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Click on the assignment to view the contents or simply scroll down. Be sure to review the Frequently Asked  Questions before beginning the lessons.

Please note that the due dates are completion dates when assignments are due. Late assignments accrue one point per day unless you sent a revised due date schedule that was approved in advance. You cannot send more than one assignment per day and you cannot just turn in your assignments all at once at the end of the course.

*Please note that the extra credit assignments are not required in order for you to receive 400 points that convert to a 4.00 in the course.

Required  text:  Brian Luke Seaward, Managing Stress, Principles and Strategies for Health and Well being, 6th ed., Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2009

Required: text Merrily Manthey, Natural Medicine Handbook for People over 50,  The Foundation for Excellence in Health Care, 1998,  Kent,  Post Office Box, 279, Kent, Washington

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Date Assignment Due Lesson

Assignment   and  Individual. Points

Cumulative Points

4/9 1 Why am I taking the course? 5 5
4/11 2 What causes me stress? 5 10
4/12* extra credit 3 How much stress makes me ill?  5 15
4/16 4 How is stress like a ghost! 5 20
4/18 5 What are stressors? 10 30
4/23 6 What is a  stress journal? 10 40
4/25 7 What is stress? 20 60
4/30 8 & 9 What is the stress response? 20 80
 Date due  to be completed  for credit is  no later than 5/1/2012 Request the User Name and   Password from your  Instructor 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire 50 130
5/2 10 What is a Stress Model?  10 140
5/7 11 How do doctors treat stress? 10 150
5/9 12 -13 What is disease? 20 170
5/14 14 What is Psychosomatic disease? 10 180
5/16 15 What are reinforcers of stress? 40 220
5/21 16 - 17 How does diet reinforce stress? 20 240
5/23 18 - 19 What is a diet journal? 20 260
*extra credit 20 How do drugs reinforce stress? 20  
5/30 21,22 & 23 How is aerobic exercise related to  reducing stress? 20 280
*extra credit 24 Do beliefs increase stress?. 20  
*extra credit  25, 26,& 27 How are emotions stressful? 20  
*extra credit 28, & 29 What is type" A"  personality? 10  
*extra credit 30 Does humor reduce stress? 10  
6/4 31 What is a biodot? 20 300
*extra credit 32 What are stress reduction techniques? 10  
6/11 33 What is "Meditation"? 25 325
*extra credit 34 What is the "Relaxation Response"? 10  
*extra credit 35 What is "Contemplation"? 10  
*extra credit 36 What is the "Bubble Technique"? 10  
*extra credit 37 What is a "Mantra"? 25 350
*extra credit 38 What is "Autogenic" training? 10
*extra credit 39 What is "Guided Imagery"? 10  
*extra credit 40 What is "Progressive Relaxation"? 10  
*extra credit 41 What is "Biofeedback"? 10  
6/13 Final 50 400
6/12    Extra Credit and Journals 165 565

Grading System Percentage Points

Grading System

Percent Points Decimal points Grade Equivalent
       
100 400 4.00 A+
93 370 3.7 A
89 340 3.4 A-
86 310 3.1 B+
83 280 2.8 B
79 240 2.4 B-
78 210 2.1 C+
73 180 1.8 C
69 140 1.4 C-
68 130 1.3 D+
66 100 1.0 D
61 99 .99 F
       


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