You can earn 5 extra credit points for writing a letter as a form of advocacy about a health topic of your choice. The topic of your letter should relate to health. You can write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper, to a blog, to a representative in Washington DC, to an online magazine, etc. This letter should express concern about your particular issue and detail the reasons for your concern. Inform your audience about what actions you recommend readers take regarding this issue. Please cite several facts about this issue, along with any sources. This writing can be as creative as you like, design it for the audience you are trying to reach. You will be required to submit your letter to the newspaper, to the blog, to the representative in Indiana or Washington DC, etc. It may not get published, but you will be required to submit it in order to get the extra credit points. If you chose this extra credit option, please email me.

You can also get extra credit opportunities by attending virtual events that will be posted here. As health-related events are posted, students will have an opportunity to attend the event and write a reflection on the event addressing the following points:

What did you learn from the event that will be helpful to you professionally?
What did you learn from the event that will be helpful to you personally?
Are you prompted to make any changes in the way you see the world based on this event?
What other reflections do you have?

Extra credit assignments will only be accepted for the seven days following the event. Please submit via Canvas.

Opportunities to do extra credit are variable – it depends on the number of opportunities that become available.

If you know of virtual events that are health-related, please let me know and I will consider them for extra credit opportunities.