This is a 2-credit course is designed to provide you with an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills from an occupational therapy perspective to promote self-management and wellbeing for yourself and others, applying the concepts to academic, social, work, and professional roles. Topics include stress management, mindfulness, rest, sleep, academic wellbeing, career balance, preventing burnout, and foundations of happiness.
Sophomore standing and above is recommended but not required.
There are no prerequisite requirements
Class Schedule: Thursdays, 9:30-11:30am
Location: West campus, Room 722
For questions about the course contact the course instructors: Dr. Caitlin Smith, OTD, OTR/L at cksmith@uic.edu or Dr. Toni Van Denend, OTD, OTR/L at tvande2@uic.edu
400-level courses outside a student’s major can be counted as Honors Activities!
The Honors Supplement is an Honors project undertaken in a non-Honors course with the approval of both the primary instructor of the course and the student’s Faculty Fellow. The Supplement provides the student with an opportunity to delve more deeply or broadly into the course subject, or into an area related to the course, than is specified in the course requirements.
