Frederick Community College

Course Syllabus

HE 204-ONL2 Health Education – Fall 2011

 

 

Class Begins: 8/22/2011

Class Ends: 12/10/2011

Last Day to Withdraw:11/2/11

 

 

Instructor Information

Instructor:   Danielle Stoffer

Office:    None on Campus

E-mail: dstoffer@frederick.edu

Phone Number: 301-865-4136 or 240-446-0810 (cell and text)

Office Hours: By Appt.

Campus Mail Box Number: check directory outside door

 

Course Information

Course: HE 204 Health Education

Credits: 3

Prerequisites:  EN50A and EN52 or ESL 95 and ESL 99

Co-requisites: You should have taken “Introduction to Blackboard” to be successful in this course.

 

 

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:

By the completion of the course students will:

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.

 

 

Text(s)

Focus on Health, 10th Edition, Dale B Hahn, Wayne A. Payne, Ellen B. Lucas  Text is REQUIRED (electronic version, if available, is acceptable)

 

 

Progress Report

Students will receive some form of written assessment of their progress in the course no later than the sixth week of a fifteen week semester or one-third of the instructional time for shorter sessions. With Blackboard you can always check your Running Total Weighted Grade which will reflect your current status.

 

 

Assessment Method

Tests / Papers / Projects

Point or Percentage Value

Final Grade Scale

3 Exams (7.5%)

11 Short Essays (2%)

1 Project 2

 14 Online Discussions (2%)

3 Pre Project Assignments (.5%)

8 Writing Assignments (2%)

22.5%

22%

10%

28%

  1.5%

16%

90-100% = A

80-89%= B

70-79%= C

60-69%= D

Below 60% = F

 

                      TOTAL

100%

 

 

 

Codes of Academic Integrity and Student Conduct

Students are required to uphold the Code of Academic Integrity and the Code of Student Conduct. Students who violate either of these codes may receive a failing grade in the class.  Information about these codes and other student policies, procedures, and penalties is available on the Student Policy and Procedures web page at http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/studentpolicies.aspx .

 

 

Student Services

A variety of services are available to assist students in succeeding at FCC. Students can learn more about these services by visiting the Student Services web page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/index.aspx

 

Students with disabilities who are in need of accommodations or who have questions related to disabilities services should contact the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office at 301-846-2408. Students can learn more about these services by visiting the Services for Students with Disabilities web page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/disability.aspx .

 

 

Participation Policy

(1)   Students are expected to participate to support the learning process.

(2)   Attendance for online courses includes accessing and completing weekly assignments and participating in weekly discussions on time.

(3)   In case of serious illness, emergency, religious holidays, or participation in official college functions, students remain responsible for completing the requirements of the course.

(4)   The student must contact the instructor prior to deadlines if participation components cannot be met due to serious illness, emergency, religious holidays, or participation in official college functions. The instructor may explore make-up opportunities in different class participation formats as warranted.

(5)   There are no make-ups or “re-do’s”. No late work is accepted (if there are extenuating circumstances and instructor is contacted before the deadline to make alternative arrangements then there are exceptions).

(6)   Students are to check their FCC email address at least 1x per day in case there are updated Bboard announcements

 

 

Email Communication

All students will receive and be expected to use their FCC email address for their correspondence with faculty and staff at the college.  Students can establish and access their FCC email accounts at the login page: https://myfcc.frederick.edu. **other email addresses may end up in junk mail folder and you may not receive professor correspondence.