First-Year Seminars 110SR - Stress and Resiliency

Is it true that what does not kill us makes us stronger? What is stress management? What is "stress culture"? This first year seminar will explore these questions, focusing on the relationship between stress and resiliency. We will consider different ideas about stress, adaptive coping, psychological resilience and their relationship to psychological and physical well-being. We will consider cultural differences in approaches to stress, as well as explore the impact of stress on our lives and society.

First-year students only, by placement.