Course Syllabus
KFIT 6, 6.1, & 6.2 Introduction, Beginning, and Intermediate Yoga
Sections 6443, 6452 & 6453 - Course Syllabus
Tu/Th 7:30-9:00am Live on Zoom or utilize recorded instructor videos – 1.5 Units
Course Description
Introduction Yoga Course Description: This introductory level class is designed for individuals with no previous yoga experience. Using Hatha yoga asanas (postures), students will practice introductory level flexibility, strength, balance, and coordination. Yoga techniques for mind-body connection and centering will include breathing and relaxation methods.
Beginning Yoga Course Description: This beginning level class is designed for individuals with no previous yoga experience, Using Hatha yoga asanas (postures), students will emphasize beginning level flexibility, strength, balance, and coordination. Yoga techniques for mind-body connection and centering will include breathing and relaxation methods.
Intermediate Yoga Course Description: This intermediate level class is designed for individuals with previous yoga experience. Using Hatha yoga asanas (postures), students will emphasize intermediate level flexibility, strength, balance, and coordination. Course covers the history of yoga, chakras, meditation, and the eight limbs of yoga.
Student Learning Outcomes
Introduction Yoga Student Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate introductory level Hatha yoga asanas and techniques.
- Improve flexibility, muscular strength, balance, and coordination.
- Properly demonstrate breathing and centering yoga methods.
Beginning Yoga Student Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate beginning level Hatha yoga asanas and techniques.
- Create a beginning level yoga practice designed to improve flexibility, muscular strength, balance, and coordination.
- Describe beginning relaxation, breathing and centering yoga methods.
Intermediate Student Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate intermediate level Hatha yoga asanas and techniques.
- Create an intermediate level yoga practice designed to improve flexibility, muscular strength, balance, and coordination
- Describe the historical origins of yoga and the eight limbs associated with a holistic yoga practice.
More info on COR (Course Outline of Record)
Instructor Contact
Ally Sather
Email: asather@santarosa.edu
Office Hours: Tu/Th 9:30-10:00am
*If those times don't work, please send me an email and we can book another time convenient for you.
Office Location: Home Office through Zoom
Phone: 707-571-7179
I respond to emails within 24 hours.
Course Web Site
Students will use the Canvas course web site for assignment instructions, submitting assignments, viewing classmate's work, sharing resources, and viewing grades.
Textbook
None required - Instructor Prepared Materials available on Canvas
Required Software
You will need the following software for this course.
- Adobe Reader
- Google Chrome is the best browser to use Canvas
Important Dates
Date Class Begins: 1/19/2023
Date Class Ends: 5/18/2023
Last Day Add w/o add code: 1/24/2023
Last Day Add with add code: 2/5/2023
Last Day Drop for Refund: 1/29/2023
Last Day for P/NP option: 2/26/2023
Last Day Drop w/o W: 2/4/2023
Last Day Drop with W: 4/23/2023
Date Final Exam: 5/23/2023 (done online)
No Zoom Yoga Sessions: February 16, March 21 and March 23.
Dropping the Class
If you decide to discontinue this course, it is your responsibility to officially drop it to avoid getting no refund (after 10% of course length), a W symbol (after 20%), or a grade (after 60%). Also, for several consecutive, unexplained absences, the instructor may drop a student.
Pass‐NoPass (P/NP)
You may take this class P/NP. You must decide before the deadline, and add the option online in your portal or file the P/NP form with Admissions and Records. With a grade of C or better, you will get P.
Once you decide to go for P/NP, you cannot change back to a letter grade. If you are taking this course as part of a certificate program, you can probably still take the class P/NP. Check with a counselor to be sure!
Instructor Announcements and Q&A Forum
The instructor will post announcements on the “Instructor Announcements” page in Canvas throughout the semester. Canvas notifies students according to their preferred Notification Preferences as soon as the instructor creates an Announcement. A “Q&A Forum” is also on Canvas to ask for assistance of your classmates or instructor.
In order to check your notification settings; please click on ‘Account’ in the upper left hand corner when you are logged into canvas, then click on ‘notifications’. If you are logged into canvas, the communication settings link should take you straight to the page.
I highly recommend that you update your user settings to make sure that you receive the following right away (Click the check mark – notify me right away) for:
- Announcement: this is how I will communicate with the entire class
- Submission comment: this is how I will give you personal feedback on your assignments
- Conversation message: this is where I send students private messages through Canvas
Feel free to change the settings on any others based on your personal preferences.
Class Meetings
We will have regularly scheduled LIVE Zoom yoga sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30-9:00 am. Participation is flexible and students have the option of doing pre-recorded or written sessions on their own time if they can't make a live session. All other class assignments and materials will be done asynchronously, students can access and complete them at their own pace while still adhering to the due dates. Please see more info under Options for Participation below.
Options for Participation
Since this is a movement-based class, participating in a regular yoga practice is critical for success in this course and is 50% of your grade. Your options are as follows.
- Attend LIVE Zoom Practices Tuesdays & Thursdays from 7:30-9:00am
- Follow the pre-recorded videos, created from the live practices, and upload your personal video
LIVE Zoom Instructions
If attending the LIVE Zoom Practices, at some point the instructor will ask you to type your name or answer a question in the chat for attendance. You will also be required to participate in polls or breakout rooms on occasion for credit. Please have your video "on" but the microphone muted unless you have a question. If you are having technical/internet issues or other issues with this, please email your instructor privately about your concerns. I will enter your participation scores for the assignment after each class session. If you are consistently late or leaving early or absent during check-ins, points will be deducted from your score.
