. You will learn the importance of clear goal setting and image training, as well as the communication skills and followership required of a leader. By learning through actual competition, you will not only train your physical side, but also your mental side, improving your qualifications as a future sports coach.
Physical education method exercises Through literature review, debate, group work and practical training, students will learn the significance of sports played everywhere, including professional sports, local sports and school physical education, consider the issues facing sports and learn how to coach them. They will also learn about conditioning to perform at their best, such as stretching, massage, icing and aquatic training, and understand how to prevent injuries and damage. By viewing sports from various angles and providing many opportunities to present them, students will also develop the ability to organize their thoughts logically and present them in an easy-to-understand manner.
Grading Criteria
Grading Criteria
About our GPA System
The intent behind our implementation of a GPA (Grade Point Average) system is to (1) create a unified standard for the campus, (2) have it function as an impartial standard, and (3) have it function as an internationally accepted standard. Our GPA system involves the assessment learning achievements using an objective numerical value called GPA. Additionally, this system generally conforms with the grade assessment systems adopted by universities in the West, and can be used overseas as an index used to certify a student’s academic ability when studying abroad, when going on to graduate school overseas, when finding employment at a non-Japanese companies operating in Japan, and so on.
Display of Grades and Assessment Criteria
Classification
Grading Criteria
GPA
Grading Criteria
Details of Assessment
Description of English
Pass
S.
4.0
90 percent or higher
Represents particularly excellent grades.
Excellent
A
3.0
80 percent
Represents excellent grades
Good
B.
2.0
70 percent
Represents grades recognized as adequate.
Satisfactory
C.
1.0
60 percent
Represents the minimum grade acceptable as a pass.
Pass
Fail
D.
0.0
Less than 60 percent
This means that the student has not reached the minimum grade acceptable as a pass. It also includes the lack of class attendance, the fact that the exams for the class have not been taken, and so on.
Failure
Not applicable
N
-
-
Indicates that course credit acquired another university or other institution during a study-abroad program or prior to a transfer to our university, has been certified as course credit for our university (courses where credit has been certified).
Credits Transferred
GPA Calculation Method
To earn credits
To earn credits
Register for classes. Use CampusSquare to register online and have your classes properly confirmed. You will need to register for both spring and fall semesters.
I will attend the class. There are 15 lessons in total. (Both spring and autumn) Listen carefully to the lessons and read the textbooks and reference books carefully to deepen your understanding. Normally, it takes 2 hours each for preparation and review for the weekly class. Therefore, if you have 2 lessons a day, you will need 8 hours for preparation and review. Please be sure to attend all classes from the first class. It's also a good idea to purchase a textbook in time.
Depending on subjects, students are required to take exam or submit reports (accreditation methods vary from lecturers).
Grades of S, A, B or C mean that students have passed the course and earned the credit. Grade of D means that students has failed the course and not earned any credit. If students receive a grade of D for a compulsory subject, they require to take it again the following year or later. Courses which students have already earned credit cannot be retaken.
About Academic Grades
Academic grades are assessed based on final examinations at the end of the semester (written exams, oral exams, practical exams, or reports). However, depending on courses, mini tests, reports, attendance, and academic progress during class may be evaluated as regular points, or assessments may be carried out based on the regular points only.
Academic grades are issued on the transcript with only the evaluation.
Courses which students have passed once cannot be erased or retaken.
Grades will be published on Campus Square every semester.
If you have questions about your grades, such as not receiving a grade despite taking an exam (submitting a report) after the results have been released, please come to school at the beginning of the next semester (until the course registration period) and ask your teacher directly. If your teacher has left the school and you are unable to ask, please notify the Academic Affairs Office.
Minimum number of credits required for graduation (Students entering in 2025)
Subject classification
Examples of compulsory and elective courses
Required number of units
Co., Ltd. Common Teaching Education Department eye *2
Liberal Arts Subjects
Humanities-related fields
Optional compulsory
2
26※1
Social Sciences
Natural Sciences
2
Separation and Fusion Field
Elective
－
First-year education subjects
Life Design Seminar I & II
Compulsory
2
Career-related courses
Optional compulsory
4
Information Education Subjects
Optional compulsory
2
Foreign Language Education
Basic English I & II
Compulsory
2
Specialized basic field
Elective
98
Specialized Fields
Elective
Common Specialized Fields *2
Elective
Total
124
*1 You must earn 26 credits for General Education after meeting the required number of credits for each course. In addition, excess credits earned in General Education will be counted as elective credits.
*2 Some credits for teacher training course subjects are included in General Education or common specialized fields.
