Health 11-Principles of Healthful Living
West Los Angeles College Fall 2014
Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30pm – 4:55pm
Section # 7627
GC 250
Instructor: Ilene Sutter, MS
Email: sutteril@wlac.edu
Office hour: 133 PE South, 5 pm-5:40 pm Tuesdays
Required Course Textbook
Donatelle, R.J Health: The Basics, WLAC 4th Customized Edition. Based on the 10th Edition.
Pearson Benjamin Cummings: San Francisco, 2010. ISBN: 0321774345 (9th ed. = okay too)
Course Description & Student Learning Outcomes
UC/CSU transferable. General study of health designed to promote desirable health attitudes
and to provide up-to-date information in the areas of individual, family, and community health.
As a result of taking this course, students will be able to:
 Explain the importance of a healthy lifestyle in preventing premature disease and in
promoting wellness.
 Identify one’s personal responsibility to reduce health risks associated with the leading
causes of death and disability by recognizing high-risk behaviors and their impact on
current and future health.
 Understand the importance of a global perspective on health, and recognize how
gender, racial, and cultural background influence disparities in health status, research
and risk.
 Identify the key components of personal fitness and describe the benefits of regular
physical activity and a healthy diet.
 Demonstrate through performance on exams, projects, classroom discussions and
written assessments, evidence of ability to understand and use the concepts of this
class.
Course Learning Outcomes - After completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to devise a prevention plan for a personal health experience or
concern with investigative research
2. Students will be able to identify the key components of personal fitness and describe the
benefits of regular physical activity and a healthy diet.
Student’s Responsibilities
 Attend class, be punctual, be considerate of others and participate in class discussions. A
roll sheet will be provided for the first 10 minutes of class. Once the roll-sheet has been
collected, you cannot sign in and will be marked tardy/absent. When 6 absences are
recorded you will be dropped from class. PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE OFFICE SIMPLY TO
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REPORT THAT YOU WILL NOT BE IN CLASS. Two absences or less and you will receive 2
extra credit points. Zero absences: 5 points extra credit.
Read the assigned material in order to learn the information and apply to classroom
discussion.
Paper format: please submit all projects/papers TYPED, DOUBLE-SPACED, 12 point, black
ink font on white paper. Must be turned in on the due date at the start of class. Papers
up to a week late will receive 50% credit. After a week, you will receive no credit.
Texting during class is an inexcusable sign of disrespect to both your professor and your
fellow students. Cell phones must be turned off during class. NO TEXTING! If I see your
phone or MP3 player at ANY time once class has started: 1st time - minus 5 participation
points. 2nd time - minus remaining 5 participation points. 3rd time - you will be sent out
of the class and marked absent.
If you withdraw from this class, you must formally file a drop card at the Admissions
office. Failure to do so will result in a failing grade at the end of the semester.
Cheating/plagiarizing will not be tolerated. You will receive a ZERO score on the exam(s)
and no extra credit points can apply to your overall grade.
Academic Dishonesty Policy - “Violations of academic integrity of any type by a student
provides grounds for disciplinary action by the instructor or college. Violations of
academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to, the following actions: cheating on
an exam, plagiarism, working together on an assignment, paper or project when the
instructor has specifically said not to do so, submitting the same term paper to more
than one instructor, or allowing another individual to assume one’s identity for the
purpose of enhancing one’s grade. For more information on the Standards of Student
Conduct, refer to the college catalog available in hard copy and online at
www.lattc.edu.”
Course Content
Quizzes: (15 points each) There will be 5 quizzes given at the beginning of class. Quizzes
cannot be made up, but one will be counted as extra credit. Please bring a Scantron (815-E
Quizzstrip) and a pencil. Each quiz will be announced to the class before it is to be given.
Exams: The two exams (100 points each) must be taken on the scheduled days. There
will be NO make-up exams. Please bring a Scantron (882E Lovas) and pencil. Exams and quizzes
can be based on any textbook material, lecture notes, handouts, guest speakers, and video
presentations.
Current Event Report- DUE week 9 (by 10/30; earlier is fine too!) -- 20 points
Find an article in a newspaper, magazine or online and write a two-page double spaced report on
the impact of the current event on health. Offer suggestions or insight on the situation. You must
connect the article to information found in the textbook and correctly cite the textbook page
number. To get full credit for this assignment, you must attach the current event article as well.
Personal Impact Paper: DUE week 12 (11/18 or earlier) -- 40 points
“Real-life” research paper - Students are required to write a paper on a health topic
that has directly influenced or impacted his/her family or personal experience. The
topic must have a cover page and a reference page (MLA format)
(https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/). Your paper will be at least 6
pages in length (4 pages of content, one cover page, one reference page) and be typed
in 12 point font and be double spaced. Margins will not be larger than 1 inch top,
bottom and sides. Fifty percent of the paper will describe why this topic has made a
personal impact on you and what the student hopes to learn by researching this topic.
