PSYC 330 Wellness, Resilience, and Self-Awareness

5 credits

Social service work is unusually emotionally taxing. Many professionals attribute low job satisfaction and poor mental health to difficult job conditions and the trauma of facing social problems day after day. Other social service professionals report enjoying their work for decades. Long-term health and job appreciation involve use of effective coping skills. Students in this course will explore and practice coping strategies, culminating in the identification of an individualized wellness plan.

This course meets the Social Science general education distribution requirement.

Prerequisites: Admission to a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) program and completion of ENGL& 101

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Compare and contrast theoretical and practical models of wellness, resilience, and self-awareness
Investigate the prevalence of behavioral health issues among practitioners and the need for self-care
Describe how biological, psychological, and social factors affect wellness
Explain cross-cultural perspectives of wellness
Apply psychological concepts and theories to wellness, resilience, and self-awareness
Analyze wellness, resilience, and self-awareness practices and their impact on groups and individuals, including themselves
Describe the impacts of drug use on wellness, employment, and credentialing
Recognize potential boundary violations related to distress

College-Wide Learning Outcomes
This course teaches to the college-wide learning outcome of Cultural Humility, the ability to practice lifelong learning and critical self-reflection in order to understand one’s own cultural identity and its impact on being open to and supporting the cultures of others.

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50