Professor's Name: Professor Kathleen Malachowski
Course Title and Number: Contemporary Health HEHP 225
Course Description:
Contemporary Health is now offered completely online. Students will develop skills needed to meet challenges to their health and optimize their physical and psychological well being. Topics to be examined include consumer education, fitness, family living, nutrition, mental health, dependency, substance abuse, and infectious and chronic diseases. The focus of the course will be on the importance of critical thinking emphasizing self-empowerment, prevention and understanding the health impact on human diversity.
Semester: Summer 2009
Office Location: HEHP Department, Room G103 in the gymnasium
Phone Number: (732)255-0400, Extension # 2117 or (732)255-0400 ext. 2188, Department Secretary
Email Address:kmalachowski@ocean.edu
Office Hours: M/Th 2:30 - 3:20pm, T 12:00 - 12:50pm, & Wed. 1:00 - 2:50pm
Textbook
Access to Health (10th Edition) (Paperback)
by Rebecca J. Donatelle
Paperback: 776 pages
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings; 10th edition
ISBN10: 0805332499
ISBN13: 9780805332490From the Publisher: The newly revised Access to Health, Tenth Edition features a new student friendly design, thorough content updates with increased coverage of topics relevant to college students. Long known for its currency, research, and strength in behavior change for personal health students, the Tenth Edition provides a consistent framework for motivating students to make healthy life choices. The revised edition’s updated coverage includes a revised fitness chapter with greater focus on daily physical activity, updated nutrition chapter using the 2005 dietary guidelines, and increased information on coping with stress. Hot topics include the latest on fad-diets, sleep, and the role spirituality plays in our lives. Many of the textbook topics will empower students to make better health choices not just while enrolled in the course but in their future lives.
We will cover chapters 1 - 17 excluding chapter 6 during this semester.
Course Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
1. To provide students with the tools necessary to change their health behaviors.
2. To increase the awareness of the importance of developing healthful habits now and encourage students to become active managers of their own health care.
3. To provide the latest research and strategies needed to prevent disease and promote wellness.
4. To promote an understanding of and respect for the health related differences associated with our ethnic, cultural backgrounds, gender and age.
5. To encourage critical thinking so the student may sort the well-researched health material from the faddish.
General Education Goals Addressed in the Course:
To develop the ability to solve problems by collecting, organizing, and evaluating information. To develop an understanding and appreciation of diversity among cultures, including respect for various ways of viewing the world. To develop global perspective on problems and issues that humankind faces, and to explore solutions which are morally, socially, economically, politically and ecologically sound. To develop the understanding of health and well being necessary to confront the challenges facing individuals, families and communities.
Course Standards:
All discussions will be open at the beginning of the semester. The discussions can be posted early but may not be graded until on or after the due date. No discussions will be accepted after the due date. The discussion will not be available to post and no credit can be received after the due date. Be sure to post your discussion on or before the due date if you want credit. You will lose 100 points per discussion not posted.
Exams are worth 100 points per exam. All chapter exams will be open from the beginning of the semester. You must obtain a grade of 90 or higher to obtain credit for the exam. If you get a grade of 88 and do not obtain the 90 by the time the exam closes your grade will be coverted to a "0" and will lose 100 points per exam that you do not score a 90 or above. Please note: there are 4 exams, Chapters 11 - 14 each have a 100 point exam. There will not be any make up exams.There is a 2 page writing assignment . You must use APA format and create it as an attachment and post it to the Chapter 11 - 14 discussion area of the course. Two pages is approximately 600 - 750 words. You must also include a reference page with at least 10 references.
Attendance policy
You must access the course web site at least once a week. Effective Fall Semester, 2008, a new OCC course withdrawal policy takes effect. A student may withdraw or be withdrawn from a course with the instructor assigning a grade of "W" and providing last date of attendance, up until a specified date. This date changes every semester. If a student stops attending or is administratively withdrawn after this date, an "F" will be assigned. The Add/Drop/Withdrawal Form can be obtained from the Registration and Records Office on the first floor of the Administration Building. Return the completed and signed form to the Registration and Records Office. This new policy applies to all OCC courses.
