Health 21 - Syllabus - Winter, 2010

Hygeia, Goddess of Health, is the Greek goddess of health and is often symbolized with a snake which is related to healing (the symbol of the modern medical profession is a staff with a snake wrapped around it). Hygeia was one of the daughters of the Greek god Asclepius, the great physician. From Hygeia we get our word hygiene and its derivations.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Development of understanding and attitudes relative to personal, family and community health needs. Attention given to mental health, drug abuse, infectious and degenerative diseases, family health, nutrition, exercise through the life cycle, and ecological conditions of health significance. Study of common lifestyle behaviors will be emphasizing self-help and preventable aspects of medical care.

This section of Health 21 is a catalyst facilitated, on-line class. There will be no campus meetings for this class. Catalyst will be used to administer exams and for all course functions. If you do not have easy, reliable access to a computer with high speed internet and a current version of MS Word, are not comfortable testing online, using catalyst, or learning independently, consider taking an on-campus class. The following URL will take you to the catalyst orientation: <https://catalyst.deanza.edu/?pg=first>. No catalyst tutorial will be provided as part of the class.

PREREQUISITES
EWRT 1A or ESL 5 advised.

NOTICE ON LEARNING DISABILITIES
If there are any students with a learning disability or physical challenge, you are entitled to any assistance you need to achieve your academic goals. De Anza College has an on-campus lab with talking computers, print enlargers, tactile maps of the campus, and other alternate learning options. If you or anyone you know would benefit from such a service, please call:
Disabled Student Services 408-864-8753
TTY number: 408-864-5650 or Relay System call 711

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: BARBARA LIECHTY
Barbara Liechty received her MPH in Community Health Education from San Jose State University and BS in Public and Community Health Education from the Arizona State University. Barbara is particularly interested in personal health and fitness, behavior change, community organizing, and political action. She has been an instructor at De Anza College for over twenty years.

Office Hours Held: On-line
Catalyst: https://catalyst.deanza.edu/
E-mail: liechtybarbara@fhda.edu
Website: http://faculty.deanza.fhda.edu/liechtybarbara/

PURCHASE COURSE MATERIALS
De Anza College Bookstore
Purchase textbooks online at http://books.fhda.edu
Phone: General Information/408-864-8701; Textbook Information/408-864-8455

Edlin, Gordon and Eric Golanty. Health and Wellness. Jones & Bartlett Publishing Company. 9th ed. 2007. ISBN 13: 978-0-7637-4145-7 (required)
GETTING STARTED and REQUIREMENTS
Be prepared to spend a minimum of 8 hours per week reading, using, and studying course materials More time may be necessary depending on English skills, study skills, and/or health background.

Enrolled or interested students should complete all pages of the on-line orientation <http://www.deanza.edu/distance/>.

Health 21 requires that all enrolled students have easy, reliable access to an up-to-date computer and high speed internet that will allow access to catalyst. A current version of MS Word and QuickTime are required to complete work.
Read the twenty chapters of the text; outside research and reading will be necessary to understand the topics or concepts. This outside research is a required part of the class.
Write and submit for evaluation a concise paper (instructions to follow) demonstrating understanding of your personal health behaviors (see objective number 5 below).
Take the three scheduled examinations on catalyst.
Participate in on-line class learning opportunities.

OBJECTIVES
After completing the reading assignments and discussion questions, you should be able to:

Identify major public health problems as well as personal, individual health concerns.
Recognize, examine and demonstrate healthy personal skills and community attitudes.
Understand the disease process in the body.
Summarize important consequences of lifestyle behaviors that lead to disease and community health concerns.
Critically interpret and appraise your personal health behaviors and suggest the probable solutions.
Compare cross cultural health behaviors and suggest associated community health consequences and pathology.
Identify and outline the basic components of the following as they relate to personal and community issues: stress and mental health; nutrition, weight control, and exercise; intimate relationships, sexuality and birth control; pregnancy and childbirth; substance use/abuse; the body's defenses, communicable diseases, and sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS; cardiovascular disease and cancer; aging; dying and death.

TESTING AND GRADING
Students who do not need special testing acommodations can take the three required exams from any location/from any computer that will allow access to catalyst. Exams are open book and open note. Students have 60 timed minutes to take each exam.

Points toward HEALTH 21 Course Grade:
Three exams (50 each) 150
Written Assignment 40
Class Participation 20
Total possible points: 210

Grading Standard for HEALTH 21 Course Grade (total points = 210):
A+ 210 - 205 points A 204 - 195 points A- 194 - 189 points

B+ 188 - 184 points B 183 - 173 points B- 172 - 168 points

C+ 167 - 163 points C 162 - 147 points

D+ 146 - 142 points D 141 - 131 points D- 130 - 126 points

F 125 points and below

Course Withdrawals: It is the student's responsibility to properly withdraw from the class. It is not the responsibility of the instructor to drop a student. According to College policy, the student must officially drop classes in which s/he no longer wishes to be enrolled. To drop or withdraw from the class, do so according to College policies and within posted dates (see schedule of classes and academic calendar). Students who do not drop the course, do not drop the course correctly, or do not drop the course in a timely manner will receive the grade earned to date.

Policy on Copying and Cheating: Students who submit the work of others as their own or cheat on exams or other assignments are guilty of a serious violation of academic integrity standards and will be subject to substantial consequences which might include any or all of the following, and/or other consequences not listed here: a failing grade on the work in question or in the course; reduced credit for the work in question or a reduction in the course grade; being immediately dropped from the course; college disciplinary action and/or notation in the student's permanent record; being reported to college authorities.

Updated Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 1:59:04 AM by Barbara Liechty - liechtybarbara@fhda.edu
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