Spring 2022 - BPK 140 D200
Contemporary Health Issues (3)
Class Number: 3513
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 10 – Apr 11, 2022: Thu, 4:30–6:20 p.m.
Surrey -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 14, 2022
Thu, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
Surrey
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Instructor:
Mike Walsh
walsha@sfu.ca
1 778 782-4065
Description
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 (12 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). The format will include fill in the blanks, short answer, and essay.
Midterms are short answer questions, fill in the blanks, and essay
Midterm 1: Internet lectures 1 - 4 Thursday week 5 15 %
Midterm 2: Internet lectures 5 - 8 Thursday week 10 20 %
Final exam (comprehensive) 25 %, Date TBA, 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 |
C+ |
65-69 |
A |
87-91 |
C |
60-64 |
A- |
82-86 |
C- |
55-59 |
B+ |
78-81 |
D |
50-54 |
B |
74-77 |
F |
<50 |
B- |
70-73 |
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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.
The grading profile is standard for BPK and may be scaled. Scaling of grades may be necessary, particularly to enable instructors to incorporate novel pedagogical approaches in their teaching and assessments that may produce unusual distributions of percentage scores when first implemented, or to ensure equivalency between courses or instructors, without unfair advantage or disadvantage to students. Accordingly, BPK instructors have the right to scale grades. Additionally, grades are subject to approval by the Chair of BPK, who may require that grades be scaled, particularly in cases where the distribution of grades is not normal, or where effective discrimination between learners has not been achieved. For this reason, students should not assume that a specific percentage score will be always associated with a specific letter grade. In the case of scaling of grades, student ranking within a class will not be affected. See http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/teaching/t20-01.html for more details.
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 for any.
LECTURE SCHEDULE
Week |
Date |
Day |
Topic |
1 |
Jan 13 |
Thursday |
Medical History Components of Wellness |
2 |
Jan 20 |
Thursday |
Infectious Disease: pathogens, lifecycles, transmission, treatment |
3 |
Jan 27 |
Thursday |
Immunity: lines of defense, allergies, immune responses, immunization |
4 |
Feb 3 |
Thursday |
Sexually Transmitted Infections: HIV lifecycle, transmission, treatment, costs |
5 |
Feb 10 |
Thursday |
Midterm 1 |
6 |
Feb 17 |
Thursday |
Chronic Diseases: CV, Cancer, Diabetes: causes, treatments |
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Feb 24 |
Thursday |
READING BREAK |
7 |
Mar 3 |
Thursday |
Nutrition: Energy, Macronutrients, Micronutrients, Deficiencies, Canada Guidelines, GMO, Vegetarianism |
8 |
Mar 10 |
Thursday |
Physical Fitness: Components, Benefits, Prescription |
9 |
Mar 17 |
Thursday |
Weight Management: Classification, adipose tissue, Energy Balance, Hunger/Satiety, Causes, Risks, Treatments, Eating Disorders |
10 |
Mar 24 |
Thursday |
Midterm 2 |
11 |
Mar 31 |
Thursday |
Alcohol: types, metabolism, Effects, Dependence Tobacco: effects, causes of addiction, stop smoking methods |
12 |
Apr 7 |
Thursday |
Sexuality: bases, psychosocial, anatomy, physiology, behaviour, contraception |
TUTORIAL SCHEDULE
Week |
Tutorials Starting |
Tutorial description |
Notes |
1 |
Jan 13 |
No tutorial |
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2 |
Jan 20 |
Wellness material |
Wellness balance wheel |
3 |
Jan 27 |
Infectious Disease |
Case study |
4 |
Feb 3 |
Immunity |
Vaccination records |
5 |
Feb 10 |
Midterm – no tutorial |
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6 |
Feb 17 |
Midterm reflection |
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Feb 24 |
READING BREAK |
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7 |
Mar 3 |
Chronic disease |
Cancer risks |
8 |
Mar 10 |
Nutrition |
Intake quality/quantity |
9 |
Mar 17 |
Physical Activity |
FITT |
10 |
Mar 24 |
Midterm – no tutorial |
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11 |
Mar 31 |
Weight management |
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12 |
Apr 7 |
Assignment presentation |
Health article/body composition |
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.
If 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.
You still require talk about your project in tutorial and hand in a word-processed copy.
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.
Grading
- Midterm 1 15%
- Midterm 2 20%
- Lecture quizzes 15%
- Assignment 1 10%
- Tutorial grade 15%
- Final Exam (Exam period) 25%
NOTES:
Students MUST attend the tutorial for which they have registered.
Tutorials will begin in the first week of classes.
REQUIREMENTS:
None
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
There is no single text that fully encompasses the topics in this course. All lecture Word and PowerPoint files will be put on canvas.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
It is the responsibility of the student to keep their BPK course outlines if they plan on furthering their education.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html
TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2022
Teaching at SFU in spring 2022 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with safety plans in place. Some courses will still be offered through remote methods, and if so, this will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes. You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).
Enrolling in a course acknowledges that you are able to attend in whatever format is required. You should not enroll in a course that is in-person if you are not able to return to campus, and should be aware that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes.
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the spring 2022 term.