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Catalog Description Hours: 54 lecture Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL C1000 Description: This course will require students to explore, analyze, personalize, and discuss the following issues as they relate to the essential components of health and wellness: nutrition, physical activity/exercise/fitness, weight control, eating disorders and body image, media influences, mental health, stress, violence, substance use/abuse, sexuality and sexual orientation, sexually transmitted infections, reproductive choices/contraception, relationships, disease prevention, environment, health care, aging, and general public health issues. Students will be taught the knowledge and skills necessary to implement lifestyle behaviors that can improve their health and well-being. (CSU, UC) Course Student Learning Outcomes CSLO #1: Describe the six dimensions of wellness (physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, and environmental) and their interrelationship. CSLO #2: Examine statistical data of incidence of occurrence of health issues in the U.S and globally for health disparities and inequities. CSLO #3: Apply the dietary recommendations to diet planning throughout the lifecycle and in the promotion of physical fitness, weight management, and disease prevention. CSLO #4: Analyze personal and family health behaviors as they relate to human sexuality, relationships, sexual orientation, and parenthood. CSLO #5: Describe the role of substance use, misuse, and abuse in our society and its impact on the individual, family, community, economy, and social structure. CSLO #6: Analyze one's lifestyle from a wellness perspective and describe theories of behavior change. In response, areas of personal health needing behavior change will be identified and incorporated into a lifestyle. Effective Term Fall 2026 Course Type Credit - Degree-applicable Contact Hours 54 Outside of Class Hours 108 Total Student Learning Hours 162 Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: 1.     Describe the six dimensions of wellness (physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, and environmental) and their interrelationship. 2.     Distinguish the difference between personal health and public health. 3.     Apply the dietary recommendations to diet planning throughout the lifecycle and in the promotion of physical fitness, weight management, and disease prevention. 4. Identify fitness principles and exercise program components to improve cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition. 5.     Describe the role of stress and mental health in health promotion and disease prevention. 6.     Analyze the inter-relatedness of eating disorders and body image, and the impact of the media. 7.     Analyze personal and family health behaviors as they relate to human sexuality, relationships, sexual orientation, and parenthood. 8.     Describe the stimulus leading to violence and strategies to minimize its occurrence. 9.     Describe the role of substance use, misuse, and abuse in our society and its impact on the individual, family, community, economy, and social structure. 10.  Identify specific preventative measures to reduce the risk of developing various diseases, contracting infections, and experiencing unintended pregnancies, violence, and addiction. 11.  Identify common practices and attitudes that contribute to intentional and unintentional injuries on a personal and community level and strategies that would reduce their occurrences. 12.  Examine the physiological, emotional, psychological, and sexual aspects of aging. 13.  Describe the inter-relationship between human beings and their environment. 14.  Analyze the health care delivery system, including inequities and discrepancies. 15.  Interpret and evaluate health and medical information from general and subject-specific library and credible Internet sources. 16.  Communicate orally and in writing in the scientific language of the discipline. 17.  Analyze one's lifestyle from a wellness perspective. In response, areas of personal health needing behavior change will be identified and (ideally) incorporated into a lifestyle. General Education Information Approved College Associate Degree GE Applicability AA/AS - Health Ed/Physical Ed CSU GE Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU approval) CSUGE - E1 Lifelong Learning and Self-Development Cal-GETC Applicability (Recommended - Requires External Approval) IGETC Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU/UC approval) Articulation Information CSU Transferable UC Transferable Methods of Evaluation Classroom Discussions Example: Students will discuss the merits of their nutritional choices when dining out in restaurants. Students will collect the nutritional information and compare it to that which is recommended for their gender, age, body composition and activity level. This assignment will allow the instructor to assess the student's general nutritional knowledge as it relates to healthy eating. Objective Examinations Example: Students will be required to take an objective exam after each unit of study and will achieve at least 70% accuracy. This exam will include definitions of terms related to the unit, application of concepts and ideas that demonstrate comprehension. Example: True or False - There are 5 strategies for enhancing psychological well-being. Projects Example: Students will analyze and rank their individual six dimensions of health and identify ways to improve each dimension's ranking with lifestyle behavioral changes. This assignment will enable the student to demonstrate knowledge of the depth of the dimensions through their own personal examples. Repeatable No Methods of Instruction Lecture/Discussion Distance Learning Lecture: The course instructor will facilitate a class discussion on issues that cause stress for the college student. The impact of time management skills on stress will also be explored. Students will work in small groups to explore their individual experiences and design ways to help themselves manage the different forms of stress by creating a calendar that maps out each week's work, school, and life schedules. The course instructor will assign students to read the chapter on nutrition. Each student will complete a dietary analysis of their eating habits over a 5 day period of time by keeping a detailed food diary under the guidelines provided by the course instructor. The diaries will be evaluated by the instructor and students will receive individualized dietary goals to improve in one of the nutritional guideline areas recommended for their age, gender and activity level. Distance Learning The course instructor will present a PowerPoint lecture to describe how to read food labels. The students will practice reading food labels using examples of the processed food products brought from their home pantries. The students will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of their food choices in a nutritional template provided by the instructor to share in groups of five. Typical Out of Class Assignments Reading Assignments 1. The student will select two health-related articles from current newspapers or periodicals that focus on men's or women's health, disease prevention, or natural health in which the results of a recent research study are referenced regarding a health topic covered in the course. The student will defend or criticize the article based on the quality of the research that was cited. 2. The student will select and review three health-related articles from three different sources about the same health-related subject. The student will compare and contrast the information found in each of the three articles. Writing, Problem Solving or Performance 1. Based upon readings from the course textbook, the student will write a 2-page paper establishing a specific goal for behavioral change. The paper will identify current status, change objectives, describe factors that will reinforce and enable achievement. Identify possible barriers and reinforcements. The student will update and revise the paper throughout the semester and complete a final paper assessing the success of this behavioral change plan. 2. The student will participate in class discussions regarding various health-related issues such as obesity, diabetes and depression by analyzing various causes, treatments and prevention modalities. They will submit in writing the connections of these issues and how they affect the health of a person. Other (Term projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) Required Materials An Invitation To Health Author: Dianne Hales Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning Publication Date: 2025 Text Edition: 21th Classic Textbook?: OER Link: OER: Health: The Basics Author: Donatelle, Rebecca Publisher: Pearson Publication Date: 2021 Text Edition: 14th Classic Textbook?: OER Link: OER: Health Education Author: Rieck, Garrett and Lundin, Justin Publisher: Publication Date: Text Edition: Classic Textbook?: OER Link: OER: https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Health_and_Fitness/Health_Education_(Rienk_and_Lundin) Other materials and-or supplies required of students that contribute to the cost of the course.