DAKOTA COLLEGE @ BOTTINEAU COURSE SYLLABUS Course Prefix/Number/Title: HPER 217 ONLINE Personal and Community Health Course Description: This course is designed to acquaint the student with those principles and practices which will ensure the maintenance of conditions necessary for wholesome personal and community living. Economic, social, and legal aspects of health preservation and disease prevention will be emphasized. Course Objectives: 1. The student will understand that lifelong wellness is achieved and sustained through proper physical exercise and nutrition. To promote lifelong learning skills for a healthier life. 2. Awareness that lifelong fitness includes developing muscular strength, endurance, flexibility and cardiovascular health. 3. Understanding the importance of team training in maintain a healthy lifestyle. Instructor: Ken Keysor Office: Thatcher 123 Office Hours: M-F 10:00-12:00 or by arrangement Phone: 228-5452 Email: [email protected] Lecture/Lab Schedule: ONLINE Textbook(s): Health & Wellness, 9th Edition by Edlin and Golanty Course Requirements: This class will be a lecture format with out of class reports and assignments using various technologies including the internet and outside readings. Class participation and attendance will be a must to be successful. Grading will be base on the following items being completed and turned in. 1. Article Review 2. All web assignments 3. Grading Scale A: 100-90 B: 89-80 C: 79-70 D: 69-60 F: 59-Be lo w Tentative Course Outline: Week 1-3 Unit One Achieving Wellness Chapter 1 Achieving Personal Health Chapter 2 Mind-Body Communications Chapter 3 Managing Stress Chapter 4 Mental Health/Illness Week 4-5 Unit Two Eating & Exercising Toward a Healthy LifestyleChapter 5 Choosing a Nutritious Diet Chapter 6 Managing a Healthy Weight Chapter 7 Physical Activity for Health/Well-Being Week 6-7 Unit Three Building Healthy Relationships Chapter 8 Sexuality & Intimate Relationships Chapter 9 Understanding Pregnancy & Parenthood Chapter 10 Choosing a Fertility Control Method Chapter 11 Protecting Against STD’s Week 8-10 Unit Four Understanding and Preventing Disease Chapter 12 Reducing Infections & Building Immunity Chapter 13 Cancer: Risks & Prevention Chapter 14 Cardiovascular Diseases Chapter 15 Heredity & Disease Week 11-12 Unit Five Explaining Drug Use and Abuse Chapter 16 Using Drugs Responsibly Chapter 17 Eliminating Tobacco Use Chapter 18 Using Alcohol Responsibly Week 13-14 Unit Six Making Healthy Decisions Chapter 19 Making Decisions About Health Care Chapter 20 Exploring Alternative Medicines Chapter 21 Accidents & Injuries Week 15-16 Unit Seven Overcoming Obstacles Chapter 22 Understanding Aging & Dying Chapter 23 Violence in Our Society Chapter 24 Working Toward a Healthy Enviornment General Education Goals/Objectives: Goal 5: Employs the principles of wellness Objective 1: Demonstrate healthy lifestyle and physical wellness. Objective 2: Demonstrate emotional and spiritual wellness. Goal 4: Demonstrate effective communication. Objective 4: Works collaboratively with others Objective 5: Demonstrates effective oral communication skills. Relationship to Campus Theme: The students will identify differences between healthy life choices and what the consequences of negative life choices are. They will be able to recognize that there are many ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle and that health is more than just physical wellness it also includes emotional and spiritual wellness. Classroom Policies: 1. The student will be required to look over the following itemsA: Read each chapter B: Read the lecture outline and chapter summary C: If extra help is needed they may do the crossword puzzle. D: For each chapter they MUST COMLETE either the Chapter Assignment or the Practice Quiz that goes with that chapter. YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO BOTH!!! GRADING: After all assignments are completed the grading scale will be as follows. A: 100-90 B: 89-80 C: 79-70 D: 69-60 E: 59-Below There will be no incompletes given. As an online student it is your responsibility to complete ALL assignments/quizzes. You may finish early if you wish. The outline is only a guide on how far you should be each couple of weeks . Academic Integrity: Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary defines plagiarism as: “The appropriation or imitation of the language, ideas, and thoughts of another author, and representation of them as one’s original work.” There will be zero tolerance of any form of academic dishonesty. If any evidence appears of students not doing their own work, plagiarism, or outright cheating on quizzes/exams, the matter will be investigated. If it is concluded that such dishonesty occurred, the student in question will receive an automatic “F” for the course. Furthermore, the matter will be reported to the appropriate university office and the instructor will participate in any proceedings against the guilty party. Disabilities and Special Needs: Please inform the instructor within the first week of classes if any assistance is required due to disabilities or special