NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: Drug Use And Abuse
Course prefix, number, and section number: PHED 1346 0320
Semester/Year of course: SUMMER II 2024
Semester start and end dates: July 8, 2024- August 8, 2024
Modality (Face to face/Synchronous or Asynchronous online/Hybrid): ONLINE
Class meeting location, days, and times: n/a
Lab meeting location, days, and times: n/a
Semester credit hours: 3
Course Description: This course approaches drugs and drug use from a variety of perspectives – behavioral, pharmacological, historical, social, legal and clinical
Course prerequisites:None
Required course materials: Drugs, Society and Human Behavior 18th Edition by McGraw Hill
Name of instructor: Monica Satterwhite
Office location: Gainesville Workout Facility 1900 Building
Telephone number: 940-668-3304
Email address: msatterwhite@nctc.edu
Office hours for students: As needed
SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER
The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.
SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
List of graded assignments:
1 Assessment Pretest: 100
4 Exams (100 points each): 400
1 Final Exam: 100
4 Group Discussion Questions (25 points each): 100
Final grade scale:
A 630-700
B 560-629
C 490-559
D 420-489
F <419
Late work policy: NONE accepted
SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.
COURSE POLICIES
Academic Integrity Policy: Scholastic dishonesty shall constitute a violation of college rules ad regulations and is punishable as prescribed by Board policies. Scholastic dishonesty shall include but not be limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.
Attendance Policy: This is an online class. You must log on and complete assignments on assigned days.
Withdrawal Policy: A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.
Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is July 30, 2024.
Student Learning Outcomes: At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Understand the history of drug use, misuse and abuse and policy
2. Understand how the nervous system works and the actions of drugs
3. Distinguish between the various drug types, mechanisms of action, and interactions with other drugs
4. Summarize the differences of drug delivery, potency, side effects, and likelihood of dependency
5. Identify strategies for preventing substance abuse
6. Identify strategies for the treatment of substance use disorders
Core Objective: The overall objective of the drug and alcohol component area, is to enable students to understand drugs and alcohol from a variety of perspectives and to increase their knowledge and concepts of physical and mental well being.
COLLEGE POLICIES
ADA STATEMENT
NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations. See the OSD Syllabus Addendum.
AI STATEMENT
Absent a clear statement from a course instructor, use of or consultation with generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or other similar technologies shall be treated analogously to assistance from another person, agency, or entity. In particular, using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted. Students should acknowledge the use of generative AI (other than incidental use) and default to disclosing such assistance when in doubt.
When students use generative AI to replace the rigorous demands of personal engagement with their coursework, it runs counter to the educational mission of the college and undermines the heart of education itself. Artificial Intelligence, large language models, and other such technologies hold promise for deploying knowledge in service to others and accelerating the discovery of new knowledge. However, such technology poses new challenges to pedagogy and to integrity. Within the context of the teaching mission of the college and consistent with the Student Code of Conduct, the authority to define the appropriate use, study, and deployment of these technologies rests with the faculty.
Individual course instructors, in coordination with their divisions, set policies regulating the use of generative AI tools in their courses, including allowing or disallowing some or all uses of such tools. Course instructors will set such policies in their course syllabi and clearly communicate such policies to students. Students who are unsure of policies regarding generative AI tools are encouraged to ask their instructors for clarification.
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.
STUDENT SERVICES
NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students. See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.
QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS
The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class. If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division. If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.
Name of Chair/Coordinator: Taylor Christian
Office location: Gainesville Workout Facility 1900 Building
Telephone number: 940-668-3303
E-mail address: tchristian@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean: Crystal Wright
Office location: Gainesville
Telephone number: 940-380-2504
E-mail address: cwright@nctc.edu