OT 933 - Holistic Wellness & Life Skills

3 Credits

This course enables the student to learn and apply inclusive, evidence-based health promotion and life skill approaches for athletes and performers including traditional, eSport, Para Sport & Performing Artists. Students learn the history, policy, trends, ethics and socio-cultural norms of sport, athletics and various forms of performing and apply principles of inclusion, equity, holism, health promotion and health education. Students utilize a holistic, person-centered mind-body-spirit approach for evaluating and addressing the personal, emotional, mental, physical, social, virtual, and environmental contexts for promoting holistic health, self-efficacy, preventing illness, injury and chronic conditions. The ultimate goal of the course is for the student to collaborate with the athlete and performer and intersectoral partners in order to facilitate holistic, healthy role performance, life skills and career paths that lead to optimal health, quality of life and meaningful life roles beyond sport and performing.

Credit Type Code: Letter Grade