Syllabus for SOS-320
THE MANAGEMENT OF STRESS AND TENSION
The Management of Stress and Tension explores a holistic (body, mind, emotions, and spirit) approach to the management of stress and tension. From a theoretical perspective, students will analyze stressors, the stress response, resiliency, coping, lifestyle, and relaxation techniques as they apply to their own lives. The work in this course will culminate in a stress management plan.
After completing this course, students should be able to:
CO1 Analyze the nature and effects of stress on the body, mind, emotions, and spirit on the continuum of health/wellness and illness.
CO2 Reflect on personal stressors and contributing factors, using a variety of exercises.
CO3 Reflect on stress-resistance (resilience), using a variety of exercises.
CO4 Apply stress theory to the examination of holistic stress management, based on findings from personal reflection.
CO5 Apply theory and personal reflection to prepare a stress reduction plan.
You will need the following materials to complete your coursework. Some course materials may be free, open source, or available from other providers. You can access free or open-source materials by clicking the links provided below or in the module details documents. To purchase course materials, please visit the University's textbook supplier.
Note: The assignments in this course require you to submit exercises from the textbook. If you do not choose to recreate the exercises in your own Microsoft Word or Google Docs documents, you must download the fillable PDFs of the exercises from the Navigate Companion Website that accompanies the textbook and requires an access code. If you did not receive an access code with your book, you can purchase the access code directly from the publisher.
The Management of Stress and Tension is a three-credit, online course consisting of three modules. Modules include an overview, topics, learning objectives, study materials, and activities. Module titles are listed below.
For your formal work in the course, you are required to participate in online discussion forums, complete written assignments, and complete a final project. See below for details.
Consult the Course Calendar for due dates.
One or more of your course activities may utilize a tool designed to promote original work and evaluate your submissions for plagiarism. More information about this tool is available in SafeAssign.
You are required to participate in nine graded discussion forums. Discussion forums are on a variety of topics associated with the courses modules. The discussions are an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned from your reading and from completing the exercises, so that you can discuss how this new learning applies to your life.
You are required to complete three written assignments. The written assignments are on a variety of topics associated with the course modules and offer an opportunity to consolidate new learning.
You are required to complete 17 exercises that are designed to process new learning, assess the stressors in your life and your stress response, and apply stress reduction techniques. They are on a variety of topics associated with the course modules.
To submit the exercises, either download the fillable PDFs from the textbook’s companion site or recreate the exercises from the textbook in a Microsoft Word or a Google Docs document, then fill them in with your responses.
At the conclusion of the course, you will complete a Course Reflection assignment, located in Module 3, worth 2% of your course grade. The purpose of this assignment is for you to reflect on what you have learned and accomplished in the course and how you will carry this knowledge into your life.
For the final project, you will write your own Personal Stress Reduction Plan. You are encouraged to review the plan early in the course and ask any questions about it in the open questions forum, so that all may benefit. Please note that it is due the Monday of the last week of class.
Note: You are required to have access to a webcam to complete the final project in Kaltura Capture. See the Final Project section of the course website for more details.
Your grade in the course will be determined as follows:
All activities will receive a numerical grade of 0–100. You will receive a score of 0 for any work not submitted. Your final grade in the course will be a letter grade. Letter grade equivalents for numerical grades are as follows:
A | = | 93–100 | C+ | = | 78–79 | |
A– | = | 90–92 | C | = | 73–77 | |
B+ | = | 88–89 | C– | = | 70–72 | |
B | = | 83–87 | D | = | 60–69 | |
B– | = | 80–82 | F | = | Below 60 |
To receive credit for the course, you must earn a letter grade of C or better (for an area of study course) or D or better (for a course not in your area of study), based on the weighted average of all assigned course work (e.g., exams, assignments, discussion postings).
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