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Your Heatlh Today, Brief, 2nd edition, Connect-McGraw-Hill ACCESS Code
Authors: Teague, Michael Mackenzie, Sara Rosenthal, David
 0078065887 COMBO Your Health Today Brief with Connect Personal Health © 2009
Type in only the title: Your Health 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.

• 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
• 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.

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.

  Evaluation Points
  Chapter Assignment Quizzes	34 Points @ 2 points each
  4 Essay Questions	6 Points @ 1.5 points each
  4 Exams	60 Points @ 15 points each
  Total 100 Points

  Grading Scale
  A	90-100%
  B	80-89%
  C	70-79%
  D	60-69%
  F	0-59%

  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).