THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE FACULTY SENATE Senate Document Number 1292S Date of Senate Approval 3/5/92 Signature of Senate Chair __________________________ Date________ Action of Vice Chancellor: Approval _______________________________ Date________________ Denied _______________________________ Date________________ Reasons for denial and suggested modifications: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Statement of Faculty Senate Action: APC DOCUMENT #11: Changes in Health and Fitness 1. Elimination of PSYC 110, "Health Promotion and Wellness (3)" from the Psychology Section of the Catalog. Effective Date: Spring Semester 1992 for adoption; Fall 1992 for catalog. DELETE: (on page 167) the course title and description for Psychology 110 "Health Promotion and Wellness (HF 153) (3)" DELETE: (on page 167) in the phrase immediately following the course description for PSYC 100 that begins "Note: PSYC 100 is a requirement..." the phrase "except for PSYC 110." Impact Statement: No additional faculty, staff, or resources required for course deletion. (Approval has been received from the Psychology Department). Rationale: The three-credit hour Health Promotion and Wellness course (HF 153) was redesigned effective Fall semester 1991 to include as one of its objectives significant improvement in the student's level of aerobic fitness. HF 153 (3) now should satisfy both hours of the Health and Fitness general education requirement instead of just the one lecture-hour requirement. Because of the new design of HF 153 and the unavailability of psychology faculty to teach this course, PSYC 110 should be eliminated from the catalog. 2. Fulfillment of the Two-Hour Health and Fitness General Education Requirement by the Three Credit-Hour Health Promotion and Wellness Course (HF 153) Effective Date: Fall semester, 1991 for adoption; Fall 1992 for catalog. DELETE: on page 111 under the heading Health and Fitness (HF) the second and third paragraphs after the faculty listing beginning with "The department of Health and Fitness also teaches..." REPLACE with The Department of Health and Fitness also teaches courses in fitness and skill development. The requirement for graduation is either a sequence of two one-semester hour courses (HF 120 and one Fitness Development Course Option) or the three credit-hour Health Promotion and Wellness course (HF 153). In the sequence of two one-semester hour courses, the first one-hour course, The Physical Self (HF 120) emphasizes concepts concerning health, fitness, emotions and self- concept. Health risk and fitness levels also are assessed. Each student receives a recommendation concerning which of the second course options will best meet his or her needs. The second course requirement (see Fitness Development Options HF 123-129) is an activity course that enables each student to meet specific needs recommended for developing his or her physical self. This course meets twice a week for a full semester. Grading is S/U. The three-credit hour course, Health Promotion and Wellness (HF 153) is for those who seek an in depth knowledge and understanding of the psychology and sociology of health- related behavior change and desire a greater understanding of the nature and value of health-enhancing behavioral choices. DELETE: (on page 113) the course title for 153 "Health Promotion and Wellness (PSYC 110) (3)" REPLACE with Health Promotion and Wellness (3) Impact Statement: Allowing the three-credit hour Health Promotion and Wellness (HF 153) course to satisfy the two-hour general education requirement, instead of just fulfilling one-hour general education credit as it now does, would allow more students to meet the full two-hour Health and Fitness general education requirement in one semester as opposed to two. No additional staff, faculty, or resources will be necessary. Student need requires that three to four sections of HF 153 be offered each year. Keith Ray or Cheryl McClary must teach this many sections regardless of whether or not two hours of general education credit or just one hour of general education credit is given for this three-hour course. The replacement position needed in the Department of Health and Fitness was not granted this year. Allowing the three-hour course to count for two hours general education credit would be one way to help alleviate the problem of an unfilled faculty position. approximately 60 students each semester no longer would be required to take an additional one-hour fitness activity course. This would be three less sections (out of a total of 15) of fitness activity courses that would not need to be covered with adjunct faculty. In summary, allowing the three-credit hour Health Promotion and Wellness course to fulfill the two-hour Health and Fitness general education requirement would save the university five credit-hours of adjunct time (three fitness activity sections x 1 1/2 credit hours). Rationale: The three-credit hour Health Promotion and Wellness course (HF 153) was redesigned effective Fall semester 1991 to include as one of its objectives significant