Grading Scale
A 90 - 100
B+ 85 - 89
B 80 - 84
C+ 75 - 79
C 70 - 74
D 60 - 69
F Below 60
Course Outline
Module 1 Finding the motivation to be active and prevent CV disease
Chapter 1 - Promoting Healthy Behavior Change, Exam/Assessment 1
Chapter 10 - Personal Fitness, Exam/Assessment 10
Chapter 15 - Cardiovascular Disease, Exam/Assessment 15
Module 2 Choosing a Healthy Lifestyle
Chapter 8 - Nutrition: Eating for Optimum Health, Exam/Assessment 8
Chapter 9 - Managing Your Weight, Exam/Assessment 9
Chapter 16 - Cancer, Reducing your risks Exam/Assessment 16
Module 3 Finding the Right Balance
Chapter 2 - Psychosocial Health, Exam/Assessment 2
Chapter 3 - Managing Stress, Exam/Assessment 3
Chapter 4 - Violence and Abuse, Exam/Assessment 4Module 4 Creating Healthy and Caring Relationships
Chapter 5 - Healthy Relationships Exam/Assessment 5
Chapter 7 - Reproductive Choices Exam/Assessment 7
Lesson 17 - Sexually Transmitted Infections Exam/Assessment 17Module 5 Avoiding Risks from Harmful Habits
Chapter 11 - Addictions and Addictive Behavior, Exam/Assessment 11
Chapter 12 - Drinking Responsibly, Exam/Assessment 12
Chapter 13 - Tobacco and Caffeine Exam/Assessment 13
Chapter 14 - Illicit Drugs: Use, Misuse, and Abuse, Exam/Assessment 14Calendar / Outline
Chapter
Discussion/Assignment Due Date
Post an introduction of yourself Discussion Postings, Participation and Exams/Assessments
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2 Discussion Postings, Participation and Exams/Assessments 3 Discussion Postings, Participation and Exams/Assessments Discussion Postings, Participation and Exams/Assessments
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7 Discussion Postings, Participation and Exams/Assessments Discussion Postings, Participation and Exams/Assessments
Discussion Posting as an attachment, Participation and Exams/Assessments a 2 page writing assignment, APA format, 10 references are required and is worth 10% of your grade..
Statement of Plagiarism
Students should refer to the student handbook and review Policy #5180
Statement About Civility
Ocean County College Civility Statement
Inappropriate comments will not be tolerated. Be considerate and respectful in your responses to your fellow students. Discussion postings are for public discussion only - it is not the place for personal commentary.
The discussion area of the course is the ideal place to ask questions so all students can benefit from the response. All personal matters (i.e. grading, absences etc.) are to be discussed with the instructor through private email, phone conversation or in person.
Evaluation of Student
1. There are sixteen self grading short-answer exams in the exam section of the course. The exams are open book and you may take the exams as many times as you wish. Only the highest grade is recorded. In order to receive credit for the exam, you must achieve at least a 90% correct. There is no reason that you cannot get a 100% on each exam since you can take it over and over again with an open book.
40% of the grade
2. There are fourteen (14) Assignments/Discussions scheduled on the course web site, they should be posted to the discussion area of the course. This includes the Introduction, which is also worth 100 points. Module 5, Chapers 11 - 14 are combined into one discussion that requires a 2 page paper with 10 references. The theme for this writing assignment is addiction. See below for more information on this discussion.
40% of the grade
3. Participation in discussion on the course web site. This is in addition to the postings required by the required assignments. You must read the posts of all students in the class and occasionally add your thoughts or share relevant materials which add and enrich the class discussion. This can be done by clicking on the reply button and adding your post to the discussion. Also considered in this portion of your grade is quality of your responses to other students and the amount of time you spend on the course in comparison to your fellow classmates. Brief comments like "great job" or way to go" will not be considered participation.
10% of the grade
4. Chapter's 11 - 14 discussion will require you to research an addiction of interest. You may use the addictions in the textbook or any additional addiction you have interest in learning more about. Other addictions could include but are not limited to cell phones, teeth whittening, tatooing, cosmetic surgery, shoplifting, prescription drugs, and cutting. If you are not sure if your choice is appropriate, don't hesitate to email with your thoughts. This 2 page (approximately 600 - 750 words) writing assignment should be written in APA format and submitted in the discussion area of the course, as an attachment. More information on this paper will be forth coming.
10% of the grade
Campus resources and services: Writing Lab tutoring is available for all subject areas, not just English courses. Mathematics has a tutoring center also. Student Success Seminars are scheduled each week and posted on the college website under "Campus Resources and Services." More information on college services can be found by using the A-Z index on the college website, www.ocean.edu. For example: under "T" for Tutoring or "S" for Study Strategy Sessions.
Statement of Accommodation:
If you have special needs or a learning disability, please feel free to discuss your needs with your instructor either in person, on the phone or through private email.
The Center For Academic Services provides an array of services for students with disabilities.
Help with your online course
The best way to contact me is to e-mail me through the course "private e-mail" and send it directly to me. I check the e-mails once a day.
If you are frustrated with your computer and you do not want to e-mail anybody and you want to talk to a live human being, you can call me at the college at 732-255-0400 ext. 2117. Your other option is to call the department secretary, Wanda can be reached at 732-255-0400 ext. 2188.
My Phone number at the college 732 255-0400 ext. 2117
My e-mail at the college is kmalachowski@ocean.edu.
Professor Kathleen Malachowski
Coordinator of Health and Human Performance
Room 103, Health and Human Performance Building
Ocean County College
College Drive P.O. Box 2001
Toms River, NJ 08754-2001Disclaimer: Individual faculty members may make reasonable changes to this professor syllabus exclusive of course requirements, course calendar and grading procedures.