HES100 Healthful Living Online

C ourse S yllabus - F all 2008

COURSE CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES
The course will include topics such as stress management and mental health, cardiac risk factors and risk reduction, fitness, nutrition, weight control, aging, relationships and sexuality, use and abuse of drugs and alcohol, medical self-care, and environmental wellness. The learning outcome of the course is to provide students with the ability, tools and information necessary to become more responsible and active participants in their own health and wellness, and in the health and wellness of others.

MCCCD OFFICIAL COURSE COMPETENCIES

1. Identify and describe the basic components of wellness.
2. Identify and describe personal health assessment techniques and explain strategies for achieving wellness.
3. Identify and describe hereditary factors relating to wellness.
4. Identify and describe psychological factors relating to wellness.
5. Identify and explain biological factors as they relate to wellness.
6. Identify and describe a variety of health conditions and diseases.
7. Describe the relationship between lifestyles and a variety of health conditions and diseases.
8. Explain ways in which factors within society may affect personal health.

GRADING
There will be 17 chapters covered in the 16 week semester.
You will be given 7 Assignments, 5 Discussion Topics, 10 Tests and a Comprehensive Final Exam.

Points will be awarded as follows:

LETTER GRADE - SECTION #5557
This is a "traditional" grading scale.
An "A" is 90-100% of the total points; a "B" is 80-89% , etc..
I will round points up to the next percentage and adjust your grade accordingly. E-mail if you have any questions about this policy.

ASSIGNMENTS:
#1 - "Dear Donna" Letter (10 pts.)
#2 - Strengths & Weaknesses (10 pts.)
#3 - Mind Tools - Stress (10 pts.)
#4 - Making a Plan (10 pts.)
#5 - Critical Thinking (10 pts.)
#6 - CV Risk Factors (10 pts.)
#7 - Longevity Game (10 pts.)
TOTAL - 70 Points

DISCUSSION TOPICS:
#1 - The View From Where I Sit (10 pts.)
#2 - The Right Balance (10 pts.)
#3 - Sexual Harrassment? (10 pts.)
#4 - Why Drugs?(10 pts.)
#5 - Which Treatment?(10 pts.)
TOTAL - 50 Points

TESTS
#1 - Chapter 1 (30 pts.)
#2 - Chapter 4 (30 pts.)
#3 - Chapter 5 (30 pts.)
#4 - Chapter 6 (30 pts.)
#5 - Chapters 7 & 8 (30 pts.)
#6 - Chapter 10 (30 pts.)
#7 - Chapter 11 (30 pts.)
#8 - Chapters 13 & 14 (30 pts.)
#9 - Chapters 15 & 16 (30 pts.)
#10 - Chapter 17 (30 pts.)
TOTAL - 300 Points

FINAL EXAM
TOTAL - 80 Points

COURSE INFORMATION

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
You need the following to successfully complete this course:

• access to a computer
• an email address
• an Internet connection
• basic computer skills

TIME COMMITMENTS - SEMESTER SCHEDULE
Students should expect to spend 6-9 hours per week on this course for each of the 16 weeks in the semester. This is an amount of time equivalent to a traditionally structured course, except that in an online course, the entire amount of class time will be spent in self-directed study rather than split between classroom learning and self-directed learning.

• You need to be online everyday.
• All assignments and study guides are online and you will have a study guide for each test.
• There are 16 weeks in the Fall 2008 semester (including Thanksgiving Break).
• The course begins Monday, August 25th and ends Friday, December 12th.
• We cover approximately one chapter per week.

DEADLINES
This is NOT a "self-paced" class, there are very specific DEADLINES.
Please refer to the Course-At-A-Glance for the Course Schedule!
You will have access to two chapters every week, the current Chapter and the upcoming Chapter. As we move through the semester, I will remove one Chapter every time I add the next chapter.

DROP/ADD
If you feel as if you have registered for this online section in error OR if you feel that you can't keep up with the course schedule - it would be better if you withdrew from this course. Please refer to the current Class Schedule for a full explanation of the PVCC Refund Policy. To drop from this section and add another section, please contact the PVCC Admissions & Records Office (602) 787-7020.

STUDENTS RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES

WITHDRAWALS
You are responsible for initiating the withdrawal procedure if you wish to withdraw from the class. However, if you fall more than two (2) chapters behind the rest of the class, I may withdraw you myself.

