Syllabus
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Anyone wishing to download a copy of the online HEA150 course syllabus in MS Word format should click here. If there is a problem with the downloading process, you can request a copy of the syllabus from the instructor via email.
| Course Number: HEA 150 | Instructor: Trish Root |
| Course Title: Health and Human Sexuality | Phone: (206) 528-4593 |
| Credits: 5.0 | e-mail: troot@sccd.ctc.edu |
| Time: Class is completely online | Office: Wellness Ctr #0932B |
| Office Hours: MWF 11a-12p |
Students must complete the online orientation prior to completing coursework. The on-line orientation can be accessed at the following website address:
In addition to the above website, each student will have access to Angel, a courseware management system, which will be used to complete course quizzes and also course discussions. Students may also submit homework using Angel. To access the Angel website, students will need their student identification numbers. Initially, the student's nine-digit identification number will serve as both his or her login user name as well as password. Any student wishing to change his or her password should record the information in an easily accessible place in the event the password is forgotten. The Angel website is below:
The student who needs more information on how to work with Angel should contact the Distance Learning Office at 206-527-3738, or email at distance@sccd.ctc.edu
This class encompasses topics associated with a multidimensional view of health, including personality, stress management, communicable and non-communicable disease, nutrition, health-related fitness, human sexuality and multicultural issues applied to the above topics. Course content is structured around, presented through and conducted within the interactive distance learning, or e-learning, environment.
HEA150 Health and Human Sexuality is an 11-week course. Each "week" begins on Tuesday and ends on the following Monday. For example, the second week begins on Tuesday, October 6, and ends on Monday, October 12. The class is structured in this manner so students may have the weekends to focus on weekly coursework. Except for a component in the weekly discussion,* and for the midterm and final exams**, all class work is due by the end of each Monday. Students are encouraged to pace themselves with respect to homework i.e. avoid waiting until Monday evening to meet weekly due dates. NOTE: STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING WORK ON TIME. Computer difficulties and server problems happen to everyone, so it is advised students plan ahead for such unexpected issues.
*Answers to weekly discussion questions are to be posted using the Angel software system each Friday.
**Look in "Midterm" and "Final Exam" headings for specific due dates.
By the end of the course the student will:
HEA150 will incorporate the following outcomes: knowledge, collaboration, and lifelong learning & personal well-being.
There are no textbooks for this course. All required weekly reading is online, available through the course "Lessons" page.
The reading assignments are based on the instructor's lecture notes from in-class HEA150 courses. In addition to instructor's lecture information, there are also embedded external website links within the online reading. The web links within the lecture information are labeled as (R) for required web reading, or (O) for optional web reading. There are also sections labeled "Educational Enrichment," which include more optional readings.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Some students find reading easier when they print out the materials, but please note there is now a small (20-30-page) copy limit within the campus computer laboratories and library. Students may print extra but they will need to pay for copies in advance at the Cashier's Office before making copies at a computer lab. The campus Library accepts coins. Printer-friendly versions of required reading have been created and located at the top of each online reading webpage, though required readings from external websites are not included in these versions.
Please note: The class online reading is continuously in a state of flux as health information changes with time. Unpublished, the content will not read like a book. The instructor hopes students will find this abbreviated form of reading helpful for both learning and saving money (no textbook purchase). At the end of the quarter, if you feel purchasing a text would be preferable over reading the information based on lecture, please provide your feedback on this subject. Thank you!
The course “Lessons Page” is probably the most important website for this class. The Lessons Page is where required on-line reading and class homework items are located, and is located online at:
Evaluation |
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| Points | ||
| Midterm | 50 | |
| Final Exam | 50 | |
| Discussions (10) | 100 | |
| Assignments (4) | 40 | |
| Quizzes (5) | 25 | |
| Search & Reports (10) | 50 | |
| Total | 315 |
Each of the evaluation items are described in more detail, below
Students will be using the Angel software system to complete course quizzes.
There will be five (5) true/false, multiple choice quizzes due at the end of every other week (due on Mondays), starting with the second week (due in weeks two, four, six, eight, and ten). Students are required to complete all five quizzes, worth five points each. The entire five points will be awarded provided the student completes the quiz by the due date. The purpose of these quizzes is for students to evaluate their learning progress through an online testing environment. The true/false and multiple choice questions seen on quizzes will contain content found on the midterm and final exams. Quizzes submitted late will be subject to a 10% per day penalty. Quizzes submitted more than one week late will not be accepted.
