Frederick Community College HE 204 Online Summer 2008 1^st 5 weeks
Class begins: Monday, June 2, 2007	Class ends: Thursday, July 3	Last Day to Withdraw: June 24 (no refund)

You must enter a valid e-mail address, preferably your FCC e-mail address (ex: username@myfcc.frederick.edu) on our class Blackboard site before class begins. Make sure this is an e-mail address you check DAILY. If you do not yet have an FCC e-mail address, contact the FCC Technical Help Desk for direction.

Instructor Information:
Name: Danielle Stoffer, MS	Office: by appointment
E-mail: dstoffer@frederick.edu	Phone Number: 301-865-4136 or 240-446-9550 (cell)
Office Hours: by appointment	Campus Mail Box #: 394

Course Information:
Credits: 3
On-campus Meetings: optional	On-campus Exams: 1
Prerequisites: none	Co-requisites: none

Course Description:

Explores numerous areas of personal health, including mental health, fitness, nutrition & weight management, tobacco, drugs and alcohol, sexual health, chronic and infectious disease, and consumer and environmental health.

Core Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course students will demonstrate 1. Identify the components of wellness 2. Identify personal, social, and environmental factors that affect health. 3. Examine the relationship between lifestyle choices and health outcomes. 4. Analyze the relationship between weight, diet and activity levels. 5. Assess different prevention and treatment protocols for communicable and chronic diseases. .

Instructional Methods:

Text reading, online discussion, videos, website exploration, short writing assignments, instructor “written extras” found in the weekly introduction announcement.

 How is this course organized:

Course Learning Outcomes (in the Syllabus) are the major purposes of this course and what you are expected to be able to do by the end of the course.

2. Weekly Focus (in the Assignments area, in each weekly folder) break the Course Learning Outcomes down for each week. This is a preview of what to learn in the chapters, videos, and discussion for the week. Read the Weekly Focus carefully so you will know what to concentrate on.

3. Weekly video. These videos have been carefully selected to introduce and further explore certain health topics. And hey, who doesn't like a movie once in a while! These videos are well done, so grab a cup of coffee or tea ☺, relax, and watch the movie.

4.  Weekly Readings are from Focus on Health, 8th edition. Please make sure you have the 8th edition as some chapters and pages have changed from older editions. This textbook is well done and provides you with a great foundation for these topics.

5.  The Additional Exploration  section is not optional. The information provided here is for you to read and review (and hopefully print and keep). Some of this information may end up on the test, so if I suggest reading certain things, it is a hint.

6. Weekly Assignments, reinforce material in the textbook, gives you opportunities for discovery and provides a practical side to your personal health education experience. There as five of these.

7. Online Weekly Discussions demonstrate your critical thinking based on knowledge gained from videos, lectures, chapters, your own experience, and others' experience. Your participation counts toward final grade. There are five formal discussions. The last week you also have an optional class feedback discussion as well (and worth extra credit)

8. Weekly Project Activities prepare you for the Semester Project which demonstrates your critical thinking based on knowledge from the chapters, videos, research and hands-on experiences (the most important kind sometimes). Project counts toward final grade. In a five week course it is important you dedicated every week to the project, and these activities will help

Text(s) for Course:

Focus on Health, 8^th Edition, Dale B Hahn, Wayne A. Payne, Ellen B. Lucas

Progress Report:

By the end of the 2nd week (after exam 1) of the semester, you will have an opportunity to evaluate your progress in this course and decide if you need to make any adjustments (additional study, tutoring, conference with instructor) to assure your success in this course. Your last day to drop is in June 20, so you have time to regroup.

Evaluation Methods:
Tests / Papers / Projects	Point Value	Final Grade Scale
Final course grades will result in the averaging of the following: 3 Exams, each at 15% (Open Book/Essay = 8% Multiple Choice = 8%) 1 Project, at 15% 4 Online Discussions, each at 5% 4 weekly assignments, each at 5%	= 45% final grade =15% final grade = 20% final grade = 20% final grade	A = 90% - 100% B = 80% - 89% C = 70% - 79% D = 60% - 69% F = 0% - 59%
Full points will be give on assignments and discussion where at least the minimum requirements have been met (e.g., at least four postings per weekly discussion) and student has made notable effort. Additionally, if the graded performance for online assignments differs significantly from the grade average for proctored assignments, the instructor reserves the right to administer additional tests.

Attendance/Participation Policy:

Attendance and participation are expected. I am able to track when you have accessed the site and will follow participation in the weekly discussion. Attendance for online courses includes accessing and completing weekly assignments and actively participating in weekly discussion on time.

Email Policy:

Email is an instructional tool essential to student-instructor and student-student communication. In the Blackboard environment by default, your email address is available to all students in this course.

However, students are permitted to use email addresses of other students in this course only for purposes related to this course and only for the duration of this course.

Students who are concerned about the privacy of their personal email address are reminded to use their FCC student e-mail address (example: username@myfcc.frederick.edu. FCC student accounts have been set up specifically for use in college courses.

The instructor can be expected to respond to regular student email inquiries (grades, posted assignments, and tests excluded) within the time frame of 24 to 48 hours.

Academic Honesty:

Work in this course is subject to the provisions of the FCC Code of Academic Honesty. Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated. As a student, it is your job to practice academic honesty at ALL times. Make sure that all sources, particularly Internet sources, get proper credit for quotations, paraphrases, and ideas. Additionally, the multiple choice section of the exams is not open book, and you take the exam online on your honor and will be asked to submit an honor statement

For detailed weekly assignments and topics please refer to separate Topical Outline document.