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Southern Illinois University Carbondale

HED 313s – Injury Prevention and Safety**

Web Based Course

Introduces the concepts and topics of injury prevention and safety. Course areas include: school, farm, consumer, fire, home, traffic, occupational, recreational, and disaster.

How to be successful in this course (an important item to read. This information will help you deal with a Web based course and be successful in HED 313s)

Course Syllabus (outline, weekly schedule, and assignments)

Reading Assignments for Topics below

Course Topics

*Injury Definitions

*Injury Statistics

*On the Tail of Tigers and Causes of Injuries

*School Safety

*Farm Safety

*Consumer Safety

Study Guide for Test #1

TEST #1 (you must complete all readings and assignments from the previous topics before taking Test #1)

*Fire Prevention

*Home Safety

*Child Safety and Child Restraints

*Pedestrian, School Bus & Bicycle Safety

Study Guide for Test #2

TEST #2 (you must complete all readings and assignments from the previous topics before taking Test #2)

*Motorcycle, Moped, and Vehicle Safety

*Occupational Safety

*Recreation Safety

*Disaster Preparedness

*Violence Prevention

Study Guide for Final Examination

FINAL EXAMINATION (complete all assignments and topics above before taking final exam)

Sheet for Student to Use to keep track of completed assignments and scores

During the semester, starting with the farm safety safety topic, you are to request from the instructor a video tape in VHS format or DVD format or CD format or DVD in wmv and mpeg format which contains 2 videos on farm safety, one on fire prevention, one on lead poisoning, one on bicycle helmets, and one on child safety seats. You need to specifically request the media in only one format. You need to review the media at home (or other available location) and take notes on each of the different video/CD/DVD. Do not wait until the last minute to request the video. The instructor only has a limited number of copies to load to those enrolled in HED 313s so you are limited to keeping the media received for no more than two weeks. First come, first served. You may have to wait for a period of time to receive one of the media if all of the copies are out on loan. These media will help you with tests. Failure to return the media during the semester enrolled will result in the student failing HED 313s.

Web site developed by Dale O. Ritzel (safety@siu.edu)

Updated 1 September 2007

**PLEASE NOTE:

Starting 1 January 2003, any student enrolled in a section of an Individual Learning Program (ILP), Web based course through the SIUC Division of Continuing Education offered during Spring semester 2003 and afterward and taught by Dale O. Ritzel will have to complete the course within the 20 weeks from the date of enrollment. If the coursework is not complete completed within 20 weeks, the student may request an extension. An extension will only be granted if 20% or more of the coursework (170 points or more) is completed and an extension fee of $35 per course is paid to the SIUC Division of Continuing Education at the time of the request. Since grades have to be received by the University at the end of the regular semester, the student will receive a grade of INC (incomplete) if they have not completed ALL assignments. If an extension has been approved by Continuing Education, then you have one year from the end of the semester which you initially enrolled in HED 313s to complete the course. If the work is not completed within one year, the University automatically turns the grade into an F. I will only complete and process a grade change card when you finish ALL of the course assignments. If the student does not complete the ILP course in 20 weeks, the final grade given after completion of all course work will be dropped by one grade up to the one year time frame. Do not ask me to sign a form allowing you to drop the course if the semester you were enrolled in the course has been completed. In order to receive a grade in any course, you must complete ALL assignments. Please note: All incompletes turn to an F upon Graduation, please plan accordingly and complete all course requirements at least a month prior to finals week. So if you enroll in this course during the semester in which you plan on graduating, then you need to complete the course during the regular semester and NOT in 20 weeks. If you plan on graduating in a future semester from the time of enrollment and you have gone beyond the 20 weeks and paid the extension fee, then you still need to complete the course during the semester which you will be graduating.