INCOMPLETES
"Incompletes" are NOT given for this onlines class. Please make sure that you manage your time accordingly so that you can complete the class by Friday, Dec. 12, 2008.

MASTERY OF WRITTEN WORK
At the instructor's discretion, students may be asked to re-do and re-submit any and/or all written work until it is mastered at an acceptable level.

PENALTY FOR SUBMITTING WORK PAST THE STATED DEADLINES
All written work and assignments submitted past the stated deadlines will be accepted and graded. The penalty for submitting late work is 10% deduction in points for each day late. Please realize that this means that you will receive NO POINTS even if you submit your work more than 10 days past the posted deadline. Discussion Topics will be open for responses only during the stated open period. Responses either before or after the open period will be deleted by the instructor.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION
It is your responsibility to SAVE ALL of your e-mails, assignments, and papers on either your hard drive or on a diskette. Keep these copies in a safe place until you have received your final grade. NOTE: You MUST setup a separate e-mail folder and keep ALL e-mails that you send and receive for this class.

ONLINE TESTING PROBLEMS
All tests are given online. These tests are "timed." Please look at the bottom of the screen on your web browser for the elapsed time (AS YOU ARE TAKING THE ACTUAL TEST). You are allowed to go over the time by no more than two minutes.

I will only "re-set" your test due to technology failure once during the semester. If you have any technology failures after that, you will be required to come to the PVCC campus and take your test. If you can't come to campus within a week of a technology failure, you will be given a zero for that test.

If you go over the elapsed time by more than two minutes, you will subject to the following schedule:

• First time = you must send a reasonable explanation to me ASAP as to why you went over the time limit.
• Second time = you must send a reasonable explanation to me ASAP as to why you went over the time limit and will be sent a "warning" email from me.
• Third time = you will be required to take the rest of the tests in the PVCC Testing Center.

STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT
Students engaging in the following are subject to disciplinary sanctions outlined in the PVCC Catalog, Student Policies Section.
Acts of Dishonesty; examples include:

1. Plagiarism;
   Furnishing false information;
   Falsifying records related to coursework;
   Forgery, alteration, misuse of any college document;
   Tampering with the election of any college-recognized official.
2. Disruption or obstruction of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary proceedings, or college activities. An instructor can remove a student from class for disciplinary reasons.
3. Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment, coercion and/or conduct that threatens the health or safety of any person.
4. Attempted or actual theft.
5. Failure to comply with direction of college officials or law enforcement officers.
6. Unauthorized possession, duplication or use of keys to any college premises.
7. Violation of federal, state, or local laws on college campus or at college sponsored activities.
8. Use, possession or distribution of narcotics or other controlled substances.
9. Use, possession, or distribution of alcoholic beverages, or public intoxication.
10. Illegal or unauthorized possession of firearms, explosives, weapons, or dangerous chemicals.
11. Participation in a college demonstration that disrupts the normal operations of the college.
12. Obstruction of the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on college premises.
13. Conduct which is disorderly, lewd or indecent.
14. Theft or other abuse of computer time.
15. Abuse of the judicial system.

PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is a serious offense. It is the unacknowledged use of another's words, ideas, or information. Some common examples of plagiarism are summarizing or paraphrasing source material without documentation, quoting without citations, copying all or parts of another writer's paper, having another person write the paper, or purchasing another writer's paper.

To avoid plagiarism, students must give a source credit for any ideas or information they have used in an essay, whether they have paraphrased, summarized, or quoted from the source. A student who plagiarizes is subject to disciplinary probation and suspension (found in the current PVCC Catalog). The first occurrence of plagiarism may result in a zero for that assignment. A second occurrence may result in a grade of "F" for the course.

DISABILITY SERVICES
The only way that you can receive "Special Accommodations" for this class is to be registered with the PVCC "Disability Resource Center." The Disability Resource Center ( DRC ) provides information and services to students with any documented disability who are attending classes at Paradise Valley Community College ( PVCC ).

STUDENT HANDBOOK & CATALOG
All policies in the PVCC College Catalog, the PVCC Student Handbook, and specifically listed in this syllabus, apply to this course. Please consult the current PVCC College Catalog and Student Handbook and be familiar with all PVCC College and Maricopa Community College District policies.

NOTE
A ll provisions in this syllabus are subject to revision by the instructor. Such revisions, if any, will be sent to you via e-mail. It is the student's responsibility to make note of all such announcements concerning syllabus revisions and assignments.