Stress Management, Mindfulness and Resilience

Do you have a passion for enhancing the quality of life, treating the whole person, and applying holistic therapies to help those in need? Complement your knowledge and education with this prestigious undergraduate certificate which offers both classroom and hands-on experience to launch your career.

The concentration in stress management, mindfulness and resilience provides students with extensive knowledge of integrative health practices, and with hands-on experience in which cutting-edge research is explored, advanced skills are developed, and a mindfulness practice is nurtured.

• Requirements
  The concentration requires 15 credit hours, 12 of which must be at the upper-division level. 
• A grade of "C" (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) or better must be earned for all courses in the concentration. 
• Students complete nine credit hours of required core courses and six credit hours of electives. 
• At least 12 credit hours must be completed at ASU.        
  Consider meeting with a Watts College undergraduate academic advisor prior to registration. 

Required Courses 9 hours
SWU 250: Stress Management Tools I (SOBE) 3
or
HCR 294: Foundations of Mindfulness and Resilience: Sci/Practice 3
SWU 349: Stress Management Tools II (SOBE)  3
SWU 350: Whole Person Health Across the Lifespan (SOBE) 3
or
HCR 394: Org. Mindfulness Leadership Success in Workplace  3
 

Upper Division Electives 6 hours required
SWU 350 or HCR 394 not used in required courses may be used to fulfill 
elective requirements.

COM 452: Communication and the Art of Happiness
EXW 302: Fundamentals of Wellness
EXW 400: Stress Management for Wellness
HCR 394: Org. Mindfulness Leadership Success in Workplace
HEP 380: Body Image and Wellness
HEP 443: Emotional Health and Interpersonal Relationships
PSY 335: Positive Psychology
PSY 494: Psychology of Mindfulness
SWU 350: Whole Person Health Across the Lifespan (SOBE)
SWU 351: Sustainable Living, Mindful Eating (SUST)

Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this concentration.