FYS: The Whole You: Exploring the 8 Dimensions of Wellness

Catalog description

This course offers a hands-on introduction to what it means to thrive in college and create a balanced, meaningful life through exploration of the eight dimensions of wellness—emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social, and spiritual. Students explore these dimensions through discussions, reflections, collaborative projects, and field trips in the Lower Hudson Valley that connect course concepts to real-world settings, from campus resources to community organizations. Designed as a First-Year Seminar, the course supports students’ transition to college as they develop a personalized toolkit for well-being and examine how the dimensions of wellness intersect through diversity, equity, and inclusion in a shared learning community.