Frederick Community College HE204–Health Education Spring 2010
Class begins: 1/25/2010	Class ends: 05/14/2010	Last Day to Drop: 04/09/2010

YOU MUST READ THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT

You should have taken “Introduction to Blackboard” to be successful in this course.

Pre-requirements for this class: EN50A and EN52 or ESL 95 and ESL 99

Instructor Information:
Name: Darlene Overholtzer	Office: not on campus
E-mail: doverholtzer@frederick.edu	Phone Number: 240-235-2608
Office Hours: by appointment	Campus Mail Box #: 345

Course Information:
Credits: 3
On-campus Meetings: 0	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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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 six formal discussions. The last week (week 7) is optional but much appreciated (and worth 4 points extra credit on your 3rd exam)

8. Project Activities prepare you for the 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 seven week course it is important you dedicated every week to the project, and these activities will help

Text(s) for Course:

Focus on Health, 9^th Edition, Dale B Hahn, Wayne A. Payne, Ellen B. Lucas

Progress Report:

By the end of the 4^th week 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.

Evaluation Methods:
Tests / Papers / Projects	Point Value/ Percentage	Final Grade Scale
3 Exams 12 Essays 1 Project Online Discussion Assignments	24% 30% 10% 21% 15%	90-100% = A 80-89%= B 70-79%= C 60-69%= D Below 60% = F
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 is mandatory. There are NO make-ups nor “re-do’s”. NO late work is accepted.

Email Policy:

Email is an instructional tool essential to student-instructor and student-student communication.

Both students and teacher must use their assigned FCC email account for all correspondence. In the Blackboard environment by default, your email address is available to all students in this course.

Students are permitted to use email addresses of other students in this course only for the purpose and the duration of this course.

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 if the student used their assigned FCC email account.

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.

Students with Disabilities

FCC provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified students with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) and amendments. Students with disabilities who are in need of accommodations must contact the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office at 301-846-2408 (A Building, Room 106A) in order to request and apply for services. The SSD office will require appropriate documentation of a disability. Questions related to accommodations or services can be directed to the SSD office. Additional information related to services can be viewed at the following FCC web page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/disability.aspx.

If you currently receive services from the SSD office, please submit your Student Success Plan to me and make an appointment with me to discuss your accommodations and needs in class. I will hold any information you share with me in strict confidence unless you give me permission to do otherwise.