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Syllabus
School of Education
Fairbanks Campus
2. Mission: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging and
distinctively Christian environment for professional success and service to God and humankind.
3. COURSE TITLE:
EDUC 5339 - Stress Management
4. TERM AND DATES: Winter Semester: Winter semester: Nov. 10, 2014 – Feb. 14, 2015
5. INSTRUCTOR’S NAME:
6. OFFICE ADDRESS:
Phone:
Cell:
Email Address:
Dr. Nichodemus O. Ejimabo,
Associate Professor of Business and Education
Wayland Baptist University- Fairbanks Campus
2623 Wabash Avenue, Suite 109
Eielson, AFB, AK 99702-1715
(907) 377-4398
(512)-589-9532
ejimabon@wbu.edu
7. Office Hours, Building and Location: Thursday1pm – 6pm and (Friday – Saturday Online 9am – 9pm).
8. Class Meeting and Location: Monday - Doyon Facility Bldg. Room 302 A. Time 6 pm- 10pm
9. Catalog Description: This course examines the physiological, psychological, and interpersonal effects of stress.
A variety of healthful coping mechanisms are identified with emphasis placed on students’ developing effective
personal coping strategies.
10. Prerequisites: None
11. Required Textbook and Resources:
Book
Comprehensive Stress
Management
Author
Greenberg
Ed
13th
Colbert
Stress Less
Year
2013
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
ISBN#
978-0-07-352972-1
2008
Charisma
House
978-1-599793139
12. Optional Materials:
A. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: Sixth Edition
(2010). American Psychological Association: Washington, DC. Go to: http://www.apa.org.
B. Access to WBU Learning Resources www.wbu.edu/lrc
C. Internet and Library
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13. Course Outcome Competencies:
At the completion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Understand the stress process and its relation to health and disease.
Identify the signs and symptoms of stress and anxiety.
Demonstrate knowledge of poor thinking habits and the results of these habits.
Demonstrate knowledge of good thinking habits and the results of these habits.
Incorporate stress reducing practices into your own life-style.
Develop a stress management plan.
Demonstrate competency in several stress reduction procedures as presented in class.
Analyze life patterns and behavior associated with stress-coping mechanisms.
Recognize stress interventions, relaxation techniques and cognitive intervention strategies.
Develop a management plan.
Recognize the psychophysiology of stress-what happens to your body when under stress.
Identify the effects of stress on one’s body.
Identify the major stressors in today’s society.
Learn to categorize coping strategies and assess their own coping styles.
Understand the economic impact of stress on our healthcare system.
Demonstrate basic word processing skills, to create, save, and print documents.
Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of technology systems, including a personal computer and the
Internet.
18. Demonstrate understanding of copyright laws and practice ethically uses of technology by appropriately
citing their sources in a manner consistent with the requirements of the APA Manual.
14. ATTENDANCE POLICY:
1. Campus Attendance Policy: Students enrolled at Wayland Baptist University should make every effort to
attend all class meetings. The University expects students to make class attendance a priority. All absences
must be explained to the instructor who will decide whether omitted work may be made up. When a student
reaches a number of absences considered by the instructor to be excessive, the instructor will so advise the
student and file an Unsatisfactory Progress Report in the office of the dean. Any student who misses twentyfive (25%) or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings will receive a grade of F for that course.
Student grade appeals should be addressed, in writing, to the campus dean.
2. Instructor’s Additional Policies: Additional attendance policies for each course, as defined by the instructor
in the course syllabus, are part of Wayland’s attendance policy. Attendance for this virtual course will be
documented by the student’s online participation in class and submission of online assignments, thus
attendance will be determined by the student’s online participation in course activity—not the last log in.
ACADEMIC HONESTY: University students are expected to conduct themselves according to the highest
standard of academic honesty. Academic misconduct for which a student is subject to penalty includes all
forms of cheating, such as illicit possession of examinations or examination materials, forgery, or plagiarism.
Disciplinary action for academic misconduct is the responsibility of the faculty members 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. Penalties may be applied to individual cases of academic dishonesty; see
catalog for more information about academic dishonesty.
Plagiarism - The attempt to represent the work of another, as it may relate to written or oral works, computerbased 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. 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
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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
15. 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 a
disability must accompany any request for accommodations.”
Note: It is University policy that no otherwise qualified person with disabilities be excluded from participation
in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the
University. It is the responsibility of the student to disclose and to provide documentation pertaining to the
disability so that appropriate modifications may be made.
16. Course Requirements: Grading Assignments and Points
a. Journal Article (Individual Project): Each student will select and read a Stress Management related article from one
of the Research-Oriented Journals articles or the course text chapters. You may choose your own topic in line with
the course objectives. Some students have been successful using a project related to their own employment. Write an
independent 5-page minimum paper (APA) and orally present a very short summary to class (5-10 minutes). A signup
sheet will space these presentations throughout the semester. Some examples will be discussed in the class. Your selected topic/s
MUST be approved by the course Instructor. Total value of = 100 points.
b. Group Research/Term Paper (Team project): A minimum 12 - 15pages (content pages, excluding cover sheet,
abstract and references) on a subject directly related to Stress Management is required. This paper must be original for this
class. Topics must be listed on sign-up sheet and initialed by instructor. Potential subject lists will be available. Proper
APA format is required. Examples from some research articles will be shown and discussed in the class. (Hint: You cannot wait
until the due date to start this assignment). Total point value of 200 points.
c. Examinations: Two examinations (Mid-Term 200 points and Final 200 points) will be given during the term.
