Dec 03, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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HE 206 - Introduction to Holistic Health: Complementary and Integrative Medicine (SF)


Credits: 3

Today’s students are tomorrow’s decision-makers, independent of their ultimate careers, it will be their decisions that collectively decide the fate of our planet. This course will explore the multidimensional facets of Integrative/Holistic Health. An overview of Complementary and Integrative Health practices will be explored to promote mind-body-spirit homeostasis and wellness. The primary goal is to increase awareness and knowledge of healthy choices and for students to explore self-responsibility as an integral part of their lifestyle. This course is composed of both theoretical and experiential learning through a series of class exercises.

This is a Sustainability-Focused (SF)  course.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

  • Discuss the strengths, challenges, treatment goals and modalities of evidence based practices of Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM). Contrast with Allopathic Medicine.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of Complementary and Integrative Medicine (COM) principles by researching them and applying in classroom activities and assignments.
  • Describe the mind-body-spirit connection especially as it pertains to wellness and identify such practices to optimize health.
  • Identify culturally, morally and spiritually appropriate health promotion and disease interventions for diverse populations.
  • Participate in self-awareness practices (reflection of knowledge, values, ethics and health beliefs) to optimize evidence-based choices of health-related behaviors.
  • Identify evidence-based resources where a consumer can obtain reputable information about the safety and efficacy of Complementary/Integrative Medicine (CIM) modalities.
  • Develop a semester long Evidence-Based Integration Project of self, or Community utilizing a (Complementary Integrative Medicine evidence-based practice) modality of their choice and approved by the professor.
  • Explore Health Care practices utilizing a Positive Psychology and Trauma Informed Perspective.




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