HED 120

Introduction To Wellness

3 Semester Credit Hours

Office Number:  T.  Wesley Pickel Field House Rm., 121

Office Phone:      452-8600 at Extension Ext. 3243 

Toll Free Phone:  (888) 335-8722

Course Description:  A general wellness course which promotes individual responsibility for optimal well being.  The course will include local and national health concerns, personal health risk factors, cultural and societal influences and preventive health measures.  Fitness evaluation and health and nutrition appraisals will be included.

Course Objectives:

1. Examine personal behaviors and make life-choices that will result in positive physical, emotional, and social development. 

2. Recognize and describe various human societies and institutions and the  interconnectedness among diverse cultures.

3. Understand and explain the theories for individual human behavior within the social context.

4. Objectively analyze social and behavioral science research data and draw logical conclusions from information, ideas and interpretations gathered from various sources and apply those conclusions to one’s life and society.

5. Explain the relationship between the individual and society as it relates to physical, mental and emotional well-being and as it affects the quality of the individual, family and community.

The General Education Goal:  The general education goal of this course is to provide  students with an opportunity to develop an awareness of the relationship between physical and mental well being and give training in skills that can be used to maintain a healthy balance in this relationship.

Course Outcome Statement:  The attainment of a measure of physical fitness.  To acquaint the student with methods of improving and maintaining fitness throughout his/her life.

First inform your doctor and observe these guidelines:

 1.   Under 30:  You can start exercising if you've had a check-up within the past year

       and the doctor found nothing wrong with you.

 2.   Between 30 and 39:  You should have a checkup within three months before you

       start exercising.  The examination should include an electrocardiogram (EKG) taken

       at rest.

 3.     Over 40:  Same as for the 30-39 group with one important addition.  Your doctor

        should also take an EKG to check your heart while you are exercising.  (This is

        called a stress test.)    

Specific Course Requirements:

1. Assigned readings in A Wellness Way Of Life.

2. All assigned labs must be completed by using the sheets in the lab manual.  Labs

   completed on notebook paper are not accepted.  The lab sheets in the back of the

   text are to be torn out and handed in to the instructor after each lab is completed.

3. Lab make-ups must be approved.  Labs will only be made up in cases of emergency.

   (Certain labs will be impossible to make-up.)

4. Lab sheets must be completed in full in order to receive credit for the lab.  Once

   turned in, it will not be given back for completion. No credit will be recorded.

5. Fitness Assessment

6. Fitness Journal

7. Planned Fitness Program

8. Individual Fitness Program

Textbooks, Supplementary Materials, Hardware and Software Requirements

Robbins, Powers, Burgess, A Wellness Way Of Life, 6th ed. Brown/McGraw-Hill Companies,  ISBN 0-07-284391-8 2005.  Textbook can be purchased online www.vscc.cc.tn.us/books

Testing Procedures:  There will be two regular course exams, the second of which will be given during the scheduled final exam period.  Tests over the chapters in the textbook knowledge obtained through class lectures, notes and handouts.  The exam is a Multiple Choice Short Answer Exam. 

Plagiarism:  Cheating, and other forms of dishonesty are prohibited.  Student guilty of academic misconduct, either directly or indirectly through participation or assistance, are immediately responsible to the instructor of the class.  In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, the instructor has the authority to assign an F or a zero for the exercise or examination or to assign an F in the course.

100 Possible  Point Values for This Course: 

These points are awarded on the following basis:

1.  20 points Mid-Term and Final Exam Objective tests over the chapters and theories in the textbook, knowledge obtained through class lectures, notes and handouts.   

2.  10 points Internet Assignment 

     Each student is responsible for finding (5) quality Internet sites on Health & Fitness

     and provides a 1/2 page brief review of the content and quality of information that it

     provides.  The sites must be from five different categories.  I am looking for legitimate

     and high quality sites.  Particularly those are somewhat interactive.  Also focus on the

     types of sites that are “permanent” rather than a news clip.  See Attached Sheet for 

      information or link Internet Assignment.

3.  10 points In Class Laboratory Participation 

     Remember, You are graded on participation in the lab and you cannot receive a grade

     if you do not participate.  Participation in a concept class is very important.  There is

     no substitute for class participation.  Students must wear either shorts, sweats,

     jogging clothes, or appropriate athletic apparel.  Jeans are not acceptable for class

     participation, and tennis shoes must be worn at all times.  Individual difference will be

     considered for the course.  Physical performance results are not used for a grade.  If

     you don’t participate an absence will be recorded.  Points will not be given for

     incomplete lab material turn in.  Students must follow the dress policies in order to

     participate in laboratory assignments.

