Individual and Community Well-being (ICW)
(3 credits)
Students must complete one 3-credit course.
Courses in this area:
- Explore the growth and development of the individual and address the interconnected dimensions of well-being.
- Study and evaluate the ways that the local, state, national, or private sectors frame and implement social policies, and the consequences of these policies for well-being.
- Examine social structures and practices such as urban and rural development, planning, funding allocations, and legislative initiatives designed to secure the well-being of the community.
- Examine the short- and long-term consequences of beliefs, behaviors, and policies that affect the well-being of individuals and communities.
- Address the role of prevention strategies in promoting well-being.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CD-100 | Introduction to Human Communication and its Disorders | 3 |
| CJ-101 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CJ-354 | Addictions Counseling of Individuals and Families | 3 |
| CM-416 | Media Law and Ethics | 3 |
| EC-102 | Consumer Economics | 3 |
| EC-104 | Personal Financial Planning | 3 |
| EC-208 | Economics of Health Care | 3 |
| ED-150 | Introduction to the Teaching Profession | 3 |
| ED-155 | Teaching and Learning in Elementary School | 3 |
| ED-205 | An Introduction to Social-Emotional Learning | 3 |
| ED-206 | Development and Learning of Typical and Atypical Children Birth to Age 8 | 3 |
| ED-207 | The Adolescent in Schools & Society | 3 |
| ED-271 | International and Comparative Education | 3 |
| ED-285 | Understanding and Supporting Children And Youth With Disabilities | 3 |
| EN-115 | LGBTQ+ Narratives | 3 |
| EN-217 | Introduction to Narrative Studies of Health and Medicine | 3 |
| EN-220 | English Literature (beginnings to 1798) | 3 |
| EN-221 | English Literature (1798-Present) | 3 |
| EN-230 | Environmental Literature | 3 |
| EN-272 | News Reporting and Writing I | 3 |
| EN-322 | Community Writing | 3 |
| EN-354 | Opinion Writing | 3 |
| EN-358 | Disability Stories, Disability Studies | 3 |
| HC-202 | Introduction to Global Health | 3 |
| HC-203 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3 |
| HC-340 | Global Perspective in Public Health | 3 |
| HE-100 | Personal Health | 3 |
| HE-120 | Health and Nutrition | 3 |
| HE-220 | Mental Health Education | 3 |
| HE-225 | Advanced Nutrition: The Prevention and Treatment of Obesity | 3 |
| HE-325 | Sports Nutrition | 3 |
| HE-350 | Community Health Education | 3 |
| HE-354 | Addictions Counseling of Individuals and Families | 3 |
| HE-400 | Special Topics | 3 |
| HI-227 | American Popular Art and Architectural History | 3 |
| HI-283 | Food in American History | 3 |
| HI-290 | Health and Healing in America | 3 |
| HI-332 | American Environmental History | 3 |
| IS-160 | Introduction to Gerontology | 3 |
| JO-101 | Introduction to Journalism | 3 |
| LC-293 | Peer Mentoring | 3 |
| MU-102 | Applied Music | 1 |
| MU-321 | Small Ensemble | 0.5-1 |
| MU-330 | Jazz Ensemble | 0.5-3 |
| NU-357 | Global Perspectives in Health | 3 |
| PH-101 | Ancient Greek Philosophy | 3 |
| PH-110 | Critical Thinking | 3 |
| PH-134 | Computing Ethics | 3 |
| PH-152 | Philosophy of Love and Sex | 3 |
| PH-171 | Buddhist Philosophy | 3 |
| PH-180 | Sports and Philosophy | 3 |
| PH-205 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PH-206 | Animal Ethics | 3 |
| PH-225 | Philosophy of Language | 3 |
| PH-228 | Bioethics | 3 |
| PH-264 | Philosophy of Education | 3 |
| PH-327 | Feminist Medical Ethics | 3 |
| PH-335 | Animal Law & Policy | 3 |
| PO-160 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 3 |
| PO-312 | Health Politics and Policy | 3 |
| PS-201 | Career Exploration in Psych | 3 |
| PS-210 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| PS-326 | Psychological Distress and Well-Being | 3 |
| PS-340 | Psychological Testing and Measurement | 3 |
| SO-100 | Introduction to Sociology: Exploring Our Social World | 3 |
| SO-201 | Prejudice, Privilege, and Power | 3 |
| SO-207 | First Generation to College: Campus Diversity and College Inequality | 3 |
| SO-215 | Medical Sociology | 3 |
| SO-235 | Music and Social Change | 3 |
| SO-250 | Sociology of Religion | 3 |
| SO-255 | Sociology of Disability | 3 |
| SO-295 | Sociology of Death & Dying | 3 |
| SO-305 | Applied Sociology | 3 |
| SO-312 | Youth, Race, and Public Space | 3 |
| SO-318 | Worcester and Its Discontents | 3 |
| SO-340 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| SO-355 | Gender and Sexuality | 3 |
| SO-360 | Urban Sociology | 3 |
| SP-290 | Introduction to Medical Spanish | 3 |
| SP-291 | Foundations of Medical Spanish | 3 |
| SP-292 | Spanish for Women's Health | 3 |
| SP-294 | Spanish for the Nutrition and Dietitian Professional | 3 |
| SP-295 | The Human Body: Spanish for Anatomy | 3 |
| SP-395 | The Human Body: Spanish for Anatomy | 3 |
| TH-290 | Theatre for Young Audiences | 3 |
| TH-292 | Applied Theatre and Community Engagement | 3 |
| TH-348 | Stage Combat | 3 |
| UR-103 | Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 |
| UR-217 | Child Advocacy | 3 |
| UR-220 | Immigrant City | 3 |
| UR-230 | Technology, Public Policy and Urban Society | 3 |
| UR-250 | Introduction to Urban Planning | 3 |
| UR-319 | Transportation Planning | 3 |
| UR-320 | Power and Urban Insecurity | 3 |
| WO-100 | Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 3 |
| WO-115 | Intro to Queer Theory | 3 |
| WO-302 | Women of Color in Media | 3 |