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Prerequisite

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

As students complete the course assignments, they will increase their knowledge, improve a 21st-century skill, and develop an attribute.

Knowledge: Health

In this course, knowledge refers to the subject matter and content students will learn while completing the readings, practices, quizzes, and assignments.

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to do the following:

  1. Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.

  2. Analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.

  3. Access valid health information, products, and services.

  4. Use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

  5. Use decision-making skills to enhance health.

  6. Use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

  7. Practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

  8. Advocate for personal, family, and community health.

21st-Century Skill: Creativity—Openness and Courage to Explore

As students complete this course's assignments, they will gain skills in Openness and Courage to Explore. This skill is part of Creativity.

Attribute: Responsibility

This course focuses on developing the attribute of Responsibility in the context of Health. 

Course Materials

There are no textbooks required for this course; all content is included in the lesson pages.

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Assignments

Due Dates

The due dates in the course are only suggestions to help the students pace themselves. You do not need to complete assignments, quizzes, and exams by the due date set in the course.

Study Guides

Study guides are documents with prompts for students to take notes on the main concepts and information. They are automatically graded on completion, so students get full credit for submitting them. Thus, there are no resubmissions for content guides.

Application Assignments

Application assignments ask students to apply what they are learning to a real-world situation.

Module Quizzes

Module quizzes are open-book and computer-graded. They check the students' comprehension of the readings.

Midcourse Quiz

This computer-graded quiz will cover the material in modules 1–8. The questions on the midcourse quiz will be similar in format to the questions on the final exam.

Final Exam

The final exam covers material from the entire course but includes more questions from modules 9–15. Students must pass the final exam to earn credit for the course; they may retake it once, for a fee, upon request.

Grading

Your grade in this course will be based on these assignments and exams:

Assignments and Exams
Assignment or Exam Grading Percent of Total Grade
15 Study Guides Computer-Graded 5%
4 Application Assignments  Teacher-Graded 40%
14 Module Quizzes Computer-Graded 25%
Midcourse Quiz Computer-Graded 10%
Final Exam* Computer-Graded 20%

* You must pass the final exam with at least a 60% to earn credit for the course.

Grade Scale

Your letter grade is calculated according to these percentages.

A 93% - 100%
A- 90% - 92%
B+ 87% – 89%
B 83% - 86%
B- 80% - 82%
C+ 77% - 79%
C 73% - 76%
C- 70% - 72%
D+ 67% - 69%
D 63% - 66%
D- 60% - 62%
F (fail) 0% - 59%

Getting Help

Please use the help menu in this course to contact Academy of America or your instructor. You can find information about tutoring available to Academy of America students on the Tutoring website.

The Resources page offers a wide variety of services to support you:

  • Academic success skills coaching such as time management, study skills, test preparation, motivation, and more.

  • Course-specific support that includes live tutoring and on-demand resources.

Come find out how we can help you achieve your goals.

Course Policies

For information about how long you have to complete the course, resubmitting assignments, retaking exams, and other questions, please see Academy of America’s Policies.

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