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Liberal Studies Wellness Courses

The HPER department wants students to establish healthy lifetime habits that will sustain them in whatever community they find themselves. We offer HEAL (Health) 111: “Stress Management for Health and Wellness” and HEAL 123: “Health and Wellness” to help you achieve these goals.

Students participate in step aerobics class These two Liberal Studies courses are designed to help you understand your health and the role of personal responsibility in maintaining it. Both courses help you discover resources available in Western's community to support your efforts to achieve and maintain a level of wellness and fitness for now and for a lifetime.

In HEAL 123, you will complete an entire personal wellness assessment so you can compare your score with individuals of similar age and gender. We then customize your classroom experience so you can learn how to improve each component of the assessment.

Students spot each other for sit ups session Similarly, HEAL 111 strives to help you learn about stress, so you can recognize the “stressors” in your life, measure them, and actively learn to manage them.

For your convenience, we offer many sections of these courses in the fall and spring semesters as well as in summer school. We also offer many options online.