Health Studies (HLST) 201

Introduction to Human Health (II) (Revision 3)

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Credits: 3

Area of Study: Science

Prerequisite: None

Centre:

HLST 201 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Overview

This introductory, three-credit course is well suited for the general-interest student and non-science student who requires a science credit.

Outline

The Study Guide comprises the following fourteen units.

  • Unit 1: Analyzing Health Research
  • Unit 2: Making Behaviour Changes
  • Unit 3: Psychological and Psychosocial Health
  • Unit 4: Staying Safe: Preventing Injury, Violence, and Victimization
  • Unit 5: Healthy Relationships
  • Unit 6: Addictions and Addictive Behaviour
  • Unit 7: Legal and Illicit Drugs
  • Unit 8: Dying and Death
  • Unit 9: The Environment and Health
  • Unit 10: The Health of Canadians
  • Unit 11: Health Systems and Theories
  • Unit 12: Consumerism: Protect Yourself!
  • Unit 13: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Unit 14: Putting It All Together

Evaluation

To for this course, you must achieve a minimum grade of 鈥淒+鈥 (55 percent) on each of these activities and an overall grade of or better for the entire course.

Assignment 1 Midterm Exam Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Final Exam Total
10% 30% 15% 15% 30% 100%

The midterm and final examinations for this course must be taken online with an 小优视频-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the .

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Course Materials

Textbook

Hales, D., & Lauzon, L. (2007). An Invitation to Health (First Canadian Ed.). Toronto, ON: Thomson Canada Ltd., Nelson Division.

Other Materials

The course materials also include a study guide, student manual, and reading file.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

  • Undergraduate
  • Undergraduate

Challenge Evaluation

To for the HLST 201 challenge registration, you must achieve a minimum mark of at least on both assignments and the examination.

Essay Assignment 1 Essay Assignment 2 Comprehensive Exam Total
20% 20% 60% 100%

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

小优视频 reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 3, November 20, 2008.

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