SYLLABUS
Course Number and Section
3 Credit Hours
HED 221 Personal Health
Fall 09
Course Information
Prerequisite(s)
Course
Description
Student
Learning
Outcomes
Student hours
and location
for Student
Hours
Class days
and time
Last Date of
Withdrawal
NONE
This course introduces principles and practices of personal and family health; it
includes human reproduction, growth, and development, psychological dimensions of
health, human sexuality, nutrition and fitness, aging, death, and dying.
1. The student will be able to personally differentiate between healthy and
unhealthy foods.
2. The student will be able to develop a personal total fitness program.
3. The student will be able to identify aspects of the environment that could harm
his/her personal health.
4. The student will be able to make a personal differentiation between healthy
and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors and how they affect disease prevention.
M & W 2:30-3:30
T & TH 8:30-9:30
In the Wellness Center
Monday and Wednesday 8:30-9:45
Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:15
See printed schedule
Campus and
Class location
Martin Campus
Make-up
policy
All make-up work is to be completed within one week of the missed class. It is the student’s
responsibility to contact the instructor. Class participation and oral reports, can not be made
up; written reports, and tests are allowed to be made up
Required
textbook and
Course
Materials
Daily
Activities,
Class
Participation,
Pop Quizzes,
etc.
Final
Examination
An Invitation to Health; by Dianne Hales 2009-2010 Edition
Lecture, discussion, & labs (which include videos, guest lectures& activities pertaining to topic).
Position papers are written summaries of class assignments. Class attendance is essential for
the writing of the position papers and for completion of the course.
See printed exam schedule
Instructor Information
Instructor
Instructor’s
E-mail and
phone number
Division
Chair’s
E-mail and
phone number
Website
Lea Green and staff
lgreen@sheltonstate.edu
391-2995
mmurphy@sheltonstate.edu
391-2994
www.sheltonstate.edu go to wellness center
College Policy Information
Academic
Misconduct
Attendance
Policy
Standard
College
Policies
Student Email
(Bucs Mail)
Quality
Enhancement
Plan
Students are expected to be honorable in all college assignments. Suspected cases of academic
misconduct are reported to the Dean of Instructional Services
SSCC Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend all classes for which they are
registered, to be prompt and to remain in class/lab for the entire time. Attendance will be
recorded at every class/lab meeting. On the final grade report, instructors are required to
identify the last day of attendance for all students who receive a grade of “F” or “U.” Students
who are unable to attend class regularly, regardless of the reason or circumstance, should
withdraw from the class. Withdrawal from class can affect eligibility for federal financial aid.
The Standard College Policies apply to all classes at the college and are a part of every official
course syllabus; each student receives a copy when he or she completes the vehicle
registration/waiver procedure. It is also available from the College website,
www.sheltonstate.edu. It is the responsibility of the student to have a copy of these policies and
to abide by them. This class syllabus is intended to give further detail about the policies and
expectations in this class. College policies are also published in the Schedule of Classes and the
SSCC College Catalog/Student Handbook. Students are expected to be aware of and abide by
College policies in every class.
All cell phone must be turned off.
All students who are or have been registered for classes at Shelton State Community College
are provided an email account. Students who are currently registered must have an email
account. Electronic mail is the official method of communication for delivery of
information. Shelton State designated communicators may use this email account to send
official communications to the student body. Student email addresses will be recorded in the
college’s electronic directories and records. To activate/sign in to your Bucs Mail account, visit
the Bucs Mail icon at www.sheltonstate.edu.
Shelton State’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
Improving Student Success in Online Classes
Grading:
Activities and Material covered by that Activity
Test #1
Test #2
Test #3
Test #4
Food Analysis
Position Papers
Percentage of Grade
Or Number of Points
100 points
100 points
100 points
100 points
20 points
30 points
450 points
Student’s
Score
Letter grades will be assigned according to the following:
Percentage Grade
90-100
80-89
70-79
60-69
59 and below
Letter grade
A
B
C
D
F
Points Scale: 405-450 = A
360-404 = B
315-359 = C
270-314 = D
Below 269 = F
Food Analysis
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Go to www.mypyramid.gov
Click on MyPyramid Plan & input your Age, Sex, Weight & Height
You will be given a plan for your current weight or a plan to help one move toward weight loss if needed
Click on a plan
On the right side of the page you will see View, Print & Learn More
Click on Meal Tracking Worksheet, you need seven of these tracking sheets
Right down everything you eat and drink for seven days and fill out each tracking sheet
Using the tracking sheets and information from class lectures write a 1-1/2 page typed compare and
contrast paper analyzing what you ate compared to what the pyramid suggested. (It is not expected to be a
perfect diet, just a tool to help you see how you are doing.)
Other discussion ideas for paper:
Did you eat breakfast or not?
Water intake
How often did you eat fast food and/or fried food? (also include regular restaurants)
Where and when did you eat? (eg. in the car, on the couch, in bed etc.)
Did you exercise?
Course Outline:
1. Introduction to the course
2. Nutrition and Heart Disease
3. "Good" & "Bad" Cholesterol
4. Blood Lipid Profile taken and discussed
5. Reading Food Labels
6. Weight maintenance and the regulation of blood sugar
7. The importance of vitamins and minerals for better health
8. The components of a total physical fitness program
9. Understanding the principles of frequency, intensity and time as it relates to fitness design
10. Human sexuality
11. Understanding & preventing sexually transmitted diseases
12. The reality of AIDS
13. Violence & injury
14. The hazards of tobacco use
15. The use and abuse of alcohol
16. Stress & disease
17. Prevention of cancer through lifestyle changes
18. Slowing down the aging process
19. Environmental awareness
20. Transitions to a healthy lifestyle
“This course outline is tentative, and the instructor reserves the right to change them."