what is the total wellness course in broward college

by Dr. Carlos Rohan Sr. 4 min read

Total Wellness emphasizes the importance of knowledge, attitudes, and practices relating to personal wellness. It is a course designed to expose students to a broad range of issues and information relating to the various aspects of personal wellness including physical, social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and environmental wellness. This course integrates personal wellness and fitness in both a classroom and exercise environment. Evolving current topics such as nutrition, disease prevention, stress reduction, exercise prescription, and environmental responsibility are integrated to enable the student to understand the lifelong effects of healthy lifestyle choices.

It is a course designed to expose students to a broad range of issues and information relating to the dimensions of wellness that include: physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social, environmental and financial wellness.

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What is total wellness?

Total Wellness emphasizes the importance of knowledge, attitudes, and practices relating to personal wellness. It is a course designed to expose students to a broad range of issues and information relating to the various aspects of personal wellness including physical, social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and environmental wellness. This course integrates personal wellness and fitness in both a classroom and exercise environment. Evolving current topics such as nutrition, disease prevention, stress reduction, exercise prescription, and environmental responsibility are integrated to enable the student to understand the lifelong effects of healthy lifestyle choices.

How many hours are in a 2 credit online class?

This is a 2-credit hour online course. Normally, a 2-credit hour on-campus course would meet two times each week (during a 16 week term) for a total of 2 hours per week or 32 hours per term. In this class, you will engage in structured online activities. These online activities will include graded discussions, graded assignments, a group project, and graded online quizzes and tests.

What is total wellness?

Total Wellness emphasizes the importance of knowledge, attitudes, and practices relating to personal wellness. It is a course designed to expose students to a broad range of issues and information relating to the various aspects of personal wellness including physical, social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and environmental wellness. This course integrates personal wellness and fitness in both a classroom and exercise environment. Evolving current topics such as nutrition, disease prevention, stress reduction, exercise prescription, and environmental responsibility are integrated to enable the student to understand the lifelong effects of healthy lifestyle choices.

How many hours are required for a 2 credit course?

This is a 2- credit hour course. Normally, a two-credit hour course would meet once or twice during the week (during a 16 week term) for a total of 3 hours per week or 48 hours per term. In this class, we will meet online. There is a mandatory online orientation activity that needs completion during the first week of classes. This includes posting a welcome message using the discussions, completing an online assignment and/or completing an online quiz based on the syllabus. See the course schedule for a detailed description of learning activities and online assignments. You have unlimited opportunities to complete the required syllabus quiz and must receive 100% to continue with this course. Students are responsible for regularly reviewing the course schedule and completing all required in and out of class assignments.

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