HLTH1040 — Stress Management
HLTH 1040 - Stress Management HLTH 1040 - Stress Management Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab None Course Description: This course covers how to conquer stress, increase happiness, and improve your resilience by understanding stress and improving your coping skills. Empower yourself to manage stress in your college life and others cope with stress. This course dissects the topic of stress in order to provide a clear understanding of its causes, effects, and consequences and provide resources to manage stress more effectively. The topic of stress will be approached from a holistic health perspective with the impact of stress on all aspects of life considered. MnTC Goals None explain the components of the stress process. identify the potential harmful effects of stress, including physical, emotional, psychological, occupational and societal effects. list the leading sources of stress for college students. describe best practices for addressing interpersonal conflicts, academic stress, financial stress and effective management of time. describe effective means for coping with grief, loss, and trauma. explain mindfulness and the benefits of practicing mindfulness. recognize the relationships between unresolved stress, depression, and anxiety. assess the impact of various lifestyle choices on one’s potential for and perception of stress. describe the relationship between resilience, altruism, and happiness and discuss the impact each of these concepts has on the perception and experience