WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
PLAINVIEW CAMPUS
Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically
challenging, learning-focused, and distinctively Christian environment for professional success,
and service to God and humankind.
I. COURSE INFORMATION:
EXSS 1132 – Self Defense
Fall 2015
Tue/Thu: 1:45pm-3:00pm,
Class Time & Location
Laney Center Dance Room
Prerequisite
None
Course
Term
II. INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:
Instructor
Charles C. Huang
Office
Laney Center Room 204
Phone
2913791
Email
huangc@wbu.edu
MO, WE, FR 8:00am-10:30am; 3:00pm-5:00pm;
Office Hours
TU, TH 3:00pm-5:00pm
III. CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Help students to develop skills, both physical and mental, to effectively defend themselves in
difficult situations.
IV. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
Handouts or Computer access.
V. COURSE OUTCOME COMPETENCIES:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Identify potentially dangerous situations and be prepared for a possible attack.
2. Describe strategies for awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance of
dangerous situations
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3. Demonstrate an understanding and applications of the knowledge about the role of
self-defense, crimes and criminals, defenders’ right, prevention and handling
strategies on different types of crimes, current research and practice, lifetime carry-on.
4. Demonstrate the acquisition and application of self-defense skills and strategies.
5. Identify an attacker's vulnerable body parts (targets) and the limbs and other body
parts, as well as, instruments that may be used as weapons (sand, pen, car keys, etc...)
6. Demonstrate an understanding of physical and mental benefits of self-defense and
self-defense education.
7. Build self-confidence and improve physical fitness by practicing self-defense skills
and strategies.
VI. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Regular attendance and participation is expected! Any student who misses 25% or more of the
regularly scheduled class meetings will receive a grade of “F” for the course. Therefore, if you
are absent a total of 8 class periods, you will be given a grade of “F” regardless of your
academic standing. In case of an unavoidable absence, students should contact the instructor to
report the absence, to obtain assignments or to turn in assigned work.
1. Tardies: Roll will be taken at the beginning of class. If you walk in late and attendance
has already been taken, you must make a point to see the professor after class so that you
are marked off as being at class, however, you will be counted as tardy. Failure to see the
instructor after class if you missed roll call will result in being marked as absent that day.
NOTE: *2 tardies = 1 absent!*
2. Participation: Students are expected to attend and participate in class discussion
activities. Points will be taken from your attendance grade for not participating in class. A
student can not participate in a skill test if he/she misses lessons that teach these skills
unless he/she shows he/she can perform these skills properly.
VII. DISABILITY STATEMENT:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the policy of
Wayland Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination
under any educational program or activity in the university. The Coordinator of
Counseling Services serves as the coordinator of students with a disability and should be
contacted concerning accommodation requests at (806) 291-3765. Documentation of
disability must accompany any request for accommodations.
VIII. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Attendance/Participation:
A. Students will conduct themselves in an appropriate manner
(1) Show respect to classmates and the instructor
(2) Take care of the equipment and facility
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(3) Be considerate and help each other
(4) Do your best in class discussions and assignments
B. Class rules and Safety Guidelines
(1) Assess your health, consult your physician, and report any injury
(2) Wear appropriate clothing for physical activities
(3) Remove any attachments that may cause injuries to you or your partner
(4) No practice or learning without proper warm-up
(5) Control your movement to avoid accidents
(6) Be alert to what is going on around you in practice
C. Daily participation based on a 10-point Likert scale as follows:
0 points – absent
2 point – present, sitting out
4 points – present, participating, not engaged
6 points – present, engaged
8 points – present, moderately engaged
10 points – present, actively engaged
D. 25 classes worth 10 points each for 250 total points
2. Examination
A. Two skill tests worth 100 points each for 200 total points. The content includes
individual/dual performance of single or combination skills. Evaluation will be
based on subjective/objective observation.
B. Exam: One written final (150 points). The content will be based on handouts and
lectures.
IX. GRADING:
600 points possible:
Points
540-600
480-539
420-479
360-419
0-359, or absent more than 25% of class meetings
X. UNIVERSITY GRADING SYSTEM:
A
B
C
D
F
Cr
NCR
I
W
WP
WF
X
IP
Grade
A
B
C
D
F
Percent
90-100%
80-89.9%
70-79.9%
60-69.9%
0-59.9%
for Credit
No Credit
Incomplete*
for withdrawal
Withdrawal Passing
Withdrawal Failing
No grade given
In Progress
A grade of “CR” indicates that credit in semester hours was granted but no grade or grade points
were recorded. This course is a credit course.
