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CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Explores health from a holistic perspective, in which health is viewed as physical, psychological, and social well-being. Considers genetics, environment, personal health behaviors (such as diet, exercise, stress management, and drug use), socioeconomic status, health care delivery systems, and aging with the intent to improve students' abilities to evaluate health information. Breadth-Science.

COURSE DETAILS:

2 hour Lecture, 1 hour Tutorial (13 weeks)  

INTRODUCTION
Explores health from a holistic perspective, in which health is viewed as physical, psychological, and social well-being. Considers genetics, environment, personal health behaviors (such as diet, exercise, stress management, and drug use), socioeconomic status, health care delivery systems, and aging with the intent to improve students' abilities to evaluate health information. Students with credit for BPK 140 may not take this course for further credit. Breadth-Science.  

EVALUATION
There will be lecture quizzes done randomly during the semester. The material is based on the previous lecture. You must be present in class to get credit for the quiz. It cannot be made up outside of the class. The midterms will be multistage with a collaborative component. The midterms and final will be based on lecture material (including Word files, PowerPoint files, and oral communication in lecture).  

Midterms are short answer questions, fill in the blanks, and essay
Midterm 1: Internet lectures  1 - 4    Monday    week     5  15  %
Midterm 2: Internet lectures  5 - 8    Monday    week   10  20  %  

Final exam (comprehensive)  25 %,  Apr 15 (Monday), 7-10 pm, room TBA  

Assignment is worth 10 %
Tutorial grade is worth 15 %.  

MAKE-UP EXAMS
All make-up exams will be worth the same percentage and cover the same material. The format may be different and will not be given prior to the exam.  

MISSED EXAMINATION
A missed exam can only be rewritten if medical evidence of inability to write the exam is presented within 4 days of the scheduled exam. Please contact the instructor if you have missed or are unable to attend a scheduled midterm or final exam. You must also download and complete a Health Care Provider Statement from the SFU web site and hand it in to the course instructor.  

The grading profile is standard for BPK

A+	>92
A	87-91
A-	82-86
B+	78-81
B	74-77
B-	70-73
C+	65-69
C	55-59
D	50-54
F	<50

     
Your final exam is covers the entire semester with questions in similar format to the midterm PLUS the last question (answered in a separate exam booklet).
The last question will be worth about 30 % of the final exam total. You will be asked to health and wellness manage a person. I will determine the age, gender, and health of the person. Remember that if the subject is young and female, or old and male, the majority of health and wellness recommendations will very similar: diet, exercise etc. When you make a health and wellness recommendation, you should also state why it is good for the subject.  

Please remember that often factors such as ethnicity, sex, gender, body composition, religion and perhaps other politically sensitive issues are relevant to exercise, health, and/or physiology. I do not wish to offend anyone in class and please lets discuss it if I do. Also remember, what is true for the population may not be true for the individual. This holds even from a genetic deterministic perspective.  

There are no extra assignments one can do to increase their mark so please do not ask me for any.  

LECTURE SCHEDULE

Week	Date	Day	Topic (with some overlap)
1	Jan 7	Monday	Medical History Components of Wellness
2	Jan 14	Monday	Infectious Disease: pathogens, lifecycles, transmission, treatment
3	Jan 21	Monday	Immunity: lines of defense, allergies, immune responses, immunization
4	Jan 28	Monday	Sexually Transmitted Infections: HIV lifecycle, transmission, treatment, costs
5	Feb 4	Monday	Midterm 1
6	Feb 11	Monday	Chronic Diseases: CV, Cancer, Diabetes: causes, treatments
	Feb 18	Monday	FAMILY DAY
7	Feb 25	Monday	Nutrition: Energy, Macronutrients, Micronutrients, Deficiencies, Canada Guidelines, GMO, Vegetarianism
8	Mar 4	Monday	Physical Fitness: Components, Benefits, Prescription
9	Mar 11	Monday	Weight Management: Classification, adipose tissue, Energy Balance, Hunger/Satiety, Causes, Risks, Treatments, Eating Disorders
10	Mar 18	Monday	Midterm 2
11	Mar 25	Monday	Alcohol: types, metabolism, Effects, Dependence Tobacco: effects, causes of addiction, stop smoking methods
12	Apr 1	Monday	Sexuality: bases, psychosocial, anatomy, physiology, behaviour, contraception
13	Apr 8

TUTORIAL SCHEDULE    

Week	Tutorials Starting	Tutorial description	Notes
1	Jan 7	Introduction tutorial	How to learn
2	Jan 14	Wellness material	Wellness balance wheel
3	Jan 21	Infectious Disease	Case study
4	Jan 28	Immunity	Vaccination records
5	Feb 4	Midterm – no tutorial
6	Feb 11	Midterm reflection
	Feb 18
7	Feb 25	Chronic disease	Cancer risks
8	Mar 4	Nutrition	Intake quality/quantity
9	Mar 11	Physical Activity	FITT
10	Mar 18	Midterm – no tutorial
11	Mar 25	Weight management
12	Apr 1	Assignment presentation	Health article/body composition
13	Apr 8	Practice final question

Assignment  
Comment on a health/wellness-related article published in a newspaper/internet In length, the article is less than ½ newspaper page  
Assignment Rules  

• Word processed.
• Include your name, BPK 140, and a title at top.
• Times New Roman font, 12 point font, and 1.5 line spacing.
• Length is no greater than one page, >24 and < 31 lines, and < 400 words.
• Article is stapled to top left corner.
• Put your name on the article and on your comment page.
• Your health and wellness article will come from a printed newspaper or online article.
• Include which health/wellness area(s) the article is addressing Your assignment article must have been printed between the first day of class and the day prior to the hand in time. I
• f you use an internet site, print the web page and do not copy and paste into a Word file.
• You will hand your assignment to the TA and then give a 2.5-3 min presentation in tutorial.    

ASSIGNMENT OPTION: You can replace the assignment with a personal body change/fitness project.          

Academic honesty and student conduct
Academic honesty is a condition of continued membership in the University community. Academic dishonesty, including plagiarism or any other form of cheating is subject to serious academic penalty, i.e., failure on an assignment, failure in a course, suspension or expulsion from the University.  

The University codes of student conduct and academic honesty are contained in policies T10.01 and T10.02 which are available in the Course Timetable and on the Web via http://www.reg.sfu.ca.    

It is the responsibility of the student to keep their BPK course outlines if they plan on furthering their education.  

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Understanding the health consequences of humans and their interaction with other life forms. Understand how to protect or improve health with respect to chronic diseases and the effects of diet, exercise. Understand the health consequences of smoking and alcohol. Understand sexuality and contraception.

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Materials

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