Health and Wellness Minor ~ Distinguishing Features

The Health and Wellness minor provides learning experiences that enable students to accept a definition of "health" that goes beyond mere freedom from disease to encompasses the field of "wellness." Inherent in the minor is the recognition that behavior and decisions (physical, mental, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual) play a key role in one's ability to resist ill health and maintain and achieve optimum human potential.

Distinguishing features of the Health and Wellness minor:

• State of the art expanded views of wellness dimensions
• A focus on "What's Right With Your Life?" and the human potential
• Personal assessments and goal setting offered in many courses
• Skill development in facilitating behavior change and gaining support
• Current and relevant data and studies in all aspects of health and wellness
• Multicultural and genealogical considerations for health and healing practices
• Identifying patterns and skill development in marriage and family life
• Holistic, complimentary and alternative approaches to human and planetary wellbeing
• Opportunity to integrate a self-selected topic into your major
• Reflection on wellbeing, health and spirituality
• Faculty who are both authors and leading educators in wellness education and human sexuality