Course Syllabus

PHYE 199 C17 – Lose Big, Win Big!

MWF – 1:00 – 1:50 pm

1 Credit

Semester/Year: Spring 2009 Office Number: 226 and 250

Instructor: Jaime Tigue and Scott Rogers Office Phone: (208) 732-6479

732-6470

Email: , Office Hours: M , T, Th, F - 2:00-3:00

W – 3:00 – 4:00

COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT:

The College of Southern Idaho, a comprehensive community college, provides educational, social, cultural, economic, and workforce development opportunities that meet the diverse needs of the communities it serves. CSI prepares students to lead enriched, productive and responsible lives in a global society.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will challenge and encourage participants to reach their weight loss goals through a comprehensive diet and exercise program. Participants will learn the keys to fitness, nutrition, and a balanced lifestyle. Participation outside of class is required.

REQUIRED TEXT: The Biggest Loser Book, by Bob Harper and Maggie Greenwood-Robinson, Ph.D.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Completion of this course should enable the student to:

·  Understand the nutritional requirements needed to lose weight

·  Understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle

·  Develop an effective personal fitness, nutrition, and behavioral change plan

·  Gain awareness of personal dietary habits and work toward correcting harmful ones

·  Develop more confidence and self-efficacy

·  Develop and achieve personal goals

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENTS:

Learning Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate appropriate safety practices

Activity: Students will complete a pre/post safety assessment to measure progression of safety knowledge

Outcome Assessment: Post- safety assessment.

Learning Outcome 2: Students will improve and/or maintain their level of cardiovascular fitness throughout the semester.

Activity:Students will measure their resting heart rates, recovery heart rates and calculate their target heart rates at the different energy zones.

Outcome Assessment: Pre-and post-assessment.

Learning Outcome 3: Students will improve and/or maintain muscle/joint strength, endurance, and agility.

Activity: Students will participate in a pre- and post- semester evaluation including curl-ups, push ups, pull-ups, vertical leap, bicep curls, in and outs, heart rate maximizer and wall squat.

Outcome Assessment: Pre-and post- assessment

Learning Outcome 4: Students will improve/maintain muscle/joint flexibility.

Activity: Students will participate in pre- and post- semester range of motion and muscle flexibility evaluations including sit and reach.

Outcomes Assessment: Pre- and post- assessment

Learning Outcome 5: Students will learn and understand the basic key elements to weight management

Activity: Chapter readings and weekly assignments

Outcome Assessment: Students will be required to complete all assigned chapter readings and weekly assignments

Learning Outcome 6: Students will analyze and reflect on their own personal diets and journal their daily essential nutrients and calories and physical activity.

Activity: Journal at www.sparkpeople.com

Outcome Assessment: Students will keep a daily record of their total calories, carbohydrate, fat,

protein consumption, and physical activity.

ASSIGNMENTS:

1)  A pre and post test will be administered the first week of the semester and the last week in the semester.

2)  You will be required to set a minimum of two semester goals and also weekly goals. Your weekly goals will be due every Friday with your log sheets and your two semester goals will be included with your pre-test.

3)  Try 5 recipes from the back of the Biggest Loser book and write a minimum of 1 pg reflection about your experience. The reflection should include the following: 1) why you chose the recipes, 2) the practicality of the recipes, and 3) and overall impression (taste, ingredients, etc.)

4)  Log your daily food, beverage and activity each day on www.sparkpeople.com website. Your log sheets will be due every Friday.

5)  Attendance is mandatory to be successful in this course

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

·  All assignments are due on the date assigned. Unless prior arrangements are made, late work is not accepted.

·  After the first three weeks of the semester, if the student does not submit assignments/communicate with the instructor, the instructor (me) will withdraw the student for lack of attendance. The student must initiate the action to withdraw by the 12th week. After the 12th week, a grade other than W will be issued.

·  Honesty- Students are expected to be honest in all aspects of their work. All work is evaluated on the assumption that the work presented is the student’s own. Students are subject to the grade of failure (F) for any of the following dishonesty practices. Cheating--the improper use of books, notes, other student’s test or quizzes, or other aids during an examination or quiz. Collaboration--submission of a paper in which substantial portions are paraphrased as one’s own from, or identical to another student’s paper. Plagiarism--submission of a paper in which substantial portions are paraphrased without documentation or are identical to published or unpublished material from another author.

GRADING ASSESSMENT: Grading will be based on the following percentages of total points.

1. Pre/Post testing (including health history form) 200 (100 points each)

2. 5 Recipe’s Reflection 50 (10 points each recipe)

3. Nutrition Journal 800 (50 points a week)

4. Exercise Journal 800 (50 points a week)

5. Goals 160 (10 points each week)

5. Attendance 400 (25 points a week)

Total 2250

Percentage

90% - 100% A

80% - 89% B

70% - 79% C

60% - 69% D

59% and under total points F

CSI E-MAIL:

E-mail is the primary source of written communication with all CSI students. Students automatically get a CSI e-mail account when they register for courses. Messages from instructors and various offices such as Admission and Records, Advising, Financial Aid, Scholarships, etc. will be sent to the students’ CSI accounts (NOT their personal email accounts). It is the students’ responsibility to check their CSI e-mail accounts regularly. Failing to do so will result in missing important messages and deadlines. Students can check their CSI e-mail online at http://students.csi.edu. Student e-mail addresses have the following format: . At the beginning of each semester free training sessions will be offered to students who need help using their CSI e-mail accounts.

ON-LINE COURSE EVALUATION STATEMENT:

Students are strongly encouraged to complete evaluations at the end of the course. Evaluations are very important to assist the teaching staff to continually improve the course. Evaluations are available online at: http://evaluation.csi.edu. Evaluations open up two weeks prior to the end of the course. The last day to complete an evaluation is the last day of the course. During the time the evaluations are open, students can complete the course evaluations at their convenience from any computer with Internet access, including in the open lab in the Library and in the SUB. When students log in they should see the evaluations for the courses in which they are enrolled. Evaluations are anonymous. Filling out the evaluation should only take a few minutes. Your honest feedback is greatly appreciated!

DISABILITIES:

Any student with a documented disability may be eligible for related accommodations. To determine eligibility and secure services, students should contact the coordinator of Disability Services at their first opportunity after registration for a class. Student Disability Services is located on the second floor of the Taylor Building on the Twin Falls Campus. 208.732.6260 (voice) or 208.734.9929 (TTY) or email .