Health 11 Syllabus Fall 2011 Hybrid 8 Week Class Course Description Los Angeles Valley College Department of Physical Education Fall 2011 (August 30 - October 20, 2011) Health 11 Syllabus (Hybrid 8 week class) - in class T,Th 1-2:25pm online section #7422 Note: This is an accelerated 8-week course designed for highly motivated, disciplined students. Please make sure you have access to the internet daily that you have the interest to learn, read engage online. For Help logging onto your Etudes online class (shell) you can contact the Help Desk located at the LAVC Business/Journalism building, room 103 or by phone (818) 778-5834 or email at http://lavc.edu/virtualvalley/helpdesk.htm. Please ask for help if you need it. This class moves very quickly you cannot afford to lose days being frustrated. We have great people at LAVC to help you. Professor: Patty Melody, MA (Exercise Physiologist) To Contact Your Professor: Please go to the Discussion link on our Health 11 Etudes shell home page. You can send me either a public message (for all to see) or a private message. I prefer public messages because other students with similar questions can read, learn share from our dialog. Class hours Return responses: Since this class is a hybrid class you have the luxury of logging on 24/7 (exceptions when Etudes is downloading software usually in the middle of the night - careful if you are a night owl during these down times). But this is the nice feature of taking a hybrid class that meets 50% in the class 50% in the comfort of your home or anywhere that has internet access. Just make sure you meet all the deadlines for your Assignments, Discussions Quizzes attend all classes you should do excellent in this class. You should log into our Health 11 shell at least every other day to read announcements to check what assignments, discussions quizzes are due. Use your username password to log into the Etudes online classroom where you will find all the information for our classroom modules (lectures), assignments, discussions, chat room quizzes. Directions for your username password are available at http://lavc.edu/virtualvalley/helpdesk.htm. I will respond to your messages within 24-48 hours, Monday thru Thursday. Please use the Discussion Link in our Health 11 Etudes shell to ask me questions regarding this class rather than my school email (melodype@lavc.edu) to ensure better communication. My primary goal for our class is to give you top priority with response time I have discovered the best way to do this is for you to send messages to me in our Health 11 Etudes Discussion link in our Health 11 Etudes shell. Thank you for your understing. I receive on average 25-50 emails per day in my regular school email account I have experienced great delays in the past if I cannot separate your messages from all the regular email I get. When our class ends feel free to use my school email. Number Title of Course: Health 11 - Principles of Healthful Living (CSU) - 3 Units. Required Textbook: buying an older edition or the Brief edition of our book is fine. Your Health Today, 3rd edition. Teague, Michael L., Mackenzie, Sara L.C., Rosenthal, David M. (2011). ISBN # 978-0-07-338092-6. You need your textbook the first day of class. We begin quizzes, assignments discussions the first day of class. Catalogue Description This course offers concepts to use today tomorrow as guidelines for selfdirected responsible living. Emphasis is placed on relating health concepts for the individual s well-being in personal, community, vocational leadership roles. Health 11 Student Learning Outcome: Course Level Student Learning Outcome Demonstrate knowledge of lifestyle practices that contribute to wellness diease prevention.. Assessment Measure Identify risk factors contributing to the leading cause of death in the United States which is Cardiovascular Disease.
