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open until the exam covering the quiz material closes (e.g. quizzes over Chapters 6-7 will close
when Exam #3 closes).
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Discussion Board Participation:
In the course outline for the class, ten different weeks are
identified as “Discussion” weeks. During these weeks, the instructor has posed a discussion
question on the course Moodle shell for the given week. Each student is responsible for
participating in the discussion by posting his/her own response to the discussion question (3
points), and engaging in discussion with at least one additional student (2 points). Discussions
are open until the exam covering the discussion material closes (e.g. discussion over Chapters 6-7
will close when Exam #3 closes).
•
Health Behavior Change Poster:
Each student will complete a health behavior change project
during the course of the semester. This will consist of identifying a personal health behavior that
could be changed or modified to improve one’s health. The student will do research on this
behavior, will implement a change of the behavior for one week, and then will reflect upon this
behavior. Each of these steps should be documented.
Each student will create a conference style poster based off of information gathered through the
Health Behavior Change Project. The poster will be the size of a standard sheet of computer
paper. PowerPoint will be the primary tool used to make these posters. A more detailed
description of the poster is available on Moodle.
Posters should be in the drop box by April 2,
2017, at 11:59pm.
Course Outline
Week
Topic
Chapter
Discussion
Quiz
Exam
Week 1 What is Health Psych?
1
Discussion #1
Quiz #1
Week 2 Systems of the Body
2
Quiz #2
Exam #1
Chapters 1-2
Week 3 Health Behaviors
3
Discussion #2
Week 4 Health-Related Behaviors
4
Quiz #3
Week 5 Health-Compromising Behaviors
5
Discussion #3
Exam #2
Chapters 3-5
Week 6 What is Stress
6
Quiz #4
Week 7 Moderators of Stress
7
Discussion #4
Quiz #5
Week 8 Project Discussion
Discussion #5
Exam #3
Chapters 6-7
Week 9 Using Health Services
8
Quiz #6
Week 10 Spring Break
Week 11 Patient-Provider Relations
9
Discussion #6
Quiz #7
Week 12 Management of Pain/Discomfort
***HCB Poster Due***
10
Exam #4
Chapters 8-10
Week 13 SCT and Body Image
Management of Chronic Illness
11
Discussion #7
Quiz #8
Week 14 Psych Issues in Illness
(Tuesdays with Morrie)
12
Discussion #8
Quiz #9
Week 15 Heart Disease and Hypertension
13
Discussion #9
Week 16 AIDS and Cancer
14
Discussion #10
Quiz #10
Week 17
Exam #5