Week 14 Update

Good morning health psychology students! It is Monday, April 11, the start of Week 14 in the course. We are really in the homestretch now, with less than three weeks until our Final Exam for the course. Speaking of the final exam, please note for your calendars that our final is on Friday, April 29, NOT during finals week. Online courses do not use the finals week schedule. Our final exam is just Exam #5 and is similar to the first four exams in structure. It includes only material from these last three weeks, and is not cumulative. With the grading policy for the course only including your four best scores, some of you may not need to take the exam at all if you have the grade in the course that you want secured. I want to bring your attention to a few things in the content this week. First, in addition to the usual lecture videos, there is also a documentary to watch called “Money and Medicine.” I think you will find it very interesting. Note that it is about an hour long, so make sure you set aside enough time to watch it. There is a notes page posted to help you take notes. Second, instructions for our final brief assignment are posted. You need to start on this assignment right away, so download those instructions soon and get started. For this assignment, you will download and use a health-related smartphone app and write a review for your classmates. That assignment is due next week but you need to start using your app right away. Details are on D2L. I think that is it for now. Keep grinding away on the semester, the end is in sight! Have a great week!