Frederick Community College
Course
Syllabus
HE 204-ONL2 Health
Education – Fall 2011
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Class Begins: 8/22/2011 |
Class
Ends: 12/10/2011 |
Last Day to
Withdraw:11/2/11 |
Instructor
Information
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Instructor: Danielle Stoffer |
Office: None on Campus |
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E-mail:
dstoffer@frederick.edu |
Phone
Number: 301-865-4136 or 240-446-0810 (cell and text) |
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Office
Hours: By Appt. |
Campus
Mail Box Number: check directory outside door |
Course Information
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Course:
HE 204 Health Education |
Credits:
3 |
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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.
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Course Description
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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:
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1.
Identify the components of wellness. |
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2.
Identify personal, social, and environmental factors
that affect health. |
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3.
Examine the relationship between lifestyle choices and
health outcomes |
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4.
Analyze the relationship between weight, diet and
activity levels |
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5.
Assess different prevention and treatment protocols for
communicable and chronic diseases. |
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Text reading, online discussion, videos,
website exploration, short writing assignments, instructor “written extras”
found in the weekly introduction announcement. |
Text(s)
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Focus on Health, 10th
Edition,
Dale B Hahn, Wayne A. Payne, Ellen B. Lucas
Text
is REQUIRED (electronic version, if available, is acceptable) |
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.
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Tests / Papers /
Projects
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Point or Percentage
Value
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Final Grade Scale |
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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 |
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TOTAL |
100% |
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Codes of Academic
Integrity and Student Conduct
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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 .
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(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
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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. |