|
Frederick
Community College HE 204 Online: 2nd 7 weeks Spring
2008
| ||
|
Class
begins: Monday,
March 31 |
Class
ends: Sunday,
May 11 (officially) |
Last Day to
Withdraw: May
1 (no refund) |
|
You must enter a valid
e-mail address, preferably your FCC e-mail address (ex:
username@myfcc.frederick.edu) on the Blackboard site before class begins.
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.**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) for
Course: |
|
|
|
Focus on
Health, 8th Edition, Dale B Hahn,
Wayne A. Payne, Ellen B.
Lucas |
|
Progress
Report: |
|
|
|
By the end of
the 3rd 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 Nov 28, 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 = 7% Multiple
Choice = 8%)
1
Project, at 19%
7
Online Discussions, each at 3%
5
weekly assignments, each at 3%
|
=
45% final grade =
19% final grade =
21% final grade =
15% final grade |
A
= 90% - 100% B
= 80% - 89% C
= 70% - 79% D
= 60% - 69% F
= 0% -
59% |
|
Full points
will be considered 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 and demonstrated
critical thinking. 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.
You are also
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 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.