HE 110 - Healthful Living

Instructor:  David Jump
Email Address: jumpd@mjc.edu

Required Text:   Insel, Paul M. & Roth, Walton T., (2005 Update). Core Concepts in Health, 10th Edition. McGraw Hill.

Chapter by Chapter Review:

• Chapter One: Taking Charge of Your Health
• Chapter Two: Stress: The Constant Challenge
• Chapter Three: Psychological Health
• Chapter Four:  Intimate Relationships and Communication
• Chapter Five: Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
• Chapter Six:  Contraception and Abortion
• Chapter Seven: The Use and Abuse of Psychoactive Drugs
• Chapter Eight: Alcohol and Tobacco
• Chapter Nine: Nutrition Basics
• Chapter Ten: Exercise for Health and Fitness
• Chapter Eleven: Weight Management
• Chapter Twelve: Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
• Chapter Thirteen: Immunity and Infection
• Chapter Fourteen: The Challenge of Aging
• Chapter Fifteen:  Conventional and Complementary Medicine
• Chapter Sixteen:  Personal Safety
• Chapter Seventeen:  Environmental Health

Assignments:

Weekly Journal and Assessment Assignments: (20 points each week) Journal and Assessment Assignments are created to coincide with the chapter readings.  In addition, students are able to do assignments that foster individual needs.

Weekly Web Site Reviews:  (20 points each week)  Weekly Web Site Reviews are designed to allow students the opportunity to review different web sites that relate to health, nutrition and/or exercise.

Chapter Quizzes: (20 points each week)  Students will be expected to take a weekly, open book, chapter quiz.   Each quiz has 20, randomly selected, multiple choice questions.

Class Discussions:  (10 points each week)  Students will have an opportunity to discuss health issues with other students through weekly class discussions.  The class discussions will be based on topics that are developed by the instructor. 

The college uses a Course Management System called WebCT. Use the following link to login to your online class;

http://www.mjc.edu   Click on the Online Courses icon on the left of the page and follow the directions.

The text may be purchased online at the MJC bookstore.  Use the link below to access the Pirates Bookstore;

http://bookstore.yosemite.cc.ca.us/