You may be encountering a world unlike any other generation. The public health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic has created a context of pervasive uncertainty, heightened anxiety, and social isolation that overlaps with a critical time of your own learning and development. The COVID-19 pandemic also has exacerbated long-standing inequalities and disparities, and recent events in the United States have laid bare historical and current realities of racism and systemic oppression. These challenges make starting college complicated in unprecedented ways, compounded by the fact that our university settings are themselves complex and rapidly changing. These challenges also present unique opportunities for interdisciplinary and practical learning.
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Health, Society, and Wellness in COVID-19 Times
University of Colorado BoulderAbout this Course
No particular background necessary.
What you will learn
You will explore perspectives on disease and society and on systemic racism and inequality with scholars across disciplines.
You will explore the science and practice of individual and community wellness.
You will learn skills relevant to emotions, relationships, common mental health concerns, and learning in the age of Zoom and remote classes.
You will learn practices of cooperation, compassion, and anti-racism for community wellness.
Skills you will gain
No particular background necessary.
Offered by
University of Colorado Boulder
CU-Boulder is a dynamic community of scholars and learners on one of the most spectacular college campuses in the country. As one of 34 U.S. public institutions in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), we have a proud tradition of academic excellence, with five Nobel laureates and more than 50 members of prestigious academic academies.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
An Orientation to Health, Society, and Wellness in COVID-19 Times
This course was originally designed with undergraduates who are just beginning college in mind. They are unique in starting college during the COVID-19 pandemic and are encountering a world unlike any other generation. These challenges make starting college complicated in unprecedented ways, and this course was designed to help them navigate this world and these new conditions for learning with knowledge and skill.
Mental Health and Well-Being in COVID-19 Times
The ways we connect with others have been dramatically disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. For our safety, we must remain physically distant from others, and across this module we learn how to stay connected to others and ourselves.
The Public Health Response and Transmission of the COVID-19 Virus
We hope that this module will first allow you to be an informed consumer of public health guidance and reflect on the context of public health challenges and actions that impact our lives as members of your community, the country, and the world. Second, we hope this module will equip you to think critically about models that are shared by media or public agencies as well as about how actions by and characteristics of individuals and communities can impact the future course of COVID-19.
Social Inequities and COVID-19
Module Four asks learners to thoughtfully consider the social inequities perpetuated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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