Autumn 2015
EDUC 300
2 credits, CR/NC
Tues/Thurs 11:30-12:20
Instructors: Polo
DeCano, Jennifer Hoffman,
Course Overview
This course
focuses on a Universal Prevention Program that offers resilience and
social-emotional training. This course presents skills and strategies that have
been shown to reduce stress, improve mental health and interpersonal
relationships, decrease risk-taking behaviors, and improve physical and academic
performance. This class emphasizes skills such as: cultivating willpower,
mindfulness-based practices, identifying negative thoughts and developing more
positive ones, managing intense negative emotions, connecting with others in
meaningful ways, making healthy lifestyle choices, and the importance of getting
good sleep. Offered with an emphasis on learning
resilience skills in educational settings and how these skills benefit all
students.
Open to all undergraduates.