4.  10 points Notebook Assignment

5.  10 point -  For using the WebCT discussion board

6.  10 Point - Fitness Assessment - Instructor directions

7.  20 Points- Planned Fitness program that each student maintain for suggested number

      of weeks by the instructor.

8.  10 points – Bonus points Students may receive up to 10 points for ten extra

     workouts outside of the regular class time in the fitness facility at Volunteer State

     Community College.  You may not have more than one extra workout per week in order

     to receive this credit. 

9.   Late or Missed Assignments - A late or missed assignment (written exam and

      notebook assignments) will receive a grade of zero unless the absence is excused and

      a make-up date can be rescheduled with the instructor.  Notebook assignments will

      not be accepted after the final deadline. Remember notebooks assignments can be

      turned at anytime until the final deadline.

The grading scale is based on the following:

Mid-term Deficiencies “Students who are in danger of receiving a grade below the accepted minimum at mid-term will receive by mail notices indicating the lack of satisfactory progress.”    

N =Audit - No grade or credit.  The student must have registered as an audit in order to receive this grade.

W=Withdrawal - A grade of W is given by the admissions office after a student has processed a drop/add  form through the Admissions Office.  Note:  The instructor does have the right to administratively withdraw a student from class resulting in a grade of W; but this is not automatic.  Students wishing to withdraw must do so through SOTEP and the Admissions Office.  Please consult with me prior to withdrawing from the course.

I=Incomplete - An incomplete is given at the discretion of the instructor and must meet the following conditions: 

(a) Student attends regularly.

(b) Student has completed 80% of the course work and is passing.

(c) The instructor feels the student can realistically complete the course work in the following semester.

Note:  If the course work is not completed prior to the exam period of the following semester, the grade is automatically converted to an F by the Admissions Office.

1.      There is no substitute for class participation.  You are expected to actively participate.

Punctuality:  Late for class:  This disturbs fellow students and guest speakers. Lateness is discouraged.

Attendance:  The student is allowed a certain number of absences in which "no penalty" is applied, these absences should be reserved for unusual circumstances.  Further absences will result in points being deducted from the student's grade.  The basis for deduction of these points can be found on the attendance scale which precedes. "no when a student is participating in a school activity  which has been approved by the Dean of the College, the student will not be counted absent, but must make up the work within a week of the scheduled event.  More than two absences will lower your unexcused grade one letter grade.  Excused absences must have the instructor's approval.

NOTE:   I HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR EXCUSES!!!! 

1. Weekly participation required.

2. Learn how to navigate WebCT course using the class enhancers.

3. Keep abreast of course announcements.

4. Use the assigned college or university e-mail address

5. Address technical problems immediately

6. Follow course calendar and submit assignments in a timely manner

7. All assigned labs must be completed by using the sheets in the lab manual.  Labs completed on notebook paper are not accepted.  The lab sheets in the  back of the text are to be torn out and handed in to the instructor after each lab is completed.

8. Lab make-ups must be approved.  Labs will only be made up in cases of emergency (Certain labs will be impossible to make-up.)

9. Lab sheets must be completed in full in order to receive credit for the lab.  Once turned in, it will not be given back for completion.  No credit will be recorded.

10. Students must dress according to each particular lab.  When not dresses, you will lose one point per time from your final grade.

11. Children are not allowed to attend class.

12. Individual different will be considered for the course.  Physical performance results  are not used for a grade, but the completed lab turned in.

13. Typing:  Paper must be typed, double-spaced on 8 ½ by 11- inch white paper.  All

    work turned in must be typed. 

Guidelines for Communications

Please note:  you will receive a faster response if contacting me by e-mail using WebCT.  If contacting me by phone, please leave a message for me o the office line.  Say your name clearly and give  your telephone number, first.  Then leave your message.  If you do not have an answering machine, and your call has not been returned within 24 hour during regular business days, please call again.  I will not discuss or give out any grades by telephone.  If you do not have an answering machine, it will be your responsibility to call me back if I am unable to leave a message.  If you use email in WebCT look under your course Introduction to Wellness and your section number.  Always include a subject line when sending an e-mail.  The professor will send a reply within 24 hour from receiving your email.  Use standard 12 points..

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Students With Disabilities

It is the student's responsibility to inform the instructor if you have a condition that impair or influence participation in aerobic dance.  It is the student's responsibility to self identify with the Office of Disability Services in order to receive accommodations. Only those students with appropriate documentation will receive services. Disability Services is located in the Campus  center, Suite C206B.

Syllabus Changes

A statement that any necessary changes to the course syllabus will be sent to the student by e-mail and posted on Vol State's WebCT.

Technical Support

Volunteer State Community College’s Help Desk:  (615) 452-8600 (extension 3302) or Toll Free(888) 335-8722 (extension 3302).

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