What Makes a Life Good?

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

MAC Health and Wellness SLOs

• Identify factors that contribute to physical, mental, and/or social health.
• Demonstrate the connection(s) of different aspects of wellness and 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.
• Integrate and cite sources accurately and correctly.

Course Specific SLOs

• Demonstrate knowledge of multiple philosophical theories of well-being.
• Explain and critique arguments for and against philosophical theories well-being and the good life.
• Use course material to provide a well-reasoned defense of their own ideas about well-being and the good life.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Short in-class writings, completion grade	15%
Pre-scheduled longer in-class writings.	20%
Essay	15%
Exam 1 & Exam 2	30%
Final Exam	20%

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
94 - 100%	A
90 < 94%	A-
87 < 90%	B+
83 < 87%	B
80 < 83%	B-
77 < 80%	C+
73 < 77%	C
70 < 73%	C-
67 < 70%	D+
63 < 67%	D
60 < 63%	D-
0 < 60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance will be taken and is required. After 3 unexcused absences, students will lose 2 points per unexcused absence. This is out of a total of 100 points for the course.

For an absence to be excused a student must provide me with independent written/emailed documentation within a week of returning to class.

I am much more likely to excuse an absence if I know about it ahead of time, so if you think you might have to be absent, please contact me as soon as you can.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.