HW106: Health and Wellness Profession and Career Planning

In this course, you will summarize professional standards and compare roles within the health and wellness industry. You will interpret labor market data and professional requirements to determine personal alignment with specific career pathways. By applying career planning strategies, you will align your personal interests with professional opportunities in the field.

Quarter Credit Hours: 5 | Prerequisite: None

HW205: Vitamins, Herbs, and Nutritional Supplements

This course introduces the most commonly used vitamins, herbs, and nutritional supplements. Single vitamins - their benefits, dosage, precautions, and contraindications - will be reviewed as well as vitamin formulas routinely recommended. Nutritional supplements will be introduced and their categories, benefits, and safety issues will be explored and discussed. The principal systems of herbal medicine found worldwide will be illustrated along with their individual characteristics and common usage. This course also examines the growing popularity of herbal medicines from a sociological and ecological standpoint.

Quarter Credit Hours: 5 | Prerequisite: None

HW280: Mapping the Mind-Body Divide

Psychology, physical fitness, and complementary and alternative medicine each have their own unique perspective on what constitutes health and wellness. This course explores each of these disciplines and maps their interrelationships as they weave together the more holistic view of human health and potential that is prevalent today.

Quarter Credit Hours: 5 | Prerequisite: None

HW300: Disease Prevention and Lifestyle Medicine

This course introduces the dimensions of lifestyle medicine and their impact on health and disease prevention. You will interpret the validity of health claims for chronic disease based on research evidence and apply frameworks to identify factors impacting the risk and resilience of chronic disease. You will also analyze clinical markers to track risk progression and design educational resources rooted in principles of lifestyle medicine. Additionally, you will develop risk reduction strategies and evaluate behavior change methods to improve adherence to prevention plans.

Quarter Credit Hours: 6 | Prerequisite: None

HW310: Complementary and Integrative Medicine

This course explores the field of complementary and integrative medicine (CIM), becoming familiar with the variety of professions that comprise it and their major concepts, methodological approaches, and theoretical foundations. You will investigate the multifaceted meaning of the term "holistic" and investigate how each CIM profession uniquely describes itself in light of this. Current research will be explored, including the impact of the National Institute of Health's CIM division.

Quarter Credit Hours: 6 | Prerequisite: None

HW315: Models for Health and Wellness

Through historical and multicultural perspectives, this course analyzes the foundations of health, wellness, and the socioeconomic factors impacting access to health resources. You will evaluate how various health care systems influence patient outcomes and economic sustainability, and examine professional standards and health care roles within multidisciplinary collaboration essential to modern care. Finally, you will integrate these diverse perspectives to construct and advocate for culturally responsive global wellness frameworks.

Quarter Credit Hours: 6 | Prerequisite: None

HW320: Contemporary Diet and Nutrition

This course explores current dietary trends and examines the role geopolitical and economic forces have on our day-to-day food choices. The impact of the globalization of world food markets will be investigated, as will the ongoing controversies of genetic engineering, food-borne illnesses, and the organic food movement. The spectrum of popular diets and their advocates and critics will be discussed along with the current scientific research available for each. You will reflect on the diversity of food choices, prohibitions, and taboos that exist within our multicultural and multiethnic communities to increase awareness and sensitivity.

Quarter Credit Hours: 6 | Prerequisite: None

HW350: Principles of Health Coaching

In this course, you will examine the role of the health coach in collaborating with medical providers to support lifestyle medicine plans. You will appraise the use of intake data for eligibility and compare behavior change models to justify their application. By exploring positive psychology and mindfulness, you will learn to support client goals and construct a coaching plan that integrates evidence-based psychological frameworks.

Quarter Credit Hours: 6 | Prerequisite: HW300

HW410: The Science of Stress and Resilience

In this course, you will examine the biopsychosocial factors that shape the human experience of stress and analyze how behavior patterns and environmental factors influence well-being. By investigating the physiological impact of mindfulness practices on perceived stress, you will synthesize psychological theory and physical response. Through the lens of current research, you will evaluate and apply evidence-based regulation strategies to modulate the stress response and build long-term resilience. The course emphasizes both self-awareness and professional application, culminating in the ability to design integrated stress management plans tailored to the unique needs of diverse populations.

Quarter Credit Hours: 6 | Prerequisite: None

HW420: Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Wellness

In this course, you will synthesize theories of meditation, mindfulness, and transpersonal psychology to foster spiritual and personal growth. You will evaluate spiritual and psychological assessment strategies and analyze the impact of spiritual fitness on professional engagement and organizational culture. By integrating scientific inquiry and spiritual practice, you will formulate ethical, client-centered interventions.

Quarter Credit Hours: 6 | Prerequisite: None

HW425: Health and Wellness Programming - Design and Administration

This course introduces you to the practice of health promotion and the essential components of comprehensive health and wellness programming. You will learn a general model of program planning that includes assessing health needs, setting goals and objectives, developing an intervention, planning for program implementation, and evaluating results. Practices related to successful program outcomes, such as engaging stakeholders, identifying funding sources, and exhibiting cultural competence, are explored. The course culminates in the creation of original community-based health promotion and workplace wellness programs.

Quarter Credit Hours: 6 | Prerequisite: None

HW450: Applied Health Coaching

In this course, you will apply professional standards to client-centered intake documentation and analyze communication strategies used to foster coaching relationships. You will select strategies based on client barriers and formulate coaching and education plans that integrate lifestyle medicine principles. You will also evaluate the efficacy of interventions using progress data and synthesize theoretical frameworks into professional resources.

Quarter Credit Hours: 6 | Prerequisite: HW305

HW499: Bachelor's Capstone in Health and Wellness

This capstone course is the culminating experience for the Bachelor of Science in Health and Wellness. This course builds on the concepts of all the courses you have taken within the program of study. The capstone course provides you with the opportunity to integrate and synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired throughout your coursework in an original, comprehensive project and to assess your level of mastery of the stated outcomes of your degree program.

Quarter Credit Hours: 6 | Prerequisite: Last term