The second half (fifty percent) of the content will be dedicated to investigative research
of this topic and must include proper citations along with a reference page. Students
must cite at least two resources in the paper. Examples may be: alcohol and drug
abuse, violence, mental health issues, family history of disease or personal
ailments/conditions, food choices. obesity, eating disorders, exercise, culture and health
topics, pregnancy, STIs, stress, etc.
Extra Credit:
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One of your quizzes will count as extra credit. The quiz will not offer more than 15 points, and
along with attendance the total extra credit opportunities will equal 20 points: so make all the
other points count first!!
Special Needs:
Requests for accommodation in test taking or other special needs must be made to the
instructor by the second class meeting. Students who are authorized the assistance of sign
language interpretation or who are receiving real-time captioning are permitted preferential
seating in class.
Evaluation
Quizzes (4 @ 15 pts each) =
Exams (2 @ 100 pts each) =
Current Event Report
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Personal Impact Paper
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Participation points
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Total points
60
200
20
40
10
330
Grading
297-330
264-296
231-263
198-230
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B
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90% +
80-89%
70-79%
60-69%
50-59%
Keeping track of your grade (HIGHLY recommended)
Quiz 1 _____ Quiz 2_____ Quiz 3_____ Quiz 4_____ Quiz 5_____ TOTAL______
(Quizzes are worth 15 points each)
Midterm score
_______ out of 100 pts
Current Event Report score
_______ out of 20 pts
Personal Impact Paper score
_______ out of 40 pts
Final Exam score
_______ out of 100 pts
Add final number of points in the class: ________÷ 330 x 100 = ______%
There will not be more than 20 points extra credit available (including attendance), so
make it count!
Want to figure out your grade before you complete the course? You can: add up your
points earned, and then divide by the total number of points possible from work completed
thus far. Multiply the answer by 100 for fun and you get the percentage. Then compare
with the chart above.
For example: following the midterm, if you scored 15 points on two quizzes and scored 80
pts. on the midterm, you would add, 15+15+80 (=110) and divide by 130 available points
(one exam, 100 pts, two quizzes, 15 pts each). 110 ÷130 =.846 x 100 = 84.6% - a solid B.
Always remember to divide by the total number of available points completed at the time
(not the total points for the whole class). At the end of the class, that number will be 330,
even if you scored more from extra credit. (do not count extra credit in the available point
total – that’s why it’s called EXTRA credit!) Now you will know about health and how to
calculate percentages, which is a handy skill.
COURSE OUTLINE
Adjustments to the schedule may be made at the instructor’s discretion.
Week
Topic
Reading/ Powerpoints/Study Guides
1 T 9/2
Course Introduction &
Chapter 1
R 9/4
Basics of Healthy Change
2 T 9/9
Psychosocial Health
Chapter 2
R 9/11
3 T 9/16
Stress Management
Chapter 3
R 9/18
4 T 9/23
Preventing Violence and Injury
Chapter 4
R 9/25
5 T 9/30
Building Healthy Relationships and Understanding
Chapter 5
R 10/2
Sexuality
6 T 10/7
Considering Your Reproductive Choices Chapter 6
R 10/9
7 T 10/14
Addiction and Drug Use
Chapter 7
R 10/16
8 T 10/21
Midterm Exam
Study (chapters 1-7)
R 10/23
Drinking Alcohol Responsibly
Chapter 8
9 T 10/28
Ending Tobacco Use – Chapter 8
Current event paper due (Tues)
R 10/30
10 T 11/4
Eating for a Healthier You
Chapter 9
R 11/6
11 T 11/11
Veteran’s Day – NO CLASS!
R 11/13
Eating for a Healthier You
Chapter 9
12 T 11/18
Personal Fitness
Chapter 11 Impact Paper Due (Tues)
R 11/20
13 T 11/25
R 11/27
14 T 12/2
R 12/4
15 T 12/9
R 12/11
Thursday
December 18
Chronic Diseases:Cardiovascular Disease, Chapter 12
Diabetes, Cancer
Thanksgiving – yay!
Chronic Diseases:Cardiovascular Disease,
Diabetes, Cancer
Protecting Against Infectious and
noninfectious Diseases
HIV/AIDS
Environmental Health & Complementary
and Alternative Medicine
Final exam: 4 pm – 6 pm
Chapter 12
Chapter 13 (pages 421-435)
Chapter 13
Chapter 15