Frederick Community College HE_204_ONL5 Index #4280 SPRING 2010
Class begins: March 20, 2010	Class ends: May 14, 2010	Last Day to Withdraw: April 28, 2010

Instructor Information:
Name: Shelli Hill	Office: by appointment
E-mail: shill@frederick.edu	Phone Number: (240) 793-8284
Contact Hours: email and by appointment for in-person meeting	Campus Mail Box #: TBD

Course Information:
Credits: 3
On-campus Meetings: optional	On-campus Exams: 1
Prerequisites: none	Corequisites: 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 discussions, videos, website exploration, short writing assignments, instructor “written extras” found in the weekly introduction announcement.

 How is this course organized:

1. 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, 9th edition. Please make sure you have the 9th 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.**Study hint, read the chapters before the week begins or within the first 2 days in order to appropriately participate in the discussion and complete assignments.

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.

7. Online Weekly Discussions demonstrate your critical thinking based on knowledge gained from videos, research, lecture notes, chapters, your own experience, and others' experience. Your participation counts toward final grade and it is a BIG part of your grade. There are seven formal discussions.

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 seven week course it is important you dedicated every week to the project, and these activities will help

Text(s) and Course Materials:

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

Progress Report:

By the end of the 3rd week (after Exam 1), 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 / Participation	Point Value	Final Grade Scale
3 Exams (each @ 150 points) 1 Project (230 points possible) 8 online Discussions (each @ 25 points) 6 Weekly assignments (each @ 20 points)	450 230 200 120 1000 Points total	1000-900= A 899-800= B 799-700= C 699-600= D 599 points or less = 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.

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:

To maintain the highest quality of academic work, students are expected to participate fully in all course activities.

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

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 discussions on time. You are expected to check announcements and e-mail daily in a 7 week course.

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 the purpose and the duration of this course.

Students who are concerned about the privacy of their personal email address are reminded of commercially available products that allow them to create unique email addresses specifically for the purpose and 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.

Academic Integrity:

Work in this course is subject to the provisions of the FCC Code of Academic Integrity. 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. More information about this and the Student Conduct Code are available at http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/studentpolicies.aspx

You must send your Academic Integrity Pledge to the instructor. The form is available at http://courses.frederick.edu/_utilities/regform.htm

Topical Outline (ONLINE and HYBRID COURSES)

Week	SUBJECT	ACTIVITY ONLINE	ON-CAMPUS ACTIVITY
Week 1	Chapters 1-3
Week 2	Chapters 4-6
Week 3	Chapter 7	Exam Week
Week 4	Chapters 8-9
Week 5	Chapters 10-11	Exam Week	Exam to be taken on campus
Week 6	Chapters 14-16
Week 7	Chapters 12, 13, 18	Exam Week

NOTE: Your instructor reserves the right to make changes to this outline as needed.