Health 1110 - Stress Management -
3 Credit Hours
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Participation
During class time, we will involve ourselves in many
different types of activities. Your participation will be essential. Many of
these activities will have points attached to them. These will be available
only if you are here to participate in them.
Content
Class-notes Quizzes
Three in-class quizzes will be given during the semester.
These will treat information that comes almost exclusively from class lecture
and activities.
Book
Review
A review of a book relating to stress management, mental, emotional, and/or
spiritual health will be due by the date shown. The book will be chosen from
the book list provided to you, or you may present a book to the instructor
for his approval. The review should be in the following format: 3-4 typed
pages, double- spaced, with one-inch margins. It should also include a cover
page stating the title of the book, the author of the book, the date the book
was published, the student's name, and the student's I.D. number.
Books
you have to read for other classes will not be permitted for this book
review.
The
content of the review must include a thorough analysis of the following:
Main
ideas of the book |
Why
you chose the book |
How
the author(s) of the book approaches stress management, mental, emotional
and/or spiritual health |
Information
that you learned |
Ideas
you thought were interesting |
To
what audience is the author writing |
How
you have changed after reading the book |
If
you would, or would not recommend this book to others, and why or why not |
Any
other appropriate and interesting things you might include |
The
book review will be graded for completeness on the book and for grammar and
spelling. You will be asked which book you have chosen by the third week of
the class.
Go to the E-syllabus for a list of suggested books
from which to choose for this project. If you choose a book that is not on
the list, please run it by your instructor for approval.
http://faculty.weber.edu/molpin/healthclasses/1110/greatbooks.html
Stress
Management Lab Visits
During the semester, you will visit the Stress Management
Lab at least 2 times. On one of the visits, you will try one of the
biofeedback programs available on the computer in the lab. During your other
visit, you may try any of the other activities that are available in the lab.
You will report about each of your visits in the online discussion area of
this class . You can either go in directly or you can learn all about the lab
and make an appointment by clicking here: http://programs.weber.edu/relax/
Stress
Relief Final Paper
During the semester you will learn about and experience
a wide variety of activities designed specifically to help you both reduce
and prevent stress. You will do these both in the classroom and on your own.
Examples of these include those that are on the Stress Relief DVD along with
several additional guided imageries, meditation, yoga, massage, etc. We will
also work on many topics that will help you make better sense of the way your
thoughts can lead to stress, and effective ways of changing them. A few
examples of these include mindfulness, trust, living by our values,
overcoming fear, levels of responding, time management, etc.
At
the end of the semester, you will write a paper that summarizes your
experience of the things you did in class along with a brief summary of other
aspects of the class. The paper should include the following items:
1.
A
cover page with your name, the course, the title of the paper, and the date
2.
The
body of the paper that includes a thorough
discussion of your subjective experience of the class activities designed to
help you manage and reduce your stress according to the following questions:
·
Which class activities and topics
did you find most useful for you towards managing your stress and gaining
greater sense of inner peace? Why?
·
Which class activities and topics
did you find least useful for you towards managing your stress and gaining
greater sense of inner peace? Why?
·
Which of the relaxation techniques
did you find most enjoyable and why?
·
Which of the relaxation techniques
did you find least enjoyable and why?
·
Which areas of the class and
relaxation techniques you plan to use in the future and why?
·
Describe a few ways that you have
changed as a result of the knowledge and experiences of this class since the
beginning of the semester. Include ways that your stress symptoms have
changed (headaches, sleeping habits, irritability, etc); ways you perceive
things differently than before; also, include a brief comment or two on how
others have noticed changes in you.
·
If you were to take the class
again, in what ways could the class be improved to enhance your experience of
it?
·
Did you get what you wanted out of
the class?
·
Finish by including any other final
thoughts that would help me improve the class, or anything you feel you would
like me to know about your experience of the class.
Evaluation
Your
grade will be calculated by the accumulation of points from the following
items:
Personal Constitution
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30 points
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Grades
are based on a percentage of the total possible points earned in the class.
