TRIMESTER: Summer 2004	TRIMESTER CREDIT HRS.: 3
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 2	LABORATORY HOURS PER WEEK: 2
TOTAL CONTACT HRS PER TRI: 60 CLASSROOM LOCATION: S-226	OFFICE LOCATION: Center for Academics
OFFICE HRS: Monday: 10:00 – 12:00 Tuesday: 12:15 – 1:00 Wednesday: 11:15 – 12:00 Thursday: 11:15 – 12:00	OFFICE TELEPHONE: (214) 352-7332 EXT. 7309

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Lecture:
The student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate understanding of what AK is and what it is not.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the critical aspects of manual muscle testing.
3. Demonstrate understanding of the causes and indications of inappropriate muscle

inhibition and facilitation.
4. Demonstrate understanding of selected analytic and therapeutic procedures.
5. Demonstrate familiarity with certain other selected analytic and therapeutic procedures common to an AK practice.
Lab:
The student will be able to:
1. Confidently perform standard AK muscle tests.
2. Confidently analyze and correct inappropriate muscle inhibition using the "5 factors of the IVF." (includes use of therapy localization and challenge)
3. Confidently analyze and correct spinal fixation complexes.
4. Confidently analyze the basic cranial and sutural faults

5. Confidently analyze the basic Pelvic Categories.

Note: The instructors are to teach and demonstrate...not treat.

PREREQUISITES:
Student Clinic II or concurrent enrollment in Student Clinic II

REQUIRED TEXT:
Applied Kinesiology: Synopsis 2nd Edition by David Walther, D.C.

COURSE MECHANICS:
This course introduces students to Applied Kinesiology, a system of chiropractic analysis and adjustment developed by Dr. George Goodheart. This technique utilizes specific muscle testing procedures to assist in the location and correction of interference by using the "Five Factors of the Intervertebral Foramen." Further study is made of the pelvic categories and cranial analysis and adjustment. The student is also introduced to the concepts of organ dysfunction analysis and correction.

ATTENDANCE:
Parker College of Chiropractic requires students to attend classes as scheduled. Failure to attend classes or failure to be attentive and participatory could result in poor academic performance by the student.

Licensing requirements of some states mandate that students attend a specific number of classroom hours to receive a license to practice chiropractic. Students, not Parker College, are responsible to fulfill and document those requirements. The licensing requirements are available from the individual state boards and copies are kept in the Office of the Registrar for students to review.

Tardiness is disruptive to the class. Each student should make every attempt to arrive at class on time. A professor may refuse to allow a tardy student to enter the classroom.

GRADING SYSTEM:
Evaluation is an integral part of the educational process and is used as an educational tool to help students identify problem areas, to recognize and regard achievement, and to identify students who are unable to meet the rigors of the curriculum. Final course grades and their interpretation are listed below:

Grade	Numerical Value	Grade Point Average	Interpretation of Academic Achievement
A	90 - 100	4.0	Excellent
B	80 - 89	3.0	Above Average
C	70 - 79	2.0	Satisfactory
D	60 - 69	1.0	Minimal
F	Below 60	0.0	Unacceptable

*NOTE*: Secretarial staff members are not allowed to give a student his/her grades either in person or over the telephone.

EXAMINATIONS:

LAB Quizzes	15%	10 Questions - 7 Quizzes
Written #1:	15%	50 Questions
Written #2:	15%	50 Questions
Final Written:	20%	100 Questions
Practical #1:	15%	Muscle Tests AK protocols presented in Lab
Final Practical:	20%	Muscle Tests AK protocols presented in Lab

MAKE-UP EXAMS/LAB PRACTICALS:
Exams/Lab Practicals are scheduled well in advance therefore no exams/practicals should be missed. If a student must be absent from an exam/lab practical, it is the student's responsibility to notify the Course Director no later than the scheduled starting time of the exam/ lab practical. It will be necessary to provide documentation in support of the presented excuse. Failure to notify the Course Director and/or failure to provide documentation WILL result in the student receiving a grade of "0" for that exam. If written test #1 or #2 is missed, the final written test will count 35%. ONLY ONE of the written tests can be missed. Both lab practicals must be taken . If an exam/lab practical is to be made up it MUST BE MADE UP WITHIN TWO WEEKS of the missed test. Failure to complete the make-up exam in the required time period WILL result in a grade of "0" for that exam. Written make-up exams may be fill in the blank and essay style.