Accomodations for Students with Disabilities: Please contact the DSPS office at LAVC your instructor to specify your needs to ensure your success in this class. Student Code of Conduct Available at www.lavc.edu. There are penalities consequences for academic dishonesty that are very important for students to underst these policies. Drop Dates: Available online at the VCAP office at (818) 947-2530. You are responsible to drop this class if you choose not to participate in class to avoid earning an F in this class. Course Objectives At the conclusion of this course the student will: 1. Underst the six dimensions of health the various health issues which are involved with developing the individual s maximum potential in each of these areas. 2. Underst the importance of achieving psychosocial wellness managing stress. 3. Be able to apply health, fitness nutrition principles in an effort to develop healthy lifestyles, which comprise a regular exercise routine healthy eating habits. 4. Develop the awareness of the components that comprise healthy relationships sexuality. We will discuss birth control options, pregnancy childbirth. 5. Underst the importance of avoiding harmful habits (i.e. licit illicit drug use, tobacco caffeine), which can develop into physiological /or psychological addictions. 6. Underst the necessity of developing healthy lifestyles, which involve responsible decision-making skills the reduction of the risks associated with cardiovascular disease, cancer, as well as infectious noninfectious conditions. 7. Develop an awareness of the growing, older population the process involved with various pertinent health issues. 8. Develop an awareness of local global environmental health concerns. Course Format
Course Responsibilities Determining Your Grade: 1. Twelve (12) quizzes - based on 19 chapters of your textbook modules (lecture material), 1-2 quizzes each week (each quiz is worth 50 points). There are weekly deadlines to take your quiz post it. There is a 1 hour timeclock deadline on each quiz once you begin taking the quiz. Don't start taking the quiz until you are ready to finish it within 1 hour. The clock does not stop running once you begin. Even if you click "continue later" the clock will still run. Also, do not click the "back" button or change the screen unless you save what you have done or you will lose everything. 2. Weekly Online Assignments Discussions (for a total of 5 assignments 5 discussions) - These assignments are simple to complete. You can find the Assignments in the Assignments, Tests Survey link. The Discussions can be found in the Discussion Private Messages link. The Discussions are typically asking for your opinion or to debate a point or to look up a piece of information write about it. You will find a due date weekly for your Assignment Discussion. The Assignments Discussions are intended to be fun, critical thinking exercises to apply the information we are learning in this class. These Assignments Discussions are designed to be accomplished in 15-30 minutes. 3. Participate in something healthy, anything healthy! Write a one page paper on your experience. This can be something you already do (i.e. working out in a gym or taking an aerobics class, volunteer work, hiking with the Sierra club) or try a new activity (i.e. skiing or scuba diving). Come up with anything you like - big or small. Due 5th week. Post in the Assignments, Tests Survey link. You can post earlier than the deadline. 4. Health Paper. You can choose a peer-reviewed health article of your choice. Any health topic is acceptable. You can search any library resource. Obviously, we have our LAVC Library site available to you. Visit www.lavc.edu. You are looking for a peerreviewed journal, not a magazine, or newspaper or popular internet site. Read the article submit a one page report on the highlights of the article. Please refer to further instructions below on how to complete this assignment. Topic due by 3rd week (5 points). Article with 1 paragraph outline due by 4th week (10 points). Paper Due by the 6th week (15 points). Point Distribution: 600 points 100 points 20 points 30 points 5. In-Class Assignments Videos - 10 Class Assignments/15 points/each 150 points 6. Extra Credit Opportunity: Take a CPR class get CPR certified. If you are Maximum currently CPR certified scan it send it to me - you already have 25 points! of 25 points A note from your instructor for your success in this class: Please adhere to all deadlines to be successful in this class. If you are not able to log on to this site at least every other day to check announcements complete your assignments quizzes it is suggested that you do not take this class at this time. With online hybrid classes there is a misperception by first-time onliners that these classes require less time attention than the traditional format classes. In fact, if this is your first online class, you will probably spend 2-3 times more time with this class becoming familiar with the online environment. Be realistic with your schedule if you really have the TIME to take this class right now I welcome you. But if you do not have the time to invest this semester wait till next semester. The goal is for you to have a good online experience. By the way you will need about 10 hours for this class each week to be successful. Thank you, Patty Melody TOTAL POINTS THIS SEMESTER:A=810-900 points, B=720-809 points, C=630-719 900 POINTS points, D=540-629 points, F=less than 540 points (100%) Quiz & Assignment Deadlines