Questions will be mostly multiple choices along with some essay questions.
Total point value of 400 points.
d. Reflection paper/Current Events Articles: All students will be prepared to brief an article of interest regarding human
resource management (2 Reflective papers in all). The articles will serve as discussion topics for the beginning of class.
Articles may be from the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Barron’s or a Human Resources Journal. Articles must be
no more than years old. All articles must be prepared for oral presentation. Merely reading the article or a portion of it to
the class is insufficient.
Total point value of: 200.
e. Attendance: In Class Discussion, Blackboard Discussion, and Participation
You are expected to attend, participate and respond to the discussions and questions in every class. It involves
answering of questions, personal experience, and suggestion on what you think about the class/blackboard
discussions and topics. Class participation is a grade activity that reflects preparedness for class as well as
attendance. Arrive on time with assigned reading and papers completed on the prearranged deadline. Total
point value of 100 points.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION: The delivery system for the course will consist of Internet supported
instruction utilizing Blackboard interactions. In an effort to accommodate the needs of students, instructional
methods may include, but will not be limited to, the following: lectures, presentations, demonstrations, practice,
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and observations. Independent study and reading are essential elements of this course. Weekly submission of
assignments is required during the course unless specific arrangements are made with the instructor.
COURSE GRADING CRITERIA: All assignments are due as noted on course calendar. All assigned work
must be word-processed. Assignments not completed on time will reflect a lowered grade of 10% deduction per
day minimum. Late work will not be accepted after 3 calendar days; late work for discussion board
entries will not be accepted at all.
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90-100
B
80-89
C
70-70
D
60-69
F
below 60
Withdrew Passing
Withdrew Failing
grade given
EVALUATION: UNIVERSITY GRADING SYSTEM:
A grade of “CR” indicates that credit in semester hours was granted
Cr
Credit
but no grade or grade points were recorded.
NCR No Credit
*A grade of incomplete is changed if the work required is
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Incomplete*
completed prior to the date indicated in the official University
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Withdrawal
calendar of the next long term, unless the instructor designates an
WP
earlier date for completion. If the work is not completed by the
appropriate date, the I is converted to the grade of F. An
WF
incomplete notation cannot remain on the student’s permanent
record and must be replaced by the qualitative grade (A-F) by the
X
No
date specified in the official University calendar of the next regular
term.
IP
In
Progress
17. Tentative Schedule: (Calendar, Topics, Assignments):
This course outline serves merely as the anticipated roadmap I hope to use during this 11 weeks program.
However, due to circumstances and the dynamic nature of this course, there may be some changes in the
schedule. During such situations, you will be advised and changes will be discussed and noted accordingly. The
dates and weeks listed below are the dates by which the course materials are expected to have been read. The
due dates for all assignments should be considered and taken seriously as no late assignment/paper will be
accepted.
Course Calendar
MGMT 5339- Stress Management = Workforce Development and Activities
Date
Preparation Materials and Topics
Reading
Assignments
1
Nov. 10
Syllabus & Basic Instructions
What is Stress and Stress
Psychophysiology
Green Berg
Textbook
Chapter 1 & 2
Introduction/Course overview
discussions
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Nov. 17
Stress and Illness/Disease
Stress and the College Student
Chapter 3 & 4
Journal Article selection
Team Formation
Intervention and Stress Model
Life-Situation Intervention: Interpersonal
Chapter 5 & 6
Reflection paper 1 Due
Life-Situation Intervention: Interpersonal
Perception Interventions
Chapter 7 & 8
Thanksgiving – Nov. 24 -29
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Dec. 1
Dec. 8
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Submission of Group project
topic and overview
Individual /Group Discussion on
Stress Less.
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Dec. 15
Group Project Team meeting
Colbert
Textbook
Fieldwork
Holidays
Jan. 5
Online Class
Christmas – Dec 22 - Jan 2, 2015
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Spirituality and Stress
Meditation
Chapter 9 & 10
Reflection 2 Due
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Jan. 12
Autogenic training, Imagery and
progressive Relaxation, and
Techniques
Physiological Arousal Intervention
Strategies for Decreasing Stressful
Behaviors
Chapter 11 &
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Journal Article Summary Due
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Jan. 19
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Jan. 26
Diversity and Stress; Occupational Stress
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Feb. 2
Family Stress
Study Reviews for term project
Ch. 13 & 14
Seminar on
Stress Less Text
#2
Ch. 15 & 16
Individual /Group Discussion on
Stress Less (Colbert Textbook)
Chapter 17
Seminar on
Stress Less Text
#1
Individual /Group Discussion on
Stress Less (Colbert Text book).
Term project due
11 Feb. 9
Term project due
Note: Professor reserves the right to alter this schedule as needed.
19. Format of Course deliverables
All course assignment must be submitted in the class. All course deliverables must be constructed in Times
New Roman, 12pt font, double spaced, and submitted in Microsoft Word format. The use of APA format
prescribed in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th Edition is encouraged.
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