Activities for Well-being and Success

Activities for Well-being and Success courses are worth 0.5 or 1 credit, and grades are not counted toward a student’s overall GPA. A total of 3 credits must be successfully completed to meet Essential Education requirements.

Under the Essential Education program, Activities for Well-being and Success courses expand beyond physical education and consist of four categories:

• Physical Well-being: Activities that focus on improving physical health, whether individual or on a team.
  Well-being factors promoted: physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and behavioral
• Creative Expression: Activities that focus on making, creating, or expressing as an act of creativity.
  Well-being factors promoted: emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social, and behavioral
• Mental/Emotional Well-being: Activities that directly address and focus on mental, emotional, spiritual, social, and behavioral well-being.
  Well-being factors promoted: emotional, spiritual, social, and behavioral
• Success: Activities that focus on leadership, as well as student and career success.
  Well-being factors promoted: emotional, intellectual, social, occupational, and behavioral

Activities for Well-being and Success

Required: 3 credits minimum

Students may take any combination of courses on the Activities for Well-being and Success course list to satisfy the 3-credit requirement; there is no need to take courses from each of the above categories.