GNED 201: Well-being Competency

This interdisciplinary course equips students with practical and creative strategies to manage stress, cultivate resilience, practice self-compassion, and build sustainable habits that support well-being, adaptability, and lifelong learning. Drawing on research in emotional regulation, self-compassion, the arts, mindfulness, stress management, and healthy lifestyle practices, students develop skills they can apply immediately and adapt over time. Emphasis is placed on personalized goal setting and reflective practice to strengthen persistence and flexibility. Through reflection, discussion, and application, students recognize how their personal well-being strategies and individual habits influence the health of the organizations, communities, and societies to which they belong. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to navigate challenges, sustain personal growth, and contribute positively to the collective well-being of the environments in which they learn, work, and live. Three semester hours.