School
Student Affairs
Division
Counseling
Department
Counseling
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
Counseling
Course Number
114
Course Title
Stress Management - A Personal Approach
Credit Hours
2.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
32.00 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
32.00 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Catalog Course Description
Offers a supportive group setting for students to examine their own personal sources of stress, how these stress factors are affecting them and what they can do to develop more effective coping strategies.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
Core Course Topics
- Defining Stress.
- Identify the physical, mental, emotional and environmental components of stress.
- Analyze how stress negatively impacts the body from a physical, emotional, environmental and a psychological perspective.
- The Symptoms of Stress.
- Identify the physical symptoms
- Identify the mental symptoms
- Identify emotional symptoms.
- Identify environmental symptoms.
- Managing Stress.
- Engage in physical release exercises.
- Engage in mental release exercises.
- Engage in emotional release exercises.
- Engage in environmental release exercises.
- Personalizing a Stress Management Program.
- Create a detailed plan to manage one's stress that includes the physical, mental, emotional and environmental aspects of stress.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of Academic Achievement
Assessment of student learning may include, but not be limited to, writing assignments, completing inventories, special projects, oral reports, the personalized stress management program and demonstrating the use of stress release exercises.
Outcomes
Satisfies Wellness Requirement
Yes
Approval Dates
Effective Term
Fall 2019
Review Semester
Fall 2019