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 HTH-111-701 Stress and Stress Management

Instructor Information :

Dr. Edwaed S. Baker, Professor Emeritus 

Email : Through Canvas or edwaedbaker@skipjack.chesapeake.edu

 Check out the Academic Calendar for important semester information.

Learning Outcomes

The student will:

  1. Define stress, eustress, distress, neustress and stress management.
  2. Identify positive and negative stimuli and stressors that initiate a reaction/response.
  3. List and utilize primary techniques used as a form of stress management.
  4. Monitor themselves for signs and symptoms of stress.
  5. Develop a plan to commit, analyze, change and implement a positive coping/stress management strategy.
Course Outline

1.What is stress?
2.Stress psycho physiology
3.Stress and illness/disease
4.Stress management (coping) interventions
5.Diversity and stress
6.Specific applications: occupational, college student, family, elderly

Course Requirements

Activity Point Distribution

          • Class Participation: (KEEPING UP with lectures, textbook readings, online discussions, and chapter activities.) 150
          • Creative Project 100
          • Examinations (2) at 150 points each 300
          • Stress Tips Research Project Presentation 100
          • Stress Management 3-day journal (Monday-Friday, 50 points/day) 150
          • Fostering Ethical Behavior 100
          • Critical Thinking Assignment 100

Point System Grading Scale
900-1000 =A
800-899 =B
700-799 =C
600-699 =D
0-599 =E

Text

Comprehensive Stress Management, 9th through 13th ed by Jerrold S. Greenberg, University of Maryland--College Park
ISBN: 0073529621 Copyright year: 2009-2013

Policies

Participation Points
You will earn class participation points by keeping up each week with:

    • the Video based lecture overviews of each chapter
    • the assigned readings in the textbook
    • our online discussions, and
    • the weekly chapter activities.
Timeliness

Immediate contact with the instructor is required if an assignment is not submitted on or before the due date, or if an exam is not taken during the posted time period on the calendar. You may use the email in this ANGEL class or you may use voice mail. Both are available 24 hours a day.

To get my voice mail, call Chesapeake College at 410-822-5400, or 410-758-1537, or 410-228-4360. Dial extension 2362..

If permission is granted by the instructor, all work must be made up/submitted within three days. Failure to meet any aspect of these requirements will result in a grade of "0" points.

Exams

Mid-term and Final will be taken online. See course calendar for dates.

Academic Instruction

Students are expected to do a minimum of two hours of work out-side of class for every hour in class. Some assignments may require more time.

Emergency Management Plan

In the event that Chesapeake College needs to close for an extended period of time due to a flu pandemic, severe weather event, or other emergency situation, consideration will be given to the timing and duration of the closure as follows:

  1. Closure during the semester for up to one week – there will be an opportunity to make up work missed without significant alteration to the semester calendar.
  2. Closure extending beyond one week (or in situations where classes are cancelled on the same days/evenings over multiple weeks) – the College may extend the length of the semester. Depending on the timing of the closure, scheduled breaks, end of semester dates, and/or the processing of final grades might be impacted.

Students can acquire information about closures on the College website or by calling 410-822-5400 or 410-228-4360. Chesapeake College courses held at off campus sites will follow the protocol of the host facility.

Course Summary:

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