HLTH 205 Wellness Through Leadership and Ethics

This wellness course introduces students to all seven dimensions of wellness (physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, social, environmental, & financial) and allows students to practice making changes in at least 3 dimensions by establishing, practicing and reflecting on individualized SMART goals related to leadership and ethics. Students will use the lens of wellness to examine the intellectual, social and emotional aspects of leadership and ethical decision making. Course content includes competencies and traits of dynamic leaders, finding common ethical ground, building trust with your followers, realizing your values and sorting them out, team building, encouragement, and moral reasoning. This course meets the general eduation requirement for wellness.

Credits

2

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

30

General Education Competency

CSI Core Wellness

HLTH 205Wellness Through Leadership and Ethics

Please note: This is not a course syllabus. A course syllabus is unique to a particular section of a course by instructor. This curriculum guide provides general information about a course.

I. General Information

Department

HRF

II. Course Specification

Course Type

Program Requirement

General Education Competency

CSI Core Wellness

Credit Hours Narrative

2

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

30

Grading Method

Letter grade

Repeatable

N

III. Catalog Course Description

This wellness course introduces students to all seven dimensions of wellness (physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, social, environmental, & financial) and allows students to practice making changes in at least 3 dimensions by establishing, practicing and reflecting on individualized SMART goals related to leadership and ethics. Students will use the lens of wellness to examine the intellectual, social and emotional aspects of leadership and ethical decision making. Course content includes competencies and traits of dynamic leaders, finding common ethical ground, building trust with your followers, realizing your values and sorting them out, team building, encouragement, and moral reasoning. This course meets the general eduation requirement for wellness.

IV. Student Learning Outcomes

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

  • Identify different types of leadership patterns
  • Reflect on the ability to follow program and current progress
  • Integrate SMART goals within leadership and ethics program
  • Practice leadership development with SMART goals
  • Compare and contrast the changes from the pre- and post-test wellness exam
  • Define the seven dimensions of wellness
  • Develop a strategy for implementing each SMART goal
  • Evaluate SMART goals according to the SMART characteristics
  • Explain the relationship between lifelong wellness and the seven dimensions of wellness
  • Identify a target behavior for at least three dimensions of wellness
  • Measure progress through journaling and/or self-reporting
  • Practice a strategy for each SMART goal
  • Reflect on what factors promoted or inhibited your practice in pursuit of reaching SMART goals
  • Reflect upon the connection between the seven dimensions of wellness to lifelong wellness
  • Create SMART goals
  • Define lifelong wellness
  • Demonstrate an ability to plan and implement a leadership and ethical development project
  • Demonstrate the ability to plan and implement a leadership and ethical development project
  • Identify Define the purpose of lifelong wellness
  • Identify the characteristics of a SMART goal
  • Plan Create Individual goal(s) addressing at least three dimensions of wellness
  • Practice Apply wellness knowledge to act on individual goals addressing at least three dimensions of wellness
  • Practice writing SMART goals
  • Reflect Demonstrate the ability to engage in careful thought about beliefs and behaviors impacting lifelong wellness and how your leadership and ethical based SMART goals affected the seven dimensions of wellness
  • Reflect Demonstrate the ability to engage in careful thought about beliefs and behaviors impacting lifelong wellness
  • Plan Create Individual goal(s) addressing at least three dimensions of wellness
  • Creating SMART goals for at least three dimensions of wellness
  • Students will act upon individual SMART leadership and ethical goals for at least three of the dimensions of wellness
  • Expanded Description of Student Outcomes
  • Required Course Level Student s

V. Topical Outline (Course Content)

Seven dimensions of wellness Complete SMART goal worksheets Competencies and Traits of Leaders Moral Reasoning Finding Common ethical ground Character Traits Discovering values Building Trust Encouragement Techniques Team Building Strategies

VI. Delivery Methodologies

Required Assignments

1. Complete SMART goal worksheets for at least three dimensions of wellness 2. Written or oral presentations 3. Journals and/or self reporting 4. Leadership and Ethics Development Project

Assessment Strategy Narrative

1. Pre and Post Wellness Quiz 2. Leadership & Ethics Rubric 3. Weekly participation 4. SMART goal worksheets

Specific Course Activity Assignment or Assessment Requirements

1. Complete SMART goal worksheets for at least three dimensions of wellness 2. Written or oral presentations 3. Journals and/or self reporting 4. Leadership and Ethics Development Project