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PCM
Personal Health
Kinesiology
1304 3 credit hours
12
Week Session
Fall 2009, Revised
09/12/09
Professor
Carol Hirsh
hirsh@austincc.edu
http://www.austincc.edu/hirsh/
Office
Hours: M/W 10:30am- 1:00pm
Email
prior to coming and for other hours by appointment
Bldg.
A - 1134, 223-6023
Required TEXT
Your Heatlh Today, Brief, 2nd edition, Connect-McGraw-Hill ACCESS Code
Authors:
Teague, Michael Mackenzie, Sara Rosenthal,David
0078065887
COMBO Your HealthToday Brief with Connect Personal Health © 2009
Type
in only the title: YourHealth Today, brief to find the text and access code at
the link to the publishers site.
Objective:
Personal
Health is designed to guide you to resources for the latest information
regarding making personal decisions about health. There are activities in web
search, skill building, and practice tests to help you become aware of your own
health practices and evaluate them for continued routine or modification.
Ultimately, you will be able to develop these skills to make decisions about
changing your attitudes about your health and well being to live a healthier
lifestyle.
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Take
each weekly assignment quizzes online by the deadline through Connect/McGraw-Hill You must have the text with
the access code purchased from ACC Bookstore @ the RGC campus. There are no
extra credit assignments. The assignments are worth 40% or 40 points of your
grade. Each chapter is worth
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Exams
must be taken at the ACC testing centers on-line through ACC Blackboard, Know your proper
course section #, instructor, ACC ID, and password to take exams at ACC testing
centers.
There are a few ACC testing centers that will have only the
written exam available. Otherwise the online version is required. There are
Four-Chapter Exams Worth 15% or 15 Points each = 60% or 60 Points. Taking an
exam up to one week availability beyond the deadline is deducted 10%. Exams are
not available after a week beyond the deadline. There are no re-tests.
·
Read
the chapters fully and use the material from the text, the completed quizzes,
and information linked from the web page to learn material and to study for the
four exams given at ACC testing centers online on the computer through Blackboard.
- 17 Chapter online Assignment
Quizzes Worth 2% each or 34
points; assignments are listed in order by chapter and due date from Connect.
4 Essay Questions
1.5% each or 6 points in total; these must be manually graded. The
grade will not be posted until after the one week late extension date has
pasted.
The assignments including essay questions are deducted 10% or 10
points if submitted after midnight of the date assigned up to one week.
Assignments will not be accepted past one week late for credit. All quizzes can
be taken early. Assignments are posted
in the ACC Blackboard Grade book found from the Course Tools Communications Tab
after the one week late deadline has passed. Immediate scores for each
assignment can be seen from Connect.
- Add the 40 assignment points
(40%) with the 60 exam points (60%) for a total of 100 points. You
can track your accumulated points online from the tools tab under grades
from Course Compass.
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Evaluation
Points
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Chapter
Assignment Quizzes
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34
Points @ 2 points each
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4
Essay Questions
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6
Points @ 1.5 points each
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4
Exams
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60
Points @ 15 points each
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Total
100 Points
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Grading Scale
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A
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90-100%
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B
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80-89%
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C
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70-79%
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D
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60-69%
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F
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0-59%
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- You are required to take care
of a withdrawal by November 23rd,if you are not able to or decide not to
continue in this course.
- Course Description:
Personal Health is a
fundamental course in principles and problems of healthful living, as they
apply today. This course emphasizes assessment of health status and a body
of information that can lead to rational choice in lifestyle.
- Instructional
Methodology:
This
course is for the self-motivated student who is responsible for reading
the text in entirely. Online assignment quizzes are scheduled weekly
to be submitted to the instructor along with 4 essays. Students are
to use the text and quizzes to study for four exams that will be available
at ACC testing centers. Students may work ahead however exams will
not be available as early as assignments.
- Course
Rationale:
This
course can help you become aware of your own health practices and evaluate
them for continued routine or modification. Ultimately, you will be able
to develop these skills to make decisions about changing your attitudes
about your health and well being to live a healthier lifestyle.
Departmental
Objectives:
Provide
information that people need to set goals and standards for themselves to
lead healthy informed
lifestyles.
- Kinesiology
Department Policies:
Attendance/Participation:
All
students are expected to attend or participate fully in class or
online. Non-participation or completion of assignments will have an
impact on the student's grade. The specific attendance/participation
policy for this particular class is as follows:
- Withdrawal:
It
is the student’s responsibility to withdraw from a course.
Instructors are allowed to withdraw students but students must not rely on
their instructor to withdraw them if they wish to
withdraw. November23rd is the last date to withdraw.
- Incomplete:
An
incomplete (I) will be granted to a student in rare circumstances.
Generally, to receive a grade of I, a student must have completed all
examinations and assignments to date, be passing, and have personal
circumstances that prevent course completion that occur after the deadline
to withdraw with a grade of W.
