HEED 213 Stress Management

This course is designed to provide students with the principles and methods necessary to develop a personal stress management plan as well as experience various means of stress reduction and relaxation. The concept of wellness, and the role stress and stress management play in personal wellness development, are examined.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Define stress theory concepts.
2. Examine the role stress and stress management play in personal health and wellness development.
3. Identify, evaluate and demonstrate techniques and strategies for managing personal stress.
4. Develop a stress management plan designed to improve personal health and wellness.
5. Identify techniques and strategies for stress management.
6. Describe and demonstrate basic methods of relaxation.
7. Describe the impact negative health behaviors have on stress.
8. Describe the relationship stress management plays in the wellness concept.
9. Describe the relationship between exercise, nutrition, and stress.

Course Objectives

1. Define stress theory concepts.

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Examine the role stress and stress management play in personal health and wellness development.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Identify, evaluate and demonstrate techniques and strategies for managing personal stress.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Develop a stress management plan designed to improve personal health and wellness.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Personal stress management plan

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
5. Identify techniques and strategies for stress management.
6. Describe and demonstrate basic methods of relaxation.
7. Describe the impact negative health behaviors have on stress.
8. Describe the relationship stress management plays in the wellness concept.
9. Describe the relationship between exercise, nutrition, and stress.