Assignments & Schedule
Spring 2016 Section DE5
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January 19-24 Module 1: Course Introduction
• Read: About the Course
• Do: Print Course Procedures Handbook
• Do: Module 1 Learning Activities due Jan 24
• Do: In the Bookmarks/Favorites section of your web browser (Explorer, Firefox, Safari etc.), create a folder called "Health Resources." As you participate in Health 1, add Web sites that are helpful to you. Begin by adding the Health 1 Web site. You can access this site at any time during the course and in the future.
January 25-31 Module 2: Understanding Personal Health
• Read: The Definition of Health
• Read: Lifestyle Diseases
• Read: Breslow-Ornish Behaviors
• Do: Wellness Assessment, due
Jan 27
• Do: Learning Activities for Module 2, due Jan 30
• Do: Learn to Anchor
and practice Anchoring
• Do: Review options for Course Projects
Jan 31-Feb 6 Module 3: Healthy Communication/Social Support
• Read: Social Support and Health
• Read: Social Support
• Read: Effective Communication
• Read: Effective Listening
• Do: Project Declaration, due Feb 3. Choose EITHER a Health Behavior Change Project OR a Personal Health Project
• Do: Module 3 Learning Activity: Listening Exercise, due Feb 6
• Do: Practice Anchoring
• Do: BEGIN collecting data for Personal Vital Statistics, due Feb 29
February 7-26 Module 4: The Mind and Health
• Read: The Mind and Health
• Read: Stress
• Read: Test Taking
• Read: Test Anxiety
• Do: Review Project Timeline
• Do: Time Audit during the week of Feb 8; write-up de Feb 13
• Do: Anchoring during the week of Feb 12; write-up due Feb 21
• Do: Progressive Muscle Relaxation, during the week of Feb 22; write-up due Feb 26
• Do: Project Research, due Feb 24.
• Do: Learning Activities for Module 4, due Feb 26
• Do: Personal Vital Statistics, due Feb 29
Feb 27-March 16 Module 5: Nutrition and Health
• Read: Getting real about the high price of cheap food
• Read: The oil in your oatmeal: a lot of fossil fuel goes into producing, packaging, and shipping our breakfast
• Read: Nutrition Basics
• Read: Readings imbedded in Module 5 Learning Activities
• Do: Personal Vital Statistics, due Feb 29
• Do: Food Diary, data collection during
week of Feb 29; write-up due March 7
• Do: Health Behavior Change Project Plan OR, Personal Research Project Plan, due March 3
• Do: Fast Food Restaurant Research, due
Mar 12
• Do: Learning Activities for Module 5, due Mar 16
March 17-27 Module 6: Weight
Management & Physical Activity
• Read: Weight-loss Diets Don't Work
• Read: Sensible Weight Management
• Read: Physical Activity and Health...from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Read: Physical Activity Among College Students
• Do: Learning Activities for Module 6, due Mar 27
March 28-April 1: SPRING BREAK
April 2-24 Module 7: Environmental Health• Read: Vaccines
• Read: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web page on Antibiotic Resistance
• Do: Health Behavior Change Project START YOUR ACTIVITY on Apr 4.
OR -- NOT BOTH -- Personal Health Project BEGIN RESEARCH AND WRITING on Apr 4
• Do: Health Behavior Change Project Progress Report #1, due Apr 11
• Do: Personal Health Project Progress Report #1, due April 11
• Do: Health Behavior Change Project Progress Report #2, due Apr 18
• Do: Health Behavior Change Project Progress Report #3, due Apr 25
• Do: Personal Health Project Progress Report #2, due Apr 25
• Do: Module 7 Learning Activities due Apr 24
Apr 25-May 1 Module 8: Drug Use and Abuse
• Read: Drugs and Medicines
• Read: Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction...from the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (your tax dollars at work).
• Read: Alcohol and Your Health.....from the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (your tax dollars at work).
• Do: Health Behavior Change Project Write Up due May 1
• Do: Personal Health Project Write Up due May 1
• Do: Learning Activities for Module 8, due Apr 30
May 9-15 Module 9: Sexuality and Health
• Do: Wants and Needs Questionnaire, due May 12
• Do: Learning Activities for Module 9, due May 14
Final Assessment due via return
e-mail May 25
Course Ends May 27