The following total number of points is associated with the final grades.
93% and above A |
73% C |
90% A- |
70% C- |
87% B+ |
67% D+ |
83% B |
63% D |
80% B- |
60% D- |
77% C+ |
Less than 60% E |
Your
grades scores and ongoing grade for this course are found in the webspace
designated for this class. This is accessible by following the instructions
at the top of this syllabus.
Classroom
Chatter
It is rude to talk in class when someone else, either the
instructor or another student, is speaking. Please be courteous by avoiding
idle chatter during class. If you must carry on a conversation, please leave
the room to do so.
Dismissing
Class
We will dismiss class when the class activities are finished for the day.
Please refrain from "packing up" before we are officially through.
Rarely will we go overtime. Occasionally we will finish early. Regardless, it
is very rude to hurry up the finish time of the class. If you absolutely must
leave during class, please leave in a way that does not disrupt the flow of
the class.
Food
in the Classroom
If you must bring food into the classroom, make sure you
bring enough food to share with everyone (including the instructor).
Cell Phones and Other Electronic Devices
Please
turn off, and leave in your bags, any cell phone or other electronic device
that you might have in your possession while in the classroom.
Safety Information
As
with any physiological or psychological training tool that can effectively
help you improve your health, you may find you need less medication, if you
are taking medications for stress, anxiety, pain, high blood pressure,
diabetes or other stress related disorders. It would be wise to discuss any
changes in your needs with your prescribing doctor.
Academic
Misconduct
Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated. Evidence of not doing your own
work will result in an automatic zero for that assignment on the first
infraction. Evidence of not doing your own work a second time will result in
an automatic failing grade for the class. This rule applies for all tests,
in-class assignments and outside of class assignments unless the instructor
stipulates that the work may be done with partners or groups. Obviously,
studying for tests and such may be done with others.
Students
with Disabilities
"Any
student requiring accommodations or serviced due to a disability must contact
Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) in room 181 of the
A
word about this class. Albert Einstein said, "Stupidity is most
clearly demonstrated by the person who ridicules something he knows nothing
about." Many topics and ideas in this class may be rather new and
different from the thinking and activities you have grown up with and
accepted as accurate. I will not be asking you to believe anything new in
this class. I will ask you to suspend judgment about the things you see and
hear, and the things that we discuss. Just let the ideas work in you and see
what value they have for you. Regardless of how strange the ideas and
activities might seem, they have been found to be useful in reducing stress,
gaining greater control of our lives, and attaining greater levels of inner
peace. If you choose to take this course, please allow yourself to dive in
and get really wet. My commitment to you is that if you do, it may be the most
valuable course you will ever take.
Course Schedule
Date |
Weekly Discussion Topics & Activities |
Assignments |
Week 1 |
Requirements and course intro;
Self-Assessment; The Nature of stress |
Aphorisms & |
Week 2 |
Physiology of Stress; Stress and
Disease; How to Relax; The PowerNap |
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Week 3 |
Perception & Interpretation;
Cognitive Restructuring-Choice; Relaxing Breathing |
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Week 4 |
Levels of Responding; Autogenics |
Autogenics |
Week 5 |
Fear; Trust |
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Week 6 |
Mindfulness; Flowing Comfort |
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Week 7 |
Meaning, |
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Week 8 |
Article Reviews – alternative
therapies; Good & Bad stress management |
Articles
Reviews |
Week 9 |
Time Management; Quiz 2;
Progressive Relaxation |
Progressive Relaxation |
Week 10 |
Subconscious Mind & Guided
Imagery; Music |
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Week 11 |
Trust game; Book Review
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Book
Review |
Week 12 |
Guided Imagery - Inner Wisdom;
Meditation |
Mantra Meditation |
Week 13 |
Massage; (Thanksgiving Break
Thursday) |
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Week 14 |
Yoga |
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Week 15 |
Putting it all together - Playfulness
& Childlikeness; Quiz 3 |
Stress
Relief Paper |
This schedule is subject
to change based on the speed, direction, and focus of the class.
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