16 Week Kinesiology 1304 Personal Health PCM

http://dl.austincc.edu/

3328-004

Decisions for Healthy Living                                                                                                                                                   Professor Carol Hirsh

By Pruitt and Stein                                                                                                                                                                      Bldg. A - 1134, 223-6023  

Office Hours: M/W 11:30 - 11:45 AM RVS A-1134,                                                                                                                                                                                  hirsh@austincc.edu

         T/H 8:30 – 9 AM Town Lake,   T/H 11:30 AM – 1:15 PM RVS A-1134

By Appointment: M/W 10-11:30 AM, T/H 2:40-3:40 PM                                  http://www.austincc.edu/hirsh/

                                                                                               

Revised 8/23/05

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.

 

Ø      Take each weekly assignment quiz online by the deadline

Ø      Submit comments to each of the four discussion boards online by the deadline

Ø      Read the chapters fully and use the material from the text and the quizzes to study for the four exams given at ACC testing centers

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Evaluation:

 

            16 Chapter online Assignment Quizzes  Worth 2% or 2 Points=32

Four discussion boards                         Worth 2% or 2 Points each=8

                                                                                    Total: 40% or 40 Points

 The assignments including the discussion boards are deducted 10% or 10 points if submitted one day after up to one week late.  Assignments will not be accepted past one week late for credit.

 

Four/ Four-Chapter Exams                   Worth 20% or 20 Points= 60% or 60 Points

You must document a need to test past the deadline; each week an exam is late 10% or 10 points will be deducted up to one week late.  There are NO re-tests.

 

Add the 40 assignment points with the 60 exam points for a total of 100 points.  You can track your accumulated points online from the tools tab.

 

All quizzes and exams can be taken early; plan ahead and work with the schedule of the ACC testing center where you plan to test.

 

If this course does not work into your schedule or convenient for your workout completion, I advise you to choose another course that will work for you.  You are required to take care of a withdrawal by November 28th, if you are not able to or decide not 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 discussion board topics to be addressed.  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 at their own pace.

 

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:

                         

Grades:           

A= 90-100%

B= 80-89%

                        C=70-79%

                        D=60-69%

                        F=0-59%

 

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.  November 28th 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).