COURSE OUTLINE
 

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TEXTBOOK: PAUL M. INSEL AND WALTON. CORE CONCEPTS IN HEALTH, 5TH
EDITION, 1988

PURPOSE

THEPURPOSE OF THIS COURSE IS TO PRESENT IN A LOGICALLY ORGANIZED FROM A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO SOUND DECISION IN THE AREA OF HEALTH MAINTENANCE AND TO DEVELOOP WITHIN EACH INDIVIDUAL A REALIZATION OF THE VALUE FO GOOD HEALTH PRACTICES.
 

COMPETENCIES
 

A. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO ORALLY COMMUNICATE INFORMATION ON A GIVEN TOPIC IN A LOGICAL MANNER

B. PRESENT DIRECTIONS OF CARRYING OUT AN INSTRUDTIONAL ACTIVITY.

C. FORMULATE A STANDARD FOR STUDENT BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM.

D. DEMONSTRATE INSTRUCTIONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS WHICH ASSIST STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING A POSITIVE SELF-CONCEPT.

E. IDENTIFY THE CASUSES OF CLASSROOM MISBEHAVIOR.

F. ESTABLISH RAPPORT WITH STUDENTS IN THE SLASSROOM BY USING VERBAL AND/OR VISUAL MOTIVATIONAL DEVICES
 
 

DESCRIPTION OF SITUATION
 

A. TIME ALLOTMENT
1. THE CLAS MEETS TWO DAYS PER WEEK
2. EACH CLASS SESSION WILL COVER EIGHTY MINUTES
3. NIGHT CLASSES WILL MEET THREE HOURS, ONCE PER WEK

B. FACILITIES
1. FIRST AID ROOM
2. NATATORIUM
3. PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY

C. EQUIPMENT
1. SEXTEEN MILLIMETER PROJECTORS
2. FILMSTRIP PROJECTORS
3. SLIDE PROJECTORS

D. MATERIALS
1. TEXTBOOK 3. FILMSTRIPS
5. SLIDES 2. FILMS 4. TRANSPARENCIES
6. GRAPHS

CONTENTS

Wellness Behavior
Stress and the Social Envioronment
Mental Health
Sexuality
Sexual Responses
Birth Control
Pregnancy ,Childbirth and Parenting
Substance  Use and Abuse
Alcohol
Psychoactive Drugs
Nutrition
Over Weight
Exercise
The Consumer and Medicine, Fads/Quackery
Prescription and  Over-the counter Drugs
Medical Diagonsis
Cardiovascular Health
Cancer
Infection and Immunity
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Aging
Death and Dying
 
 

EVALUATION PROCEDURE
 

     Each student is required to take all examinations, do outside reading and complete all special projectts and assignments.
 
 

Grading Scale;

90 - 100% = A
80 -  89% = B
70 -  79% = C
60 -  69% = D
Below 60% = F
 
 

Other Evaluation Procedure:
 

CALSS ATTENDANCE , CLASS PARTICIPATION , OUTSIDE READING ,

PROJECT AND OR REPORT ,  EXAMINATION
 

INCOMPLETE GRADE
 

   Incomplete grade will be given onl;y if a student miss an examination who has an excuse from the Dean of Student and for some valid reason cannot make it up.
 
 
 

ASSIGNMENTS
 

  Date will be given to student for special assignments to be turned in. Assignment will not be  accepted after the assigned date unless the student has a vaild excuse.
 
 

PLAGIARISM
 

  Plagiarism is to copy someone else's work and is grounds for receiving a "F" in the course.
 

METHOD
 

1. Lecture
2. Class Discussion
3. Group Discussion
4. Questions and Answers Sessions
 

REFERENCES
 

C.E. Turner,  Personal and Community Health, 12th edition

C. L.  Anderson,  School Health Practice, 5th edition

Carl E. Willgooso, Health  Education in the Elementary School 3rd. edition

Miller and Burt,    Good Health Personal and Community  , 3rd edition.

John H. Painter , Jr. Life and Health, 1972

Insel and Roth, Health in a Changing Scoiety, 2nd edition.
 

CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICIES
 

EACH STUDENT IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND ALL CLASSES. ATTENDANCE WILL BE CHECKED EACH CLASS PERIOD. ONLY EXCUSED ABSENCES WILL BE ACCEPTED. THES MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE DEAN OF STUDENTS. THE NAMES OF STUDENTS WITH EXCESSIVE ABSENCES WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE DEAN'S OFFICE.
 

MAKE-UP WORK
 

STUDENTS WHO MISS A TEST OR EXAMINATION WILL BE GIVEN ONE WEEK TO TAKE THE MISSED TEST OR EXAM, EXCLUDING FINAL EXAM. MISSED ASSIGNMENTS, EITHER IN CLASS OR OUT, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTRED WITHOUT A VAILID EXCUSE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STUDENT TO SECURE ANY INFORMATION MISSED BECAUSE OF HIS/HER ABSENTS FROM CLASS.