improvement in the student's level of aerobic fitness. Students are required to participate in an aerobic activity, approved by the professor, three times per week at 60% to 75% of their maximum heart rate for 20 to 30 minutes nonstop. The professor meets with students for aerobic activity once a week to monitor progress and to assist them in overcoming any barriers they may be encountering that would impede their goal of improved aerobic fitness. Students are required to keep a progress journal to document their level of aerobic achievement. A pre- and post-aerobic capacity assessment, the 1.5 mile Cooper Walk/Run, is conducted with the students to document their improvement. The aerobic fitness requirement of HF 153 is sufficient to meet the one-hour fitness development general education Health and Fitness requirement. 3. Catalog Change to Reflect Fulfillment of Health and Fitness General Education Requirement by the Three-Credit Hour Health Promotion and Wellness Course (HF 153). Effective Date: Fall semester 1991 for adoption; Fall semester 1992 for catalog. DELETE: (on page 44) the entire section beginning with "Health and Fitness (2-4 semester hours)..." REPLACE with Health and Fitness (2-3 semester hours) Students must complete either the three-hour Health Promotion and Wellness course or the combination of the one-hour Physical Self course and a one-hour fitness development option as follows: HF 153 Health Promotion and Wellness 3 semester hours or HF 120 The Physical Self 1 semester hour and One course from HF 123-129 1 semester hour" 4. Allowing either HF 252, Biostatistics (2) or STAT 185, Introductory Statistics (4) to Fulfill the Health Promotion Minor Requirement. Also replacing HF 154 "Biological Bases of Human Health (3)" with BIOL 108 "Human Biology (3)" in the Health Promotion Minor. Effective Date: Spring semester, 1992 for adoption; Fall 1992 for catalog. DELETE: (on page 112) in the first paragraph under the heading "Health Promotion Minor" the first sentence which reads "17-19 hours distributed as follows: HF 153, 154, 252, and 459." REPLACE with 17-19 hours distributed as follows: HF 153, 459, BIOL 108, and either HF 252 or STAT 185. DELETE: (On page 113) the title and course description for HF 154 "Biological Bases of Human Health (3)" Impact Statement: No additional faculty, staff, or resources required. Dr. Dohse teaches biostatistics every two years. The course is cross listed as STAT 173. The combined enrollment is approximately 6-12 students. Allowing the substitution of (BIOL 108), Human Biology (3) for HF 154 to fulfill the Health minor requirement would eliminate an HF course with extremely low enrollment. The eliminated course's content is essentially the same as the BIOL 108 course. BIOL 108 is offered every year, which makes it easy for Health Promotion minors to fulfill their Biology requirement for the minor as well as satisfy a Natural Science general education requirement. The elimination of HF 154, of course, requires no new faculty, staff, or resources. Rationale: Many Health Promotion minor students take STAT 185 to fulfill their general educational mathematics requirement. The content of Biostatistics, HF 252 (2) is comparatively similar to STAT 185 (4). STAT 185 has a large probability component. HF 252 stresses interpretation of statistics as opposed to computation and theory. The option to take either course for the Health Promotion minor is preferable over requiring just STAT 185 (4) in that, for the students who do not need nor want STAT 185, the two-hour biostatistics requirement would fit into their schedules more easily than a four-hour requirement. Additionally, some students avoid STAT 185 (4) because they are "scared" of statistics. It is essential that a Health Promotion minor learn to feel comfortable with statistics. Not only does the biostatistics course center around statistics that are applied to the field of Health Promotion, but the two-hour course allows Dr. Dohse more individual time with the students because the enrollment is lower than in STAT 185. Because of low enrollment, limited resources, and similar course content to BIOL 108, Biological Bases of Human Health (HF 154) should be eliminated from the curriculum and BIOL 108 should be allowed to fulfill the Health Promotion minor requirement. 5. The Addition of PHIL 309, Medical Ethics as an Elective for the Health Promotion Minor Effective Date: Spring semester, 1992 for adoption; Fall 1992 for catalog. ADD: (on page 112) under the heading "Course and Title" the following PHIL 309 Medical Ethics (3) None Impact Statement: No additional faculty, staff, or resources required. Rationale: The content of the three-hour Medical Ethics course would be an excellent addition to the knowledge base of the student who minors in Health Promotion. The addition of another elective course option which has no prerequisites would make the minor more accessible to students. Medical Ethics originally was approved by the Senate as an elective for the Health Promotion minor, but because it was offered only as IST, it was removed as a Health Promotion elective.