Career Planning and Life Design

Catalog description

This course offers a comprehensive exploration of health and wellness through the lens of life-span career development and personal growth. Students embark on a transformative journey that integrates multiple dimensions of wellness-emotional, spiritual, environmental, physical, social, intellectual, and occupational-while developing career planning strategies that promote lifelong well-being. The curriculum emphasizes self-awareness and identity exploration as foundational to health maintenance, examining how personal identity, strengths, and values contribute to overall wellness, particularly in occupational health, self-actualization, and holistic well-being. Students learn to recognize and navigate the connections between professional choices and health outcomes, understanding how career decisions influence various wellness dimensions while developing strategies for maintaining balance and preventing career-related health risks. Beyond individual wellness, the course examines how students can become advocates for well-being in their professional and community roles, including exploring how organizational leadership can foster collective health and create healthier work environments. Through narrative creation and goal-setting exercises, students develop actionable strategies to identify potential health risks such as burnout, stress, and addiction in career pathways, create preventive measures for maintaining wellness across life stages, design sustainable approaches to work-life balance, and implement health-promoting practices in various professional contexts. The course culminates in the creation of comprehensive career and life plans that integrate professional aspirations with wellness strategies addressing all dimensions of health and the demands of various life roles, preparing students to be successful professionals and advocates for holistic well-being in their communities.