Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2022 - HSCI 449 D100

Community and Health Service (3)

Class Number: 2051

Delivery Method: Blended

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 10 – Aug 8, 2022: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Vancouver

  • Prerequisites:

    90 units including HSCI 312 with a minimum grade of C- and HSCI 319 or 327, with a minimum grade of C-. Students may be required to successfully complete a Criminal Record Check.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Multi-week service learning project with a community-based partner organization or school arranged each semester. Related class work addresses community partnerships, health promotion, reciprocity, local control, sustainability, participatory research, and skills. Students with credit for HSCI 349 may not complete this course for credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course involves a multi-week service learning project in partnership with a community organization. Class work will be practice-based to apply knowledge previously acquired in health sciences undergraduate program. Students will have opportunity for dialogue and reflection addressing issues related to health promotion practice, community engagement, reflective practice and skill development in the area of community health. The primary goal of this experiential course is to provide students with a service learning opportunity whereby they are exposed to real-world environment and have chance to work with community partners. This experience will assist students to make the transition from academic environment to the real world and thus provide an opportunity for individual reflection on professionalism and civic engagement.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: By the end of this course, students who participate and fulfill the course requirements will be prepared to:

A) Describe how theoretical underpinnings of arts-based health promotion can be applied at the community level. 
B) Apply community engagement principles in real-life setting to mobilize knowledge.
C) Explain how arts-based approaches can support decolonizing practices in health promotion and community health.
D) Reflect upon personal and professional skills (e.g. self awareness, collaboration, team building professional confidence, reflection) in relation to doing community-based service.

Grading

  • Journals 25%
  • Self and Peer Evaluations 25%
  • Team Service Learning Project 50%

NOTES:

LECTURES: Half of the classes will be dialogue-based and will be held in person on Tuesday afternoons at downtown campus. Attendance is mandatory for all students.

 STRUCTURE of SERVICE LEARNING FOR HSCI 449: Students will work in small teams during the semester to faciliate community engagement with a partner. Half of the classes will be remote, at flexible hours that adapt to the student team and community partner, in order to complete the service projects.

OVERVIEW OF SERVICE LEARNING COMPONENT FOR HSCI 449 The service learning portion of this course will include working with community partners to design arts-based health promotion tools (eg. videos, podcasts). Students will have an opportunity to gain skills related to health promotion practice, while also contributing to specific projects and initiatives aimed at enhancing community well-being and holistic health approaches.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

All additional readings will be made available in class.

Circle of Health Kit: Interactive Health Promotion Framework. Prince Edward Island: Health and Community Services Agency (1996). Available at http://www.circleofhealth.net/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Corbin et al (2021). Arts and Health Promotion: Tools and Bridges for Practice, Research, and Social Transformation. Springer. Open access available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-56417-9


Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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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 SUMMER 2022

Teaching at SFU in summer 2022 will involve primarily in-person instruction.  Some courses may be offered through alternative methods (remote, online, blended), and if so, this will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes. 

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, online, or blended courses 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 summer 2022 term.