- College
Policies:
- Scholastic
Dishonesty:
Acts
prohibited by the College for which discipline may be administered include
scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating on an exam or
quiz, plagiarizing, and unauthorized collaboration with another in
preparing outside work. Academic work submitted by students shall be the
result of their thought, research or self-expression. Academic work is
defined as, but not limited to tests, quizzes, whether taken
electronically or on paper; projects, either individual or group;
classroom presentations, and homework. (Student
Handbook,
2002-2003, p. 32). Penalties for scholastic dishonesty will depend upon
the nature of the violation and may range from lowering a grade on one
assignment to an F in the course and/or expulsion from this institution.
- Academic
Freedom:
Each
student is strongly encouraged to participate in class. In any classroom
situation that includes discussion and critical thinking, there are bound
to be many differing viewpoints. These differences enhance the learning
experience and create an atmosphere where students and instructors alike
will be encouraged to think and learn. On sensitive and volatile topics,
students may sometimes disagree not only with each other but also with the
instructor. It is expected that faculty and students will respect the
views of others when expressed in classroom discussions. Students may
achieve their course goals by more than one method.
- Student
Discipline:
Classroom
behavior should support and enhance learning. Behavior that disrupts the
learning process will be dealt with appropriately, which may include
having the student leave class for the rest of that day. In serious cases,
disruptive behavior may lead to a student being withdrawn from the class.
ACC's policy on student discipline can be found in the Student
Handbook,
2002-2003, p. 32.
- OSD
(Office of Students with Disabilities) Statement:
Each
ACC campus offers support services for students with documented physical
or psychological disabilities. Students with disabilities must request
reasonable accommodations through the Office for Students with
Disabilities on the campus where they expect to take the majority of their
classes. Students are encouraged to do these three weeks before the start
of the semester.(Student
Handbook,
2002-2003, p. 14).
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Schedule
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Personal
Health-Kinesiology 1304-PCM
Your Health Today, Brief 2nd Ed.
Teague, Mackenzie, and Rosenthal
McGraw-Hill Connect
FAll 2009 - 12 Week
Section 43335-003
All assignments can be taken time in advance of the deadline when
showing available. There are some pre-deadline dates available for the
exams; dates listed with exam.
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Deadline Date
10% deducted if the assignment is submitted after the deadline up
to one week. No work will be accepted after one week
past the deadline.
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Chapter Assignment
Quizzes
Essay Assignments
Chapter Assignment Worth
2% for Each
Essays Worth 1.5% Each
Assignments and Essay found in McGraw-Hill Connect
Exams are Secure in Blackboard to be
taken ONLY in ACC Test Centers
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Week 1
Orientation must be complete
First Week of the Semester
September 25th, Friday
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Read through the orientation
information page and get registered in
McGraw-Hill Connect and have access
to the 2nd edition of My Health Today
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Week 2
October 2nd , Friday
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Chapter 1
Health in a Changing
Society
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Week 3
October 9th, Friday
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Chapter 2
Your Family Health History
AND
Chapter 3
Mental Health and Stress
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Week 4
October 16th, Friday
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Chapter 4
Spirituality
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Deadline: October 20th,
Tuesday
Points Deducted for Testing Past the Deadline
Take ON-LINE Exams at ACC Testing
Centers
through Blackboard,
no password needed, click continue
Available TBA from Secure Testing Tab
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Exam 1-A
Worth 15 %
Chapters 1-4
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October 20th, Tuesday
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Section 1 Essay
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Week 5
October 23rd, Friday
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Chapter 5
Sleep
AND
Chapter 6
Nutrition
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Week 6
October 30th, Friday
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Chapter 7
Fitness
AND
Chapter 8
Body Weight and Body
Composition
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Deadline: November 3rd,
Tuesday
Points Deducted for Testing Past the Deadline
Take ON-LINE Exams at ACC Testing
Centers
through Blackboard,
no password needed, click continue
Available TBA from Secure Testing Tab
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Exam 2-A
Worth 15%
Chapters 5-8
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November 3rd, Tuesday
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Section 2 Essay
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Week 7
November 6th, Friday
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Chapter 9
Body Image
AND
Chapter 10
Alcohol and Tobacco
AND
Chapter 11
Drugs
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Week 8
November 13th, Friday
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Chapter 12
Relationships and Sexual
Health
AND
Chapter 13
Reproductive Choices
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Deadline: November 17th,
Tuesday
Points Deducted for Testing Past the Deadline
Take ON-LINE Exams at ACC Testing
Centers
through Blackboard,
no password needed, click continue
Available TBA from Secure Testing Tab
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Exam 3-A
Worth 15%
Chapters 9-13
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November 17th,
Tuesday
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Section 3 Essay
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Week 9
November 20th, Friday
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Chapter 14
Infectious Diseases
AND
Chapter 15
Cardiovascular Disease
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Week 10
November 27th, Friday
This assignment is due during Thanksgiving, do
it early if you don’t want to do it on Holiday
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Chapter 16
Cancer
AND
Chapter 17
Injury and Violence
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Week 11
Deadline: December 1st, Tuesday
Points Deducted for Testing Past the Deadline
Take ON-LINE Exams at ACC Testing
Centers
through Blackboard,
no password needed, click continue
Available TBA
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Exam 4-A
Worth 15%
Chapters 14-17
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December 1st,
Tuesday
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Section 4 Discussion Board
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