HEED 115 Personal and Community Health
This course will synthesize the important facts and concepts of a variety of college-level courses including biology, physiology, anatomy, ecology, psychology, and sociology into a meaningful dialogue that will motivate students to modify their health practices to a high level of effective and enjoyable living.
Hours Weekly
3 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- Identify the dimensions of health and wellness and summarize their relationship to a positive lifestyle.
- Apply concepts related to the prevention of chronic disease, including exercise, nutrition, weight management, and stress, and develop one’s own opinion on what it takes to develop/maintain a healthy lifestyle.
- Assess and evaluate current levels of health and wellness and develop a personalized wellness program to promote a healthy lifestyle.
- Identify the cause, prevention, societal implications, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS.
- Summarize the negative effect of substance abuse on the human body.
- Apply strategies of inquiry and exploration through researching current health issues; evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of those sources.
- Demonstrate the ethical and discipline-specific use of information while researching current health issues.
Course Objectives
- Identify the dimensions of health and wellness and summarize their relationship to a positive lifestyle.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Apply concepts related to the prevention of chronic disease, including exercise, nutrition, weight management, and stress, and develop one’s own opinion on what it takes to develop/maintain a healthy lifestyle.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Exam, paper
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Assess and evaluate current levels of health and wellness and develop a personalized wellness program to promote a healthy lifestyle.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Identify the cause, prevention, societal implications, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Lecture, class discussions, unit and final exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Summarize the negative effect of substance abuse on the human body.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Exam
- Apply strategies of inquiry and exploration through researching current health issues; evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of those sources.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Information Literacy Rubric
- Demonstrate the ethical and discipline-specific use of information while researching current health issues.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Information Literacy Rubric