There will be a 50-point “take home” midterm examination, distributed on Wednesday, November 4. The exam will consist of true/false, multiple choice, and short answer questions. Midterms will be due at the end of the day on Sunday, November 8. Any exams submitted late will be subject to the following point penalties:
| 0-2 hours late | -3 points |
| 2-4 hours late | -5 points |
| 4-12 hours late | -10 points |
| 12-24 hours late | -15 points |
| 24-36 hours late | -20 points |
| 36-48 hours late | -48 points |
Any midterm submitted more than 48 hours
late will not be accepted.
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A 50-point “take-home” final exam will be distributed via email the morning of Friday, December 11. The cumulative final will be due by the end of Wednesday, December 16. Approximately 1/3 of the final exam points will be based on the first half of the course, while 2/3 of the exam points will be based on the last half of the course. Students will NOT be allowed to make up or reschedule the final exam unless an emergency develops or the instructor has been notified prior to the test. Final exams submitted late will be subject to the same point penalties as described for the midterm exam, above. Any exam submitted more than 48 hours late will not be accepted. Students should save all work, and keep copies of their sent emails containing that work, as computer issues do sometimes arise.
To complete a discussion, the student will first need to find the appropriate discussion link on the class Lessons Page. For example, if completing the first week discussion, the student will need to click on the “Discussion” link” located among the materials listed for the first week.
The student will then read any required reading materials assigned as part of the discussion. There will typically be required discussion reading for every week except the first week. Students are encouraged to read these materials early in the week so discussion answers will be ready by each Friday.
To participate in the discussions, students will need to access the Angel software system. Once the student accesses the Angel website and logs in, he or she should look for the “Discussions” tab near the top of the screen, click on it, and look for the appropriate week’s discussion. For example, if the student is accessing the third week discussion, he or she should click on the “HEA150 Discussion #3” link. Once that link is accessed, the student should see three questions posted by the instructor, and—if he or she is not the first to respond—replies from other students. The student should then click on each of the instructor’s links and reply to the questions asked by the end of each Friday. Answers to discussion questions are worth up to a total of six (6) points, or two points per question.
The final step of the discussion process requires students to respond to their peers’ answers and comments using the Angel software. Students are to read through others’ answers and post at least four comments or questions to others by the end of each Monday. Responses to other students are worth up to a total of four (4) points, or one point per response.
Any late answers and responses will be subject to a 10% per day late penalty. Students are expected to answer all questions posed to them by others during the discussion, as doing so is necessary for effective interaction. Discussion answers and/or responses posted more than a week late will not be accepted.
Weekly discussions are worth a total of 10 points.
Discussions are EXTREMELY
important in this class. The weekly discussions are not necessarily ways to
solve issues, but are opportunities to learn about how we all view such issues
differently and to work more effectively in groups. Hopefully, through class
interaction, the discussions will get us thinking more about our own
philosophies, choices, behaviors and lifestyles, as well as the philosophies,
choices, behaviors and lifestyles of those around us.
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Students are encouraged to complete Assignments using the Angel software system but may also submit homework via email.
Four (4) assignments are described every other week at the website, starting with the third week (due in weeks three, five, seven and nine). They are to be completed by the dates published on the website. Assignments received late will be subject to a 10% per day penalty. Assignments submitted more than one week late will not be accepted. Students should save all work, and keep copies of their sent emails containing that work, as computer issues do sometimes arise.
Internet Search and Reports
Students are encouraged to complete Search & Reports using the Angel software system but may also submit homework via email.
Ten weekly “Search and Reports” are included in this course to familiarize students with site-specific information pertaining to weekly health topics (due in weeks one through ten). Due at the end of each week (Monday), the Search & Report is worth five points, with late work being subject to a 10% per day penalty. Reports submitted more than one week late will not be accepted. Reports may be turned in via e-mail (preferred) or hard copy to instructor’s office in the PE/Wellness Center. Students should save all work, and keep copies of their sent emails containing that work, as computer issues do sometimes arise.
Students are encouraged to save all work before sending. Students with MS Word are asked to send their homework via attachment via either email or through Angel. If the student does not have MS Word but wants to use another word processing program, he or she is asked to save the file as “text only” and use the “.txt” file extension after the file name. For example, a midterm saved in a non-MS Word program would be saved as “text only” with a name like, “midterm.txt.” NSCC computer labs are equipped with MS Word. Students may type homework and exam answers into the body of an email message or in the Angel message box, but the practice of attaching files to email is a skill students can use outside of the classroom, so are encouraged to do so. Students should save all work, and keep any copies of sent emails containing that work, as computer issues do sometimes arise.
A class "assignment log," which shows all weekly
activities and respective due dates may be accessed online at:
http://facweb.northseattle.edu/troot/HEA150/asnlogf09.htm