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Courses

Personal Health and Wellness

This course is designed to offer an overview, within the context of the helping professions, of the physical, social, mental, environmental, and spiritual aspects of personal health and wellness. Topics include the three-legged stool of nutrition, exercise, and sleep; the course also focuses onstress management as well as common health problems and their prevention. This course includes an individualized analysis of personal health issues and physical fitness. Students will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of health and wellness; describe their dimensions; and plan, implement, and report on a specific wellness plan or project as it relates to their own life.

  • Hours: 42 (3-0)