SYLLABUS
1.
2. Mission Statement:
learning-focused
and distinctively Christian environment for professional success, lifelong
learning, and service to God and humankind.
3. Course: MGMT 5339-SA01,
Stress Management, Summer Semester 2009, Wayland San Antonio campus
4. Term:
Summer 2009
5. Instructor: Dr Barry Evans
6. Office Phone
and email: 210-658-8337, bevans007@satx.rr.com
(preferred communication)
7. Office
Hours, Building, and Location: M-Th 0830-1100, call
for directions
8. Class
Meeting Time and Location: Friday, 6:00 p.m. – 10:10 p.m., WBU Main bldg, room
108
9. Catalog
description: A
study of the stress reaction and its relationship to specific illnesses and
disease and effects on productivity with focus on intervention techniques.
10. Prerequisites: none
11. Textbook:
Book: Comprehensive Stress
Management, 11th edition, 2009.
ISBN: 0073380768
12. Optional Materials: Harvard Business Review
13. Outcome Competencies:
-Recognize stress and
its effects on the human body
-Ability to develop
intervention programs to combat effects of stress
-Knowledge of personal
stressors and how to overcome stress
14.
Attendance requirements: Students are expected to attend all classes. Three absences in a semester are cause for a
failing grade in the course. When
circumstances necessitate that you miss a class, you should notify the
instructor in advance, or as quickly following the absence as is feasible. Missed tests may be taken only if approved by
the instructor.
15.
Disability statement: “It is university policy that no otherwise
qualified disabled person be excused from participation in, be denied the
benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or
activity in the University. Students should inform the instructor of existing
disabilities at the first class meeting”
16.
Course requirements and evaluation:
Examinations: Mid-semester,
and final - (100 pts each). Exams will
be short answer, multiple choice, and essay-type questions
Research Project: Presentation of research project (100
pts).
Criteria for grading
oral presentation
1. Student introduced him/herself and topic
2. Briefing was well-organized and professional
(not read from slides or paper)
3. Presentation integrated concepts from course
4. Clear recommendations/analysis presented
5. Student analyzed
issues, and did not simply re-tell the story
Written
research project (100 pts). Students will
develop a stress management plan to address stress-related issues in their
current organization or an organization they are familiar with. They will use concepts from the course and
from research to develop a feasible plan that an organization could use to
manage stress of their employees. See guidelines below.
Workbooks
(100 pts): Throughout the semester, students will turn in a completed Workbook
as indicated in the
course syllabus. They
will be discussed in each class.. (100 pts total)
Attendance and
Participation: (10 pts possible
). Students are allowed one
absence if due to work, illness, funeral, etc.
The second absence will result in a five point deduction. A third absence will result in another 5
points and possibly failure in the course, unless the absences are of a dire
nature as determined by the instructor.
Grading: 90-100%=A, 80-89%=B, 70-79%=C, 60-69%=D,
Below 60%=F
RESEARCH PAPER
GUIDELINES:
TOPIC
– Students
are to choose a stress management plan to use in their respective workplaces
(or hypothetical workplace). This plan
should include (as a minimum) an analysis of causes of stress and appropriate
stress management interventions or other methods to reduce worker distress in
the workplace. Students should research
the literature to find appropriate plans or to justify their own plan. The best research papers are those which show
evidence of a high level of effort, integration of concepts from the text to
show evidence of learning, and use of scholarly research to justify plan.
FORMAT –The research
paper must conform to the requirements set forth in the Publication Manual of
the American Psychological Association, (current edition), also known as the
APA Publications Manual. The paper
should be double-spaced, 12 point font (Times New Roman or Courier), with one
inch margins at the top, bottom, left, and right of each page. The length of
the paper should be at least 8 pages (not counting title page, abstract,
reference page, etc). If the student
chooses to include a table of contents, appendices or tables of information,
these should also conform to the APA Publications Manual. Points will be deducted if these requirements
are not met.
GRAMMAR,
SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION – Students are expected to ensure that their
work is free of spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors. Therefore, students should carefully
proofread their papers before turning them in for a grade. It is always helpful in this regard to ask
someone else to read the paper for you.
A fresh pair of eyes will often catch errors you have overlooked. Points will be deducted on papers that have
obviously not been carefully proofread.
Also, to make your paper easier to read, be sure that sentences are not
too long. Complex and compound sentences
tend to make it difficult for the reader to follow your discussion.
ATTRIBUTION
TO SOURCE –
It is essential that each piece of information presented be properly attributed
to its source. If the information you
are presenting in the paper is not your original thought, or is not common
knowledge, it should be attributed to its source. As a general rule, you should average
at least one such attribution per page of text.
REFERENCES – Your list of
references should include, at a minimum, three secondary sources you have
consulted in your research in addition to the textbook.
STATEMENTS: “This class will adhere to zero tolerance for
using someone else’s work as your own.”
“It is university policy that no
otherwise qualified disabled person be excused from participation in, be denied
the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program
or activity in the University. Students should inform the instructor of
existing disabilities at the first class meeting”
“Students
are responsible for reading, understanding, obeying, and respecting all
academic policies, with added emphasis being placed upon academic progress
policies, appearing in the Wayland Baptist University Academic Catalog
applicable to their curriculum and/or program of study.”
17. Tentative
course calendar:
|
Week |
Topic |
Chapter(s) |
Assignment |
|
1, May 29 |
Syllabus, course requirements, What is Stress, Stress
Psychophysiology |
1,2 |
|
|
2, June 5 |
Stress and Illness/Disease, Intervention |
3,4 |
Workbook 1 |
|
3, June 12 |
Intervention, Life-Situation interventions:
intrapersonal, |
5,6 |
Workbook 2 |
|
4, June 19 |
Perception Interventions, Interpersonal, Spirituality and stress, Review
for Mid-Term |
7,8 |
Workbook 3 |
|
5, June 26 |
Mid-Term
Examination (chapters 1-8)
|
|
|
|
6, July 3 |
Relaxation Techniques, Physiological arousal
interventions |
11, 12 |
Workbook 4
Workbook 5 |
|
7, July 10 |
Strategies for decreasing stressful behaviors,
Diversity and stress |
13, 14 |
Workbook 6 Workbook 7 |
|
8, July 17 |
Occupational Stress, Stress and the college student, Written Research Project due;
Student presentations |
15, 16 |
Workbook 8 |
|
9, July 24 |
Family Stress,
,Student presentations of research
projects |
17 |
Workbook 9 |
|
10, Jul 31 |
Stress and older adults, Student presentations of research projects, Review for final |
18 |
Workbook 10 |
|
11, Aug 7 |
Final
Exam (chapters 11-18) |
|
|