Class Scheduled:  A Web based, distance learning  or ILP course.

Dale O. Ritzel , Ph.D., FAASE

Professor Emeritus, Health Education

Director Emeritus, Safety Center

Southern Illinois University

Carbondale , IL   62901-6731                                                

618.453.2777 or 618.453.2080

FAX 618.453.1829 or 618.453.2879

e-mail address for students - safety@siu.edu

Internet WWW URL- http://www.siu.edu/~ritzel

Office:  Pulliam 216G

Main Office:  Pulliam 307

Safety Center Office:  1435 Douglas Drive , SIUC Campus

Office Hours:  Appointments to be arranged with instructor can be done by contacting the instructor at safety@siu.edu.  The instructor does also traveling and can best be contacted via email.  

Course Material:    Course Material available from The Printing Plant, 606 S. Illinois , Carbondale , IL 62901 (telephone- 1.618.529.3115).  One can also purchase the course materials from the SIU Bookstore (they have copy which they will have to make a copy for you and charge you an appropriate amount).   Must be purchased (cost of the two volumes is approximately $62.00 at The Printing Plant or SIU Bookstore) by the first Friday of the Semester.  Over 100 articles, reports and research items are included in this two (2) volume book.  These are contemporary and will provide the students with the most current information available in injury prevention.  You need to inform the instructor (safety@siu.edu) when you have received the course materials from The Printing Plant.

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

Important Note:  During the semester, starting with the farm safety safety topic, you are to revoew a series of videos.  The videos that one has to review for HED 313s relating to farm safety, child safety seats, lead poisoning, fire prevention, and bicycle helmets can be seen in two different formats (wmv and mpg) at http://www.kittle.siu.edu/ritzel/313/.  Also during the course, and for various topics, the instructor has identified videos that you are to watch at various online sources, particularly YouTube.  Please watch these videos, because they can only enhance the topics that you are studying.  With some of the videos you can learn bonus points in the course by providing a review of such.

Course Weekly Schedule

This schedule is shown for your benefit only.  The student does proceed in this course at his/her own pace (but should maintain the due dates for assignments) and complete the course in less than a regular semester.  However, the following weekly schedule should be followed at least on a minimum bases.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  The course outline is set up on a weekly basis for 20 weeks of the ILP section of HED 313s.  The opportunity is there to complete the course in as short a time possible.  So if you want to complete the course in a few weeks, that is possible, if you want to spend the time.  My philosophy of Web based, distance learning courses are for persons to complete the course at their own speed and their own time. 

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 from the SIUC Division of Continuing.  An extension will only be granted if 20% or more of the coursework (168 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 during the regular semester.   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. 

For those enrolled in a Web based, on-campus or off-campus (non-ILP or ILP) course the following schedule can be used in relation to reading assignments, topics to be covered, and assignments to be completed by the enrolled students:

1^st  and 2nd week - Why Study Injury Control and Prevention and Safety

Reading- Volume 1, pages 1-5

 

2^nd and 3rd Week - Injury Problem and Statistics

Reading- Volume 1, pages 5A-12, 13-54, 127-133

 

4^th Week - School Safety

Reading- Volume 1, pages 55-88

 

5^th Week - Farm Safety

Reading- Volume 1, pages 89-126

 

6^th Week - Consumer Safety

Reading- Volume 1, pages 147-to end of volume 1

 

8^th Week - Fire Prevention

Reading- Volume 2, pages 90-160

 

10^th Week - Home Safety

Reading- Volume 2, pages 1-89

 

12^th Week - Child Safety and Child Restraints

Reading- Volume 2, pages 161-203

 

13th Week - Traffic Safety: Pedestrian, School Bus and Bicycle

Reading- Volume 2, pages 204-213

 

14^th Week - Traffic Safety: Motorcycle, Moped, and Automobile

 

15^th Week - Occupational Safety

 

16^th Week - Recreational Safety

Reading- Volume 2, pages 214-222

 

18^th Week – Disaster Preparedness

Reading- Volume 2, pages 223-250

 

19^th Week – Violence Prevention

Reading- Volume 2, pages 251-279

 

20^th Week - Final Examination

GRADE SCALE

90 - 100%   = A

80 - 89.9%  = B

70 - 79.9%  = C

60 - 69.9%  = D

59.9 and below = F

List of Major Course Assignments

Assignments                               Due Week during semester                            Points

1.  Chart of bar graph showing current accident statistics in United States	2rd week	25
2. Test #1	6th week	50
3. Two Article Reviews	1st article– 4th week 2nd article – 9th week	25  25
4. Paper on how injury control and prevention is a part of everyday activities	4th week	50
5. Fire Drill and exit plan for own place of residence and write report	8th week	50
6. Paper on potential hazards of consumer product	6th week	50
7. Conduct home safety inspection and write report	10th week	50
8.  Test #2	11th week	50
9. Recreation or Workplace safety paper	16th    week	50
10. Final Exam	20th week	50
11.  Other assignments as shown throughout the online course topics (detailed list shown at end of this syllabus)	Throughout	365
	TOTAL POINTS	840

Details of Major Course Assignments Listed above

All papers and the tests must be submitted to the Instructor via e-mail or Internet.  