Pre-recorded Instructions
If you are doing recorded videos, you will be required to turn in a time-lapse video of you doing the practices. You will attach the time-lapse video on the participation assignment by the due date. Include a description of the video you chose to do in the submission comments. For example, the name of the video on youtube or the date of the Zoom yoga practice session, etc. Instructions for recording time-lapse videos are in the assignment details.
Make-up Policy
You may make up to THREE absences per semester. Make-ups can be done by completing a recorded or written option (in the participation assignment details) and submitting a time-lapse video of that particular assignment in that you received a zero or "missed" class/participation points. Emailed make-ups are not accepted. This means that if you missed a live zoom class or missed the deadline for turning in a recorded video you have up to three opportunities to make these up late. The deadline to turn in three make-ups is Friday, May 19th.
Attendance
Students who fail to attend the first class (face-to-face courses) or do not log in to an online class after the second day of the semester will be dropped from the class. It is strongly advised that if you need to miss more than one class/homework deadline in a row you contact me to avoid being dropped from the class.
Course Evaluation
Yoga Practice Participation – 160 points (5 points for each session x 32 sessions)
Class Assignments
- Introduction Discussion - 5 points
- Yoga Goal Discussion - 5 points
- Yoga Journal - 10 points
- Meditation Discussion - 5 points
- Pranayama Discussion - 5 points
- Yoga Personal Practice - 10 points
Mid Term Exam – 30 points
Final Exam – 30 points
Skill Performance- 70 points
Total = 330 points
Grading Policy
Visit the “Grades” in Canvas to keep track of your grades. I grade once a week and post grades and submit comments on the online Canvas gradebook.
Grades will be assigned as follows:
|
Grade |
% |
Points |
|---|---|---|
|
A |
90% |
297 points or more |
|
B |
80% |
264 to 296 points |
|
C |
70% |
231 to 263 points |
|
D |
60% |
198 to 230 points |
If taking Pass/No Pass you need at least 70% of the total class points and complete the midterm exam and the final exam to pass the class.
Exams
There will be an online midterm and final exam. The material comes from the class content and supplemental materials on Canvas. If any exam is missed, a zero will be recorded as the score. It is your responsibility to take the online exams by the due date.
Late Policy
All assignments are due by 11:59 pm on the due date. Late submissions are not accepted without prior arrangements. Upon the discretion and approval of the instructor, a student may have an opportunity to make up missed work due to an unforeseen emergency with written documentation provided to the instructor. Late work will not be graded unless the student sends the instructor an email with explanation of missed work.
Standards of Conduct
Students who register in SRJC classes are required to abide by the SRJC Student Conduct Standards. Violation of the Standards is the basis for referral to the Vice President of Student Services or dismissal from class or from the College. See the Student Code of Conduct page.
Collaborating on or copying tests or homework in whole or in part will be considered an act of academic dishonesty and result in a grade of 0 for that test or assignment. I encourage students to share information and ideas, but not their work. See these links on Plagiarism:
SRJC Writing Center Lessons on avoiding plagiarism
SRJC's policy on Academic Integrity
Access and Accommodations
It is the mission of Santa Rosa Junior College to support inclusive learning environments. If there are aspects of the instruction or design of this course that result in barriers to your inclusion or to an accurate assessment of achievement—such as time-limited exams, inaccessible web content, or the use of non-captioned videos—please notify the instructor as soon as possible. Students are also welcome to contact the Disability Resources Department (DRD). DRD is a resource for students that provides authorization for academic accommodations, training, and access to assistive technology, and collaborates on strategies for academic success. Students with disabilities who believe they need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact Disability Resources, as soon as possible, to better ensure such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.
Other Important Policies and Practices
Right to Privacy
All students have the right to learn freely and safely in both the physical classroom and the virtual classroom. Students may not share course contents, materials, recordings, or any other information containing representations of their classmates in writing, text, image, or video. This includes emails between students, posts to discussion boards, video threads containing signed dialogue, and any other media that contain the efforts of students who engage with the course (See Acts of Misconduct C., D., and E.). This especially applies to Zoom cloud recordings which are only stored on a temporary basis for the specific purpose of content review as deemed to be of benefit for all those enrolled in this course, and which are only available in TechConnect Zoom in Canvas. Students also may not discuss the performance of their classmates outside of the classroom. Violations of student privacy are subject to disciplinary action, with specifics to be handled in accordance with the appropriate SRJC policies and procedures.
Avoid Plagiarism Like the, er, Plague
Although most students have likely heard about plagiarism during their years of schooling, it still is prevalent-even in higher education.
The video below reviews what plagiarism is and how not to do it.
Netiquette, or Why Is It Harder to Be Polite Online?
Netiquette refers to using common courtesy in online communication. All members of the class are expected to follow netiquette in all course communications. Use these guidelines:
- Use capital letters sparingly. THEY LOOK LIKE SHOUTING.
- Forward emails only with a writer's permission.
- Be considerate of others' feelings and use language carefully.
- Cite all quotations, references, and sources (otherwise, it is plagiarism).
- Use humor carefully. It is hard to "read" tone; sometimes humor can be misread as criticism or personal attack. Feel free to use emoticons like :) for a smiley face to let others know you are being humorous.
- Use complete sentences and standard English grammar to compose posts. Write in proper paragraphs. Review work before submitting it.
- Text speak, such as "ur" for "your" or "ru" for "are you" etc., is only acceptable when texting.
All academic papers and submissions should be void of text abbreviations and include proper capitalization, spelling, and grammar. For every uncapitalized "i" or use of a text abbreviation there will be a one point deduction on your submission.
IMPORTANT: The Course Summary below is a chronological list of assignments to help you keep track of due dates. It does not contain links to course learning materials. Please access the course materials through Modules.
Course Summary:
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