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*A grade of incomplete is changed if the work required is completed prior to the date indicated
in the official University calendar of the next long term, unless the instructor designates an
earlier date for completion. If the work is not completed by the appropriate date, the I is
converted to the grade of F. An incomplete notation cannot remain on the student’s permanent
record and must be replaced by the qualitative grade (A-F) by the date specified in the official
University calendar of the next regular term.
XI. Grade Appeals: Students shall have protection through orderly procedures against
prejudices or capricious academic evaluation. A student who believes that he or she has not been
held to realistic academic standards, just evaluation procedures, or appropriate grading, may
appeal the final grade given in the course by using the student grade appeal process described in
the Academic Catalog. Appeals may not be made for advanced placement examinations or
course bypass examinations. Appeals are limited to the final course grade, which may be upheld,
raised, or lowered at any stage of the appeal process. Any recommendation to lower a course
grade must be submitted through the Executive Vice President/Provost to the Faculty Assembly
Grade Appeals Committee for review and approval. The Faculty Assembly Grade Appeals
Committee may instruct that the course grade be upheld, raised, or lowered to a more proper
evaluation.
Tentative Course Schedule *subject to change*
Week
1
2
Day
8/20, Thu
8/25, Tue
8/27, Thu
Class
1
2
3
3
9/1, Tue
9/3, Thu
9/8, Tue
9/10, Thu
4
5
6
7
9/15, Tue
9/17, Thu
9/22, Tue
9/24, Thu
8
9
10
11
9/29, Tue
10/1, Thu
10/6, Tue
10/8, Thu
10/13, Tue
10/15, Thu
12
13
14
15
16
17
4
5
6
7
8
9
Topics/Activities
Introduction, assessment, awareness check-up, safety guidelines
Human needs and role of self-defense, life-threatening factors
and self-defense. Rationale of self-defense and self-defense
education.
Distance defense: side kick, heel kick, back kick, defense,
kicking game. Jab punch, cross punch, hook punch.
Distance defense: punch defense, boxing game, kick-boxing
game.
Legal concerns in self-defense, crime chain and prevention
principles.
Distance: round kick, snap kick, spin kick, combo.
Prevention of murder, rape, assault, robbery, burglary.
Strategies: lion, rabbit, field.
Campus safety, driving safety, recreation safety. Prevention of
family violence, workplace crimes.
Distance defense: applications, skill test practice.
Distance defense: applications, skill test practice.
On-site response. Distance: skill test
Close defense, Throw defense
Floor defense.
Fall Break, No Class
4
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
10/20, Tue
10/22, Thu
10/27, Tue
10/29, Thu
11/3, Tue
11/5, Thu
11/10, Tue
11/12, Thu
11/17, Tue
11/19, Thu
11/24, Tue
11/26, Thu
12/1, Tue
12/3, Thu
12/7, Mon
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19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
Releases: arm-hold, hair-pull, check, bear-hug.
1-on-1 review of releases.
1-on-4 release practice 1-on-4 release practice.
Release skill test
Research on self-defense, stick defense, gun defense
Gun defense.
Knife defense.
Knife defense
Applications and carry-on, 1-on-1 overall review and practice
1-on-2 street self-defense
Thanksgiving-No class
Workout on skills, physical activity and self-defense
Reserved for makeup
Final Exam (written; 12:30pm – 2:30pm)
XI. ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Wayland students are expected to conduct themselves according to the highest standards of
academic honesty. Academic misconduct for which a student is subject to penalty includes all
forms of cheating, such as possession of examinations or examination materials, forgery, or
plagiarism. Disciplinary action for academic misconduct is the responsibility of the faculty
member assigned to the course. The faculty member is charged with assessing the gravity of any
case of academic dishonesty and with giving sanctions to any student involved. The faculty
member involved will file a record of the offense and the punishment imposed with the dean of
the division, campus dean, and the provost/academic vice president. Any student who has been
penalized for academic dishonesty has the right to appeal the judgment or the penalty assessed.
Plagiarism
“Plagiarism — The attempt to represent the work of another, as it may relate to written or oral
works, computer-based work, mode of creative expression (i.e. music, media or the visual arts),
as the product of one's own thought, whether the other's work is published or unpublished, or
simply the work of a fellow student.
1. When a student submits oral or written work for credit that includes the words, ideas, or
data of others, the source of that information must be acknowledged through complete,
accurate, and specific references, and, if verbatim statements are included, through use of
quotation marks as well. By placing one’s name on work submitted for credit, the student
certifies the originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate
acknowledgements. A student will avoid being charged with plagiarism if there is an
acknowledgement of indebtedness.”
Source: http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/webcentral/admit/honesty.htm#plag
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