Course+Evaluation

=** Course Syllabus **= Instructor: Jerry Royka jjroyka@cmi.edu Phone 625-3349 ext 249 or 253 ||
 * ** AH 198 section 1 Fall 2011 **
 * Class: ** Monday and Wednesday **2:00 to 2:50**
 * Room : ** RH 201 || **__ Personal Health and Wellness __**
 * Office Hours: ** Check my office door for hours or make an appointment
 * Required Texts ** : Materials will be provided in class.
 * Required Texts ** : Materials will be provided in class.


 * Materials needed by students ** Notebooks for notes


 * 1) Binder to keep handouts in
 * 2) Shorts and t-shirt for the exercise classes
 * 3) Bottled water and a towel


 * Evaluation **


 * 1) ** Participation 10% **

__ Attendance and Punctuality: __ Regular attendance and participation is expected. It is professional courtesy to be on time (or even early) to class and to come prepared.

Students who miss 10 %of the semester’s classes before the mid-term withdrawal date are administratively dropped from the class by the instructor and given a “W” (withdrawal) grade. Before students are eligible for a “W” grade, they are referred to a counselor for advising.

After the mid-term withdrawal date, students with a 10% absenteeism since the beginning of the course will receive an F in the course.

Illness is considered an excused absence if the student has a written, signed and dated doctor’s excuse for the illness. Funerals and business trips are excused only if the student has arranged with the instructor to make up the work before leaving for the funeral or the business trip.

Students who have a valid “add” slip to begin class after the first day of instruction will not be penalized for classes missed during the add-drop period.


 * 1) ** Assignments from seminars worksheets score 20% **

1) Students will be required to take notes on each Wednesday seminar topic. (SLO 1a, b,c,d)

2) Some of the lectures will have worksheets and discussion topics to complete in class (SLO 1 &2)

3) Students fill in 5 behavior index surveys to see the areas where they are strongest and weakest for the health issues discussed. (SLO 1 b, c)

The results from your surveys, information from the notes that you take in class and the worksheets should be included in your journal entries under the “summary of the topic” section. Keep all notes and handouts in a binder for your final score. You will be asked to take notes at each of the seminar classes on Mondays, and fill in worksheets, or group feedback pages.


 * Journal notebook 20% ** You will keep a weekly notebook based on changes you are making in your health behaviors. The behavior indexes in class will highlight the areas you need to work on and which ones that are your strongest. Your weekly journal will include 3 sections. 1. Summarize that weeks’ seminar class in a paragraph. (SLO 1d)

2. Reflect on the goals that you have set for the semester. Explain the health behavior goal that you are working towards. Did this weeks’ seminar help you to move toward your goal? How? What action are you taking to improve your health and personal wellness? (SLO 1 d 2, 3 a,b,c,)

3. Reflect and write about the people and things that helped you move toward your goals. Who or what prevented you from moving toward your goals? What can you do to remove some of these obstacles from your path? How has the seminar series given you some tools to help you overcome the problems you face? ? (SLO 2 c )


 * Research Paper 10% ** Students will research a health or wellness topic of their choice and write a two page double spaced essay on the topic. Information on the topic can be gathered from the health community, the library, CMI student service offices, the Internet, professional pamphlets and any other sources available. Students should focus on a topic that is important to them and their families to improve their knowledge of making healthy choices in life. (SLO 3)

**Group exercise Project 10%** Students will work in a group and create a 4 or 5 minute aerobic routine and teach it to the other students in class. (SLO 4a,b,c)

**Lab completion 30%** The lab component of this course will consist of 12 hours of healthy choice activities. Students must participate in at least six different types of activities over the semester. An exercise class will be offered every Wednesday and students can choose which ones they want to try. Activities that the students participate in outside of the regularly scheduled classes may be used to fulfill the 12 hour lab. Events such as cooking demonstrations, walk-a thons, intramural sports, co-curricular activities on campus, joining a sports event or doing a community clean up all can count toward the 12 hour requirement (SLO 4a,b,c,)


 * __ Academic Dishonesty: __** Academic dishonesty and plagiarism will not be tolerated. These acts defeat the purpose of education and carry severe penalties. Do your own work. Whenever you use information from a printed source – including your textbook and the assigned readings – //__always__// identify the source and the page in the reading where you found the information. Whenever you use the words of a printed source, //__always__// use quotation marks. Penalties for academic dishonesty and plagiarism may include: 1) failing grades for those assignments which were plagiarized; 2) a failing grade for the course. See the //Student Handbook// for more information.