Course

Self and Others: Wellness

Faculty
Applied Community Studies
Department
Child, Family & Community Studies
Course code
CFCS 1120
Credits
3.00
Semester length
Flexible delivery ranging over 2 to 15 weeks
Max class size
30
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course emphasizes a developmental approach to self-awareness and interpersonal understanding promoting a balanced personal and professional lifestyle. It will provide students with a framework to explore wellness themes.
Course content

The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:

  • Personal wellness is an essential component of the human services practitioner.
  • One’s personal state of wellness (or lack of) influences one’s ability to deliver services to others.
  • Wellness is a holistic concept that encompasses the body, mind and spirit of the individual.
  • Wellness is an ongoing process enhanced by self-awareness, education and personal growth.
  • Wellness is a choice, involving self-awareness, values clarification and self responsibility.
  • Wellness extends beyond the individual to include the interdependent nature of human beings.
  • Wellness includes group work, team building, decision making and how to deal with stress.
Learning activities
  • Lectures
  • Group work
  • Experiential classroom activities
  • Student presentations
  • Guest speakers
  • Audio-visual presentations
  • On-line activities
Means of assessment

This course will conform to Douglas College policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations.

A variety of assessment methods will be used, including, but not limited to:

  • Personal Wellness Plan
  • Field Research
  • Group Wellness Presentation (Wellness Experiences)
  • Participation
  • Self-evaluation

 

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate ability to care for self in the domains of physical, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual wellness.
  2. Demonstrate basic self-awareness.
  3. Develop understanding of stress management.
  4. Develop reflective writing skills.
  5. Work effectively as a team member, especially in encouraging colleagues’ wellness.

Textbook materials

TBA

Requisites

Prerequisites

No prerequisite courses.

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer details for CFCS 1120
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) No credit

Course Offerings

Winter 2025