Big Questions in Health and Wellness

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• The ability to read critically and discuss the aesthetic, rhetorical, or cultural qualities in texts.

• The ability to develop convincing, well-supported print or digital projects.

• The ability to understand the relationship of literature or rhetoric to history or culture.

• The ability to incorporate research into a print or digital project.

• The ability to understand and implement a literary or rhetorical theories.

• Demonstrate an understanding of health and wellness as socially mediated concepts that are shaped by and through language use.

• Identify factors that contribute to physical, mental, and/or social health.

• Demonstrate the connection(s) of different aspects of wellness to the overall health of an individual or population.

• Critically evaluate information and media sources in a variety of formats.

• Integrate and cite sources accurately and correctly.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Two hour exams	15%
Take-home cumulative final exam	20%
Short and informal research assignment	10%
6-page research assignment	25%
Class participation grade	15%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93.0% and above	A
90.0% – 92.9%	A-
87.0% – 89.9%	B+
83.0% – 86.9%	B
80.0% – 82.9%	B-
77.0% – 79.9%	C+
73.0% – 76.9%	C
70.0% – 72.9%	C-
67.0% – 69.9%	D+
63.0% – 66.9%	D
60.0% – 62.9%	D-
Below 60.0%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Class participation will constitute a significant part (15%) of your grade. You will be evaluated on the frequency, quality, and originality of your comments—in short, on how much you personally contribute to the class's engagement with and understanding of the authors we are reading.

Roll will be taken at the beginning of class based on a seating chart we will have in place by the second week of class. More than three unexcused absences will result in a lower final grade. More than eight absences for any reason will result in your failing the course or being forced to withdraw. Absences are excused only for illness and family emergencies; absences will be excused only if you (1) contact me before class via email and (2) provide any documentation I request. If you have a major health or personal emergency, please let me know as soon as possible.

You are, by state law, allowed two excused absences due to religious holidays, which do not count toward your total allowed three absences. If you plan to miss class for this reason, you must notify me in advance of your absence.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

All course materials will be available in Canvas.