The minor in well-being provides students with a well-grounded understanding of the nature of resilience, stress-management, mind-body wellness, and meaning -- including both the historical foundations and modern research findings.
Catalog Year: 2023-2024
Banner Code: LA-MINOR-NC-WELB
This minor provides students with a well-grounded understanding of the nature of human well-being, including both the historical foundations and modern research findings. Through the required coursework, students develop an ability to implement personal practices that foster deeper self-awareness, resilience, mind-body wellness, the regulation of stress factors in his or her life, and an emerging sense of meaning for his or her life. Students will learn to creatively and effectively apply principles from the exploration of the science of well-being to his or her own field of study.
Fuertes, Thurston, Weinstein
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Total credits: 15
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Code | Title | Credits |
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INTS 355 | Mindfulness, Meaning Well-Being | 3 |
GCH 325 | Stress and Well-Being (Mason Core) | 3 |
Total Credits | 6 |
Code | Title | Credits |
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Select two to three courses from the following: | 9 | |
Foundations of Health Communication | ||
Foundations of Intercultural Communication (Mason Core) | ||
Family and Health Communication | ||
Health Behavior Theories | ||
Health and Disease | ||
Health Promotion and Education | ||
Health and Environment | ||
Social Determinants of Health | ||
Social Determinants of Health | ||
Relationship Health | ||
Health Communication | ||
Conflict Resolution and Transformation | ||
Conflict, Trauma and Healing | ||
Spirituality and Conflict Transformation (Mason Core) | ||
Social Justice Consciousness and Action | ||
Foundations of Resilience and Well-Being | ||
Consciousness and Transformation in Action | ||
Self-Care and Well-Being for Helping Professionals | ||
Music as a Healing Art | ||
Music and Consciousness | ||
Happiness and the Good Life | ||
Psychological Fitness | ||
Science of Well Being | ||
Spirituality and Healing (Mason Core) | ||
Comparative Study of Mysticism | ||
Total Credits | 9 |