LIVING WELL: WELLNESS PROMOTION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

KINES 111

Explore personal wellness by examining five dimensions of wellness (physical, emotional, social, intellectual and occupational) to understand how each dimension contributes to overall health, wellbeing, and quality of life. Discover and utilize on-campus resources that support each dimension and build a resource network to proactively support wellness as a college student. Develop and apply practical skills grounded in theory to implement meaningful behavior change to achieve growth across all dimensions. Engage in critical reflection regarding challenges and barriers faced in achieving desired health outcomes and cultivate strategies to overcome these obstacles to support sustainable wellness practices today and across the lifespan. Enhance dimensions of personal wellness as a method to explore the field of health promotion.

OCCTHER 734

Critically analyze the rigor and evidence supporting current occupation-based interventions for populations served by occupational therapists, create a professional presentation based on this research, and create materials to translate this information for consumer use. Understand key issues and current occupational science trends in fostering access to and equitable participation in occupations.

KINES 123

Focuses on the application of biological, cultural and social theory and research to lifestyle change. There will be lectures by experts, experiential learning, and the application of course knowledge to student's lives through class assignments and activities. The transition to college requires students to construct a new lifestyle, take on new and greater personal responsibilities while at the same time meet rigorous academic challenges. This transition includes a loss of structured daily schedules, decreased family support for the day to day living, and greater responsibility for their finances and life choices. Students may have difficulty managing their time, exercise less, eat less healthy foods, engage in increased drinking of alcohol, and experience greater stress and depression when adjusting to college life. This life transition provides an opportunity for reexamination and an opportunity to make thoughtful choices about lifestyle.

OCCTHER 732

Gain a complex understanding of the form, function and meaning of daily occupations and the role they play in lifestyle change for wellness promotion. Learn the architecture of daily life including its biological and sociocultural foundations for patterning occupational rounds in order to promote and sustain motivation to change.

PHYTHER 668

Physical, psychological, spiritual, social, emotional, intellectual and vocational aspects of wellness. The physical therapist's role in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention; health promotion, and individual and community screening activities for wellness/fitness; and safety and environmental considerations for health and wellness.