FINAL EXAMINATIONS:
Because some students are on special schedules an exception will be made only with documentation of a conflicting Final examination. In this case the student will be required to take the exams back to back. Arrangements must be made at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled time of the final exam.

Students must be on time to all examinations. However, if a student is late, and no one has left the examination room, they will be allowed to take the examination, but no additional time will be allowed.

If a student comes in late for an exam and another student taking the exam has already left the classroom, the late student will not be allowed to sit the exam, and a grade of "0" will be recorded.

However, if the late student can provide valid documentation of an extra ordinary circumstance, arrangements can be made to take the missed exam. At the Course directors discretion, the make-up exam will be an essay style or an oral exam.

LECTURE EXAM REVIEW:
THE SCANTRON IS YOUR FINAL ANSWER. Test booklets will be destroyed after the test is given.
The review period for each exam will begin after the posting of the grades and last for TWO weeks only, excluding weekends and holidays. Questions about the final exam and/or final course grades may be reviewed with the Course Director for a period of two weeks at the beginning of the subsequent trimester.

CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION:
As a student enrolled at Parker College, you will have opportunities to practice conducting physical examinations, orthopedic and neurological testing, and chiropractic techniques on other students, as well as other students practicing those same procedures on you. These classes are instructional and no doctor/patient relationship will be created with either the students or faculty
members. Students are required to:

1) Conduct themselves in a professional demeanor.
2) Follow appropriate classroom procedures to include appropriate draping.
3) Refrain from any offensive or inappropriate behavior or statements.
4) Refrain from engaging in any behavior which may constitute sexual harassment.
5) Report any such activity to the faculty member supervising the lab or class.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:
Cheating will not be tolerated. If you are caught cheating, you will receive a "0" on that exam and disciplinary action will be taken which could result in your dismissal from Parker College. If you are suspected of cheating on an exam you may be singled out and required to sit in the front of the classroom so that you can be clearly watched. The cheating policy included lecture exams, lab quizzes and lab practicals.

PROFESSIONAL DECORUM:
Students are expected to behave in a professional manner at all times. Positive contributions to the learning environment and participation in classroom learning activities are expected. Students should demonstrate courtesy to the instructor, to special guest speakers, and to other classmates. Focusing your attention on anything other than pertinent classroom material is considered discourteous. Any person who is discourteous or disrupts the class with unprofessional conduct will be ask to leave the classroom and will be counted absent for that class period.

COMPUTER USE:
Students are encouraged to utilize personal computers in the classroom for taking notes, following the lecture outlines or reference materials, etc. Other uses unrelated to the lecture topic are not allowed. As an example, surfing the Internet or playing games during lecture or lab time is strictly prohibited and will result in the student being asked to discontinue use of their computers.
Also, the student may be asked to leave the classroom and will be counted absent for that class period.

AUDIO/VIDEO TAPING:
Since the courts have ruled that a professor's voice and physical image are their personal property, the prerogative of the audio taping and/or video recording of lectures/laboratories is a right specifically reserved to faculty. Should you wish to record, using any device you must obtain the permission the respective instructor in all classes.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
The provisions contained in this syllabus do not constitute contract between the students and Parker College of Chiropractic. These provisions may be changed at any time for any reason at the discretion of the course director. When necessary, in the view of the college, appropriated notice of such changes will be given to the student.

DISCLAIMER

The lecture outlines contained in the lecture booklet are NOT intended to represent the entire content of the course. A lecture outline is intended to be a guide to the lecture. The responsibility of the instructor is to follow the outline, expand the concepts and give explanation and illustrations to clarify content. The role of the student is to attend lecture and take notes over material presented by the lecturer that explains and illustrates the material listed in the outline. It is also the responsibility of the student to question the instructor if explanations and illustrations are not clearly presented or understood.

The instructors take no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of old notes, quiz questions or exam questions that students may purchase or may be given by previous students in Applied Kinesiology.