HED 003: Women's Health 

2020

Professor:                          Mr. Scott Stover

Office Hours:                  Campus Closed

Contact Information:  Email: scott.stover@solano.edu

Office Phone:                     (707) 863-7822

TEXT REQUIRED

  Kolander/Ballard/Chandler (2012).  Contemporary Women's Health (5th Edition).  McGraw-Hill Publishing

 (Must be 5th Edition)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Health Ed 3 is a survey course with a study of health issues that are unique to women with a focus on women's health maintenance and care, and the development of skills and acquisitions of knowledge necessary to make informed choices in health matters of concern to women. Examinations and written assignments are required. 

 STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Analyze and speculate on the impact of health damaging behaviors practiced by some women. 
• Analyze the alternative actions to special health threatening situations 

*You must complete Unit items in order.  The computer will not allow you to move on to the next graded item in the unit until you do.

 Advice

• The due date is the last possible date you can submit something.    Once the module opens you are welcome to submit your work anytime while that Unit is open.  However NO LATE WORK will be accepted.  I make no exceptions.
• TIP - I would encourage you to manage your time wisely and plan to complete all of your work during the weekdays and submit it early.  That way, you can use Saturday or Sunday as your emergency time if something happens.
• After the unit closes it will take 3-5 days for all of the work to be graded and posted.

Your grade book is online and converts the points to a percentage for you.  Final course grades will be assigned as follows:

A         100%-90%

B          89%-80%

C         79% - 70%

D         69% - 60%

F         59% and below

The number one reason why online students fail a course or get a lower grade then expected is because they miss a deadline and receive a 0. Plan ahead to get the work done before a deadline.  Put all of your deadlines in your phone or calendar so you never forget them.  Map out a structured plan of when you will complete the textbook reading and coursework for every unit.  If you do these things then you are more likely to be successful in this course.

Expectations

Discussions & Responses – Discussion will be evaluated on the following criteria: Post worth 5 points, responses worth 5 points.

• Participation & Timing: The student is actively participating in online discussions, and has posted before midnight of due date.. Responses to 2 other students are required before Sunday at midnight for each discussion.
• Relevance: Posts are relevant to the material covered during the Unit.
• Specificity: Posts are specific enough to demonstrate the student has read and comprehended the material and is able to elaborate on the course concepts.
• Writing: Writing is without grammatical or spelling errors. Sentence structure is comprehensible.
• Responses to other students need to have substance and contribute further to the discussion or offer related information.  It is not enough to say you like a post or agree.  You must contribute additional related content when you agree, disagree, or expand on the topic.
• Post turned in late will not receive credit. However, you get graded on your initial post (5 pts.)  and the responses to students (5 pts.), so if you miss the initial post deadline still respond to other students so that you can receive partial credit.

Videos – You will need to view the video then write a summary of the video. The summary should be a minimum of 200 words and should identify important facts and information discussed in the video.  

Assignments – Assignment instructions and grading rubrics are detailed in each unit.  Textbook assignments require you to use the textbook as your source for each answer.  They evaluate your thoroughness and comprehension of the reading.  Research assignments require you to use appropriate sources outside of the textbook.  You must cite your sources in each assignment.  See the announcement on college writing and plagiarism for help on citations.

Quizzes – The test will cover the textbook reading.  Students should complete all of the other unit work before taking the test as information from the discussion, assignment, and video are subject to being on the test.  Students should study chapter concepts and terms.  A useful study technique is to read through all of the chapter objectives to determine if you have successfully learned the chapter material.  Tests are open book, however if you have not studied and must look up each piece of information you will run out of time. 

Final exam  – The final exam will be a comprehensive exam and will be worth a significant amount of points.  I recommend that you are prepared before taking it..

ACCOMMODATION FOR DISABLED OR LEARNING DISABLED STUDENTS: 

Disability Support Services: It is the policy of SCC to accommodate students with disabilities, pursuant to federal law and state law. Any student with a disability who needs accommodation, for example in arrangements for seating, examinations, note-taking should inform the instructor at the beginning of the course. It is also the policy and practice of SCC to make web-based information accessible to students with disabilities. If you, as a student with a disability, have difficulty accessing any part of the online course materials for this class, please notify the instructor immediately. The chair of the department offering this course is also available to assist with accommodations. Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact Disability Support Services, telephone 707-864-4430.

IMPORTANT DATES:

2020 Summer Term

Last day to drop a full-term class and receive refund of enrollment fee - June 16

Last day to drop a full-term class without a W - June 22

Last day to drop a full-term class with a W - July 8

 

DROPPING THE COURSE:

It is your responsibility as a student to drop yourself within the deadlines listed on the Solano.edu website.

Instructors may also drop students for lack of regular participation.

Each student should familiarize themselves with policies regarding Attendance and Participation in the Solano College Student Handbook.

 

CHEATING, PLAGIARISM, AND FACILITATING ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

I have created an announcement called "College level writing expectations, citation, and plagiarism - REQUIRED READING FOR ALL STUDENTS" that can be viewed in the announcements section.  Please read this carefully so that you are clear on what is acceptable and not acceptable before you turn in work.  In this online course I expect students to submit original work that they have completed on their own. Below are the plagiarism guidelines from page 9 of the student handbook.

 

Academic Honesty Policy: The College community functions best when its members treat one another with honesty, fairness, respect and trust. Therefore, an individual should realize that deception for the purpose of individual gain is an offense against the members of the College community. Violation of the Academic Honesty Policy includes but is not limited to: 1. Plagiarism – from the Latin word for “kidnap” – involves using another’s work without giving proper credit, whether done accidentally or on purpose. This includes not only words and ideas, but also graphs, artwork, music, maps, statistics, diagrams, scientific data, software, films, videos and the like.

 

1) Plagiarism is plagiarism whether the material is from published or unpublished sources. It does not matter whether ideas are stolen, bought, downloaded from the Internet, or written for the student by someone else – it is still plagiarism. Even if only bits and pieces of other sources are used, or outside sources reworded, they must still be cited. To avoid problems, students should cite any source(s) and check with the instructor before submitting an assignment or project. Students are always responsible for any plagiarism in their work. An instructor who determines that a student has cheated or plagiarized has the right to give a failing (i.e. “F”) grade, or numerical equivalent, for the assignment or examination.

 

2) Violation of class assignments, examination rules, e.g., communicating or transferring information to another student, using any materials such as books, notes, etc., other than those expressly allowed for the exam, looking at another student’s exam, etc.

 

3) Unauthorized preparation, giving, selling, transfer, distribution, or publication, for any commercial purpose, of any contemporaneous recording of an academic presentation in a classroom or equivalent site of instruction, including, but not limited to, handwritten or computer generated class notes, except as permitted by any college policy or administrative procedure.