The below assignments should be completed by the end of the week shown above.   

1.  Chart or Bar Graph.  Using data and statistics presented in this Web class, available on the Web, and/or in your course handouts, develop (by use of a computer, if possible, or nicely drawn) a chart or bar graph of the total aspect or one specific aspect of the statistics pertaining to injuries in the United States.  Charts or bar graphs will be shown in class on due date.  Charts or bar graphs should be eye-catching, creative, colorful and neat and should also be concise.  Make sure you include on the chart appropriate reference points (on both x and y axis), a reference from where you took the data/information, etc. 

2.  Test #1.  Will cover material from beginning of course through the consumer safety topic.  You need to complete all online assignments that are in the topics leading up to Test #1 before taking Test #1.

3.  Two article reviews.  Each article should be minimum of 3 pages in length and from a current journal or magazine, 2003 or more recent.  Article topics must be as follows: Article #1, Traffic or Occupational Safety and Article #2, Recreation Safety or Disaster Preparedness.  The article should be about 2 typed pages in length and must include the following information:

a. student's name

b. reference indicated in American Psychological Association (APA) form, for example:

Ritzel , D. O., & Allen, R. G. (2005).  Validity of the basic principle of safety management of loss control.  Professional Safety, 41(2), 24-28.

c. article summary

d. personal comments

4.  Individual statement of how safety (Injury control and prevention) is a part of your everyday living.  Develop a 3-5 page, typed paper that relates to how you use injury control and prevention techniques in your everyday activities.  Look at what you do on a daily or weekly basis and write about how safety/injury prevention is a part of what you do or do not do.  Grading will be based upon the depth of your own statement of injury prevention and control and how it relates to everyday living.

5.  Fire drill and exit plan.  Develop in writing a fire drill and exit plan for your own local place of residence.  The typed written plan should include a diagram of your place of residence with appropriate exit routes (primary and secondary), smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and fire extinguishers marked and shown in appropriate colors.  The written copy should include the outcome of a fire drill that you conducted for yourself and any other people that live with you and other descriptions about your residence that helps explain your fire/living plans.  Examples of fire drills and fire diagrams are included in volume 2 of your course material package.

You might want to use the fire drill and diagrams in volume 2 of the course materials in developing this assignment:

a.      page 108

b.      pages 116-118

c.      pages 119-122

d.      pages 147-150

6.  Potential hazards of consumer product.  Select a consumer product and describe in writing the potential hazards of the product (using the person/product/environment interaction) and then describe in writing the preventive measures that should be taken in using the product.  You need to be specific in regards to the product picked including brand name, manufacturer, model number, etc.  The student should pick their own consumer product, but the instructor will assist the students with the picking of consumer product if the student so request.  The paper will be limited to a maximum of two (2) typed written pages.   Use as a guide for selecting the consumer product the consumer safety product information found at the end of Volume 1 of your course materials (there are tables showing the types of categories the US Consumer Product Safety Commission regulate).  Also look at the consumer products around you and pick one that you would like to learn more about.

7.  Home safety inspection.  Of a home of your choice, conduct a comprehensive home safety inspection using the sheets provided in volume 2 of your course materials.  Your typed written paper should be in the narrative form and will be limited to five (5) pages.  Use one or more of the home safety inspection sheets available in volume 2 of your course material package:

a.      pages 4-18

b.      pages 19-37

c.      page 63

d.      page 68A

e.      page 79

f.       pages 85-86

g.      pages 87-89

8.  Test #2.  Test #2 will include items covered from the home safety topic through the Traffic safety (Pedestrian, school bus, and bicycle) topic.  Only take this test after you complete all reading and assignments shown on the Web site from Test #1 to Test #2.

9. Recreation or Workplace Safety Paper.  Do a 3-5 paper on ONE of the following:

a.  Select one specific recreational activity you enjoy.  Describe the hazards involved in the activity and procedures you would take in making it a safer activity for everyone involve.  Take into consideration the environmental hazards, equipment hazards, and unsafe human behavior.  (Please note:  this is a different assignment then the 15 point assignment done as a part of the recreational safety topic).

b.  inspect a factory, industry, or any work situation.  Describe the major environmental hazards and unsafe human behavior found in this situation and describe the safety features (clothing, safety guards and materials, etc.) used to combat those hazards.  Do the workers use and abide by the safety rules and equipment available?  Are human behavior changes necessary to provide a safer working situation?

10.  Final Exam.  Will include questions from the topic of motorcycles, mopeds through violence prevention.  You CAN NOT take the final examination until you have complete ALL other assignments in the class first.

11.  During the semester, starting with the farm safety safety topic, you are to revoew a series of videos.  The videos that one has to review for HED 313s relating to farm safety, child safety seats, lead poisoning, fire prevention, and bicycle helmets can be seen in two different formats (wmv and mpg) at http://www.kittle.siu.edu/ritzel/313/.