OR 0914 - Mind, Mood, & Movement

1 lecture hours 0 lab hours 1 credits

With a comprehensive understanding of their spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being, class participants will be more equipped to accomplish goals that support success at MSOE.  By exploring MSOE’s Eight Dimensions of Wellness, class participants will lead a well-balanced, productive life, and receive greater satisfaction in their experiences. This will allow them to better engage with, and fully realize, the MSOE Mindset, in the classroom and upon graduation. (prereq: OR 0911  or instructor approval)

• Define personal health and wellness through the Eight Dimensions of Wellness, with an emphasis on the spiritual, emotional, and physical dimensions
• Identify components of a healthy lifestyle
• Create and follow-through with a plan that gives purpose and direction towards accomplishing their personal and academic goals
• Research and explore how mind, mood, and movement can influence internal and external motivation
• Understand internal and external factors that impact healthy lifestyle choices
• Connect with on- and off-campus resources to further explore personal health and wellness

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• Students will be able to identify the 3 components of the course [develop, reflect, connect] and the work that will be graded
• Students will be able to articulate the Eight Dimensions of Wellness and how they will further explore them throughout the course
• Students will develop goals for the course based on their personal challenges

Health and Wellness Basics

• Students will examine the short and long-term benefits and side effects connected to sleep, nutrition, and physical activity (P, Em, En, So, Sp, C)
• Students will evaluate their current sleeping, eating, and physical fitness patterns in comparison to the recommended guidelines (I, P, Em, En, So, Sp, C)
• Students will implement and monitor an improvement plan based on goals established in the course (I, P, Em, So, Sp, En)

Lifestyle Choices and Behavior Change

• Students will examine lifestyle choices that prevent them from maintaining a healthy life (P, Em, En, So, Sp, C)
• Students will identify the stages of change and use them to modify their plan towards achieving their goal  (I, P, Em, En, So, Sp, C)
• Students will be able to rationalize how their goals can be maintained in new or changing environments (I, P, Em, So, Sp, En, O)

Spiritual and Emotional Intelligence

• Students will be able to articulate the negative health outcomes of unaddressed stress (Em, Sp, So)
• Students will be able to identify their sources and triggers of stress (I, En, So, C)
• Students will recognize the benefits of incorporating mindfulness into their lives (I, Em, Sp, So)
• Students will discover and implement stress management strategies through engagement with on- or off-campus resources (I, P, Em, So, Sp)