Health 11 Principles of Healthful Living Patty Melody, MA Fall 2011: Tentative Schedule of Lectures, Quizzes, Assignments Discussions. There may be changes weekly so read your announcements at least every other day. I will give you a reasonable amount of time 2-3 days to finish your work. When reading the modules textbook chapters I suggest reading the modules first. Then read the textbook chapter to fill in the gaps in content. Week DATE LECTURE TOPICS/ACTIVITES/ASSIGNMENTS Chapters to Read 1 Aug.30, Sep.1 Health Theme: Introduction to Health - Public Health Issues Family History Welcome to Health 11 - Please go to the Discussion link introduce yourself to your classmates. Tell us something healthy about yourself. Follow this weekly schedule to submit work on time. Read chapter 1,2. First quiz on syllabus ch.1,2. Quizzes/ Assignments/ Final Exam Ouiz #1 Assignment 1 Discussion 1 2 Sep. 6,8 Health Theme: Coping Strategies - Mental Health, Stress Spirituality Is stress good, bad or both? 3 Sep. 13,15 Health Theme: Managing our Lifestyle to prevent Chronic Diseases. Sleep, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Cancer - Leading Killers - Are you Safe? Peer-Review Topic Due (5 points) 4 Sep. 20,22 Health Theme: Exercise is Medicine - food too! Nutrition Fitness Peer-Review Outline Article Due (10 points) 5 Sep.27,29 Health Theme: Body Weight, Composition Image Due - "Participate in Something Healthy" paper - Post in Assignments, Tests Survey link. Just a one page description of something healthy you are doing. 6 Oct. 4,6 Health Theme: Alcohol, Tobacco Other Drugs Peer-Reviewed Paper Due (15 points) 7 Oct. 11,13 Health Theme: Injury Violence Relationships Sexual Health 8 Oct. 18,20 Health Theme: Reproducitve Choices Infectious Diseases Ch. 3,4 Quiz 2 Assignment 2 Discussion 2 Ch.5,15,16 Quiz 3, 4 Assignment 3 Discussion 3 Ch.6,7 Quiz 5,6 Assignment 4 Discussion 4 Ch. 8,9 Quiz 7 Assignment 5 Discussion 5 Participate Paper Due Ch.10,11 Quiz 8,9 Peer- Reviewed Paper Due Ch. 17,12 Quiz 10 Ch. 13,14 Quiz 11,12 Survey class
Peer-reviewed Health Paper Health Paper Instructions Worth 30 points in Three Stages - Please look at our weekly calendar for Due Dates Instructions: In your 1-2 page paper describing the health peer-review article you read YOU MUST CLEARLY STATE YOUR SOURCE - TITLE OF ARTICLE, AUTHOR, JOURNAL AND YEAR at the beginning of your paper on the front page. Steps to Find Your Peer-Reviewed Health Article: 1. Go to the www.lavc.edy website. 2. Click on the Library link on the LAVC Home Page 3. Click on Electronic Resources (either on or off campus) 4. Click on Gale InfoTrac 5. Either click on Health Reference Academic as a useful database to find your Peer-Reviewed research health article or find another database in the long list provided that interests you (as long as it is related to health). 6. When you get into a database, input some keywords for a health article (i.e. diabetes or cancer or fitness). If you want to find a more specific article do an advanced search type in a few words like cancer AND treatments available. 7. Also define your search by putting limits on you search like Peer-Review Full-Text articles. You don't want only an abstract or a review. You are looking for the full research article that includes the abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion conclusion. The article you find should be about 3000-6000 words or about 4-8 pages in length. Check with me if you find an article but you are not sure if it is right for this assignment. 8. Finding an article can take some time so start this paper now. You can also go to the LAVC library where one of the librarians would be happy to help you. And they are fast! So if you are getting no where on your own - ASK FOR HELP! You will be surprised how much easier more efficient you are if you ask for help. Criteria for your Peer-Review Health Research Article: 1. Find a recent (within the last 3-5 years) peer-reviewed health article to review. You will need to read the article you choose, take notes then outline the highlights of the article in a 1-2 page typed paper using the following guidelines. 2. Begin your paper by introducing yourself your major or educational interest. 3. Then, introduce your article by providing a brief description/definition of your health topic. Share the highlights of the article, the trend, the movement, etc. as it applies. Assume your reader has no knowledge of the health topic/article you have chosen. Start with a basic introduction an interesting fact or statistic to interest your audience. 4. Explain why your health article provides information that is useful to you perhaps also useful to your audience. Describe the population that might benefit from knowing this information. If your article is regarding a disease or injury are there prevention tips that are provided. Are there any risk factors that pertain to this injury or illness. Are these risk factors controllable or uncontrollable? 5. Please spell check your typed paper for any grammar or syntax errors. You should have at least one other person read your paper give you feedback. The writing center at Los Angeles Valley College is also available in the Humanities building near the Admissions building if you need feedback or any help with writing your paper. They would love to help you it doesn t take long to get a few
corrections on a 1-2 page paper. Check to see if you need an appointment. Remember, you should never submit your first draft! Your grade on this health paper will be determined using the rubric provided below: G.R.A.D.E. G = Give R = Reward A = Act D = Deliver E = Edit Points 5 points 10 points 5 points 5 points 5 points Grade Criteria Start your paper stating the title, author, journal name year of your article then introduce yourself your major. Reward your audience with the exciting health fitness information that you have found by providing your audience with a good introduction of the highlights of your article. Explain to your audience why they may need to Act on this information by changing any lifestyle behaviors they may have that may be harmful to their health. Deliver some interesting facts, statistics, profiles about your new found health information. Please edit your paper for any spelling errors or syntax problems. I have read accept the terms of the syllabus. Yes